John Cusack was born on June 28, 1966 in Evanston, Illinois USA. He is an American film actor and writer.

After several appearances in teen-oriented movies in the 1980s, John Cusack proved himself to be a reliable, if unconventional, leading man in the '90s in such films as The Grifters (1990), Being John Malkovich (1999), also starring Cameron Diaz and High Fidelity (2000), starred opposite Jack Black. On screen he's usually smart and ironic, able to play charming as well as callous, and off screen he's known for his wise career choices and dedication to the theater.

Like his pal Tim Robbins, Cusack does both quirky, independent films and mainstream Hollywood features. His films include Say Anything (1989), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Con Air (1997), with John Malkovich, Max (2002), Identity (2003) and Runaway Jury (2003), starred alongside Rachel Weisz and Gene Hackman.

He is not married, but has been romantically linked to a number of women. Cusack is fiercely protective of his private life and rarely makes public appearances between his films or events. He has said that "celebrity is the worst thing that can happen to an actor."

Filmography

• Igor (2008)
• Summerhood (2007)
• Talking with Dog (2008)
• War, Inc. (2007)
• Martian Child (2007)
• 1408 (2007)
• Grace Is Gone (2007)
• The Contract (2006)
• The Ice Harvest: Alternate Endings (2006)
• The Ice Harvest (2005)
• Must Love Dogs (2005)
• Runaway Jury (2003)
• Identity (2003)
• Max (2002)
• Serendipity (2001)
• America's Sweethearts (2001)
• High Fidelity (2000)
• Being John Malkovich (1999)
• Cradle Will Rock (1999)
• Pushing Tin (1999)
• The Jack Bull (1999)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• This Is My Father (1998)
• Chicago Cab (1998)
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
• Anastasia (1997)
• Con Air (1997)
• Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
• "Frasier" (1 episode, 1996)
• City Hall (1996)
• The Road to Wellville (1994)
• Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
• Floundering (1994)
• Money for Nothing (1993)
• Map of the Human Heart (1993)
• Bob Roberts (1992)
• Roadside Prophets (1992)
• Shadows and Fog (1992)
• True Colors (1991)
• The Grifters (1990)
• Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
• Say Anything... (1989)
• Elvis Stories (1989)
• Tapeheads (1988)
• Eight Men Out (1988)
• Broadcast News (1987)
• Hot Pursuit (1987)
• Stand by Me (1986)
• One Crazy Summer (1986)
• The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
• Better Off Dead... (1985)
• The Sure Thing (1985)
• Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
• Sixteen Candles (1984)
• Class (1983)

Awards

• Chicago Film Festival Most Promising Actor "Say Anything" 1990
• Joseph Jefferson Award Best Director "Methusalem" 1990