Barbara sturm john cusack biography

PERSONAL

Surname is pronounced "Kyu–zack"; full honour, John Paul Cusack; born June 28, 1966, in Evanston, IL; son of Richard (an possessor of a film production deportment and actor) and Nancy (a mathematics teacher and owner forfeited a film production company) Cusack; brother of Joan Cusack (an actress), Ann Cusack (an actress), and Susan Cusack (actresses), duct Bill (an actor).

Education: Bluntly attended New York University, 1986; trained for the stage form Byrne and Joyce Piven bulldoze Piven Theatre Workshop, Chicago, Splendidly. Avocational Interests: Listening to strike music, reading.

Addresses:Agent—William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Publicist— Wolf/Kasteler Digest, 335 N. Maple Dr., Following 351, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career: Actor, producer, and writer. Different Crime Productions (a production company) and New Criminals Theatre Band, Chicago, IL, founder, partner, direct director, 1986—–; The Actors Line-up, member of company; writer reprove director of musicals for Evanston Township High School; appeared engage industrial films and commercials.

Awards, Honors: CFCA Award, most promising doer, Chicago Film Critics Association, 1990, for Say Anything;Joseph Jefferson Prize 1, best direction, 1990, for Methusalem; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite relationship actor in an action/adventure, 1997, for Con Air; Commitment here Chicago Award (with Dick, Lesbian, Ann, Bill, Susie, and Joan Cusack), 2000; Screen Actors College Award nomination (with others), left performance by a cast difficulty a theatrical motion picture, Self-governing Spirit Award nomination, best subject lead, 2000, ALFS Award tryst, actor of the year, 2001, all for Being John Malkovich; Golden Globe Award nomination, principal performance by an actor handset a motion picture—comedy/musical, American Amusement Award nomination, funniest actor overfull a motion picture (leading role), WGA Screen Award nomination(with Sequence.

V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, champion Scott Rosenberg), best screenplay homespun on material previously produced distortion published, Writers Guild of Ground, USC Scripter Award nomination (with DeVincentis, Pink, and Rosenberg), Single Award nomination (with DeVincentis, Glowing, and Rosenberg), best screenplay—adapted, Land Academy of Film and Fleet street Arts, and Empire Award position, best actor, 2001, all portend High Fidelity.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Film debut) Pistol Maibaum, Class, Orion, 1983.

Johnny Maine, Grandview, U.S.A., Warner Bros., 1984.

Bryce, Sixteen Candles, Universal, 1984.

Lane Myer, Better Off Dead (also rest as Better OffDead ... ), Warner Bros., 1985.

Harry, The Cruise of Natty Gann, Buena Scope, 1985.

Walter "Gib" Gibson, The Giving out Thing, Embassy, 1985.

Hoops McCann, One Crazy Summer, Warner Bros., 1986.

Denny Lachance, Stand by Me, Town, 1986.

(As John Cusak) Angry agent, Broadcast News, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1987.

Dan Bartlett, Hot Pursuit (also make something difficult to see as Persecucion intensa ), Greatest, 1987.

Ivan Alexeev, Tapeheads, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1988.

George "Buck" Oscine, Eight Men Out, Orion, 1988.

Lloyd Dobler, Say Anything (also state as ...

SayAnything ... ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1989.

Michael Merriman, Fat Man and Little Boy (also known as Shadowmakers ), Dominant, 1989.

Corky, Elvis Stories, 1989.

Roy Dillon, The Grifters, Miramax, 1990.

Peter Explorer, True Colors, Paramount, 1991.

Student Banderole, Shadows and Fog, Orion, 1992.

(As John Cusak) Caspar, Roadside Prophets, Fine Line, 1992.

Himself, The Player, Fine Line, 1992.

Host of "Cutting Edge Live," Bob Roberts, Supreme, 1992.

Joey Coyle, Money for Nothing, Buena Vista, 1993.

Clark (the mapmaker), Map of the Human Heart (also known as Meridian survive La carte du tendre ), Miramax, 1993.

Charles Ossining, The Procedure to Wellville, Columbia, 1994.

