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John Malkovich
Actor, Producer, Director, WriterBorn December 9, 1953 (72 years)
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).
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).
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| 2025 | Sacrifice · as Gunnar |
| 2025 | The Yellow Tie · as Sergiu Celibidache |
| 2025 | In the Hand of Dante · as Joe Black |
| 2025 | Lubach (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Opus · as Alfred Moretti |
| 2024 | Bad Monkey (TV Series) · as Spencer |
| 2024 | Unsinkable (2024) (TV Series) · as Chief Engineer Pollard |
| 2024 | RIPLEY (TV Series) · as Reeves Minot |
| 2024 | The New Look (TV Series) · as Lucien Lelong |
| 2023 | Well Done! · as Andrew Blake |
| 2023 | The Line · as Beach Miller |
| 2023 | Fool's Paradise · as Ed Cote |
| 2023 | One Ranger · as Geddes |
| 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 | Ten Year Old Tom (TV Series) · as Mr. B (voice) |
| 2021 | Rogue Hostage · as Sam Nelson |
| 2020 | Ava · as Duke |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as The Impressive Clergyman |
| 2020 | Space Force (TV Series) · as Dr. Adrian Mallory |
| 2020 | Arkansas · as Bright |
| 2020 | The New Pope (TV Series) · as Giovanni Paolo Iii / Sir John Brannox |
| 2019 | Valley of the Gods · as Wes Tauros |
| 2019 | Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile · as Judge Edward D. Cowart |
| 2019 | Russia from Above · as Narrator |
| 2019 | Velvet Buzzsaw · as Piers |
| 2018 | The ABC Murders (TV Series) · as Hercule Poirot |
| 2018 | Bird Box · as Douglas |
| 2018 | Mile 22 · as Bishop |
| 2018 | Supercon · as Sid Newberry |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Last Call · as Dr. Felton |
| 2017 | Bullet Head · as Walker |
| 2017 | I Love You, Daddy · as Leslie Goodwin |
| 2017 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda · as Port (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | The Wilde Wedding · as Laurence |
| 2017 | About Love. For Adults Only · as Лектор Эд |
| 2017 | Just Call Me God: A Dictator's Final Speech · as Satur Diman Cha |
| 2017 | Unlocked · as Bob Hunter |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon · as Donald Vidrine |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 · as Chazz Spencer |
| 2016 | Billions (TV Series) · as Grigor Andolov |
| 2014 | Casanova Variations · as Giacomo |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar · as Dave (voice) |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue · as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice) |
| 2014 | Crossbones (TV Series) · as Blackbeard |
| 2014 | Cesar Chavez · as Bogdanovitch |
| 2013 | RED 2 · as Marvin Boggs |
| 2013 | Ecstasy · as Vinny |
| 2013 | Deadly Code · as Grandfather Kuzya |
| 2013 | Warm Bodies · as Colonel Grigio |
| 2012 | Lines of Wellington · as General Wellington |
| 2012 | Lines of Wellington (TV Series) · as General Wellington |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon · as Bruce Brazos |
| 2010 | RED · as Marvin Boggs |
| 2010 | Secretariat · as Lucien Laurin |
| 2010 | Drunkboat · as Mort |
| 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) |
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| 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 | Burn After Reading · as Osborne Cox |
| 2008 | Mutant Chronicles · as Constantine |
| 2008 | Projectorparishilton (TV Series) |
| 2008 | In Tranzit · as Pavlov |
| 2008 | The Great Buck Howard · as Buck Howard |
| 2007 | Beowulf · as Unferth |
| 2006 | Eragon · as King Galbatorix |
| 2006 | Art School Confidential · as Professor Sandiford |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Color Me Kubrick · as Alan Conway |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz · as Lord Edmund |
| 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 | The Dancer Upstairs · as Abimael Guzman (uncredited) |
| 2002 | Napoleon (2002) (TV Series) · as Charles De Talleyrand |
| 2002 | Ripley's Game · as Tom Ripley |
| 2001 | Knockaround Guys · as Teddy Deserve |
| 2001 | Hotel · as Omar Jonnson |
| 2001 | I'm Going Home · as John Crawford |
| 2001 | Savage Souls · as Monsieur Numance |
| 2000 | The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power · as Various |
| 2000 | Les Misérables (2000) (TV Series) · as Javert |
| 2000 | Shadow of the Vampire · as F. W. Murnau |
| 1999 | Ladies Room · as Roberto |
| 1999 | RKO 281 · as Herman Mankiewicz |
| 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc · as Charles Vii |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich · as John Horatio Malkovich |
| 1999 | Marcel Proust's 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 | The 66th Annual Academy Awards · as Mitch Leary |
| 1994 | Heart of Darkness · as Kurtz |
| 1993 | In the Line of Fire · as Mitch Leary |
| 1993 | Alive · as Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Jennifer 8 · as Agent St. Anne |
| 1992 | Of Mice and Men · as Lennie Small |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog · as Clown |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Deeley |
| 1991 | The Object of Beauty · as Jake Bartholomew |
| 1991 | Queens Logic · as Eliot |
| 1990 | The Sheltering Sky · as Port |
| 1989 | The 61st Annual Academy Awards · as Vicomte Sébastien De Valmont |
| 1988 | Dangerous Liaisons · as Vicomte Sébastien De Valmont |
| 1988 | Miles from Home · as Barry Maxwell |
| 1987 | Empire of the Sun · as Basie |
| 1987 | The Glass Menagerie · as Tom Wingfield |
| 1987 | Making Mr. Right · as Jeff Peters / Ulysses |
| 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 |
| 1981 | Word of Honor · as Gary |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Lee |
| 1978 | A Wedding · as Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
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| 2018 | The ABC Murders (TV Series) · as Associate Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | The Wilde Wedding · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Cesar Chavez · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Young Adult · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Abel · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Which Way Home · as Executive Producer |
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| 2002 | |
| 2002 | How to Draw a Bunny · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | |
| 1988 | The Accidental Tourist · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Downey Wrote That · as Self - Snl Guest Host |
| 2024 | The Menendez Brothers · as Self - Host, Saturday Night Live |
| 2023 | A Journey to Sundance · as Self |
| 2022 | Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità · as Self |
| 2021 | Les liaisons scandaleuses · as Self |
| 2019 | Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Danza con me (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | French Bashing · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Side by Side · as Self |
| 2012 | Urgant Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Saturday Night · as Self |
| 2009 | Talk Stoop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The Making of 'Mutant Chronicles' · as Self - Constantine |
| 2009 | The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | College Tour (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon · as Self |
| 2006 | Ce soir (ou jamais !) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow · as Self |
| 2006 | On n'est pas couché (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | De Wereld Draait Door (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Harald Schmidt (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | 20h10 pétantes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | The Private Life of a Masterpiece (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | 2000 MTV Movie Awards · as Self |
| 1999 | Kulturjournal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Leute heute (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Cannes Man · as Self |
| 1996 | VIP World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | To Make a Film Is to Be Alive · as Self (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Those Who ... Football (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Nova (TV Series) · as Self - Acteur |
| 1992 | Making of 'Of Mice and Men' · as Self - Actor |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter · as Self |
| 1989 | Decade · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Night of the Molières (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | The 57th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | Working in the Theatre (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
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