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John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Acting

Born: December 9, 1953Christopher, Illinois, USA

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
Filmography
Wild Horse Nine

Wild Horse Nine

Chris

2026
Sacrifice

Sacrifice

Gunnar

2026
The Yellow Tie

The Yellow Tie

Sergiu Celibidache

2025
In the Hand of Dante

In the Hand of Dante

Joe Black

2025
The Life of Mirrors

The Life of Mirrors

2025
Opus

Opus

Alfred Moretti

2025
Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry

Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry

self

2024
The Line

The Line

Beach Miller

2024
Mr. Blake at Your Service!

Mr. Blake at Your Service!

Andrew Blake

2023
Fool's Paradise

Fool's Paradise

Ed Cote

2023
One Ranger

One Ranger

Geddes

2023
Breaking Rachmaninoff

Breaking Rachmaninoff

2023
Seneca

Seneca

Seneca

2023
A Journey to Sundance

A Journey to Sundance

Self

2023
Mindcage

Mindcage

The Artist

2022
Savage Salvation

Savage Salvation

Peter

2022
White Elephant

White Elephant

Glen Follett

2022
Chariot

Chariot

Dr. Karn

2022
Shattered

Shattered

Ronald

2022
The Survivalist

The Survivalist

Aaron Ramsey

2021
Rogue Hostage

Rogue Hostage

Sam Nelson

2021
Last Call

Last Call

Dr. Felton

2020
Valley of the Gods

Valley of the Gods

Wes Tauros

2020
Ava

Ava

Duke

2020
Arkansas

Arkansas

Bright

2020
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Judge Edward D. Cowart

2019
Velvet Buzzsaw

Velvet Buzzsaw

Piers

2019
Bird Box

Bird Box

Douglas

2018
The Music Critic

The Music Critic

The Narrator

2018
Mile 22

Mile 22

Bishop

2018
Supercon

Supercon

Sid Newberry

2018
Casanova Gene

Casanova Gene

2018
Bullet Head

Bullet Head

Walker

2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Port (archive footage)

2017
The Wilde Wedding

The Wilde Wedding

Laurence

2017
I Love You, Daddy

I Love You, Daddy

Leslie Goodwin

2017
About Love. Adults Only

About Love. Adults Only

Ed

2017
Just Call Me God

Just Call Me God

Satur Diman Cha

2017
Unlocked

Unlocked

Bob Hunter

2017
Deepwater Horizon

Deepwater Horizon

Donald Vidrine

2016
Psychogenic Fugue

Psychogenic Fugue

All characters

2016
Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2

Chazz Spencer

2016
Penguins of Madagascar

Penguins of Madagascar

Dave (voice)

2014
Cut Bank

Cut Bank

Sheriff Vogel

2014
Casanova Variations

Casanova Variations

Giacomo

2014
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue

The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue

Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)

2014
Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer

Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer

2014
Noseland

Noseland

Self

2014
Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

Bogdanovitch

2014

Le paradoxe de John Malkovich

Himself

2014
RED 2

RED 2

Marvin Boggs

2013
Ecstasy

Ecstasy

Vinny

2013
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

Grandfather Kuzya

2013
Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies

Colonel Grigio

2013
Lines of Wellington

Lines of Wellington

General Wellington

2012
Side by Side

Side by Side

Self

2012
Drunkboat

Drunkboat

Mort

2012
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

Self

2012
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Bruce Brazos

2011
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

Self

2011
RED

RED

Marvin Boggs

2010
Secretariat

Secretariat

Lucien Laurin

2010
Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex

Turnbull

2010
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer

The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer

Jack Unterweger

2010
Saturday Night

Saturday Night

Self

2010
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

(archive footage)

2009
La Traversée du désir

La Traversée du désir

Self

2009

Welcome Back, George

Self

2008

Finding the Burn

Self / Osborne Cox (archive footage)

2008
Gardens of the Night

Gardens of the Night

Michael

2008
Changeling

Changeling

Rev. Gustav Briegleb

2008

Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies

Narrator

2008
Afterwards

Afterwards

Joseph Kay

2008

Music at the Sea

Self

2008
Disgrace

Disgrace

David Lurie

2008
Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading

Osborne Cox

2008
Mutant Chronicles

Mutant Chronicles

Constantine

2008
In Tranzit

In Tranzit

Pavlov

2008
The Great Buck Howard

The Great Buck Howard

Buck Howard

2008
Beowulf

Beowulf

Unferth

2007

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

2007
Eragon

Eragon

King Galbatorix

2006
Art School Confidential

Art School Confidential

Professor Sandiford

2006
Klimt

Klimt

Gustav Klimt

2006
Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick

Alan Conway

2005
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'

Self

2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Humma Kavula

2005
The Libertine

The Libertine

Charles II

2004
A Talking Picture

A Talking Picture

Comandante John Walesa

2003
Johnny English

Johnny English

Pascal Sauvage

2003
Adaptation.

Adaptation.

John Malkovich (uncredited)

2002
The Dancer Upstairs

The Dancer Upstairs

Abimael Guzman (uncredited)

2002
Ripley's Game

Ripley's Game

Tom Ripley

2002

Hideous Man

Narrator

2002
Knockaround Guys

Knockaround Guys

Teddy Deserve

2001
Hotel

Hotel

Omar Jonnson

2001
Savage Souls

Savage Souls

Monsieur Numance

2001
I’m Going Home

I’m Going Home

John Crawford

2001
Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

F. W. Murnau

2000
Ladies Room

Ladies Room

Roberto

1999
RKO 281

RKO 281

Herman Mankiewicz

1999
Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich

John Horatio Malkovich

1999
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Charles VII

1999
Time Regained

Time Regained

Baron de Charlus

1999
Rounders

Rounders

Teddy KGB

1998
The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

Athos

1998
Con Air

Con Air

Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom

1997
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

Self

1997
The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

Gilbert Osmond

1996
The Ogre

The Ogre

Abel

1996
Cannes Man

Cannes Man

Self

1996
Mulholland Falls

Mulholland Falls

General Thomas Timms

1996
Mary Reilly

Mary Reilly

Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde

1996
Beyond the Clouds

Beyond the Clouds

The Director

1995
The Convent

The Convent

Michael

1995
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

Self (uncredited)

1995
Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

Kurtz

1993
In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

Mitch Leary

1993
Alive

Alive

Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)

1993
Jennifer Eight

Jennifer Eight

Agent St. Anne

1992
Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

Lennie Small

1992
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva

Annie Lennox: Totally Diva

1992
Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

Clown

1991
Old Times

Old Times

1991
The Object of Beauty

The Object of Beauty

Jake Bartholomew

1991
Queens Logic

Queens Logic

Eliot

1991
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Self

1990
The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky

Port

1990
Decade

Decade

Self

1989
Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons

Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont

1988
Miles from Home

Miles from Home

Barry Maxwell

1988
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

Self

1987
Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

Basie

1987

Santabear's High Flying Adventure

Santa Claus (voice)

1987
The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

Tom Wingfield

1987
Making Mr. Right

Making Mr. Right

Jeff Peters / Ulysses

1987
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

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

Self / Biff

1986
Rocket to the Moon

Rocket to the Moon

Ben Stark

1986
Eleni

Eleni

Nicholas 'Nick' Gage

1985
Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

Biff Loman

1985
The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

Al Rockoff

1984
Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart

Mr. Will

1984
True West

True West

Lee

1984
Say Goodnight, Gracie

Say Goodnight, Gracie

Steve

1983
American Dream

American Dream

1981
Word of Honor

Word of Honor

Gary

1981
A Wedding

A Wedding

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1978