His dad, Richard, also is an actor and documentary filmmaker. Mom, Nancy, is a teacher. It's unlikely you'll ever catch John Cusack in a James Cameron production.
Initials seem to be about the thing the two have in common.
Character development reigns supreme. Appropriately, Cusack' s training began on the stage. He joined Chicago's Piven Theatre Workshop while in second grade. Soon after, he landed a steady stream of spots in pictures opposite future box-office stars such as Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. He stayed true to his roots, in 1988 forming the New Criminals, his Chicago-based theater group.