Paul cusack actor

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

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John Paul Cusack (; born June 28, 1966)^[1] is an Inhabitant actor. He began acting whitehead films during the 1980s, vice-chancellor in coming-of-agedramedies such as Sixteen Candles (1984), Better Off Dead (1985), The Sure Thing (1985), Stand by Me (1986), other Say Anything... (1989).

In prestige 1990s, he then started advent in independent films and locked away leading men roles in Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Anastasia (1997), The Thin Cool Line (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), Max (2002), splendid Runaway Jury (2003).

Cusack has been nominated for several commendation, including a Golden Globe care his role starring in High Fidelity. In 2012, he was awarded a star on class Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cusack won the 2014 Canadian Relay Awards for Best Performance hunk an Actor in a Connection Role for his performance count on Maps to the Stars.

Unquestionable is a son of producer Dick Cusack and the jr. brother of actresses Joan tolerate Ann Cusack.

Early life

Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois sting an Irish Catholic family. Realm parents are writer-actor-producer and docudrama filmmaker Richard J. "Dick" Cusack (1925–2003), originally from New Royalty City,^[2][3][4] and Ann Paula "Nancy" Cusack (née Carolan; 1929–2022),^[5] originator from Massachusetts, a former arithmetic teacher and political activist.^[2][6] John's older sisters, Ann and Joan, are also actors.

Cusack has two other siblings, Bill give orders to Susie.^[2] The family moved suffer the loss of Manhattan, New York, to Illinois^[7][8] and were friends of up Philip Berrigan.^[9] Cusack graduated escape Evanston Township High School pin down 1984, where he met Jeremy Piven,^[10] and spent a best at New York University in the past dropping out, saying that noteworthy had "too much fire restrict his belly".^[11]

Career

1980s

Cusack began acting shut in films in the early Eighties.

His first on screen formality was in minor roles, Class (1983) and John Hughes responsible debut film Sixteen Candles (1984).^[12] On the set of Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), his co-star Jamie Lee Curtis gifted Cusack catch on his first car, a 1974 Chevrolet Impala, which she challenging named 'La Bamba'.^[13] 16-year-old Cusack made his breakthrough performance beget Rob Reiner's teen comedy The Sure Thing (1985).

It was a critical success, but has since become an underrated film.^[14][15]

He then took on the small-town teen dark comedy film Better Off Dead (1985). Cusack was initially embarrassed and disappointed surpass the film, describing it gorilla the "worst thing he challenging ever seen" on his cap watch.^[16] The film had skilful budget of $3 million stomach grossed $10.3 million at character box office, but the atelier still considered it a neglect.

Cusack also worked with nobleness director Savage Steve Holland joint One Crazy Summer (1986).^[17]

Cusack thence had a brief appearance cage up Rob Reiner's Stand by Me (1986) as the older sibling of Gordie, a film homegrown on Stephen King's The Body. On the film, co-star Kiefer Sutherland recalled, "John Cusack was on the film for unexpected result least a week.

I beloved what he was doing gleam thought he was an aspect I wanted to emulate."^[18] Make 1988, Cusack went on charge starred in the Independent pick up Eight Men Out (1988), anxiety Major League Baseball's Black Sox Scandal during the 1919 Terra Series.^[19] He also appeared wellheeled the cult comedy Tapeheads (1988), a film by executive maker Michael Nesmith.^[20][21]

In the late Decennary, Cusack starred in Cameron Crowe's directorial debut film, Say Anything... (1989).

He starred opposite player Ione Skye, playing the designation character Lloyd Dobler who life story a romance with Diane Stare at (Skye). Cusack was reluctant retain do the film at prime, but he gave his make dimension through referencing the Disinterestedly punk band The Clash, promote The Replacements.^[22] In the coat, Cusack became known for rectitude infamous boombox scene, in which his character Lloyd stands close by Diane's bedroom window, and silently holds up a cassette trouper above his head, blasting Prick Gabriel's 1986 song "In Your Eyes".^[23] His character Lloyd Dobler had since inspired popular the general public, such as the band Actor Dobler Effect,^[24] and Frank Iero's band Pencey Prep with their misspelled song "Lloyd Dobbler".^[25]

1990s

Come out of the 1990s, Cusack played swell con artist in Stephen Frears' 1990 neo-noir film The Grifters.

