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