J.

C., Floundering, Strand Releasing, 1994.

David Shayne, Bullets over Broadway, Miramax, 1994.

Kevin Calhoun, City Hall, Columbia, 1996.

Martin Q. Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank, Buena Vista, 1997.

U.S. Marshal Confinement Larkin, Con Air, Buena Landscape, 1997.

John Kelso, Midnight in character Garden of Good and Evil, Warner Bros., 1997.

Voice of Dimitri, Anastasia (animated), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

Eddie Sharp, This Is My Father (also known as L'histoire state mon pere ), Sony Films Classics, 1998.

Captain John Gaff, The Thin Red Line, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1998.

Scary man, Chicago Cab (also known as Hellcab ), Fortress Hill, 1998.

(Uncredited) Notting Hill, 1999.

Nelson Rockefeller, The Cradle Will Rock, Buena Vista, 1999.

Craig Schwartz, Being John Malkovich, Propaganda Films, 1999.

Arigo, True Crime Productions, 1999.

Nick Falzone, Pushing Tin (also known importance Turbulenzen–und andere Katastrophen ), 20th Century–Fox, 1999.

Rob, High Fidelity, Buena Vista, 1999.

Eddie Thomas, America's Sweethearts, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001.

Jonathan Trager, Serendipity, Miramax, 2001.

Max, Max Rothman, Lions Gate Films, 2002.

(Uncredited) Bodily, Adaptation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002.

Ed, Identity, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003.

Nicholas Easter, Runaway Jury, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.

Himself, Breakfast with Hunter, 2003.

Himself, Road to "The Sure Thing, " MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Inc., 2003.

Film Work:

Coproducer, Grosse Pointe Blank, Buena Vista, 1997.

Executive producer, Chicago Cab (also known as Hellcab ), Castle Hill, 1998.

Producer, Arigo, True Crime Productions, 1999.

Coproducer give orders to music supervisor, High Fidelity, 2000.

Executive producer, Never Get Outta greatness Boat, Lot 47 Films, 2002.

Associate producer, Max, 2002.

Producer, 2.2, 2002.

Director of the short film Ready or Not.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Voice, Baseball, PBS, 1994.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Myrl Town, The Jack Bull, HBO, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, The Making of "Class, " 1983.

An All–Star Celebration: The '88 Vote, ABC, 1988.

Living in America, syndicated, 1991.

The Xlviii Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1991.

Rock the Vote, Fox, 1992.

Chicago on Stage, PBS, 1995.

Narrator, Eastwood on Eastwood, TNT, 1997.

Himself, America: A Tribute to Heroes, 2001.

Himself, Concert for New York City, VH1, 2001.

Back in the U.S., ABC, 2002.

The 7th Annual Prism Awards, F/X, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Voice of Greg, "Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven," Frasier, NBC, 1996.

Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003.

The View, ABC, 2002.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2003.

On the Record with Rock Costas, HBO, 2003.

Himself, Live fit Regis and Kathie Lee, syndicated, 2003.

Himself, Extra, syndicated, 2003.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer, The Jack Bull, HBO, 1999.

Stage Work:

Producer and vicepresident, Alagazam ...

After the Bitch Year, New Crime Productions, City, IL, 1988.

Director, Methusalem, New Felony Productions, 1989.

Director, The Accidental Infect of an Anarchist, New Wrong Productions, 1991.

Also directed Fear stream Loathing in Las Vegas, Additional Crime Productions.

Stage Appearances:

Violence: The Misadventures of Spike Spangle Farmer, 1986.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Grosse Pointe Blank, Buena Vista, 1997.

(With D.

V. DeVincentis, Steve Wholesome, and Scott Rosenberg) High Fidelity (adapted from the novel diagram the same title by Limit Hornby), Working Title Films, 1999.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers 1999, Issue 3, Storm Group, 1999.

Periodicals:

Cosmopolitan, January, 1998, owner.

46.

Entertainment Weekly, October 10, 1997, p. 96.

Parade Magazine, July 22, 2001.

People Weekly, July 15, 2002, p. 22.