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
Sacrifice (2026)
as Gunnar
Con Air (1997)
as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
as Dave (voice)
Wild Horse Nine (2026)
as Chris
Being John Malkovich (1999)
as John Horatio Malkovich
Burn After Reading (2008)
as Osborne Cox
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Humma Kavula
Bird Box (2018)
as Douglas
In the Hand of Dante (2026)
as Joe Black
RED (2010)
as Marvin Boggs
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
as Donald Vidrine
Adaptation. (2002)
as John Malkovich (uncredited)
Johnny English (2003)
as Pascal Sauvage
RED 2 (2013)
as Marvin Boggs
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
as Athos
Secretariat (2010)
as Lucien Laurin
Shattered (2022)
as Ronald
Warm Bodies (2013)
as Colonel Grigio
Beowulf (2007)
as Unferth (Voice)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
as Basie
Ava (2020)
as Duke
Zoolander 2 (2016)
as Chazz Spencer
In the Line of Fire (1993)
as Mitch Leary
Changeling (2008)
as Rev. Gustav Briegleb
Opus (2025)
as Alfred Moretti
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
as Judge Edward D. Cowart
Mile 22 (2018)
as Bishop
The Libertine (2004)
as Charles II
Unlocked (2017)
as Bob Hunter
The Killing Fields (1984)
as Al Rockoff
Rounders (1998)
as Teddy KGB
Eragon (2006)
as King Galbatorix
Alive (1993)
as Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
as Charles VII
The Wilde Wedding (2017)
as Laurence
Jonah Hex (2010)
as Turnbull
In Tranzit (2008)
as Pavlov
Klimt (2006)
as Gustav Klimt
Chariot (2022)
as Dr. Karn
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
as F. W. Murnau
Ripley's Game (2002)
as Tom Ripley
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
Of Mice and Men (1992)
as Lennie Small
Afterwards (2008)
as Joseph Kay
Mindcage (2022)
as The Artist
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
as Gilbert Osmond
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
as Bruce Brazos
Ladies Room (1999)
as Roberto
The Great Buck Howard (2008)
as Buck Howard
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
as Piers
Mr. Blake at Your Service! (2023)
as Andrew Blake
Places in the Heart (1984)
as Mr. Will
Mutant Chronicles (2008)
as Constantine
Mulholland Falls (1996)
as General Thomas Timms
Time Regained (1999)
as Baron de Charlus
Savage Salvation (2022)
as Peter
White Elephant (2022)
as Glen Follett
Bullet Head (2017)
as Walker
Art School Confidential (2006)
as Professor Sandiford
Jennifer Eight (1992)
as Agent St. Anne
The Yellow Tie (2025)
as Sergiu Celibidache
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA (2017)
as Port (archive footage)
Disgrace (2008)
as David Lurie
Arkansas (2020)
as Bright
Fool's Paradise (2023)
as Ed Cote
Cut Bank (2014)
as Sheriff Vogel
The Survivalist (2021)
as Aaron Ramsey
One Ranger (2023)
as Geddes
Siberian Education (2013)
as Grandfather Kuzya
Knockaround Guys (2001)
as Teddy Deserve
Death of a Salesman (1985)
as Biff Loman
Rocket to the Moon (1986)
as Ben Stark
Noseland (2014)
as Self
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
as The Director
Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
as Alan Conway
A Talking Picture (2003)
as Comandante John Walesa
Shadows and Fog (1991)
as Clown
Eleni (1985)
as Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
as Abimael Guzman (uncredited)
Lines of Wellington (2012)
as General Wellington
The Line (2024)
as Beach Miller
Hideous Man (2002)
as Narrator
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
as Port
About Love. Adults Only (2017)
as Ed
Mary Reilly (1996)
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
Valley of the Gods (2020)
as Wes Tauros
Side by Side (2012)
as Self
Rogue Hostage (2021)
as Sam Nelson
Seneca (2023)
as Seneca
The Ogre (1996)
as Abel
Last Call (2020)
as Dr. Felton
The Object of Beauty (1991)
as Jake Bartholomew
Cesar Chavez (2014)
as Bogdanovitch
Cannes Man (1996)
as Self
Word of Honor (1981)
as Gary
Music at the Sea (2008)
as Self
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover (2014)
as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
Miles from Home (1988)
as Barry Maxwell
I Love You, Daddy (2017)
as Leslie Goodwin
Savage Souls (2001)
as Monsieur Numance
Queens Logic (1991)
as Eliot
RKO 281 (1999)
as Herman Mankiewicz
Old Times (1991)
Actor
A Wedding (1978)
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
I’m Going Home (2001)
as John Crawford, Film Director
Making Mr. Right (1987)
as Jeff Peters / Ulysses
Hotel (2001)
as Omar Jonnson
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)
as (archive footage)
Gardens of the Night (2008)
as Michael
Breaking Rachmaninoff (2023)
Actor
Welcome Back, George (2008)
as Self
100 Years (2099)
as Hero (Male)
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva (1992)
Actor
Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry (2024)
as self
The Glass Menagerie (1987)
as Tom Wingfield
Finding the Burn (2008)
as Self / Osborne Cox (archive footage)
La Traversée du désir (2009)
as Self
Heart of Darkness (1994)
as Kurtz
Supercon (2018)
as Sid Newberry
Drunkboat (2012)
as Mort
Casanova Variations (2014)
as Giacomo
A Journey to Sundance (2023)
as Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990)
as Self
Just Call Me God (2017)
as Satur Diman Cha
Say Goodnight, Gracie (1983)
as Steve
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
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story (2011)
as Self
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun (1987)
as Self
Casanova Gene (2018)
Actor
Saturday Night (2010)
as Self
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)
Actor
The Convent (1995)
as Michael
The Life of Mirrors (2025)
Actor
Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987)
as Santa Claus (voice)
Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer (2014)
Actor
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady (1997)
as Self
Lost and Found in Paris (—)
as Wim Waldemar
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive (1995)
as Self (uncredited)
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ (1986)
as Self / Biff
Le paradoxe de John Malkovich (2014)
as Himself
The Music Critic (2018)
as The Narrator
American Dream (1981)
Actor
True West (1984)
as Lee
A Winter's Journey (—)
as Leiermann
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf (—)
as Unferth
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer (2010)
as Jack Unterweger
Decade (1989)
as Self
Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies (2008)
as Narrator
Psychogenic Fugue (2016)
as All characters
Ecstasy (2013)
as Vinny
Being Related to John Malkovich (2026)
as Self
Butterflies (2011)
as Man