John Cusack

John Cusack
Cusack at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival
Born	John Paul Cusack (1966-06-28) June 28, 1966 (age 50) Evanston, Illinois, United States
Residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Actor, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1983–present
Parent(s)	Dick Cusack (father) Nancy Cusack (mother)
Relatives	Joan Cusack (sister) Ann Cusack (sister)

John Paul Cusack (/ˈkjuːsæk/, born June 28, 1966) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter. He appeared in several teen films in the mid-1980s, most notably Better Off Dead (1985), before he starred in Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy-drama Say Anything... in 1989, for which he gained teen idol status. He later starred in High Fidelity (2000), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe. Cusack is also known for his performances in the films Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Being John Malkovich (1999), 1408 (2007), 2012 (2009), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) and The Raven (2012).

Cusack was born to a Catholic Irish-American family in Evanston, Illinois. He is the fourth of five children. His mother, Ann Paula "Nancy" (née Carolan), is a former mathematics teacher and political activist. His father, Richard Cusack (1925–2003), was an actor, as are Cusack's siblings Ann, Joan, Bill and Susie. They were from Manhattan, New York and moved to Illinois before his birth. Richard was also a documentary filmmaker who owned a film production company and was a friend of activist Philip Berrigan. Cusack graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1984, where he met Jeremy Piven, and spent a year at New York University before dropping out, saying that he had "too much fire in his belly".