John Malkovich
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 9, 1953 (age 72)
- Birthplace
- Christopher, Illinois, USA
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).
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Filmography
Lost and Found in Paris
Movie · as Wim Waldemar
A Winter's Journey
Movie · as Leiermann
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
Movie · as Unferth
Bishop
TV · as Lincoln Graves · 8 eps
100 Years
Movie · as Hero (Male)
Prodigies
TV · as Keith · 7 eps
In the Hand of Dante
Movie · as Joe Black
Sacrifice
Movie · as Gunnar
Wild Horse Nine
Movie · as Chris
Being Related to John Malkovich
Movie · as Self
Opus
Movie · as Alfred Moretti
The Yellow Tie
Movie · as Sergiu Celibidache
The Life of Mirrors
Movie
Lubach
TV · 1 ep
The Line
Movie · as Beach Miller
Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry
Movie · as self
The New Look
TV · as Lucien Lelong · 10 eps
RIPLEY
TV · as Reeves Minot · 1 ep
Unsinkable
TV · as Chief Engineer Pollard · 11 eps
Bad Monkey
TV · as Spencer · 10 eps
Seneca
Movie · as Seneca
One Ranger
Movie · as Geddes
Mr. Blake at Your Service!
Movie · as Andrew Blake
Fool's Paradise
Movie · as Ed Cote
A Journey to Sundance
Movie · as Self
Breaking Rachmaninoff
Movie
White Elephant
Movie · as Glen Follett
Mindcage
Movie · as The Artist
Savage Salvation
Movie · as Peter
Chariot
Movie · as Dr. Karn
Shattered
Movie · as Ronald
The Survivalist
Movie · as Aaron Ramsey
Rogue Hostage
Movie · as Sam Nelson
Ten Year Old Tom
TV · as Mr. B (voice) · 40 eps
Valley of the Gods
Movie · as Wes Tauros
Last Call
Movie · as Dr. Felton
Ava
Movie · as Duke
Arkansas
Movie · as Bright
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV · as The Impressive Clergyman · 1 ep
The New Pope
TV · as Giovanni Paolo III / Sir John Brannox · 9 eps
Space Force
TV · as Dr. Adrian Mallory · 17 eps
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Movie · as Judge Edward D. Cowart
Velvet Buzzsaw
Movie · as Piers
Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
Supercon
Movie · as Sid Newberry
Bird Box
Movie · as Douglas
Mile 22
Movie · as Bishop
Casanova Gene
Movie
The Music Critic
Movie · as Narrator
The ABC Murders
TV · as Hercule Poirot · 3 eps
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Movie · as Port (archive footage)
Unlocked
Movie · as Bob Hunter
About Love. Adults Only
Movie · as Ed
The Wilde Wedding
Movie · as Laurence
I Love You, Daddy
Movie · as Leslie Goodwin
Bullet Head
Movie · as Walker
Just Call Me God
Movie · as Satur Diman Cha
Zoolander 2
Movie · as Chazz Spencer
Deepwater Horizon
Movie · as Donald Vidrine
Psychogenic Fugue
Movie · as All characters
Billions
TV · as Grigor Andolov · 7 eps
Cesar Chavez
Movie · as Bogdanovitch
Penguins of Madagascar
Movie · as Dave (voice)
Cut Bank
Movie · as Sheriff Vogel
Noseland
Movie · as Self
Casanova Variations
Movie · as Giacomo
Le paradoxe de John Malkovich
Movie · as Self
Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer
Movie
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
Movie · as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
Crossbones
TV · as Blackbeard · 9 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Warm Bodies
Movie · as Colonel Grigio
RED 2
Movie · as Marvin Boggs
Siberian Education
Movie · as Grandfather Kuzya
Ecstasy
Movie · as Vinny
Drunkboat
Movie · as Mort
Lines of Wellington
Movie · as General Wellington
Side by Side
Movie · as Self
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Movie · as Bruce Brazos
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
Movie · as Self
Butterflies
Movie · as Man
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jonah Hex
Movie · as Turnbull
RED
Movie · as Marvin Boggs
Secretariat
Movie · as Lucien Laurin
Saturday Night
Movie · as Self
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
Movie · as Jack Unterweger
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Movie · as (archive footage)
La Traversée du désir
Movie · as Self
Afterwards
Movie · as Joseph Kay
Changeling
Movie · as Rev. Gustav Briegleb
Burn After Reading
Movie · as Osborne Cox
In Tranzit
Movie · as Pavlov
Disgrace
Movie · as David Lurie
Mutant Chronicles
