John Cusack was born on June 28, 1966 in Evanston, Illinois.

The Cusack family is all show business: father Dick Cusack is an actor and filmmaker, and John's siblings Joan Cusack, Ann Cusack, Bill Cusack, and Susie Cusack are all thespians by trade.

In 1983 John made his feature film debut at 17, acting alongside Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy in the romantic comedy CLASS.

Cusack has a production company called New Crime Productions (that produced Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)).

John's sister Joan Cusack appeared in 8 of his movies:

Class (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), Broadcast News (1987), Say Anything... (1989), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Cradle Will Rock (1999) and High Fidelity (2000).