John Cusack

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 actresses Joan and Ann Cusack. In 2012, Cusack was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Cusack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Love & Mercy (2015)

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Pohlad
CAST:  Paul Dano  •  John Cusack  •  Paul Giamatti  •  Elizabeth Banks

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Pohlad
CAST:  Paul Dano  •  John Cusack  •  Paul Giamatti  •  Elizabeth Banks

Cell (2016)

When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Williams
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Isabelle Fuhrman  •  Owen Teague

When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Williams
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Isabelle Fuhrman  •  Owen Teague

Boom Bust Boom (2016)

Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken. Co-written by Jones and Kocken and featuring John Cusack, Nobel Prize winners Daniel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Jones  •  Bill Jones  •  Ben Timlett
CAST:  Terry Jones  •  Dirk Bezemer  •  John Cusack  •  George W. Bush

Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken. Co-written by Jones and Kocken and featuring John Cusack, Nobel Prize winners Daniel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Jones  •  Bill Jones  •  Ben Timlett
CAST:  Terry Jones  •  Dirk Bezemer  •  John Cusack  •  George W. Bush

Chi-Raq (2015)

A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spike Lee
CAST:  Teyonah Parris  •  Nick Cannon  •  Angela Bassett  •  Jennifer Hudson

A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spike Lee
CAST:  Teyonah Parris  •  Nick Cannon  •  Angela Bassett  •  Jennifer Hudson

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)

After their first adventure with the "Hot Tub Time Machine," Lou and Nick are living very well off their ill-gotten gains, while Jacob still cannot rely on Lou to be a positive role model. When an unknown assailant breaks into Lou's mansion and shoots him, Nick and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Pink
CAST:  Rob Corddry  •  Craig Robinson  •  Clark Duke  •  Adam Scott

After their first adventure with the "Hot Tub Time Machine," Lou and Nick are living very well off their ill-gotten gains, while Jacob still cannot rely on Lou to be a positive role model. When an unknown assailant breaks into Lou's mansion and shoots him, Nick and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Pink
CAST:  Rob Corddry  •  Craig Robinson  •  Clark Duke  •  Adam Scott

Reclaim (2014)

After their newly adopted daughter goes missing in a small town, Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and the dangerous secret behind the adoption agency they trusted. Risking their own lives, they will discover just ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan White
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Ryan Phillippe  •  Rachelle Lefevre  •  Jacki Weaver

After their newly adopted daughter goes missing in a small town, Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and the dangerous secret behind the adoption agency they trusted. Risking their own lives, they will discover just ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan White
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Ryan Phillippe  •  Rachelle Lefevre  •  Jacki Weaver

Singularity (2017)

When Elias van Dorne, CEO of the world's largest robotics company, introduces his most powerful invention, Kronos-a super-computer designed to end all wars-it determines that humans are the biggest threat and launches a worldwide attack on mankind. A small band of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Kouba
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Carmen Argenziano  •  Eileen Grubba  •  Julian Schaffner

When Elias van Dorne, CEO of the world's largest robotics company, introduces his most powerful invention, Kronos-a super-computer designed to end all wars-it determines that humans are the biggest threat and launches a worldwide attack on mankind. A small band of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Kouba
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Carmen Argenziano  •  Eileen Grubba  •  Julian Schaffner

Blood Money (2017)

Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white collar criminal hellbent on retrieving his cash, but soon their greed turns them against each other. A modern re-telling of Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucky McKee
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Willa Fitzgerald  •  Ellar Coltrane  •  Jacob Artist

Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white collar criminal hellbent on retrieving his cash, but soon their greed turns them against each other. A modern re-telling of Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucky McKee
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Willa Fitzgerald  •  Ellar Coltrane  •  Jacob Artist

Arsenal (2017)

After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven C. Miller
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Christopher Rob Bowen  •  Adrian Grenier  •  John Cusack

After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven C. Miller
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Christopher Rob Bowen  •  Adrian Grenier  •  John Cusack

