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Biography
John Paul Cusack (; born June 28, 1966) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and political activist. He began acting in films during the 1980s and has since starred in more than 85 films, including Sixteen Candles (1984), Tapeheads (1988), Say Anything... (1989), Bullets over Broadway (1994), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), Runaway Jury (2003), Igor (2008), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), The Frozen Ground (2013) and Maps to the Stars (2014). He is the son of filmmaker Dick Cusack, and his older sisters are actresses Joan and Ann Cusack.
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.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.When asked in 2009 why he had never married, Cusack answered, "society doesn't tell me what to do."
Early Life
Cusack was born in 1966 in Evanston, Illinois. He was born into an Irish Catholic family, the son of writer-actor-producer and documentary filmmaker Richard J. Cusack (1925–2003), originally from New York City and Ann Paula "Nancy" (née Carolan) Cusack, originally from Massachusetts, a former mathematics teacher and political activist. John's siblings Ann and Joan are also actors. Cusack has two other siblings, Bill and Susie. The family moved from Manhattan, New York, to Illinois and were friends of activist Philip Berrigan. Cusack graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1984, where he met Jeremy Piven, and spent a year at New York University before dropping out, saying that he had "too much fire in his belly".
Movies & TV shows
2020.
1 TV show
TV

Utopia
2020
A group of young adults who met online are hunted down by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a cult underground graphic novel.
2019.
1 Movie

Never Grow Old
2019
An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.
2018.
2 Movies

River Runs Red
2018
When the son of a successful judge is killed by two police officers and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up wi...

Distorted
2018
A married couple believes that the smart apartments in their high tech residence are being used by their owner for sinister reasons.
2017.
3 Movies

Blood Money
4
2017
Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white collar criminal hellbent on retrieving his cash, but soon their greed turns them against each other. A modern re-telling of Treasure of the ...

Singularity
2017
When Elias van Dorne, CEO of the world's largest robotics company, introduces his most powerful invention, Kronos-a super-computer designed to end all wars-it determines that humans are the biggest th...

Arsenal
5.13
2017
After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.
2016.
2 Movies

Cell
2
2016
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing cha...

Boom Bust Boom
2016
Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken. Co-written by Jones and Ko...
2015.
4 Movies

Hot Tub Time Machine 2
7.5
2015
When Lou, who has become the "Father of the Internet," is shot by an unknown assailant, Jacob and Nick fire up the time machine again to save their friend.

Love & Mercy
7.33
2015
The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stopped touring in the late 1960s and began to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, Wilson was under the control of a therapist.

Chi-Raq
2015
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.

Dragon Blade
1
2015
Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and becomes enslaved. On the other hand, a Roman general escapes to China after rescuing the Prince. The...
2014.
5 Movies · 1 TV show

The Bag Man
2014
A criminal waits in a seedy motel and waits for his boss after killing several men to steal a bag.
TV

Doll & Em
6
2014
Doll & Em is a British comedy series starring real-life friends Emily Mortimer (Em) and Dolly Wells (Doll), filmed in the style of a reality TV show. After a break up, Doll heads to Hollywood to be wi...

The Prince
2.67
2014
A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.

Drive Hard
2014
A former race car driver is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts them both in the sights of the cops and the mob.

Reclaim
2014
After their newly adopted daughter goes missing in a small town, Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and the dangerous secret behind the adoption agen...

Maps to the Stars
6.5
2014
There is an intense need for fame and validation for members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family who are chasing celebrity, one another and the ghosts of their pasts.
2013.
7 Movies

The Butler
5.3
2013
Cecil Gaines was the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986 and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made during his time there.

Salinger
2013
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D is a letter D. The author, who lived most of his life behind a wall of self-imposed seclusion, how his dramatic experiences...

We're No Animals
2013
A Hollywood actor grows tired of making the same corporate movies, so he moves to Argentina to find more experimental and meaningful work.

Adult World
2013
Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.

The Numbers Station
6
2013
When the moral values of a long time wetwork black ops agent are tested during his last operation, he gets an unfavorable psychological evaluation. He is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated as...

Grand Piano
6
2013
A concert pianist who suffers from stage fright discovers a note on his music sheet moments before his performance.

The Frozen Ground
3.5
2013
An Alaska State Trooper and a young woman who escaped from the clutches of a serial killer are working together to bring the murderer to justice. The events were based on actual events.
2012.
3 Movies

The Paperboy
2
2012
As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless...

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
A behind the scenes look at the making of Being John Malkovich, condensed from hours of footage during production.

