John Cusack | |
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Born | John Paul Cusack June 28, 1966 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
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Years active | 1983–present |
Father | Dick Cusack |
Relatives | Ann Cusack (sister) Joan Cusack (sister) Jim Piddock (brother-in-law) |
John Paul Cusack (/ˈkjuːsæk/; born June 28, 1966)[1] is an American actor. He 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). In the 1990s, he then started appearing in independent films and had leading men roles in Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Anastasia (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (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. In 2012, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cusack 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 actresses Joan and Ann Cusack.