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John Malkovich

Acting 72 years old Christopher, Illinois, USA ★ 3.5
Born: December 9, 1953

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).

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Known For

Penguins of Madagascar
Penguins of Madagascar Dave (voice) 2014
Con Air
Con Air Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom 1997
RED
RED Marvin Boggs 2010
Bird Box
Bird Box Douglas 2018
Johnny English
Johnny English Pascal Sauvage 2003

Jimmy's Seen (4)

Ghost World
Ghost World Producer 2001
Opus
Opus Alfred Moretti 2025
Mile 22
Mile 22 Bishop 2018
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Judge Edward D. Cowart 2019

Filmography

Acting Credits (187)

Wild Horse Nine
Wild Horse Nine Chris 2026
Sacrifice
Sacrifice Gunnar 2026
The Yellow Tie
The Yellow Tie Sergiu Celibidache 2025
In the Hand of Dante
In the Hand of Dante Joe Black 2025
The Life of Mirrors
The Life of Mirrors 2025
Lubach
Lubach 2025
Opus
Opus Alfred Moretti 2025
Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry
Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry self 2024
The Line
The Line Beach Miller 2024
Unsinkable
Unsinkable Chief Engineer Pollard 2024
RIPLEY
RIPLEY Reeves Minot 2024
The New Look
The New Look Lucien Lelong 2024
Mr. Blake at Your Service!
Mr. Blake at Your Service! Andrew Blake 2023
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise Ed Cote 2023
One Ranger
One Ranger Geddes 2023
Breaking Rachmaninoff
Breaking Rachmaninoff 2023
Seneca
Seneca Seneca 2023
A Journey to Sundance
A Journey to Sundance Self 2023
Mindcage
Mindcage The Artist 2022
Savage Salvation
Savage Salvation Peter 2022
White Elephant
White Elephant Glen Follett 2022
Chariot
Chariot Dr. Karn 2022
Shattered
Shattered Ronald 2022
The Survivalist
The Survivalist Aaron Ramsey 2021
Ten Year Old Tom
Ten Year Old Tom Mr. B (voice) 2021
Rogue Hostage
Rogue Hostage Sam Nelson 2021
Last Call
Last Call Dr. Felton 2020
Valley of the Gods
Valley of the Gods Wes Tauros 2020
Ava
Ava Duke 2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Home Movie: The Princess Bride The Impressive Clergyman 2020
Space Force
Space Force Dr. Adrian Mallory 2020
Arkansas
Arkansas Bright 2020
The New Pope
The New Pope Giovanni Paolo III / Sir John Brannox 2020
Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona
Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona Self - Narrator (voice) 2019
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Judge Edward D. Cowart 2019
Velvet Buzzsaw
Velvet Buzzsaw Piers 2019
The ABC Murders
The ABC Murders Hercule Poirot 2018
Bird Box
Bird Box Douglas 2018
The Music Critic
The Music Critic The Narrator 2018
Mile 22
Mile 22 Bishop 2018
Supercon
Supercon Sid Newberry 2018
Casanova Gene
Casanova Gene 2018
Bullet Head
Bullet Head Walker 2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Port (archive footage) 2017
The Wilde Wedding
The Wilde Wedding Laurence 2017
I Love You, Daddy
I Love You, Daddy Leslie Goodwin 2017
About Love. Adults Only
About Love. Adults Only Ed 2017
Just Call Me God
Just Call Me God Satur Diman Cha 2017
Unlocked
Unlocked Bob Hunter 2017
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon Donald Vidrine 2016
Psychogenic Fugue
Psychogenic Fugue All characters 2016
Zoolander 2
Zoolander 2 Chazz Spencer 2016
Billions
Billions Grigor Andolov 2016
Penguins of Madagascar
Penguins of Madagascar Dave (voice) 2014
Cut Bank
Cut Bank Sheriff Vogel 2014
Casanova Variations
Casanova Variations Giacomo 2014
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice) 2014
Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer
Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer 2014
Crossbones
Crossbones Blackbeard 2014
Noseland
Noseland Self 2014
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez Bogdanovitch 2014
Le paradoxe de John Malkovich
Le paradoxe de John Malkovich Himself 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
RED 2
RED 2 Marvin Boggs 2013
Ecstasy
Ecstasy Vinny 2013
Siberian Education
Siberian Education Grandfather Kuzya 2013
Warm Bodies
Warm Bodies Colonel Grigio 2013
Lines of Wellington
Lines of Wellington General Wellington 2012
Side by Side
Side by Side Self 2012
Drunkboat
Drunkboat Mort 2012
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set Self 2012
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Jonathan Ross Show Self 2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Bruce Brazos 2011
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story Self 2011
RED
RED Marvin Boggs 2010
Secretariat
Secretariat Lucien Laurin 2010
Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex Turnbull 2010
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer Jack Unterweger 2010
Saturday Night
Saturday Night Self 2010
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (archive footage) 2009
La Traversée du désir
La Traversée du désir Self 2009
Finding the Burn
Finding the Burn Self / Osborne Cox (archive footage) 2008
Welcome Back, George
Welcome Back, George Self 2008
Gardens of the Night
Gardens of the Night Michael 2008
Changeling
Changeling Rev. Gustav Briegleb 2008
Afterwards
Afterwards Joseph Kay 2008
Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies
Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies Narrator 2008
Music at the Sea
Music at the Sea Self 2008
