John Cusack

John Paul Cusack ( born June 28, 1966 in Evanston, Illinois ) is an American actor, film producer and screenwriter. His father, Richard " Dick" Cusack, as well as his siblings Ann, Bill, Joan and Susie were or are also an actor.

Life and career

Even in his childhood, John Cusack started with acting and attended the Piven Theatre Workshop of primary school age in Chicago, which had been founded by the parents of his friend Jeremy Piven. At the age of 12 he was in theater productions on stage, made "voice- overs " for commercials and was featured in commercial spots. In 1983, Cusack joined for the first time in a major Hollywood production before the camera, specifically for the film class, including Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy. Then he was seen regularly in films, most of which were aimed at a younger audience. With the success of The Sure Thing (1985) and Say Anything (1989 ) Cusack was then turns into a teen star.

In addition to the theater productions Cusack was involved in other projects. So he has both produced for various shows of the Chicago theater group "The New Criminals ", which he founded in 1988 and directed it. In addition, he owns a production company called " New Crime Productions ," the crime comedy Grosse Pointe Blank produced among others.

At least with this film, Cusack's career experienced a turning point, and he won a little later by his performance in the action film Con Air on European soil in popularity. This was followed by the comedy Serendipity on the side of Kate Beckinsale and City Hall, a political drama starring Al Pacino. 2003 was Cusack thriller Identity for the front of the camera. In 1999 he showed an outstanding performance in Being John Malkovich and 2000 in High Fidelity. In the John Grisham adaptation The judgment he starred opposite Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman. 2009 got Cusack starred in the disaster film, 2012., Where he again met his fellow actress Amanda Peet from identity.

Cusack occurs now often referred to as juvenile -acting or aging anti-hero, and has since played a wide repertoire of different characters. He often works in movies together with his relatives (especially Joan Cusack, with whom he previously appeared before the camera in eight films ), as well as with its "sandbox " friend Piven. Together with his good friend Tim Robbins he has already played in six films. He himself claims to have been satisfied with his previous projects. He had the ultimate role but so far still can not play. Cusack presented as part of the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo ( C2E2 ) at McCormick Place Convention Center, April 15, 2012 his film The Raven - Prophet of the devil.

Cusack led relationships with Minnie Driver, Alison Eastwood, Claire Forlani and Neve Campbell.

His German dubbing voice is Andreas Fröhlich, who also Edward Norton lends his German voice.

Cusack appeared in the course of surveillance and espionage in 2013 in the video "Stop Watching U.S. " on. He also writes regular articles for the Huffington Post.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

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