The Raven
1
2012
A fictionalized account of the last days of the author's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
2011.
2 Movies

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Osc...

The Factory
6
2011
An obsessed cop is looking for a serial killer in Buffalo, New York. When his daughter goes missing, he drops everything to get the murderer.
2010.
4 Movies

Shanghai
6
2010
Four months before Pearl Harbor, an American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai and discovers that his friend has been killed. While unraveling the mysteries of the death, he falls i...

Hot Tub Time Machine
5.8
2010
A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back in time to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew i...

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
The 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project are the subject of a short piece.

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
The 2012 film's cast and crew praised the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director in this documentary. There is a man by the name of "Roland Emmerich."
2009.
1 Movie

2012
6.58
2009
There is a doctor named Dr. Adrian Helmsley learns that the earth's core is heating up as a result of the radiation from the solar storms. He warns the U.S. to be careful. The entire race is doomed be...
2008.
4 Movies

Guyville Redux
2008
Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in the early 1990s.


War, Inc.
2008
War Inc. is set in the future, when the fictional desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after a private corporation, Tamerlane, owned by the former Vice President of the United States, has ta...

Igor
8
2008
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
2007.
4 Movies · 1 TV show
TV

The Graham Norton Show
9.5
2007
GrahamNorton and celebrity guests talk about what's happening around the world during the week. The guests share their opinions on the main news stories. A band or artist is often with Graham to play ...

1408
5.75
2007
The Dolphin Hotel's fabled room 1408 has been checked into by a man who specializes in debunking supernatural occurrences. He was confronted with genuine terror soon after he settled in.

Grace Is Gone
6
2007
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and place to tell them about their mother's fate.

Martian Child
2007
A recently widowed science fiction writer is considering whether to adopt a 6-year-old boy who claims to be from Mars.

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before...
2006.
2 Movies

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo" spirit of one of this century's most notorious fig...

The Contract
2006
Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.
2005.
2 Movies

The Ice Harvest
2
2005
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.

Must Love Dogs
7
2005
Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatc...
2003.
4 Movies · 3 TV shows
TV

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
6.3
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
TV

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5.15
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.
TV

Real Time with Bill Maher
6
2003
A panel of guests, including politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like, discuss what's going on in the world each week on the show hosted by Bill Maher.

The Road to The Sure Thing
2003
A 26-minute documentary which gives an in-depth overview into the films production. This segment includes soundbytes from most of the cast & crew, as they discuss the script, the casting, and the prod...

Breakfast with Hunter
2003
Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing from cinema verite film and digital video that he s...

Identity
5.29
2003
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other,...

Runaway Jury
2.67
2003
A woman on the outside manipulates a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer while a juror on the inside does the same.
2002.
2 Movies

Adaptation.
5.67
2002
A lovelorn script writer is desperately trying to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.

Max
2002
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics
2001.
4 Movies

America: A Tribute to Heroes
2001
A benefit concert and telethon organized by George Clooney and broadcast uninterrupted and commercial-free by the four major television networks just 10 days after the September 11, 2001 attacks on th...

The Concert for New York City
2001
The Concert for New York City took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. It was a celebration of the strength of New York and a thank-you to the heroic firefighters, police officers and ...

America's Sweethearts
8
2001
In the midst of a nasty public breakdown of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped b...

Serendipity
5
2001
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter. Despite being destined for the altar, they each yearn to come back...
2000.
1 Movie

High Fidelity
9.5
2000
When record store owner Rob Gordon gets dumped by his girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in an attempt to figure out what went w...
1999.
5 Movies

Being John Malkovich
7.75
1999
Craig, an unsuccessful puppeteer, found a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal becomes a passion for anyone who enters its world of controlling and controlling another human body.

The Jack Bull
6
1999
The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy...

Cradle Will Rock
1999
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

This Is My Father
1999
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan) discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, Kieran looks to his mother (Moya Farrelly) ...

Pushing Tin
6
1999
Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.
1998.
1 Movie

The Thin Red Line
4.8
1998
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalc...
1997.
6 Movies · 1 TV show
TV

The View
6
1997
The most exciting events of the day are currently being discussed on ABC daytime's morning chat fest. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertai...

Con Air
6.43
1997
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The V...

Anastasia
5.9
1997
The story of the lost daughter of Russia's last czar is being told in an animated adventure. The Romanov family is cursed by the evil Rasputin, and Anastasia and her grandmother are separated from one...