Disgrace
Disgrace David Lurie 2008
Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading Osborne Cox 2008
Mutant Chronicles
Mutant Chronicles Constantine 2008
Projectorparishilton
Projectorparishilton 2008
In Tranzit
In Tranzit Pavlov 2008
The Great Buck Howard
The Great Buck Howard Buck Howard 2008
Beowulf
Beowulf Unferth 2007
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Eragon
Eragon King Galbatorix 2006
On n'est pas couché
On n'est pas couché Self - Guest 2006
Art School Confidential
Art School Confidential Professor Sandiford 2006
Klimt
Klimt Gustav Klimt 2006
De Wereld Draait Door
De Wereld Draait Door Self 2005
Colour Me Kubrick
Colour Me Kubrick Alan Conway 2005
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' Self 2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Humma Kavula 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Self 2005
The Libertine
The Libertine Charles II 2004
A Talking Picture
A Talking Picture Comandante John Walesa 2003
Johnny English
Johnny English Pascal Sauvage 2003
Adaptation.
Adaptation. John Malkovich (uncredited) 2002
Napoleon
Napoleon Charles de Talleyrand 2002
The Dancer Upstairs
The Dancer Upstairs Abimael Guzman (uncredited) 2002
Ripley's Game
Ripley's Game Tom Ripley 2002
Hideous Man
Hideous Man Narrator 2002
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Gero von Boehm begegnet... Self 2002
Knockaround Guys
Knockaround Guys Teddy Deserve 2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self - Guest 2001
Hotel
Hotel Omar Jonnson 2001
Savage Souls
Savage Souls Monsieur Numance 2001
I’m Going Home
I’m Going Home John Crawford 2001
Les Misérables
Les Misérables Javert 2000
Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire F. W. Murnau 2000
Ladies Room
Ladies Room Roberto 1999
RKO 281
RKO 281 Herman Mankiewicz 1999
Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich John Horatio Malkovich 1999
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Charles VII 1999
Time Regained
Time Regained Baron de Charlus 1999
Rounders
Rounders Teddy KGB 1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask Athos 1998
Con Air
Con Air Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom 1997
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady Self 1997
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady Gilbert Osmond 1996
The Ogre
The Ogre Abel 1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
Cannes Man
Cannes Man Self 1996
Mulholland Falls
Mulholland Falls General Thomas Timms 1996
Mary Reilly
Mary Reilly Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde 1996
Beyond the Clouds
Beyond the Clouds The Director 1995
The Convent
The Convent Michael 1995
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive Self (uncredited) 1995
Zona+
Zona+ Próprio 1994
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness Kurtz 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire Mitch Leary 1993
Alive
Alive Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited) 1993
Jennifer Eight
Jennifer Eight Agent St. Anne 1992
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men Lennie Small 1992
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva 1992
Shadows and Fog
Shadows and Fog Clown 1991
Old Times
Old Times 1991
Performance
Performance Deeley 1991
The Object of Beauty
The Object of Beauty Jake Bartholomew 1991
Queens Logic
Queens Logic Eliot 1991
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter Self 1990
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky Port 1990
Romy Award
Romy Award Presenter 1990
Decade
Decade Self 1989
Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont 1988
Miles from Home
Miles from Home Barry Maxwell 1988
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun Self 1987
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun Basie 1987
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
Santabear's High Flying Adventure Santa Claus (voice) 1987
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield 1987
Making Mr. Right
Making Mr. Right Jeff Peters / Ulysses 1987
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ Self / Biff 1986
American Masters
American Masters Self 1986
Rocket to the Moon
Rocket to the Moon Ben Stark 1986
Eleni
Eleni Nicholas 'Nick' Gage 1985
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman Biff Loman 1985
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields Al Rockoff 1984
Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart Mr. Will 1984
True West
True West Lee 1984
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Say Goodnight, Gracie Steve 1983
Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman Self - Guest 1982
American Playhouse
American Playhouse Lee 1982
American Playhouse
American Playhouse Ben Stark 1982
American Dream
American Dream 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? Self 1981
Word of Honor
Word of Honor Gary 1981
A Wedding
A Wedding Wedding Guest (uncredited) 1978
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Lost and Found in Paris
Lost and Found in Paris Wim Waldemar
A Winter's Journey
A Winter's Journey Leiermann
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf Unferth
100 Years
100 Years
8 Husbands
8 Husbands George Ambrose
Bishop
Bishop Lincoln Graves

Directing Credits (4)

Writing Credits (4)

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