John Cusack, American actor and screenwriter
John Paul Cusack (; born June 28, 1966) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and political activist. He began acting in films during the 1980s and has since starred in many films, including Sixteen Candles (1984), The Sure Thing (1985), Better Off Dead (1985), Stand by Me (1986), One Crazy Summer (1986), Tapeheads (1988), Say Anything... (1989), True Colors (1991), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), City Hall (1996), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Con Air (1997), Anastasia (1997), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), Serendipity (2001), Identity (2003), Runaway Jury (2003), Must Love Dogs (2005), The Ice Harvest (2005), The Contract (2006), Grace Is Gone (2007), 1408 (2007), Martian Child (2007), 2012 (2009), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), The Frozen Ground (2013), Maps to the Stars (2014), and Cell (2016). He is the son of filmmaker Dick Cusack, and his older sisters are actresses Joan and Ann Cusack.