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John Malkovich

John Malkovich

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Biography

John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor. He has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Malkovich started his career as a charter member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in 1976. He moved to New York City, acting in a Steppenwolf production of the Sam Shepard play True West (1980). He made his Broadway debut as Biff in the revival of the Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman (1984). He directed the Harold Pinter play The Caretaker(1986) and acted in Lanford Wilson's Burn This(1987). Malkovich has received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his performances in Places in the Heart (1984) and In the Line of Fire (1993). Other films include The Killing Fields (1984), Empire of the Sun (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Of Mice and Men (1992), Con Air (1997), Rounders (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Ripley's Game (2002), Johnny English (2003), Burn After Reading (2008), and Red (2010). He has also produced films such as Ghost World (2001), Juno (2007), and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012). For his work on television, he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for Death of a Salesman (1985). His other Emmy-nominated roles were for portraying Herman J. Mankiewicz in RKO 281 (1999) and Charles Talleyrand in Napoléon (2002). Other television roles include  Crossbones (2014), Billions (2018–19), The New Pope (2020), and Space Force (2020–2022).

Known For

Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons

1988

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

2017

Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich

1999

The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

1984

Rounders

Rounders

1998

Con Air

Con Air

1997

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999

Afterwards

Afterwards

2008

Beowulf

Beowulf

2007

Eragon

Eragon

2006

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987

Changeling

Changeling

2008

Jennifer Eight

Jennifer Eight

1992

Ripley's Game

Ripley's Game

2002

Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

1993

Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

2000

Mulholland Falls

Mulholland Falls

1996

Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading

2008

Seneca

Seneca

2023

Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex

2010

The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky

1990

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

Knockaround Guys

Knockaround Guys

2001

The Libertine

The Libertine

2004

In Tranzit

In Tranzit

2008

Making Mr. Right

Making Mr. Right

1987

Johnny English

Johnny English

2003

Mary Reilly

Mary Reilly

1996

Beyond the Clouds

Beyond the Clouds

1995

Disgrace

Disgrace

2008

One Ranger

One Ranger

2023

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

1985

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

Art School Confidential

Art School Confidential

2006

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

1992

Mutant Chronicles

Mutant Chronicles

2008

In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

1993

Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick

2005

Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart

1984

Lost and Found in Paris

Lost and Found in Paris

Klimt

Klimt

2006

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

1996

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011

The Great Buck Howard

The Great Buck Howard

2008

Gardens of the Night

Gardens of the Night

2008

Music at the Sea

Music at the Sea

2008

RED

RED

2010

Time Regained

Time Regained

1999

Savage Souls

Savage Souls

2001

The Ogre

The Ogre

1996

Secretariat

Secretariat

2010

Rocket to the Moon

Rocket to the Moon

1986

Queens Logic

Queens Logic

1991

RKO 281

RKO 281

1999

Miles from Home

Miles from Home

1988

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

1991

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

1987

Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies

2013

Drunkboat

Drunkboat

2012

The Object of Beauty

The Object of Beauty

1991

Mr. Blake at Your Service!

Mr. Blake at Your Service!

2023

Lines of Wellington

Lines of Wellington

2012

The Convent

The Convent

1995

RED 2

RED 2

2013

Old Times

Old Times

1991

Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies

Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies

2008

Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013

Ladies Room

Ladies Room

1999

Ecstasy

Ecstasy

2013

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

2014

True West

True West

1984

White Elephant

White Elephant

2022

Hotel

Hotel

2001

In the Hand of Dante

In the Hand of Dante

2025

Penguins of Madagascar

Penguins of Madagascar

2014

Cut Bank

Cut Bank

2014

The Line

The Line

2024

Opus

Opus

2025

Noseland

Noseland

2014

Casanova Variations

Casanova Variations

2014

Eleni

Eleni

1985

Saturday Night

Saturday Night

2010

Santabear's High Flying Adventure

Santabear's High Flying Adventure

1987

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

2009

Cannes Man

Cannes Man

1996

Mindcage

Mindcage

2022

The Yellow Tie

The Yellow Tie

2025

Word of Honor

Word of Honor

1981

Hideous Man

Hideous Man

2002

American Dream

American Dream

1981

A Talking Picture

A Talking Picture

2003

Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2

2016

Le paradoxe de John Malkovich

Le paradoxe de John Malkovich

2014

I’m Going Home

I’m Going Home

2001

Deepwater Horizon

Deepwater Horizon

2016

Adaptation.

Adaptation.

2002

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

1995

Unlocked

Unlocked

2017

Psychogenic Fugue

Psychogenic Fugue

2016

Supercon

Supercon

2018

Valley of the Gods

Valley of the Gods

2020

Last Call

Last Call

2020

About Love. Adults Only

About Love. Adults Only

2017

Alive

Alive

1993

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

2012

The Wilde Wedding

The Wilde Wedding

2017

I Love You, Daddy

I Love You, Daddy

2017

Bird Box

Bird Box

2018

Bullet Head

Bullet Head

2017

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

1997

La Traversée du désir

La Traversée du désir

2009

Mile 22

Mile 22

2018

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019

Casanova Gene

Casanova Gene

2018

Velvet Buzzsaw

Velvet Buzzsaw

2019

Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer

Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer

2014

The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer

The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer

2010

Ava

Ava

2020

Fool's Paradise

Fool's Paradise

2023

Arkansas

Arkansas

2020

The Dancer Upstairs

The Dancer Upstairs

2002

100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

2011

Side by Side

Side by Side

2012

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

1987

A Winter's Journey

A Winter's Journey

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990

Decade

Decade

1989

Savage Salvation

Savage Salvation

2022

A Wedding

A Wedding

1978

The Survivalist

The Survivalist

2021

The Music Critic

The Music Critic

2018

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

1986

Chariot

Chariot

2022

Rogue Hostage

Rogue Hostage

2021

Just Call Me God

Just Call Me God

2017

The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue

The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue

2014

Shattered

Shattered

2022

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

2005

Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry

Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry

2024

Sacrifice

Sacrifice

2026

A Journey to Sundance

A Journey to Sundance

2023

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

Wild Horse Nine

Wild Horse Nine

2026

Breaking Rachmaninoff

Breaking Rachmaninoff

2023

Annie Lennox: Totally Diva

Annie Lennox: Totally Diva

1992

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

2007

The Life of Mirrors

The Life of Mirrors

2025

100 Years

100 Years

Finding the Burn

Finding the Burn

2008

Welcome Back, George

Welcome Back, George

2008

Say Goodnight, Gracie

Say Goodnight, Gracie

1983

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001

Napoleon

Napoleon

2002

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

The Jonathan Ross Show

The Jonathan Ross Show

2011

De Wereld Draait Door

De Wereld Draait Door

2005

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2000

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

Crossbones

Crossbones

2014

American Masters

American Masters

1986

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Zona+

Zona+

1994

Ten Year Old Tom

Ten Year Old Tom

2021

Wetten, dass..?

Wetten, dass..?

1981

Projectorparishilton

Projectorparishilton

2008

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

2020

The New Look

The New Look

2024

The ABC Murders

The ABC Murders

2018

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Romy Award

Romy Award

1990

The New Pope

The New Pope

2020

RIPLEY

RIPLEY

2024

Space Force

Space Force

2020

Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona

Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona

2019

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982

Performance

Performance

1991

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

2002

Unsinkable

Unsinkable

2024

Billions

Billions

2016

Lubach

Lubach

2025

On n'est pas couché

On n'est pas couché

2006

Bishop

Bishop

Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman

1982