John Malkovich
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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
Credits
In the Hand of Dante (2026)
as Joe Black
Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
as Dave (voice)
Con Air (1997)
as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
Places in the Heart (1984)
as Mr. Will
Eragon (2006)
as King Galbatorix
Bird Box (2018)
as Douglas
RED (2010)
as Marvin Boggs
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
as Donald Vidrine
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
as Charles VII
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
as Athos
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Humma Kavula
Seneca (2023)
as Seneca
Johnny English (2003)
as Pascal Sauvage
RED 2 (2013)
as Marvin Boggs
Changeling (2008)
as Rev. Gustav Briegleb
Shattered (2022)
as Ronald
Mile 22 (2018)
as Bishop
Warm Bodies (2013)
as Colonel Grigio
Zoolander 2 (2016)
as Chazz Spencer
Mindcage (2022)
as The Artist
Empire of the Sun (1987)
as Basie
Being John Malkovich (1999)
as John Horatio Malkovich
Beowulf (2007)
as Unferth
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
Rounders (1998)
as Teddy KGB
Burn After Reading (2008)
as Osborne Cox
Ava (2020)
as Duke
In the Line of Fire (1993)
as Mitch Leary
Alive (1993)
as Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
The Yellow Tie (2025)
as Sergiu Celibidache
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
as Judge Edward D. Cowart
Unlocked (2017)
as Bob Hunter
Adaptation. (2002)
as John Malkovich (uncredited)
Jonah Hex (2010)
as Turnbull
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
as Bruce Brazos
Mulholland Falls (1996)
as General Thomas Timms
Secretariat (2010)
as Lucien Laurin
Wild Horse Nine (2026)
as Chris
The Libertine (2004)
as Charles II
Mr. Blake at Your Service! (2023)
as Andrew Blake
Jennifer Eight (1992)
as Agent St. Anne
The Killing Fields (1984)
as Al Rockoff
Opus (2025)
as Alfred Moretti
Of Mice and Men (1992)
as Lennie Small
The Wilde Wedding (2017)
as Laurence
Bullet Head (2017)
as Walker
White Elephant (2022)
as Glen Follett
One Ranger (2023)
as Geddes
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
as Piers
The Line (2024)
as Beach Miller
In Tranzit (2008)
as Pavlov
Cut Bank (2014)
as Sheriff Vogel
Shadows and Fog (1991)
as Clown
Art School Confidential (2006)
as Professor Sandiford
Mary Reilly (1996)
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
Sacrifice (2026)
as Gunnar
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
as F. W. Murnau
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
as Port
The Survivalist (2021)
as Aaron Ramsey
Rogue Hostage (2021)
as Sam Nelson
Cesar Chavez (2014)
as Bogdanovitch
Knockaround Guys (2001)
as Teddy Deserve
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
as The Director
Cannes Man (1996)
as Self
Side by Side (2012)
as Self
Mutant Chronicles (2008)
as Constantine
Ripley's Game (2002)
as Tom Ripley
Arkansas (2020)
as Bright
The Ogre (1996)
as Abel
The Great Buck Howard (2008)
as Buck Howard
A Wedding (1978)
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Savage Salvation (2022)
as Peter
Queens Logic (1991)
as Eliot
Fool's Paradise (2023)
as Ed Cote
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
as Gilbert Osmond
RKO 281 (1999)
as Herman Mankiewicz
Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
as Alan Conway
Ladies Room (1999)
as Roberto
About Love. Adults Only (2017)
as Ed
Afterwards (2008)
as Joseph Kay
Siberian Education (2013)
as Grandfather Kuzya
Death of a Salesman (1985)
as Biff Loman
A Journey to Sundance (2023)
as Self
Klimt (2006)
as Gustav Klimt
Gardens of the Night (2008)
as Michael
I Love You, Daddy (2017)
as Leslie Goodwin
Disgrace (2008)
as David Lurie
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA (2017)
as Port (archive footage)
Valley of the Gods (2020)
as Wes Tauros
Heart of Darkness (1993)
as Kurtz
La Traversée du désir (2009)
as Self
Chariot (2022)
as Dr. Karn
Last Call (2020)
as Dr. Felton
The Glass Menagerie (1987)
as Tom Wingfield
Eleni (1985)
as Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
Hideous Man (2002)
as Narrator
Finding the Burn (2008)
as Self / Osborne Cox (archive footage)
Savage Souls (2001)
as Monsieur Numance
Saturday Night (2010)
as Self
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover (2014)
as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
as Abimael Guzman (uncredited)
Time Regained (1999)
as Baron de Charlus
Hotel (2001)
as Omar Jonnson
True West (1984)
as Lee
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)
as (archive footage)
Word of Honor (1981)
as Gary
Old Times (1991)
Actor
Miles from Home (1988)
as Barry Maxwell
American Dream (1981)
Actor
Lines of Wellington (2012)
as General Wellington
Supercon (2018)
as Sid Newberry
Making Mr. Right (1987)
as Jeff Peters / Ulysses
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)
as Self
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf (—)
as Unferth
Music at the Sea (2008)
as Self
Rocket to the Moon (1986)
as Ben Stark
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990)
as Self
The Convent (1995)
as Michael
The Object of Beauty (1991)
as Jake Bartholomew
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun (1987)
as Self
Noseland (2014)
as Self
I’m Going Home (2001)
as John Crawford
Casanova Gene (2018)
Actor
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva (1992)
Actor
A Talking Picture (2003)
as Comandante John Walesa
Drunkboat (2012)
as Mort
Casanova Variations (2014)
as Giacomo
Say Goodnight, Gracie (1983)
as Steve
Breaking Rachmaninoff (2023)
Actor
Decade (1989)
as Self
A Winter's Journey (—)
as Leiermann
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady (1997)
as Self
Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer (2014)
Actor
Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry (2024)
as self
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive (1995)
as Self (uncredited)
Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987)
as Santa Claus (voice)
The Life of Mirrors (2025)
Actor
The Music Critic (2018)
as The Narrator
Just Call Me God (2017)
as Satur Diman Cha
Welcome Back, George (2008)
as Self
Lost and Found in Paris (—)
as Wim Waldemar
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set (2012)
as Self
Ecstasy (2013)
as Vinny
Le paradoxe de John Malkovich (2014)
as Himself
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story (2011)
as Self
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ (1986)
as Self / Biff
Psychogenic Fugue (2016)
as All characters
Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies (2008)
as Narrator
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer (2010)
as Jack Unterweger
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)
Actor
Being Related to John Malkovich (2026)
as Self
Butterflies (2011)
as Man