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John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor. Cusack 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), 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. He 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 actors Bill, Joan and Ann Cusack. In 2012, Cusack was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor. Cusack 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), 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. He 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 actors Bill, Joan and Ann Cusack. In 2012, Cusack was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Entertainment Tonight
The Daily Show
The Oscars
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Graham Norton Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Jay Leno Show
Frasier
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Doll & Em
Bob Roberts
BRATS
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Stand by Me
Sixteen Candles
Grandview, U.S.A.
The Thin Red Line
Chi-Raq
Utopia
The Butler
Maps to the Stars
Fat Man and Little Boy
Fog of War
The Prince
Singularity
Adult World
The Journey of Natty Gann
Con Air
Arsenal
River Runs Red
Anastasia
Dragon Blade
Love & Mercy
Pursuit
Must Love Dogs
The Contract
Pushing Tin
Max
Hot Tub Time Machine
Better Off Dead...
Reclaim
Cell
Shanghai
The Ice Harvest
The Jack Bull
2012
1408
Drive Hard
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Identity
True Colors
Hot Pursuit
Runaway Jury
Production Credits
Hot Tub Time Machine
The Jack Bull
Cell
Max
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