John Malkovich
145 movies · 17 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 9, 1953 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Christopher, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- John Gavin 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).
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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).
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Known for
John Malkovich: movies and TV shows
Acting (149)
- Upcoming Wild Horse Nine
as Chris
- Upcoming
- Upcoming 100 Years
as Hero (Male)
- Upcoming Lost and Found in Paris
as Wim Waldemar
- Upcoming A Winter's Journey
as Leiermann
- Upcoming A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
as Unferth
- Upcoming
- 2026 In the Hand of Dante
as Joe Black
- 2026 Sacrifice
as Gunnar
- 2025 The Yellow Tie
as Sergiu Celibidache
- 2025
- 2025 Opus
as Alfred Moretti
- 2024 The Line
as Beach Miller
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023 Mr. Blake at Your Service!
as Andrew Blake
- 2023 Fool's Paradise
as Ed Cote
- 2023 One Ranger
as Geddes
- 2023
- 2023 Seneca
as Seneca
- 2022 Mindcage
as The Artist
- 2022 Savage Salvation
as Peter
- 2022 White Elephant
as Glen Follett
- 2022 Chariot
as Dr. Karn
- 2022 Shattered
as Ronald
- 2021 The Survivalist
as Aaron Ramsey
- 2021
- 2021 Rogue Hostage
as Sam Nelson
- 2020 Last Call
as Dr. Felton
- 2020 Valley of the Gods
as Wes Tauros
- 2020 Ava
as Duke
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020 Arkansas
as Bright
- 2020
- 2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Judge Edward D. Cowart
- 2019 Velvet Buzzsaw
as Piers
- 2018
- 2018 Bird Box
as Douglas
- 2018 The Music Critic
as The Narrator
- 2018 Mile 22
as Bishop
- 2018 Supercon
as Sid Newberry
- 2018
- 2017 Bullet Head
as Walker
- 2017 Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
as Port (archive footage)
- 2017 The Wilde Wedding
as Laurence
- 2017 I Love You, Daddy
as Leslie Goodwin
- 2017 About Love. Adults Only
as Ed
- 2017 Just Call Me God
as Satur Diman Cha
- 2017 Unlocked
as Bob Hunter
- 2016 Deepwater Horizon
as Donald Vidrine
- 2016 Psychogenic Fugue
as All characters
- 2016 Zoolander 2
as Chazz Spencer
- 2016
- 2014 Penguins of Madagascar
as Dave (voice)
- 2014 Cut Bank
as Sheriff Vogel
- 2014 Casanova Variations
as Giacomo
- 2014 The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Cesar Chavez
as Bogdanovitch
- 2013 RED 2
as Marvin Boggs
- 2013 Ecstasy
as Vinny
- 2013 Siberian Education
as Grandfather Kuzya
- 2013 Warm Bodies
as Colonel Grigio
- 2012 Lines of Wellington
as General Wellington
- 2012 Drunkboat
as Mort
- 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Bruce Brazos
- 2011 Butterflies
as Man
- 2010 RED
as Marvin Boggs
- 2010 Secretariat
as Lucien Laurin
- 2010 Jonah Hex
as Turnbull
- 2010 The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
as Jack Unterweger
- 2009 SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
as (archive footage)
- 2008 Gardens of the Night
as Michael
- 2008 Changeling
as Rev. Gustav Briegleb
- 2008 Afterwards
as Joseph Kay
- 2008 Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies
as Narrator
- 2008 Disgrace
as David Lurie
- 2008 Burn After Reading
as Osborne Cox
- 2008 Mutant Chronicles
as Constantine
- 2008 In Tranzit
as Pavlov
- 2008 The Great Buck Howard
as Buck Howard
- 2007 Beowulf
as Unferth (Voice)
- 2007
- 2006 Eragon
as King Galbatorix
- 2006 Art School Confidential
as Professor Sandiford
- 2006 Klimt
as Gustav Klimt
- 2005 Colour Me Kubrick
as Alan Conway
- 2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Humma Kavula
- 2004 The Libertine
as Charles II
- 2003 A Talking Picture
as Comandante John Walesa
- 2003 Johnny English
as Pascal Sauvage
- 2002 Adaptation.