Eastwood on Eastwood
1997
Autobiography of Clint Eastwood up to his movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."

Chicago Cab
1997
A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers.

Grosse Pointe Blank
6.26
1997
A hitman named Martin Blank is available for hire. He botches a couple of routine jobs when he starts to develop a conscience. He decided to attend his high school reunion on the advice of his secreta...

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
6.1
1997
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
1996.
1 Movie · 1 TV show
TV

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
5.67
1996
The biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture are discussed by The World's Fakest News Team.

City Hall
6
1996
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
1994.
3 Movies · 1 TV show
TV

Inside the Actors Studio
1994
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for fascinating interviews.

The Road to Wellville
1994
An unhappy young couple visit a spa in Battle Creek, Michigan, while a young hustler tries to get into the breakfast-cereal business and compete against John Kellogg's corn flakes.

Bullets Over Broadway
4
1994
After young playwright David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, his girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist, but not only is she a bimbo who could n...

Floundering
1994
When a young man's unemployment benefits run out, the IRS freezes his bank account, and his druggie brother needs help, things can't get any worse...until he discovers his girlfriend is cheating on hi...
1993.
2 Movies · 2 TV shows
TV

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
6
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity i...
TV

Frasier
5.35
1993
After many years at the "Cheers" bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

Money for Nothing
1993
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to h...

Map of the Human Heart
1993
Fantastic improbabilities, happenstance and the undying bridge of love are part of this romantic fantasy about an Inuit who crosses years, oceans and the ravages of WWII to find his childhood love, a ...
1992.
3 Movies · 1 TV show
TV

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.75
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarn...

Bob Roberts
2
1992
A mock documentary about a candidate. The Senate was written and directed by Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. Robbins gives insight ...

The Player
4.71
1992
A Hollywood studio executive is receiving death threats from a writer who wrote a script he rejected.

Roadside Prophets
1992
Sid and Nancy screenplay author Abbe Wool makes her directorial debut with this tale of a factory worker name Joe (X front man John Doe) who hits the road on his Harley to scatter the ashes of a co-wo...
1991.
2 Movies

True Colors
6
1991
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.

Shadows and Fog
6
1991
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
1990.
1 Movie

The Grifters
6
1990
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
1989.
3 Movies

Elvis Stories
1989
Elvis Stories is a short movie directed by Ben Stiller and starring John Cusack and Ben Stiller

Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
The Manhattan Project was a secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.

Say Anything...
6
1989
A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love in the summer before college.
1988.
2 Movies

Tapeheads
1988
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. They formed a music video production company because they couldn't find a job. They soon learn the in's and out's o...

Eight Men Out
10
1988
A dramatization of the 1919 World Series, when the Chicago White Socks accepted bribes in order to lose.
1987.
2 Movies

Broadcast News
5
1987
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain corr...

Hot Pursuit
1987
Danny is following his wealthy girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he has to take a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they leave, he gets a leave from his professor and take...
1986.
2 Movies

Stand by Me
6.17
1986
Four friends are going to hike to find the body of a teenager who was hit by a train while plucking fruit in the wild.

One Crazy Summer
5
1986
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
1985.
3 Movies

The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
The United States is in the depths of the Great Depression. When jobs are available, families are not together. In this masterful, atmospheric adventure, a young girl is confronted with overwhelming o...

Better Off Dead...
4.33
1985
Lane Meyer is obsessed with his girlfriend Beth and is crushed when she falls for the new captain of the ski team, Roy. After several failed suicide attempts, narrow escapes from the relentless paper ...

The Sure Thing
6
1985
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time ...
1984.
2 Movies

Sixteen Candles
6.33
1984
A teenage girl is dealing with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's hottest student.

Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
In the small town of Grandview, Illinois, life is just like any other city or town. Soon to be graduating high school student Tim Pearson wants to study oceanography in Florida. He is attracted to the...
1983.
1 Movie · 1 TV show
TV

LIVE with Kelly and Ryan
1983
LIVE with Kelly and Ryan is an American syndicated morning talk show, hosted by Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest. Executive-produced by Michael Gelman, the show has aired since 1983 locally on WABC-TV in ...

Class
1983
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out o...
1981.
1 TV show
TV

Wanna bet, that..?
1981
Wetten, dass..? was a long-running German-language entertainment television show. It is the most successful Saturday television show in Europe. Its format was the basis for the British show You Bet! a...
1953.
1 TV show
TV

The Academy Awards
1953
The Academy Awards or The Oscars is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially ...
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