John Cusack

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

John is also the lead in the movie 2012 that's coming out November 13, 2009. He plays Jackson Curtis, an academic researcher leading the fight to counteract apocalyptic events. The movie promises to be one of this year's blockbusters.

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

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. John was originally the actor chosen to play John Bender in the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club. At the last minute, things changed and Judd Nelson ended up in the role.

• "I feel very blessed, very fortunate, very happy. I love my work, I love my friends, I love my family. There was a period when I didn't work for about two years when I was about 25, 26, and I couldn't imagine what I would do with my life and that was scary." IMDB: [1]

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• June 28, 1966: Born

• 1985: Better Off Dead

• 1989: Say Anything...

• 1991: True Colors

• 1997: Grosse Pointe Blank

• 1999: Being John Malkovich

• 2000: High Fidelity

• 2001: Serendipity

• 2003: Identity

• 2003: Runaway Jury

• 2005: Must Love Dogs

• 2007: 1408

• 2007: Grace Is Gone

• 2009: 2012

• 2010: Hot tub time machine

• 2010: Shanghai

• 2010: The Factory