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• John Cusack is an American actor and writer whose career has spanned over two decades. After appearing in several teen movies in the 1980s (including Sixteen Candles), he found one of his breakout roles as Lloyd Dobler in 1989's Say Anything, which was directed by Cameron Crowe.

  In February of 2009, sources confirmed that Cusack signed on to the film Hot Tub Time Machine, which features four friends down on their luck who are given the chance to do it all over again when a ski-resort hot tub transfers them back in time to 1987.Entertainment Weekly: John Cusack Starring in Hot Tub Time Machine

• Fast Facts

  1. Birth name: John Paul Cusack
  2. Birth date: June 28, 1966
  3. Birth place: Evanston, Illinois
  4. Sister: Joan Cusack
  5. Often acts with his sister in films
  6. Golden Globe-nomination for High Fidelity in 2001
  7. Fan of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox
  8. Romantic links: Minnie Driver, Neve Campbell, Claire Forlani

• Cusack's Career in the 1990s

  Cusack further established himself as a diverse actor and breathed new life into his career with a series of successful films in the '90s and into the 21st century, including memorable performances in Grosse Point Blank, Being John Malkovich, and as Rob Gordon in High Fidelity, a movie based on the popular British novel by Nick Hornby.San Francisco Chronicle: John Cusack Plays a Broken-Hearted Record Store Owner

• The Brat Pack

  Because of his ubiquity in '80s teen movies, some have associated Cusack with the so-called "Brat Pack," an unofficial clan of actors that included Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, and Rob Lowe among others.

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