as John Malkovich (uncredited)
- 2002
- 2002 The Dancer Upstairs
as Abimael Guzman (uncredited)
- 2002 Ripley's Game
as Tom Ripley
- 2002 Hideous Man
as Narrator
- 2001 Knockaround Guys
as Teddy Deserve
- 2001 Hotel
as Omar Jonnson
- 2001 Savage Souls
as Monsieur Numance
- 2001 I’m Going Home
as John Crawford
- 2000
- 2000 Shadow of the Vampire
as F. W. Murnau
- 1999 Ladies Room
as Roberto
- 1999 RKO 281
as Herman Mankiewicz
- 1999 Being John Malkovich
as John Horatio Malkovich
- 1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as Charles VII
- 1999 Time Regained
as Baron de Charlus
- 1998 Rounders
as Teddy KGB
- 1998 The Man in the Iron Mask
as Athos
- 1997 Con Air
as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
- 1996 The Portrait of a Lady
as Gilbert Osmond
- 1996 The Ogre
as Abel
- 1996 Mulholland Falls
as General Thomas Timms
- 1996 Mary Reilly
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
- 1995 Beyond the Clouds
as The Director
- 1995 The Convent
as Michael
- 1994 Heart of Darkness
as Kurtz
- 1993 In the Line of Fire
as Mitch Leary
- 1993 Alive
as Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
- 1992 Jennifer Eight
as Agent St. Anne
- 1992 Of Mice and Men
as Lennie Small
- 1992
- 1991 Shadows and Fog
as Clown
- 1991
- 1991
- 1991 The Object of Beauty
as Jake Bartholomew
- 1991 Queens Logic
as Eliot
- 1990 The Sheltering Sky
as Port
- 1988 Dangerous Liaisons
as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
- 1988 Miles from Home
as Barry Maxwell
- 1987 Empire of the Sun
as Basie
- 1987 Santabear's High Flying Adventure
as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1987 The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield
- 1987 Making Mr. Right
as Jeff Peters / Ulysses
- 1986 Rocket to the Moon
as Ben Stark
- 1985 Eleni
as Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
- 1985 Death of a Salesman
as Biff Loman
- 1984 The Killing Fields
as Al Rockoff
- 1984 Places in the Heart
as Mr. Will
- 1984 True West
as Lee
- 1983 Say Goodnight, Gracie
as Steve
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981 Word of Honor
as Gary
- 1978 A Wedding
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Behind the camera (21)
- Upcoming 100 Years
Writer
- 2022 Shattered
Producer
- 2020 Last Call
Producer
- 2019 Gotta Get Down to It
Sound Mixer
- 2017 The Wilde Wedding
Executive Producer
- 2016 Demolition
Producer
- 2014 Strap Hanging
Director
- 2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Producer
- 2011 Young Adult
Executive Producer
- 2010 Abel
Executive Producer
- 2009 Which Way Home
Executive Producer
- 2008 Snow Angel
Writer
- 2007 Juno
Producer
- 2006 Art School Confidential
Producer
- 2004 The Libertine
Producer
- 2003 Kill the Poor
Producer
- 2002 The Dancer Upstairs
Director, Producer
- 2002 Hideous Man
Writer, Director
- 2001 Ghost World
Producer
- 2000 Lady Behave
Director, Writer
- 1988 The Accidental Tourist
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (41)
- 2026
- 2025 Lubach
1 episode
- 2024
- 2023
- 2019 Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona
8 episodes
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011 The Jonathan Ross Show
1 episode
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 Projectorparishilton
1 episode
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
3 episodes
- 2006 On n'est pas couché
1 episode
- 2005 De Wereld Draait Door
1 episode
- 2005
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
1 episode
- 2002 Gero von Boehm begegnet...
1 episode
- 2001 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
1 episode
- 1997
- 1996 The Daily Show
3 episodes
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994 Zona+
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman
1 episode
- 1990
- 1990 Romy Award
1 episode
- 1989
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986 American Masters
1 episode
- 1982 Late Night with David Letterman
1 episode
- 1981 Wetten, dass..?
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
3 episodes