John Paul Cusack born June 28 1966 is an American actor Cusack began acting in films during the 1980s starring in comingofage dramedies such as Sixteen Candles 1984 Better Off Dead 1985 The Sure Thing 1985 Stand by Me 1986 and Say Anything 1989 In the 1990s he then started appearing in independent films and had leading men roles in Bullets Over Broadway 1994 Con Air 1997 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 The Thin Red Line 1998 Being John Malkovich 1999 High Fidelity 2000 Americas Sweethearts 2001 Max 2002 and Runaway Jury 2003 Cusack has been nominated for several awards including a Golden Globe for his role starring in High Fidelity He won the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Maps to the Stars He is a son of filmmaker Dick Cusack and the younger brother of actresses Joan and Ann Cusack In 2012 Cusack was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Description above from the Wikipedia article John Cusack licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia