John Cusack
American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1966)
John Paul Cusack is an American actor and screenwriter. With a career spanning over four decades, he has appeared in over ninety films. He began acting in films during the 1980s, appearing 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). Moving away from his teen idol image, he went on to appear in a variety of genres, such as the crime thrillers The Grifters (1990) and The Paperboy (2012), the black comedies Bullets Over Broadway (1994) and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), the romantic comedy Serendipity (2001), the time-traveling comedy Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), psychological thriller Identity (2003), the action thriller Con Air (1997), and the psychological horror film 1408 (2007).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 5 films (1980–2012) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 7 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Why is it always me? | 500 | 16mm | Color | sound | |
| 1980 | Why Is It Always Me? | RESPR | 14 min. | 16mm | Color | |
| 1997 | Grosse Pointe blank | George Armitage | 107 min | Color | ||
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line. | Security Pictures Inc. | 166 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 2012 | The Factory | Morgan O'Neill | 12:00 | Color |