Engaging and accessible onscreen, protective and guarded in private, actor John Cusack built an exceptional... (Learn more)
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John Cusack’s Milestones
| Directed a stage production of Hunter S Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" | |
| Was appearing in industrial films, doing voiceovers in commercials and acting in radio spots by the age of twelve | |
| 1982 | Went on first feature audition at age 16 for "Class" |
| 1983 | Screen acting debut as a prep school student in the coming-of-age comedy "Class" |
| 1984 | Was one of the main nerds featured in "Sixteen Candles"; sister Joan also appeared in film |
| 1985 | Played first leading role in Rob Reiner's "The Sure Thing"; first screen teaming with Tim Robbins |
| 1985 | Starred as a heartbroken teen in the comedy "Better Off Dead" |
| 1985 | Was featured in Disney's "The Journey of Natty Gann" |
| 1986 | Founded New Crime Productions, a Chicago based theater company |
| 1986 | Had a memorable cameo in "Stand By Me," helmed by Rob Reiner |
| 1987 | Starred in the inane comedy "Hot Pursuit" |
| 1988 | Featured in the ensemble "Eight Men Out," John Sayles film of the 1919 Black Sox scandal |
| 1988 | First adult role, starring opposite Tim Robbins in the zany comedy "Tapeheads" |
| 1989 | Last teen role as cult icon Lloyd Dobler in Cameron Crowe's "Say Anything"; sister Joan also starred in film |
| 1989 | Starred as a nuclear physicist working on the atomic bomb in World War II in "Fat Man and Little Boy" |
| 1990 | Played Anjelica Huston's con artist son in Stephen Frears' "The Grifters" |
| 1991 | Cast as an ethically corrupt political climber opposite an idealistic James Spader in the drama "True Colors" |
| 1991 | Had a small role in "Shadows and Fog," his first film with Woody Allen |
| 1992 | Formed the film production arm of New Crime Productions with Paramount Pictures |
| 1992 | Had a small role in Tim Robbins' directorial debut "Bob Roberts" |
| 1992 | Was featured with a strange cameo role in the offbeat comedy "Roadside Prophets" |
| 1993 | Had a supporting role in the period drama "Map of the Human Heart" |
| 1994 | Co-starred in Alan Parker's satire "The Road to Wellville" |
| 1994 | Reteamed with Woody Allen with a featured role as a playwright in "Bullets Over Broadway" |
| 1996 | Played a young, idealistic deputy mayor of New York in the political drama "City Hall" |
| 1997 | Co-produced, scripted and starred in the sharp, high-school reunion set action-comedy "Grosse Point Blank" |
| 1997 | Starred as a US Marshal in the summer action blockbuster "Con Air" |
| 1997 | Starred in Clint Eastwood's uneven screen adaptation of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" |
| 1997 | Voiced the male lead Dimitri in the animated feature "Anastasia" |
| 1998 | Was featured in the ensemble cast of Terrence Malick's sweeping war drama "The Thin Red Line" |
| 1999 | Cast as puppeteer, Craig Schwartz who discovers a portal into the brain of the titular movie actor in Spike Jonze's experimental film "Being John Malkovich" |
| 1999 | Played Nelson Rockefeller in Tim Robbins' "Cradle Will Rock" |
| 1999 | Played a high-strung air traffic controller in Mike Newell's "Pushing Tin" |
| 1999 | Starred in the western "The Jack Bull," written by his father Dick Cusack |
| 2000 | Reteamed with Frears for "High Fidelity," playing an immature record-obsessed thirtysomething; based on Nick Hornby's acclaimed novel |
| 2001 | Teamed romantically onscreen with Kate Beckinsale in "Serendipity" |
| 2002 | Starred in the Nazi drama feature "Max," written and directed by Menno Meyjes |
| 2003 | Co-starred in James Mangold's psychological thriller "Identity" |
| 2005 | Played a simple-minded attorney who tries to steal money from his mob bosses in the "Ice Harvest," directed by Harold Ramis |
| 2007 | Once again teamed with Dutch filmmaker Menno Meyjes on "The Martian Child" |
| 2007 | Starred in the indie drama "Grace Is Gone," playing a father who embarks on a road trip with his two daughters after his wife is killed in the line of duty in Iraq; premiered at Sundance |
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