Name: John Cusack
Birth Name: John Paul Cusack
Birthdate: June 28, 1966
Birthplace: Evanston, IL
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JOHN CUSACK
Never named an official member of the Brat Pack, Cusack hovered at the
perimeter of that famous '80s gang, starring alongside Rob Lowe and
Andrew McCarthy in
Class (1983) and with Anthony Michael Hall in
Sixteen Candles (1984). He broke free and starred in camp hits
The Sure Thing (1985) and
Better Off Dead… (1985). Then he became an icon. Hopeless romantics everywhere idealized Cusack's famous romeo Lloyd Dobler in 1989's
Say Anything. It took a few years for him to break free from that mold, but plying a hit man in the black comedy
Grosse Pointe Blank helped. It also re-booted his career after a near seven-year absence. He cashed in with 1997's vapid moneymaker
Con Air and honed his craft alongside Kevin Spacey in Clint Eastwood's
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997). But it wasn't until the oddball indie
Being John Malkovich
(1999) that awards interest sparked. In 2000, Cusack created yet
another icon: The fast-talking,
music-obsessed commitment phobe in
High Fidelity.
5 Things:
1. He joined Chicago's Piven Theatre Workshop while he was still in elementary school.
2. Cusack has been romantically linked with actresses Minnie Driver,
Alison Eastwood, Claire Forlani, Lili Taylor and Neve Campbell.
3. He turned down Woody Harrelson's role in Indecent Proposal in 1993.
4. He founded the Chicago-based theater group The New Criminals in 1988 to promote political and avant-garde stage work.
5. The pop/rock group Fall Out Boy wrote "Honorable Mention" in Cusack's honor.
Quote:
On Jon Stewart: "I love the man. He is the most important media watchdog right now."
—
The Huffington Post, Nov. 11, 2005
Family:
Sister: Joan Cusack, actress
Sister: Ann Cusack, actress
Brother: Bill Cusack, actor
Sister: Susie Cusack, actress
Awards:
2001: Golden Globe Nomination: Best Performance by an Actor n a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), High Fidelity
FILMS
Martian Child - (2007) - Actor
1408 - (2007) - Actor
Grace Is Gone - (2007) - Actor, Producer
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten - (2007) - Featured
Must Love Dogs - (2005) - Actor
The Ice Harvest - (2005) - Actor
Runaway Jury/Star Chamber/The Boston Strangler/Class Action - (2005) - Actor
Mona Lisa Smile/America's Sweethearts - (2005) - Actor
Two for the Money/Ice Harvest - (2005) - Actor
Identity - (2003) - Actor
Runaway Jury - (2003) - Actor
Adaptation - (2002) - Cameo
Max - (2002) - Actor, Associate Producer
America's Sweethearts - (2001) - Actor
Serendipity - (2001) - Actor
High Fidelity - (2000) - Actor, Screenwriter
Cradle Will Rock - (1999) - Actor
Hellcab - (1999) - Actor
Pushing Tin - (1999) - Actor
This Is My Father - (1999) - Actor
Being John Malkovich - (1999) - Actor
The Jack Bull - (1999) - Actor
The Thin Red Line - (1998) - Actor
Grosse Pointe Blank - (1997) - Actor, Screenwriter, Producer
Con Air - (1997) - Actor
Anastasia - (1997) - Voice
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - (1997) - Actor
City Hall - (1996) - Actor
Bullets Over Broadway - (1994) - Actor
The Road to Wellville - (1994) - Actor
Floundering - (1994) - Actor
Map of the Human Heart - (1993) - Actor
Money for Nothing - (1993) - Actor
Roadside Prophets - (1992) - Actor
Bob Roberts - (1992) - Actor
Shadows and Fog - (1992) - Actor
True Colors - (1991) - Actor
The Grifters - (1990) - Actor
Fat Man and Little Boy - (1989) - Actor
Say Anything - (1989) - Actor
Eight Men Out - (1988) - Actor
Hot Pursuit - (1987) - Actor
One Crazy Summer - (1986) - Actor
Stand by Me - (1986) - Actor
The Journey of Natty Gann - (1985) - Actor
The Sure Thing - (1985) - Actor
Better Off Dead - (1985) - Actor
Sixteen Candles - (1984) - Actor
Class - (1983) - Actor
War, Inc. - () - Actor
