John Cusack

Career timeline

1. 1966 · Born

   Born in Evanston, Illinois, USA

2. 1981 · Screen debut

   Entertainment Tonight (TV)

3. 1986 · Breakthrough

   Stand by Me (Movie)

4. 1997 · Writing debut

   Grosse Pointe Blank (Movie)

5. 2008 · First production

   War, Inc. (Movie)

6. 2025 · Latest release

   Detective Chinatown 1900 (Movie)

Career in numbers

12 1980s

19 1990s

14 2000s

26 2010s

2 2020s

• Comedy32
• Drama29
• Thriller23
• Crime15
• Mystery13
• Romance11

Highest-rated title Stand by Me 1986 7.8 Most popular title 2012 2009 5.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Cusack in our catalogue.

Tim Robbins

4 titles together

50 Cent

2 titles together

Robert Elswit

2 titles together

Craig Robinson

2 titles together

Miranda Otto

2 titles together

D. B. Sweeney

2 titles together

1. 2025 Detective Chinatown 1900 as Grant 6.3 Movie
2. 2020 Utopia as Dr. Kevin Christie 7.2 TV
3. 2019 Never Grow Old as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert 6.0 Movie
4. 2018 River Runs Red as Horace 5.5 Movie
5. 2018 Distorted as Vernon Sarsfield 4.9 Movie
6. 2017 Singularity as Elias Van Dorne 3.6 Movie
7. 2017 Arsenal as Sal 4.3 Movie
8. 2016 Cell as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell 4.7 Movie
9. 2015 Chi-Raq as Fr. Mike Corridan 5.7 Movie
10. 2015 Love & Mercy as Brian Wilson 1980s 7.1 Movie
11. 2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Adam (uncredited) 5.2 Movie
12. 2015 Dragon Blade as Lucius 6.4 Movie
13. 2014 Reclaim as Benjamin 5.2 Movie
14. 2014 The Prince as Sam 4.9 Movie
15. 2014 Maps to the Stars as Dr. Stafford Weiss 6.2 Movie
16. 2014 The Bag Man as Jack 5.3 Movie
17. 2014 Doll & Em as John 6.4 TV
18. 2014 Adult World as Rat Billings 6.0 Movie
19. 2013 Grand Piano as Clem 6.0 Movie
20. 2013 The Butler as Richard Nixon 7.3 Movie
21. 2013 The Frozen Ground as Robert Hansen 6.3 Movie
22. 2013 The Numbers Station as Emerson 5.5 Movie
23. 2012 The Factory as Mike Fletcher 5.6 Movie
24. 2012 The Paperboy as Hillary Van Wetter 5.5 Movie
25. 2012 Evening Urgant as Self 7.0 TV
26. 2012 The Raven as Edgar Allan Poe 6.3 Movie
27. 2010 Shanghai as Paul Soames 6.1 Movie
28. 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine as Adam 6.1 Movie
29. 2009 2012 as Jackson Curtis 5.9 Movie
30. 2008 Igor as Igor (voice) 6.1 Movie
31. 2008 War, Inc. as Brand Hauser 5.5 Movie
32. 2007 Martian Child as David 6.7 Movie
33. 2007 1408 as Mike Enslin 6.7 Movie
34. 2006 The Contract as Ray 5.8 Movie
35. 2005 The Ice Harvest as Charlie 6.0 Movie
36. 2005 Must Love Dogs as Jake 5.9 Movie
37. 2003 Runaway Jury as Nick Easter 7.0 Movie
38. 2003 Identity as Ed 7.2 Movie
39. 2002 Adaptation. as John Cusack (uncredited) 7.3 Movie
40. 2001 Serendipity as Jonathan Trager 7.0 Movie
41. 2001 America's Sweethearts as Eddie Thomas 5.7 Movie
42. 2000 High Fidelity as Rob 7.1 Movie
43. 1999 Cradle Will Rock as Nelson Rockefeller 6.5 Movie
44. 1999 Being John Malkovich as Craig Schwartz 7.4 Movie
45. 1999 Pushing Tin as Nick Falzone 5.9 Movie
46. 1999 The Jack Bull as Myrl Redding 6.5 Movie
47. 1998 The Thin Red Line as Capt. John Gaff 7.4 Movie
48. 1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as John Kelso 6.4 Movie
49. 1997 Anastasia as Dimitri (voice) 7.6 Movie
50. 1997 Con Air as Agent Vince Larkin 6.8 Movie
51. 1997 Grosse Pointe Blank as Martin Q. Blank 7.0 Movie
52. 1996 City Hall as Kevin Calhoun 6.0 Movie
53. 1996 TFI Friday TV
54. 1994 The Road to Wellville as Charles Ossining 5.6 Movie
55. 1994 Bullets Over Broadway as David Shayne 7.1 Movie
56. 1994 Baseball as (voice) 7.6 TV
57. 1993 Frasier as Greg (voice) 7.7 TV
58. 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 5.3 TV
59. 1992 The Player as John Cusack 7.2 Movie
60. 1991 Shadows and Fog as Student Jack 6.7 Movie
61. 1990 The Grifters as Roy Dillon 6.5 Movie
62. 1989 Fat Man and Little Boy as Michael Merriman 6.2 Movie
63. 1989 Say Anything... as Lloyd Dobler 7.0 Movie
64. 1988 Eight Men Out as Buck Weaver 6.8 Movie
65. 1987 Broadcast News as Angry Messenger 6.8 Movie
66. 1986 Stand by Me as Denny Lachance 7.8 Movie
67. 1986 One Crazy Summer as Hoops McCann 6.0 Movie
68. 1985 The Journey of Natty Gann as Harry 6.8 Movie
69. 1985 Better Off Dead... as Lane Meyer 6.6 Movie
70. 1985 The Sure Thing as Walter "Gib" Gibson 6.5 Movie
71. 1984 Sixteen Candles as Bryce 6.7 Movie
72. 1983 Class as Roscoe 6.0 Movie
73. 1981 Entertainment Tonight 4.4 TV

1. 2000 High Fidelity 7.1 Movie
2. 1997 Grosse Pointe Blank 7.0 Movie

1. 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine 6.1 Movie
2. 2008 War, Inc. 5.5 Movie

1. 2016 Cell 4.7 Movie
2. 1999 The Jack Bull 6.5 Movie

1. 2008 War, Inc. 5.5 Movie

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