John Paul Cusack is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his various film roles, such as Lloyd Dobler in the 1989 teen romantic comedy-drama film Say Anything..., Craig Schwartz in the 1999 fantasy comedy film Being John Malkovich, and Jackson Curtis in the 2009 sci-fi disaster film 2012. He also voiced Dimitri in Don Bluth's 1997 animated fantasy film Anastasia and the titular character of the 2008 MGM sci-fi animated film Igor.
For Disney, he played Harry in the 1985 Disney film The Journey of Natty Gann, Joey Coyle in the 1993 Hollywood Pictures film Money for Nothing, David Shayne in the 1994 Miramax film Bullets Over Broadway, Martin Q. Blank in Grosse Pointe Blank, U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin in the 1997 Touchstone Pictures film Con Air, Nelson Rockefeller in Cradle Will Rock, and Rob Gordon in High Fidelity.
Roles[]
(The Journey of Natty Gann)
(Money for Nothing)
(Grosse Pointe Blank)
(Con Air)
(Cradle Will Rock)
(High Fidelity)
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Trivia[]
- He was considered for the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. However, Ewan McGregor was cast in the end.[citation needed]
- He was also one of the several actors considered to voice Woody in Toy Story, along with Paul Newman, Robin Williams, and Clint Eastwood, before the role was given to Tom Hanks.[citation needed]
- Coincidentally, his sister, Joan, ended up chosen for the voice role of Jessie in Toy Story 2.
