
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). He then started appearing in independent films and had leading roles in Eight Men Out (1988), The Grifters (1990), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), Serendipity (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.

2012
2009 · as Jackson Curtis

Identity
2003 · as Ed

Con Air
1997 · as Agent Vince Larkin

Stand by Me
1986 · as Denny Lachance

Hot Tub Time Machine
2010 · as Adam

1408
2007 · as Mike Enslin

Serendipity
2001 · as Jonathan Trager

The Thin Red Line
1998 · as Capt. John Gaff

Anastasia
1997 · as Dimitri (voice)

Arsenal
2017 · as Sal

The Player
1992 · as John Cusack

Sixteen Candles
1984 · as Bryce

Igor
2008 · as Igor (voice)

Pushing Tin
1999 · as Nick Falzone

Say Anything...
1989 · as Lloyd Dobler

Grandview, U.S.A.
1984 · as Johnny Maine

Being John Malkovich
1999 · as Craig Schwartz

High Fidelity
2000 · as Rob Gordon