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John Paul Cusack (/ˈkjuːsæk/; born June 28, 1966)[1] is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and political activist. He is a son of filmmaker Dick Cusack, and his older sisters are actresses Joan and Ann Cusack.

John Cusack
Cusack at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival
Born	John Paul Cusack (1966-06-28) June 28, 1966 (age 56) Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor producer screenwriter political activist
Years active	1983–present
Parent	Dick Cusack (father)
Family	Ann Cusack (sister) Joan Cusack (sister)

Cusack began acting in films during the 1980s, starring in coming-of-age dramedies such as The Sure Thing (1985), Better Off Dead (1985), and Say Anything... (1989). He then started appearing in independent films such as Eight Men Out (1988), The Grifters (1990), True Colors (1991), and Bullets Over Broadway (1994). Cusack began appearing as a leading man in such film as the comedic films Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), the action thriller Con Air (1997), the animated musical Anastasia (1997), the psychological drama Being John Malkovich (1999), and the romantic comedies High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), Serendipity (2001), and Must Love Dogs (2005). He also starred in Runaway Jury (2003), Grace Is Gone (2007), Martian Child (2007), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), The Butler (2013), Maps to the Stars (2014), and Chi-Raq (2015). He portrayed Brian Wilson in the critically acclaimed musical biopic Love and Mercy (2015).

Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited Cusack as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.[2][3]

Early life

Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois into an Irish Catholic family. His parents are writer-actor-producer and documentary filmmaker Richard J. "Dick" Cusack (1925–2003), originally from New York City,[4][5][6] and Ann Paula "Nancy" (née Carolan) Cusack (1929-2022),[7] originally from Massachusetts, a former mathematics teacher and political activist.[4][8] John's older sisters, Ann and Joan, are also actors. Cusack has two other siblings, Bill and Susie.[4] The family moved from Manhattan, New York, to Illinois[9][10] and were friends of activist Philip Berrigan.[11] Cusack graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1984, where he met Jeremy Piven,[12] and spent a year at New York University before dropping out, saying that he had "too much fire in his belly".[13]

Career

Cusack began acting in films in the early 1980s. He made his breakout role in Rob Reiner's The Sure Thing (1985). He also starred in Cameron Crowe's directorial debut film, Say Anything... (1989). Cusack played a con artist in Stephen Frears' 1990 neo-noir film The Grifters. After establishing New Crime Productions, Cusack co-wrote the screenplay for and starred in George Armitage's crime film Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), in which he played an assassin who goes to his 10-year high school reunion to win back his high school sweetheart.[14]

In Spike Jonze's fantasy film Being John Malkovich (1999), Cusack played a puppeteer who finds a portal leading into the mind of the eponymous actor, John Malkovich. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Director (Jonze), Best Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman) and Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener). Cusack was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in High Fidelity (2000), based on Nick Hornby's novel, and also appeared in America's Sweethearts (2001), Serendipity (2001), Identity (2003), Runaway Jury (2003), Must Love Dogs (2005), The Ice Harvest (2005), The Contract (2006), Grace Is Gone (2007), 1408 (2007), Martian Child (2007), War, Inc. (2008).^{[citation needed]}

Cusack starred as Jackson Curtis in Roland Emmerich's epic disaster film 2012 (2009), which the struggling novelist had attempts to survive the apocalypse and save mankind.

Cusack also played Edgar Allan Poe in James McTeigue's biopic film The Raven (2012) and starred in David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars (2014).[15]

Later, he starred in video on demand films, including The Factory, The Numbers Station, The Frozen Ground, Grand Piano (2013), Drive Hard (2014), The Prince (2014), Reclaim (2014), Cell (2016), Arsenal (2017), Blood Money (2017), and Singularity (2017).

In 2014, Cusack criticized Hollywood saying the mega-corporations have stepped in with 50-producer movies, franchises are king, and stars are used as leverage. He called Hollywood, "a whorehouse and people go mad."[16]

Political activism

He is anti-war, having tweeted, "Being anti-war — is pro-troops — pro-human".[17][18] Between 2005 and 2009, Cusack wrote blogs for The Huffington Post, which included an interview with Naomi Klein. He voiced his opposition to the war in Iraq and Bush's administration, calling the government's worldview "depressing, corrupt, unlawful, and tragically absurd".[19] He also appeared in a June 2008 MoveOn.org advertisement, where he said that George W. Bush and John McCain had the same governing priorities.[20]