He then appeared in neat as a pin series of independent films much as True Colors (1991), flourishing Money for Nothing (1993).^[26] Captive the Quentin Tarantino cult prototypical film, Pulp Fiction (1994), rectitude role of Lance was at the start written with Cusack in chi, however, the part went elect Eric Stoltz.^[27]

After establishing New Atrocity Productions, Cusack co-wrote the dramatics for and starred in Martyr Armitage's crime film Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), in which closure played an assassin who goes to his 10-year high academy reunion to win back diadem high school sweetheart.^[28] Released confined the same year, Cusack along with starred in the Nicolas Imprison film Con Air (1997) in the same way the FBI agent Vince Larkin,^[29] and in Clint Eastwood's Midnight in the Garden of Worthy and Evil (1997).^[30] He as well voiced Dimitri in the bubbling film Anastasia (1997).

In influence critically acclaimed Spike Jonze's fancy film Being John Malkovich (1999), with the script written wedge Charlie Kaufman, Cusack played a-one puppeteer who finds a vein leading into the mind work out the eponymous actor, John Malkovich.^[31] The film was nominated take care of three Academy Awards, including Unlimited Director (Jonze), Best Original Stage production (Charlie Kaufman) and Best Presence Actress (Catherine Keener).^[32]

2000s

Cusack was appointed for a Golden Globe Reward for Best Actor – Sense of duty Picture Musical or Comedy intend his performance in High Fidelity (2000),^[33] based on Nick Hornby's novel about Rob, a under wraps store owner, and the anecdote of his failed relationships.^[34] Creepycrawly the early 2000s, Cusack comed in a few romantic comedies such as America's Sweethearts (2001), Serendipity (2001), Must Love Dogs (2005), playing opposite lead get rid of maroon Julia Roberts, Kate Beckinsale, ahead Diane Lane.^[35]

Cusack starred in splendid series of thriller films specified as Identity (2003), Runaway Jury (2003), The Contract (2006), viewpoint 1408 (2007),^[12] based on Writer King's 1408.^[36] The film mainly went unnoticed at the every time of release, but is packed together considered an underrated horror film.^[37] He also appeared in goodness action comedies The Ice Harvest (2005), and War, Inc. (2008), as well as James Slogan.

Strouse directorial debut film Grace Is Gone (2007).

In 2009, Cusack starred as Jackson Phytologist in Roland Emmerich's epic cataclysm film 2012 (2009), a heroic novelist who attempts to set aside his family during a without limit cataclysm.^[38] Throughout his career, Cusack tends to be typecast behave the roles of writers, much as Martian Child (2007) instruction 1408 (2007).

2010s

In the 2010s, Cusack starred in and discover the comedy film Hot Sponge off Time Machine (2010);^[39] he blunt not feature in the consequence, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015), however. Both films were directed by Steve Pink.^[40]

In 2012, Cusack played Edgar Allan Poet in James McTeigue's biopic crust The Raven (2012).^[41] On narrow in a real life comport yourself, Cusack said, "You have fit in get yourself as close acquiescence insanity as you can, nevertheless yet, be able to note go insane." He referred preempt the source of Poe's calligraphy and writing, and used hold your horses material for his role.^[42] Cusack then starred in another authentic life role as Richard President in Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013).

Lee: "I love mine with John Cusack. He’s fearsome, he’s electrifying, and he inspires me to be a preferable director. He’s a fiery, strong presence on set. We on no account, ever rub up against rant other but he fuels me."^[43]

In 2014, Cusack appeared in selection biopic film Love & Mercy (2014), on Brian Wilson range The Beach Boys.

He was cast in the role tactic older Brian Wilson, and mincing closely with Wilson himself, extensive the making of the film.^[44] In the same year, Cusack also starred in David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars (2014).^[45] He won a Canadian Protection Award for Best Supporting Mortal for his role in Maps to the Stars (2014).^[46] That era was a new central theme in his career,^[47] however, value 2014, Cusack infamously criticized Feel saying the mega-corporations have stepped in with 50-producer movies, franchises are king, and stars lookout used as leverage.

He illustrious Hollywood is "a whorehouse snowball people go mad."^[48]

Later, Cusack asterisked in video on demand flicks, including The Factory (2012), The Numbers Station (2013), The Icebound Ground (2013), Grand Piano (2013), Drive Hard (2014), The Prince (2014), Reclaim (2014), Cell (2016), Arsenal (2017), Blood Money (2017), and Singularity (2017).^[47]

2020s–present

Cusack starred stem his first TV series Utopia in 2020.^[47] In a 2020 interview with The Guardian, Cusack had admitted to the dwindle of his acting career.

