John Malkovich

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

188

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-12-09 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Christopher, Illinois, USA

John Malkovich

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).

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • Billions

    Billions

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Penguins of Madagascar

    Penguins of Madagascar

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • American Masters

    American Masters

  • De Wereld Draait Door

    De Wereld Draait Door

  • A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

    A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

  • RED

    RED

  • The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

  • Johnny English

    Johnny English

  • RIPLEY

    RIPLEY

  • RED 2

    RED 2

  • Bird Box

    Bird Box

  • Space Force

    Space Force

  • Romy Award

    Romy Award

  • Rounders

    Rounders

  • Con Air

    Con Air

  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

  • Eragon

    Eragon

  • Dangerous Liaisons

    Dangerous Liaisons

  • Opus

    Opus

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • White Elephant

    White Elephant

  • Mindcage

    Mindcage

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • The New Pope

    The New Pope

  • Alive

    Alive

  • Sacrifice

    Sacrifice

  • Jonah Hex

    Jonah Hex

  • Secretariat

    Secretariat

  • Siberian Education

    Siberian Education

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • Beowulf

    Beowulf

  • One Ranger

    One Ranger

  • Bullet Head

    Bullet Head

  • The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

  • A Journey to Sundance

    A Journey to Sundance

  • The New Look

    The New Look

  • Savage Salvation

    Savage Salvation

  • Deepwater Horizon

    Deepwater Horizon

  • Burn After Reading

    Burn After Reading

  • Cesar Chavez

    Cesar Chavez

  • Mile 22

    Mile 22

  • Being John Malkovich

    Being John Malkovich

  • The Line

    The Line

  • In the Line of Fire

    In the Line of Fire

  • The Survivalist

    The Survivalist

  • True West

    True West

  • Unlocked

    Unlocked

  • Klimt

    Klimt

  • Supercon

    Supercon

  • Ava

    Ava

  • Changeling

    Changeling

  • Queens Logic

    Queens Logic

  • RKO 281

    RKO 281

  • Mr. Blake at Your Service!

    Mr. Blake at Your Service!

  • The Libertine

    The Libertine

  • A Wedding

    A Wedding

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry

    Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry

  • Shattered

    Shattered

  • Napoleon

    Napoleon

  • 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'

  • The Ogre

    The Ogre

  • Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

  • Projectorparishilton

    Projectorparishilton

  • Knockaround Guys

    Knockaround Guys

  • Rogue Hostage

    Rogue Hostage

  • Warm Bodies

    Warm Bodies

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

    Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

  • Eleni

    Eleni

  • The Killing Fields

    The Killing Fields

  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon

    Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  • Mulholland Falls

    Mulholland Falls

  • Mary Reilly

    Mary Reilly

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night

  • American Dream

    American Dream

  • Thelma

    Thelma

  • Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

  • Jennifer Eight

    Jennifer Eight

  • Afterwards

    Afterwards

  • Cut Bank

    Cut Bank

  • Gero von Boehm begegnet...

    Gero von Boehm begegnet...

  • American Playhouse

    American Playhouse

  • American Playhouse

    American Playhouse

  • Last Call

    Last Call

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

  • The Object of Beauty

    The Object of Beauty

  • The Wilde Wedding

    The Wilde Wedding

  • Empire of the Sun

    Empire of the Sun

  • Ladies Room

    Ladies Room

  • The Convent

    The Convent

  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

  • Crossbones

    Crossbones

  • The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

    The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

  • Zoolander 2

    Zoolander 2

  • Velvet Buzzsaw

    Velvet Buzzsaw

  • The ABC Murders

    The ABC Murders

  • Disgrace

    Disgrace

  • About Love. Adults Only

    About Love. Adults Only

  • The Yellow Tie

    The Yellow Tie

  • The Portrait of a Lady

    The Portrait of a Lady

  • Places in the Heart

    Places in the Heart

  • 100 Years

    100 Years

  • Beyond the Clouds

    Beyond the Clouds

  • To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

    To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

  • Shadow of the Vampire

    Shadow of the Vampire

  • Chariot

    Chariot

  • Valley of the Gods

    Valley of the Gods

  • The Sheltering Sky

    The Sheltering Sky

  • Art School Confidential

    Art School Confidential

  • Shadows and Fog

    Shadows and Fog

  • The Call

    The Call

  • On n'est pas couché

    On n'est pas couché

  • Fool's Paradise

    Fool's Paradise

  • I’m Going Home

    I’m Going Home

  • Side by Side

    Side by Side

  • Ten Year Old Tom

    Ten Year Old Tom

  • The Great Buck Howard

    The Great Buck Howard

  • I Love You, Daddy

    I Love You, Daddy

  • Making Mr. Right

    Making Mr. Right

  • Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona

    Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona

  • Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

  • Lubach

    Lubach

  • Santabear's High Flying Adventure

    Santabear's High Flying Adventure

  • In the Hand of Dante

    In the Hand of Dante

  • Time Regained

    Time Regained

  • The Dancer Upstairs

    The Dancer Upstairs

  • Miles from Home

    Miles from Home

  • Mutant Chronicles

    Mutant Chronicles

  • Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

    Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

  • Gardens of the Night

    Gardens of the Night

  • Seneca

    Seneca

  • Decade

    Decade

  • Ripley's Game

    Ripley's Game

  • In Tranzit

    In Tranzit

  • 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

    100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

  • Unsinkable

    Unsinkable

  • Lines of Wellington

    Lines of Wellington

  • SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

    SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

  • The Glass Menagerie

    The Glass Menagerie

  • Wild Horse Nine

    Wild Horse Nine

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

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

  • Savage Souls

    Savage Souls

  • The Life of Mirrors

    The Life of Mirrors

  • La Traversée du désir

    La Traversée du désir

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

    Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

  • Colour Me Kubrick

    Colour Me Kubrick

  • Word of Honor

    Word of Honor

  • Breaking Rachmaninoff

    Breaking Rachmaninoff

  • Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

    Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

  • Lost and Found in Paris

    Lost and Found in Paris

  • 8 Husbands

    8 Husbands

  • Zona+

    Zona+

  • A Talking Picture

    A Talking Picture

  • The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer

    The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer

  • The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue

    The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue

  • Casanova Gene

    Casanova Gene

  • Cannes Man

    Cannes Man

  • Hideous Man

    Hideous Man

  • Casanova Variations

    Casanova Variations

  • Just Call Me God

    Just Call Me God

  • Noseland

    Noseland

  • Psychogenic Fugue

    Psychogenic Fugue

  • Annie Lennox: Totally Diva

    Annie Lennox: Totally Diva

  • Old Times

    Old Times

  • Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer

    Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer

  • Rocket to the Moon

    Rocket to the Moon

  • Finding the Burn

    Finding the Burn

  • Drunkboat

    Drunkboat

  • All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

    All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

  • The Music Critic

    The Music Critic

  • Music at the Sea

    Music at the Sea

  • Welcome Back, George

    Welcome Back, George

  • Dream Walkers

    Dream Walkers

  • A Winter's Journey

    A Winter's Journey

  • Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies

    Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies

  • Ecstasy

    Ecstasy

  • Say Goodnight, Gracie

    Say Goodnight, Gracie

  • Le paradoxe de John Malkovich

    Le paradoxe de John Malkovich