Movie · as Constantine
The Great Buck Howard
Movie · as Buck Howard
Gardens of the Night
Movie · as Michael
Music at the Sea
Movie · as Self
Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies
Movie · as Narrator
Finding the Burn
Movie · as Self / Osborne Cox (archive footage)
Welcome Back, George
Movie · as Self
Projectorparishilton
TV · 1 ep
Beowulf
Movie · as Unferth (Voice)
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
Movie
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Eragon
Movie · as King Galbatorix
Art School Confidential
Movie · as Professor Sandiford
Klimt
Movie · as Gustav Klimt
On n'est pas couché
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · as Humma Kavula
Colour Me Kubrick
Movie · as Alan Conway
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'
Movie · as Self
De Wereld Draait Door
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Libertine
Movie · as Charles II
Johnny English
Movie · as Pascal Sauvage
A Talking Picture
Movie · as Comandante John Walesa
Ripley's Game
Movie · as Tom Ripley
Hideous Man
Movie · as Narrator
Adaptation.
Movie · as John Malkovich (uncredited)
The Dancer Upstairs
Movie · as Abimael Guzman (uncredited)
Napoleon
TV · as Charles de Talleyrand · 4 eps
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Knockaround Guys
Movie · as Teddy Deserve
Savage Souls
Movie · as Monsieur Numance
Hotel
Movie · as Omar Jonnson
I’m Going Home
Movie · as John Crawford, Film Director
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Shadow of the Vampire
Movie · as F. W. Murnau
Les Misérables
TV · as Javert · 4 eps
Being John Malkovich
Movie · as John Horatio Malkovich
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Movie · as Charles VII
Time Regained
Movie · as Baron de Charlus
RKO 281
Movie · as Herman Mankiewicz
Ladies Room
Movie · as Roberto
Rounders
Movie · as Teddy KGB
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as Athos
Con Air
Movie · as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Movie · as Self
Mulholland Falls
Movie · as General Thomas Timms
Mary Reilly
Movie · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
The Portrait of a Lady
Movie · as Gilbert Osmond
The Ogre
Movie · as Abel
Cannes Man
Movie · as Self
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Beyond the Clouds
Movie · as The Director
The Convent
Movie · as Michael
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Heart of Darkness
Movie · as Kurtz
Zona+
TV · as Próprio · 1 ep
In the Line of Fire
Movie · as Mitch Leary
Alive
Movie · as Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Jennifer Eight
Movie · as Agent St. Anne
Of Mice and Men
Movie · as Lennie Small
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
Movie
Queens Logic
Movie · as Eliot
Shadows and Fog
Movie · as Clown
The Object of Beauty
Movie · as Jake Bartholomew
Old Times
Movie
Performance
TV · as Deeley · 1 ep
The Sheltering Sky
Movie · as Port
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Movie · as Self
Romy Award
TV · as Presenter · 1 ep
Decade
Movie · as Self
Dangerous Liaisons
Movie · as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
Miles from Home
Movie · as Barry Maxwell
Empire of the Sun
Movie · as Basie
Making Mr. Right
Movie · as Jeff Peters / Ulysses
The Glass Menagerie
Movie · as Tom Wingfield
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
Movie · as Santa Claus (voice)
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Movie · as Self
Rocket to the Moon
Movie · as Ben Stark
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Movie · as Self / Biff
American Masters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Death of a Salesman
Movie · as Biff Loman
Eleni
Movie · as Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
The Killing Fields
Movie · as Al Rockoff
Places in the Heart
Movie · as Mr. Will
True West
Movie · as Lee
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Movie · as Steve
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Lee, Ben Stark · 1 ep
Word of Honor
Movie · as Gary
American Dream
Movie
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Wedding
Movie · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps