John Malkovich

John 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).

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).

Personal info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-12-09

Place of birth

Christopher, Illinois, USA

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Cast

Rounders

Rounders

1998

7.01

Con Air

Con Air

1997

6.76

Afterwards

Afterwards

2008

5.49

Beowulf

Beowulf

2007

5.91

Eragon

Eragon

2006

5.13

Changeling

Changeling

2008

7.58

Seneca

Seneca

2023

5.07

Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex

2010

4.96

In Tranzit

In Tranzit

2008

5.48

Mary Reilly

Mary Reilly

1996

5.75

Disgrace

Disgrace

2008

6.20

One Ranger

One Ranger

2023

6.10

Klimt

Klimt

2006

5.10

RED

RED

2010

6.71

Savage Souls

Savage Souls

2001

4.50

The Ogre

The Ogre

1996

6.30

Secretariat

Secretariat

2010

7.41

Queens Logic

Queens Logic

1991

5.80

RKO 281

RKO 281

1999

6.39

Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies

2013

6.47

Drunkboat

Drunkboat

2012

4.60

The Convent

The Convent

1995

5.20

RED 2

RED 2

2013

6.53

Old Times

Old Times

1991

4.00

Ladies Room

Ladies Room

1999

3.50

Ecstasy

Ecstasy

2013

7.00

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

2014

6.24

True West

True West

1984

7.90

Hotel

Hotel

2001

3.20

Cut Bank

Cut Bank

2014

5.76

The Line

The Line

2024

5.40

Opus

Opus

2025

5.70

Noseland

Noseland

2014

5.00

Eleni

Eleni

1985

5.90

Cannes Man

Cannes Man

1996

5.20

Mindcage

Mindcage

2022

5.92

Hideous Man

Hideous Man

2002

1.00

Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2

2016

4.90

Adaptation.

Adaptation.

2002

7.34

Unlocked

Unlocked

2017

6.26

Supercon

Supercon

2018

4.60

Last Call

Last Call

2020

4.10

Alive

Alive

1993

6.89

Bird Box

Bird Box

2018

6.80

Bullet Head

Bullet Head

2017

5.00

Mile 22

Mile 22

2018

6.23

Ava

Ava

2020

5.83

Arkansas

Arkansas

2020

5.78

Side by Side

Side by Side

2012

7.23

Decade

Decade

1989

7.00

A Wedding

A Wedding

1978

6.20

Chariot

Chariot

2022

4.57

Shattered

Shattered

2022

5.75

Sacrifice

Sacrifice

2026

0.00