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Acting

John Cusack

Career: Active from 1980 to 2025, busiest in 2014 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 64
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: Bullets Over Broadway
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Cusack Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Spiritual
1.5, average 2.0
Fantasy
1.2, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 10
Social Commentary 8
Crime Thriller 6
Political Intrigue 6
Historical Drama 6
Fast-Paced 6
Moral Ambiguity 5
Coming-of-Age 5
Eccentric Characters 5
Romantic Comedy 4
Quirky Characters 4
Mystery 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

98

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 46

Detective Chinatown 1900

52

as Grant

Fog of War

33

as Bob Duncolm

Decoded

72

as 希伊斯

Pursuit

14

as John Calloway

Utopia

58

TV show · as Dr. Kevin Christie

2010s

31 titles · average score 47

Arsenal

26

as Sal

Cell

30

as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell

Dragon Blade

47

as Lucius

Love & Mercy

81

as Brian Wilson 1980s

The Prince

24

as Sam

Adult World

57

as Rat Billings

The Frozen Ground

54

as Robert Hansen

Grand Piano

65

as Clem

The Numbers Station

42

as Emerson

The Raven

45

as Edgar Allan Poe

Hot Tub Time Machine

61

as Adam

Shanghai

37

as Paul Soames

2000s

17 titles · average score 58

2012

49

as Jackson Curtis

Igor

46

as Igor (voice)

1408

69

as Mike Enslin

The Contract

24

as Ray

Must Love Dogs

48

as Jake

The Ice Harvest

56

as Charlie

Identity

68

as Ed

Runaway Jury

68

as Nick Easter

Max

63

as Max Rothman

Serendipity

63

as Jonathan Trager

America's Sweethearts

45

as Eddie Thomas

High Fidelity

80

as Rob

1990s

28 titles · average score 66

Being John Malkovich

84

as Craig Schwartz

Pushing Tin

52

as Nick Falzone

The Jack Bull

66

as Myrl Redding

The Thin Red Line

78

as Capt. John Gaff

Con Air

62

as Agent Vince Larkin

Anastasia

74

as Dimitri (voice)

Grosse Pointe Blank

77

as Martin Q. Blank

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

58

as John Kelso

City Hall

59

as Kevin Calhoun

Bullets Over Broadway

85

as David Shayne

True Colors

43

as Peter Burton

The Grifters

78

as Roy Dillon

1980s

17 titles · average score 63

Say Anything...

83

as Lloyd Dobler

Fat Man and Little Boy

54

as Michael Merriman

Elvis Stories

61

as Corky

Eight Men Out

75

as Buck Weaver

Tapeheads

57

as Ivan Alexeev

Hot Pursuit

36

as Dan Bartlett

One Crazy Summer

53

as Hoops McCann

Stand by Me

83

as Denny Lachance

Better Off Dead...

67

as Lane Meyer

The Sure Thing

75

as Walter "Gib" Gibson

The Journey of Natty Gann

75

as Harry

Class

45

as Roscoe