Acting
John Malkovich
EN, HR, RO, PT cinema · 165 credits
Born
9 December 1953 (age 72)
Birthplace
Christopher, Illinois, USA
Also known as John Gavin Malkovich
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
Lost and Found in Paris
as Wim Waldemar
A Winter's Journey
as Leiermann
100 Years
2099
100 Years
as Hero (Male), Writer
In the Hand of Dante
as Joe Black
Sacrifice
as Gunnar
Wild Horse Nine
as Chris
Opus
as Alfred Moretti
The Yellow Tie
as Sergiu Celibidache
The Line
as Beach Miller
Seneca
as Seneca
One Ranger
as Geddes
Mr. Blake at Your Service!
as Andrew Blake
Fool's Paradise
as Ed Cote
White Elephant
as Glen Follett
Mindcage
as The Artist
Savage Salvation
as Peter
Chariot
as Dr. Karn
Shattered
as Ronald, Producer
The Survivalist
as Aaron Ramsey
Rogue Hostage
as Sam Nelson
Valley of the Gods
as Wes Tauros
Last Call
as Dr. Felton, Producer
Ava
as Duke
Arkansas
as Bright
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Judge Edward D. Cowart
Velvet Buzzsaw
as Piers
Gotta Get Down to It
Sound Mixer
Supercon
as Sid Newberry
Bird Box
as Douglas
Mile 22
as Bishop
The Music Critic
as The Narrator
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
as Port (archive footage)
Unlocked
as Bob Hunter
The Wilde Wedding
as Laurence, Executive Producer
I Love You, Daddy
as Leslie Goodwin
Bullet Head
as Walker
Just Call Me God
as Satur Diman Cha
Zoolander 2
as Chazz Spencer
Deepwater Horizon
as Donald Vidrine
Psychogenic Fugue
as All characters
Demolition
Producer
Cesar Chavez
as Bogdanovitch
Penguins of Madagascar
as Dave (voice)
Cut Bank
as Sheriff Vogel
Noseland
as Self
Casanova Variations
as Giacomo
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
Warm Bodies
as Colonel Grigio
RED 2
as Marvin Boggs
Siberian Education
as Grandfather Kuzya
Ecstasy
as Vinny
Drunkboat
as Mort
Lines of Wellington
as General Wellington
Side by Side
as Self
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Bruce Brazos
Young Adult
Executive Producer
Jonah Hex
as Turnbull
RED
as Marvin Boggs
Secretariat
as Lucien Laurin
Saturday Night
as Self
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
as Jack Unterweger
Abel
Executive Producer
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
as (archive footage)
Which Way Home
Executive Producer
Afterwards
as Joseph Kay
Changeling
as Rev. Gustav Briegleb
Burn After Reading
as Osborne Cox
In Tranzit
as Pavlov
Disgrace
as David Lurie
Mutant Chronicles
as Constantine
The Great Buck Howard
as Buck Howard
Gardens of the Night
as Michael
Finding the Burn
2008
Finding the Burn
as Self / Osborne Cox (archive footage)
Beowulf
as Unferth (Voice)
Juno
Producer
Eragon
as King Galbatorix
Art School Confidential
as Professor Sandiford, Producer
Klimt
as Gustav Klimt
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Humma Kavula
Colour Me Kubrick
as Alan Conway
The Libertine
as Charles II, Producer
Johnny English
as Pascal Sauvage
A Talking Picture
as Comandante John Walesa
Kill the Poor
Producer
Ripley's Game
as Tom Ripley
Hideous Man
as Narrator, Director, Writer
Adaptation.
as John Malkovich (uncredited)
The Dancer Upstairs
as Abimael Guzman (uncredited), Director, Producer
Knockaround Guys
as Teddy Deserve
Savage Souls
as Monsieur Numance
Hotel
as Omar Jonnson
I’m Going Home
as John Crawford, Film Director
Ghost World
Producer
Shadow of the Vampire
as F. W. Murnau
Lady Behave
Director, Writer
Being John Malkovich
as John Horatio Malkovich
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as Charles VII
Time Regained
as Baron de Charlus
RKO 281
as Herman Mankiewicz
Ladies Room
as Roberto
Rounders
as Teddy KGB
Con Air
as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
Mulholland Falls
as General Thomas Timms
Mary Reilly
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
The Portrait of a Lady
as Gilbert Osmond
The Ogre
as Abel
Cannes Man
as Self
Beyond the Clouds
as The Director
The Convent
as Michael
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
as Self (uncredited)
Heart of Darkness
as Kurtz
In the Line of Fire
as Mitch Leary
Alive
as Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
Jennifer Eight
as Agent St. Anne
Of Mice and Men
as Lennie Small
Queens Logic
as Eliot
Shadows and Fog
as Clown
The Object of Beauty
as Jake Bartholomew
Decade
as Self
Dangerous Liaisons
as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
Miles from Home
as Barry Maxwell
The Accidental Tourist
Executive Producer
Empire of the Sun
as Basie
Making Mr. Right
as Jeff Peters / Ulysses
The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
as Santa Claus (voice)
Rocket to the Moon
as Ben Stark
Death of a Salesman
as Biff Loman
Eleni
as Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
The Killing Fields
as Al Rockoff
Places in the Heart
as Mr. Will
True West
as Lee
Word of Honor
as Gary
A Wedding
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)