The Fog Bowl (2016)

Exploring the Fog Bowl, the 1988 NFC Divisional Round Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears, , including the rivalry between Bears head coach Mike Ditka, and Eagles head coach and former Bears defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Randall Cunningham  •  Mike Ditka  •  Bill Nye  •  Dan Hampton

Exploring the Fog Bowl, the 1988 NFC Divisional Round Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears, , including the rivalry between Bears head coach Mike Ditka, and Eagles head coach and former Bears defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Randall Cunningham  •  Mike Ditka  •  Bill Nye  •  Dan Hampton

Distorted (2018)

A married couple suspect that the 'smart apartments' in their high tech residence are being used by its owner for sinister reasons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob W. King
CAST:  Christina Ricci  •  John Cusack  •  Brendan Fletcher  •  Nicole Anthony

A married couple suspect that the 'smart apartments' in their high tech residence are being used by its owner for sinister reasons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob W. King
CAST:  Christina Ricci  •  John Cusack  •  Brendan Fletcher  •  Nicole Anthony

River Runs Red (2018)

When the son of a successful judge is killed by two police officers and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father to take the law into his own hands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Miller
CAST:  Taye Diggs  •  John Cusack  •  George Lopez  •  Luke Hemsworth

When the son of a successful judge is killed by two police officers and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father to take the law into his own hands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Miller
CAST:  Taye Diggs  •  John Cusack  •  George Lopez  •  Luke Hemsworth

Never Grow Old (2019)

An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Kavanagh
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Emile Hirsch  •  Déborah François  •  Danny Webb

An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Kavanagh
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Emile Hirsch  •  Déborah François  •  Danny Webb

Eastwood on Eastwood (1997)

Autobiography of Clint Eastwood up to his movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Schickel
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Clint Eastwood

Autobiography of Clint Eastwood up to his movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Schickel
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Clint Eastwood

Guyville Redux (2008)

Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in the early 1990s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liz Phair
CAST:  Liz Phair  •  John Cusack  •  Ira Glass  •  Steve Albini

Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in the early 1990s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liz Phair
CAST:  Liz Phair  •  John Cusack  •  Ira Glass  •  Steve Albini

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set (2012)

A behind the scenes look at the making of Being John Malkovich, condensed from hours of footage during production.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Bangs
CAST:  Spike Jonze  •  John Cusack  •  Catherine Keener  •  Cameron Diaz

A behind the scenes look at the making of Being John Malkovich, condensed from hours of footage during production.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Bangs
CAST:  Spike Jonze  •  John Cusack  •  Catherine Keener  •  Cameron Diaz

My Only Sunshine

A couple of bank-robbers plan a job to fund their divorce.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Palansky
CAST:  Simon Pegg  •  J.K. Simmons  •  John Cusack

A couple of bank-robbers plan a job to fund their divorce.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Palansky
CAST:  Simon Pegg  •  J.K. Simmons  •  John Cusack

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010)

This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland Emmerich.)  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Morgan Lily  •  Amanda Peet  •  Roland Emmerich

This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland Emmerich.)  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Morgan Lily  •  Amanda Peet  •  Roland Emmerich

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010)

A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Emmerich
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Morgan Lily  •  Amanda Peet  •  Woody Harrelson

A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Emmerich
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Morgan Lily  •  Amanda Peet  •  Woody Harrelson

The Road to The Sure Thing (2003)

A 26-minute documentary which gives an in-depth overview into the films production. This segment includes soundbytes from most of the cast & crew, as they discuss the script, the casting, and the production.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Greg Carson
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Daphne Zuniga  •  Rob Reiner  •  Steve Bloom

A 26-minute documentary which gives an in-depth overview into the films production. This segment includes soundbytes from most of the cast & crew, as they discuss the script, the casting, and the production.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Greg Carson
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Daphne Zuniga  •  Rob Reiner  •  Steve Bloom
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