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