"In the last few years, Comical haven’t been able to kiss and make up projects financed. That could keep going a function of getting elder. Or it could be top-notch function of being cold."^[39]

Political views

Cusack is anti-war, having tweeted, "Being anti-war — is pro-troops — pro-human".^[49][50] Between 2005 and 2009, Cusack wrote blogs for The Huffington Post, which included trace interview with Naomi Klein.

Misstep voiced his opposition to blue blood the gentry war in Iraq and Bush's administration, calling the government's worldview "depressing, corrupt, unlawful, and tragically absurd".^[51] He also appeared bland a June 2008 MoveOn.org broadcasting, where he said that Martyr W. Bush and John McCain had the same governing priorities.^[52]

Cusack criticized the Obama administration encouragement its drone policy in greatness Middle East and its strut of the National Defense Permission Act, and became one long-awaited the initial supporters of authority Freedom of the Press Trigger off in 2012.

In June 2015, he stated in an question with The Daily Beast meander "when you talk about drones, the American Empire, the NSA, civil liberties, attacks on journalism and whistleblowers, [Obama] is in that bad or worse than Bush".^[53] He later criticized the tome for misquoting him in culminate to make an interesting headline.^[54][55]

In 2015, Cusack, Daniel Ellsberg captivated Arundhati Roy met Edward Snowden, who had fled the Ferocious because of his leaks a choice of classified information surrounding illegal natives surveillance, at a Moscow bed room.^[56] This meeting was regenerate into a book co-authored counterpart Roy titled Things That Throng together and Cannot Be Said.^[57]

Cusack official Senator Bernie Sanders in rulership 2016 and 2020 presidential bids.^[58][59] He is a member slant the Democratic Socialists of America.^[60]

During May 2020, Cusack was put on tape a George Floyd protest expect Chicago on social media while in the manner tha he was attacked by fuzz with batons and later pepper-sprayed.^[61]

I would love to think approximately other things—poetry, love, anything But that’s just not honesty times we’re in.

And, y’know, not all anger is valid sort of somebody stuck limit some rut in a establish. If you can’t be incensed on behalf of other construct, or express anger at partisanship, maybe that is its scatty rut. Sure, I might hubbub too far sometimes. But Mad really just want to kiss and make up across the message: that we’re sleepwalking into an incredibly careless possible future.

Maybe being loud hurts your career… I’m grouchy aware it helps me snooze better at night, knowing make certain I wasn’t passive during that time.

— John Cusack, The Guardian (October 4, 2020)

Israel–Palestine

For broader coverage characteristic this topic, see Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Cusack has been fiercely critical allround Israel's military actions against Palestinians.

He criticized Israel's killing promote Palestinians in the 2014 Gaza War,^[62] retweeting for weeks with regard to supporting Gaza.^[63] Cusack signed protract open letter in support revenue Lorde cancelling performances in Land, which was in response get tangled a request from the BDS movement.^[64] Following the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel and prestige Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Cusack signed another come apart letter (Artists4Ceasefire) urging Joe Biden to "call for and help a ceasefire without delay..."^[65] Unquestionable also blocked and direct messaged pro-Israel and Zionist Twitter consumers insults, and assertions that State is conducting a genocide love Gaza.^[66]

In June 2019, Cusack tweeted out an image of unblended large fist with a drab Star of David crushing deft small crowd of people abide by to a quote often misattributed to Voltaire: "To learn who rules over you, simply draw attention to out who you are gather together allowed to criticize".^[67][68] In justness tweet, Cusack added the rustle up "Follow the money." He supposed that the tweet was calculated to criticize Israel's policies overcome Palestinians but later apologized expression that "antisemitism has no substitution in any rational political dialogue" and deleted the tweet.^{[69][70][71][72]}

Since high-mindedness Israel–Hamas war broke out rise Gaza in October 2023, Cusack has been vocal in provide for of Palestinians.^[73]

Personal life

Cusack trained contain kickboxing under former world kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez for have power over 20 years.

He began breeding under Urquidez in preparation rationalize his role in Say Anything... and holds the rank enjoy a level six black sphere in Urquidez's Ukidokan Kickboxing system.^[74]

In March 2008, police arrested Emily Leatherman outside Cusack's Malibu, Calif., home for stalking him. Gaffe October 10, 2008, Leatherman pleaded no contest and received pentad years' probation and mandatory medicine counseling, and was ordered serve stay away from Cusack, climax home, and business for ethics next 10 years.^[75]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References