Home >

John Cusack

John Cusack

Birthday: 1966-06-28 | Place of Birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA

John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966 - Height: 6' 2½" (1,89 m)) is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, Con Air, High Fidelity, and 2012. Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois, to a Catholic Irish-American family. His mother, Ann Paula "Nancy" (née Carolan), is a former mathematics teacher and political activist. His father, Richard Cusack (1925–2003), was an actor, as are John's siblings, Ann, Joan, Bill, and Susie. His father was also a documentary filmmaker, owned a film production company, and was a friend of activist Philip Berrigan. Cusack spent a year at New York University before dropping out, saying that he had "too much fire in [his] belly". Cusack is a fan of both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox, for which, he says, he is "in trouble there". He has led the crowd in a performance of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at Wrigley Field. He has also been spotted at multiple Chicago Bears games, and attended many of the Stanley Cup Finals games in support of the Chicago Blackhawks. Cusack has trained in kickboxing for over 20 years, under former world kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez. He began training under Urquidez in preparation for his role in Say Anything... and currently holds the rank of a level 6 black belt in Urquidez's Ukidokan Kickboxing system.

...

Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Pursuit

as    John Calloway

2020
Utopia

as    Dr. Kevin Christie

2019
Never Grow Old

as    Christopher 'Dutch' Albert

2018
River Runs Red

as    Horace

2018
Distorted

as    Vernon Sarsfield

2017
Singularity

as    Elias Van Dorne

2017
Arsenal

as    Sal

2016
Cell

as    Clayton 'Clay' Riddell

2016
Boom Bust Boom

as    Self

2015
Love & Mercy

as    Brian Wilson 1980s

2015
Chi-Raq

as    Fr. Mike Corridan

2015
Dragon Blade

as    Lucius

2014
Reclaim

as    Benjamin

2014
Grand Piano

as    Clem

2014
Maps to the Stars

as    Dr. Stafford Weiss

2014
The Bag Man

as    Jack

2014
The Prince

as    Sam

2014
Drive Hard

as    Simon Keller

2013
The Numbers Station

as    Emerson

2013
Adult World

as    Rat Billings

2013
The Butler

as    Richard Nixon

2013
The Frozen Ground

as    Robert Hansen

2013
We're No Animals

as    Tony Lovecraft

2012
The Raven

as    Edgar Allan Poe

2012
The Paperboy

as    Hillary Van Wetter

2012
The Factory

as    Mike Fletcher

2010
Hot Tub Time Machine

as    Adam

2010
Shanghai

as    Paul Soames

2009
2012

as    Jackson Curtis