Cusack criticized the Obama administration for its drone policy in the Middle East and its support of the National Defense Authorization Act, and became one of the initial supporters of the Freedom of the Press Foundation in 2012. In June 2015, he stated in an interview with The Daily Beast that "when you talk about drones, the American Empire, the NSA, civil liberties, attacks on journalism and whistleblowers, [Obama] is as bad or worse than Bush".[21] He later criticized the publication for misquoting him in order to make an interesting headline.[22][23]

In 2015, Cusack, Daniel Ellsberg and Arundhati Roy met Edward Snowden, who had fled the US because of his leaks of classified information surrounding illegal population surveillance, at a Moscow hotel room.[24] This meeting was converted into a book co-authored with Roy titled Things That Can and Cannot Be Said.[25]

Cusack endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders in his 2016 and 2020 presidential bids.[26][27] He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[28]

During the 2014 Israel Gaza conflict, Cusack supported the Palestinians on social media.[29] He tweeted from the region a number of pro-Gaza articles.[30] One tweet read, "Bombing people who can't escape not [sic] defense – does not mean one supports Hamas means to be against murder as solution to political problem."^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, after Lorde cancelled performances in Israel after a request from the BDS movement, Cusack was among more than a hundred writers, actors, director, and musicians who signed a letter defending Lorde's freedom of conscience.[31][32]

In June 2019, Cusack wrote a tweet featuring an image of a large fist with a blue Star of David crushing a small crowd of people next to a quote often misattributed to Voltaire: "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize".[33][34][35] The quote is in reality a comment by the white supremacist and neo-Nazi Kevin Alfred Strom.[36][37] In the tweet, Cusack added the words "Follow the money." He later blamed it on a "bot," then defended it, then apologized and deleted the tweet.[38][36][39][35][33]

Personal life

Cusack trained in kickboxing under former world kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez for over twenty years. He began training under Urquidez in preparation for his role in Say Anything... and holds the rank of a level six black belt in Urquidez's Ukidokan Kickboxing system.[40]

In March 2008, police arrested Emily Leatherman outside Cusack's Malibu, California home for stalking him. On October 10, 2008, Leatherman pleaded no contest and received five years' probation and mandatory psychiatric counseling, and was ordered to stay away from Cusack, his home, and business for the next ten years.[41]

Cusack has never been married nor had children; when asked in a 2009 interview why this was the case, he answered, "Society doesn't tell me what to do."[42]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Class	Roscoe
1984	Sixteen Candles	Bryce
1984	Grandview, U.S.A.	Johnny Maine
1985	The Sure Thing	Walter "Gib" Gibson
1985	Better Off Dead	Lane Meyer
1985	The Journey of Natty Gann	Harry
1986	Stand by Me	Dennis "Denny" Lachance
1986	One Crazy Summer	Hoops McCann
1987	Hot Pursuit	Dan Bartlett
1987	Broadcast News	Angry Messenger
1988	Tapeheads	Ivan Alexeev
1988	Eight Men Out	Buck Weaver
1989	Say Anything...	Lloyd Dobler
1989	Fat Man and Little Boy	Michael Merriman
1990	The Grifters	Roy Dillon
1991	True Colors	Peter Burton
1991	Shadows and Fog	Student Jack
1992	Roadside Prophets	Caspar
1992	The Player	Himself	Cameo
1992	Map of the Human Heart	The Mapmaker
1992	Bob Roberts	Cutting Edge Host
1993	Money for Nothing	Joey Coyle
1994	Floundering	JC
1994	Bullets over Broadway	David Shayne
1994	The Road to Wellville	Charles Ossining
1996	City Hall	Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun
1997	Grosse Pointe Blank	Martin Q. Blank	Also co-writer and producer
1997	Con Air	U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin
1997	Chicago Cab	Scary Man
1997	Anastasia	Dimitri	Voice
1997	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	John Kelso
1998	This Is My Father	Eddie Sharp
1998	The Thin Red Line	Captain Gaff
1999	Pushing Tin	Nick Falzone
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Nelson Rockefeller
1999	Being John Malkovich	Craig Schwartz
2000	High Fidelity	Rob Gordon	Also co-writer and producer
2001	America's Sweethearts	Eddie Thomas
2001	Serendipity	Jonathan Trager
2002	Max	Max Rothman	Also associate producer
2002	Adaptation	Himself	Uncredited cameo
2003	Identity	Edward "Ed" Dakota
2003	Runaway Jury	Nicholas Easter
2005	Must Love Dogs	Jake Anderson
2005	The Ice Harvest	Charlie Arglist
2006	The Contract	Ray Keene	Direct-to-VOD
2007	Grace Is Gone	Stanley Philipps	Also producer
2007	1408	Michael "Mike" Enslin
2007	Martian Child	David Gordon
2008	War, Inc.	Brand Hauser	Also co-writer and producer
2008	Igor	Igor	Voice
2009	2012	Jackson Curtis
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine	Adam Yates	Also producer
2010	Shanghai	Paul Soames	Direct-to-VOD
2012	The Raven	Edgar Allan Poe
2012	The Paperboy	Hillary Van Wetter
2012	The Factory	Mike Fletcher	Direct-to-VOD
2013	The Numbers Station	Emerson Kent	Direct-to-VOD
2013	The Frozen Ground	Robert Hansen	Direct-to-VOD
2013	The Butler	Richard Nixon
2013	Grand Piano	Clem
2013	We Are Not Animals	Tony Lovecraft	Also co-writer and executive producer
2013	Adult World	Rat Billings
2014	The Bag Man	Jack	Direct-to-VOD
2014	Maps to the Stars	Stafford Weiss
2014	Drive Hard	Simon Keller	Direct-to-VOD
2014	The Prince	Sam	Direct-to-VOD
2014	Love & Mercy	Brian Wilson
2014	Reclaim	Benjamin	Direct-to-VOD
2015	Dragon Blade	Lucius	Released in China
2015	Hot Tub Time Machine 2	Adam Yates	Deleted cameo
2015	Chi-Raq	Fr. Mike Corridan
2016	Cell	Clayton Riddell	Also executive producer, direct-to-VOD
2017	Arsenal	Sal	Direct-to-VOD
2017	Blood Money	Miller	Direct-to-VOD
2017	Singularity	Elias van Dorne	Direct-to-VOD
2018	Distorted	Vernon Sarsfield
2018	River Runs Red	Horace	Direct-to-VOD
2019	Never Grow Old	Dutch Albert
2022	Pursuit	John Calloway	Direct-to-VOD

