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Gifted Irish stage performer, born in South Africa who made his film debut in 1917's "Knocknagow", but did not come into his own as a strong screen character actor until 1947 with Carol Reed's "Odd Man Out". With his quirky features, playful authority and an elfin face that sometimes registers melancholy or stern morality, Cusack most often portrayed clerics ("My Left Foot" 1989) but in "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965), he played the spy chief and in Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451" (1966), the book-burning fire chief....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

The Italian Connection - ( Corso / 2003 / Released / AIP )
Harold and Maude - ( Sculptor / 1999 / Released / )
As You Like It - ( Adam / 1992 / Released / )
Far and Away - ( Danty Duff / 1992 / Released / UIP The Film Consortium )
The Fool - ( Ballad Seller / 1990 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
Fahrenheit 451 - ( Captain / 1989 / Released / )
My Left Foot - ( Lord Castlewelland / 1989 / Released / Ferndale Productions )
Little Dorrit - ( Frederick Dorrit / 1988 / Released / CDF Films )
1984 - ( Charrington / 1984 / Released / 20th Century Fox Studios )
The Outcasts - ( Myles Keenan / 1983 / Released / North American Releasing )
The Ballroom of Romance - ( / 1981 / Released / )
True Confessions - ( Cardinal Danaher / 1981 / Released / )
Lovespell - ( / 1979 / Released / )
Poitin - ( Poteen-maker / 1978 / Released / Cinegael )
Children of Rage - ( David's Father / 1974 / Released / )
The Abdication - ( Chancellor / 1974 / Released / )
The Day of the Jackal - ( Gunsmith / 1973 / Released / )
The Homecoming - ( Sam / 1973 / Released / American Film Theatre )
... Piu forte ragazzi - ( Matto / 1972 / Released / )
La Polizia Ringrazia - ( Stolfi / 1972 / Released / PAC )
King Lear - ( Duke of Albany / 1971 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Tam Lin - ( Julian Ainsley / 1971 / Released / National Telefilm )
Country Dance - ( Dr Maitland / 1970 / Released / )
Sacco and Vanzetti - ( Prosecutor Katzman / 1970 / Released / Jolly Films )
Galileo - ( Galileo / 1968 / Released / Cineriz )
Oedipus the King - ( Messenger / 1968 / Released / )
The Taming of the Shrew - ( Grumio / 1967 / Released / )
I Was Happy Here - ( Hogan / 1966 / Released / Partisan-Rank )
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold - ( Control / 1965 / Released / )
Where the Spies Are - ( Peter Rosser / 1965 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
I Thank a Fool - ( Captain Ferris / 1962 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Waltz of the Toreadors - ( Doctor Grogan / 1962 / Released / )
A Terrible Beauty - ( Jimmy Hannafin / 1960 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Gideon's Day - ( Birdie Sparrow / 1959 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Shake Hands With the Devil - ( Chris Noonan / 1959 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Floods of Fear - ( Peebles / 1958 / Released / )
Night Ambush - ( Sandy / 1958 / Released / )
Rising of the Moon - ( Inspector / 1957 / Released / )
The Man Who Never Was - ( Taxi Driver / 1956 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
The March Hare - ( Lazy Mangan / 1956 / Released / British Lion Productions )
The Spanish Gardener - ( Garcia / 1956 / Released / Ranks )
Escape - ( / 1948 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
Odd Man Out - ( Pat / 1947 / Released / )
TV Credits
Memento Mori ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
Danny, The Champion of the World ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Graham Greene's "The Tenth Man" ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
The Theban Plays ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
Death of an Expert Witness ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Doctor Fischer of Geneva ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Cry of the Innocent ( 1980 / Released ): Actor
Les Miserables ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
Jesus of Nazareth ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Catholics ( 1973 / Released ): Actor
The Golden Bowl ( 1973 / Released ): Actor
The Hands of Cormac Joyce ( 1972 / Released ): Actor
David Copperfield ( 1970 / Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Gifted Irish stage performer, born in South Africa who made his film debut in 1917's "Knocknagow", but did not come into his own as a strong screen character actor until 1947 with Carol Reed's "Odd Man Out". With his quirky features, playful authority and an elfin face that sometimes registers melancholy or stern morality, Cusack most often portrayed clerics ("My Left Foot" 1989) but in "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965), he played the spy chief and in Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451" (1966), the book-burning fire chief. One of the most acclaimed stage actors of his generation, Cusack was famous for his association with Ireland's national theater, the Abbey; he was at various times also affiliated with Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Cusack also performed on Broadway, as in the memorable 1957 staging of Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten" in which he starred opposite Wendy Hiller. Active in theatre administration and production as well, he managed the Gaity Theater in Dublin for a while in the 1940s and founded his own Cyril Cusack Productions in 1944. He is the father of actresses Sinead, Niamh and Sorcha Cusack with whom he co-starred in the 1990 Gate Theater of Dublin's production of "The Three Sisters".

Profession(s):
Actor, manager, producer, playwright
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
daughter:Catherine Cusack (mother, Mary Cuscak; survived him)
daughter:Niamh Cusack (survived him)
daughter:Sinead Cusack (married to Jeremy Irons; survived him)
daughter:Sorcha Cusack (married to English actor Nigel Cook; survived him)
father:James Cusack (mounted policeman in Natal)
mother:Alice Cusack
son:Padraig Cusack (mother, Maureen Kiely; survived him)
son:Paul Cusack (mother, Maureen Kiely; survived him)
step-father:Brefni O'Rourke
wife:Mary Cuscak (second wife; mother of Catherine Cusack; survived him)
wife:Maureen Kiely (died on April 5, 1975)

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Education
Dominican College County Kildare, Ireland 1922
University College Dublin, Ireland law 1928
Awards (Back to top)
Irish Television Critics' Award Best Actor 1963

Milestones (Back to top)
1990 Starred with his three daughters (Sinead, Niamh and Sorcha) in the Gate Theater of Dublin's production of "The Three Sisters"
1964 Joined the Old Vic
1963 Joined the RSC
1957 Broadway debut, "A Moon for the Misbegotten"
1944 Stage producing debut, "Romeo and Juliet", Dublin
1944 Managed the Gaity Theater, Dublin
1942 Stage directing and writing debut, "Tareis an Aifrinn/After Mass" at the Gate Theater, Dublin
1938 BBC TV debut, "The Shadow of the Glenn"
1936 London stage debut, "Ah, Wilderness!"
1935 - 1936 Producer with Gaelic Players
1935 First US sound film, "Late Extra"
1932 Joined the Abbey theater, appearing in 65 plays in 13 years
1917 Film acting debut, "Knocknagow/The Homes of Tipperary" (Film Company of Ireland)
1916 State acting debut in "East Lynne" in Clonmel, Ireland
Moved to Ireland at age six with his mother
Professional stage debut at age seven
Founded and was managing director, Cyril Cusack Productions

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