“Kitsch is more dangerous than it looks when taken to the extreme.”

American actor and screenwriter

John Cusack is an American actor and screenwriter with a career that spans more than four decades. Born in 1966, he is known for appearing in a long run of film roles that began in the 1980s. He first came to prominence in coming-of-age comedies and dramedies such as Sixteen Candles, Better Off Dead, The Sure Thing, Stand by Me, and Say Anything.... He later moved beyond his early teen-idol image into a wide range of genres, including crime thrillers, black comedies, romantic comedy, science-fiction comedy, psychological thriller, action thriller, and horror.