John Cusack
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Biography
John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor. Cusack began acting in films during the 1980s, starring in coming-of-age dramedies such as Sixteen Candles (1984), Better Off Dead (1985), The Sure Thing (1985), Stand by Me (1986), and Say Anything... (1989). In the 1990s, he then started appearing in independent films and had leading men roles in Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), Max (2002), and Runaway Jury (2003).
Cusack has been nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe for his role starring in High Fidelity. He won the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Maps to the Stars. He is a son of filmmaker Dick Cusack and the younger brother of actors Bill, Joan and Ann Cusack.
In 2012, Cusack was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Entertainment Tonight
The Daily Show
The Oscars
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Graham Norton Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Jay Leno Show
Frasier
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Doll & Em
Bob Roberts
BRATS
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Stand by Me
Sixteen Candles
Grandview, U.S.A.
Chi-Raq
The Thin Red Line
Utopia
Fat Man and Little Boy
The Butler
Fog of War
Maps to the Stars
The Journey of Natty Gann
Adult World
Singularity
The Prince
The Contract
Love & Mercy
Arsenal
River Runs Red
Anastasia
Pursuit
Dragon Blade
Con Air
Must Love Dogs
Cell
Hot Tub Time Machine
Runaway Jury
Pushing Tin
Drive Hard
The Jack Bull
The Ice Harvest
True Colors
Reclaim
Identity
Max
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
2012
Shanghai
Hot Pursuit
1408
Better Off Dead...
Production Credits
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