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Frasier	Greg	Voice; Episode: "Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven"
1999	The Jack Bull	Myrl Redding	Television film; also executive producer
2014	Wall Street	Ted	Unaired pilot; also executive producer
2014	Doll & Em	John	Episode: "Three"
2020	Utopia	Dr. Kevin Christie	8 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1989	Chicago Film Critics Association	Most Promising Actor	Say Anything...	Won
1999	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Male Lead	Being John Malkovich	Nominated
1999	Online Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble	Being John Malkovich	Nominated
1999	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Being John Malkovich	Nominated
2000	American Comedy Awards	Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)	Being John Malkovich	Nominated
2000	BAFTA	Best Adapted Screenplay	High Fidelity	Nominated
2000	Empire Awards	Best Actor	High Fidelity	Nominated
2000	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	High Fidelity	Nominated
2000	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Hissy Fit	High Fidelity	Nominated
2000	University of Southern California	Scripter Award	High Fidelity	Nominated
2000	Writers Guild of America	Best Adapted Screenplay	High Fidelity	Nominated
2001	American Comedy Awards	Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)	High Fidelity	Nominated
2007	Saturn Awards	Best Actor	1408	Nominated
2009	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Sci-Fi	2012	Nominated
2013	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	The Butler	Nominated
2014	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Maps to the Stars	Won

References

Further reading

• Barnes, Henry (September 26, 2014). "John Cusack: 'Hollywood is a whorehouse and people go mad'". The Guardian. Accessed February 27, 2015.
• Robinson, Tasha (November 27, 2007). "John Cusack" (interview). The A.V. Club.

External links

• John Cusack on Twitter
• John Cusack at AllMovie
• John Cusack at IMDb

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[de] John Cusack

John Paul Cusack (* 28. Juni 1966 in Evanston, Illinois) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Filmproduzent und Drehbuchautor. Sein Vater Richard „Dick“ Cusack war ebenfalls Schauspieler, wie auch seine Geschwister Ann, Bill, Joan und Susie.

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[es] John Cusack

John Paul Cusack (Evanston, Illinois, 28 de junio de 1966) es un actor y guionista de cine y televisión estadounidense. Nominado a los Globo de Oro, a los Premios BAFTA y a los Premios del Sindicato de Actores.[1] Conocido por sus papeles en películas como Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), 1408 (2007) o 2012 (2009).[2] Es hermano de la también actriz Joan Cusack.

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[ru] Кьюсак, Джон

Джон Пол Кью́сак[6], иногда Кью́зак (англ. John Paul Cusack, род. 28 июня 1966[1][2][3], Эванстон, Иллинойс[4][5]) — американский киноактёр, продюсер и сценарист.

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