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John Cusack
John Paul Cusack is an American actor. With a career spanning over four decades, he has appeared in over eighty films. He began acting in films during the 1980s, appearing in coming-of-age dramedies such as Sixteen Candles (1984), Better Off Dead (1985), The Sure Thing (1985), Stand by Me (1986), and Say Anything... (1989). Moving away from his teen idol image, he went on to appear in a variety of…
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Born 28 June 1966 · Q106175
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2026· 5 entries
“Like Trump, Musk is a pathological liar. He”
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The Guardian: Puppy eyes, sad hair and a big boom box: John Cusack films – ranked!
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Public attention spiked: 17,713 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4× the usual 4,397, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Rescuing 65 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5
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In an opinion piece in the Chicago Sun-Times, Cusack argues against paywalls imposed by news websites, suggesting they deprive the public of information that in some cases ought to be freely available (e
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2025· 5 entries
Cusack posted a meme on social media website Bluesky linking former United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Jeffrey Epstein, leading to Cusack being accused of antisemitism
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Cusack joined the "#TeslaTakedown Mass Mobilizing Call", a remote protest targeting Tesla, Inc
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And earned $455 million at the box office
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Cusack took on a role in another film by Chen Sicheng, also starring Liu Haoran: Detective Chinatown 1900
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Appeared in the WWII thriller Fog of War
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2024· 2 entries
Cusack appeared in the Chinese period film Decoded by writer-director Chen Sicheng, alongside Liu Haoran
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The pro-Israel group StopAntisemitism included Cusack in its list of candidates for its "Antisemite of the Year" award, alongside other critics of Israel such as activist Greta Thunberg and politician Cori Bush
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2022· 1 entry
Co-starred in the thriller Pursuit, alongside Emile Hirsch
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2020· 1 entry
The Guardian: John Cusack: ‘I have not been hot for a long time’
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2019· 2 entries
The Guardian: John Cusack under fire for antisemitic 'follow the money' tweet
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Played the villain in the western Never Grow Old opposite Emile Hirsch
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2018· 1 entry
Cusack signed an open letter in support of Lorde cancelling performances in Israel, which was in response to a request from the BDS movement
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2015· 2 entries
Played a supporting role in Spike Lee's Chi-Raq
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Cusack, Daniel Ellsberg, and Arundhati Roy met Edward Snowden, who had fled the US because of his leaks of classified information surrounding illegal population surveillance
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2014· 2 entries
Cusack infamously criticized Hollywood, calling it "a whorehouse" where "people go mad
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Cusack appeared in another biopic film, Love & Mercy (2014) as Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and worked closely with Wilson himself during the making of the film
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2012· 1 entry
“You have to get yourself as close to insanity as you can, but yet, be able to not go insane.”
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2008· 1 entry
Leatherman pleaded no contest and received five years' probation and mandatory psychiatric counseling, and was ordered to stay away from Cusack, his home, and business for the next 10 years
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture for The Thin Red Line (1999).
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1988· 1 entry
Cusack went on and starred in the independent film Eight Men Out (1988), about Major League Baseball's Black Sox Scandal during the 1919 World Series
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1980· 1 entry
Appeared in a 16mm educational film short about teen problem solving titled Why Is It Always Me
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1966· 2 entries
Born 1966-06-28.
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In Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago
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