John Malkovich
Acting
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
Acting186
movieSacrifice
2026
Gunnar
movieIn the Hand of Dante
2026
Joe Black
movieThe Yellow Tie
2025
Sergiu Celibidache
movieOpus
2025
Alfred Moretti
movieThe Line
2024
Beach Miller
tvUnsinkable
2024
Chief Engineer Pollard
tvRIPLEY
2024
Reeves Minot
tvThe New Look
2024
Lucien Lelong
movieMr. Blake at Your Service!
2023
Andrew Blake
movieFool's Paradise
2023
Ed Cote
movieOne Ranger
2023
Geddes
movieSeneca
2023
Seneca
movieMindcage
2022
The Artist
movieWhite Elephant
2022
Glen Follett
movieChariot
2022
Dr. Karn
movieShattered
2022
Ronald
movieThe Survivalist
2021
Aaron Ramsey
tvTen Year Old Tom
2021
Mr. B (voice)
movieRogue Hostage
2021
Sam Nelson
movieLast Call
2020
Dr. Felton
movieValley of the Gods
2020
Wes Tauros
movieAva
2020
Duke
tvHome Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
The Impressive Clergyman
tvSpace Force
2020
Dr. Adrian Mallory
movieArkansas
2020
Bright
tvThe New Pope
2020
Giovanni Paolo III / Sir John Brannox
tvMatchday: Inside FC Barcelona
2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019
Judge Edward D. Cowart
tvThe ABC Murders
2018
Hercule Poirot
movieBird Box
2018
Douglas
movieThe Music Critic
2018
The Narrator
movieMile 22
2018
Bishop
movieSupercon
2018
Sid Newberry
movieBullet Head
2017
Walker
movieRyuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2017
Port (archive footage)
movieThe Wilde Wedding
2017
Laurence
movieI Love You, Daddy
2017
Leslie Goodwin
movieJust Call Me God
2017
Satur Diman Cha
movieUnlocked
2017
Bob Hunter
movieDeepwater Horizon
2016
Donald Vidrine
moviePsychogenic Fugue
2016
All characters
movieZoolander 2
2016
Chazz Spencer
tvBillions
2016
Grigor Andolov
moviePenguins of Madagascar
2014
Dave (voice)
movieCut Bank
2014
Sheriff Vogel
movieCasanova Variations
2014
Giacomo
movieThe Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
2014
Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
tvCrossbones
2014
Blackbeard
movieCesar Chavez
2014
Bogdanovitch
movieRED 2
2013
Marvin Boggs
movieEcstasy
2013
Vinny
movieSiberian Education
2013
Grandfather Kuzya
movieWarm Bodies
2013
Colonel Grigio
movieLines of Wellington
2012
General Wellington
movieTransformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
Bruce Brazos
movieRED
2010
Marvin Boggs
movieSecretariat
2010
Lucien Laurin
movieJonah Hex
2010
Turnbull
movieThe Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
2010
Jack Unterweger
movieSNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
(archive footage)
Finding the Burn
2008
Self / Osborne Cox (archive footage)
movieChangeling
2008
Rev. Gustav Briegleb
movieAfterwards
2008
Joseph Kay
movieDisgrace
2008
David Lurie
movieBurn After Reading
2008
Osborne Cox
movieMutant Chronicles
2008
Constantine
movieIn Tranzit
2008
Pavlov
movieThe Great Buck Howard
2008
Buck Howard
movieBeowulf
2007
Unferth (Voice)
movieEragon
2006
King Galbatorix
tvOn n'est pas couché
2006
Self - Guest
movieArt School Confidential
2006
Professor Sandiford
movieKlimt
2006
Gustav Klimt
movieColour Me Kubrick
2005
Alan Conway
movieThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Humma Kavula
movieThe Libertine
2004
Charles II
movieA Talking Picture
2003
Comandante John Walesa
movieJohnny English
2003
Pascal Sauvage
movieAdaptation.
2002
John Malkovich (uncredited)
tvNapoleon
2002
Charles de Talleyrand
movieThe Dancer Upstairs
2002
Abimael Guzman (uncredited)
movieRipley's Game
2002
Tom Ripley
Hideous Man
2002
Narrator
movieKnockaround Guys
2001
Teddy Deserve
tvFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Self - Guest
movieHotel
2001
Omar Jonnson
movieSavage Souls
2001
Monsieur Numance
movieI’m Going Home
2001
John Crawford
tvLes Misérables
2000
Javert
movieShadow of the Vampire
2000
F. W. Murnau
movieLadies Room
1999
Roberto
movieRKO 281
1999
Herman Mankiewicz
movieBeing John Malkovich
1999
John Horatio Malkovich
movieTime Regained
1999
Baron de Charlus
movieRounders
1998
Teddy KGB
movieCon Air
1997
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
movieThe Portrait of a Lady
1996
Gilbert Osmond
movieMulholland Falls
1996
General Thomas Timms
movieMary Reilly
1996
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
movieBeyond the Clouds
1995
The Director
movieThe Convent
1995
Michael
movieTo Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995
Self (uncredited)
tvZona+
1994
Próprio
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieIn the Line of Fire
1993
Mitch Leary
movieAlive
1993
Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
movieJennifer Eight
1992
Agent St. Anne
movieOf Mice and Men
1992
Lennie Small
tvPerformance
1991
Deeley
movieThe Object of Beauty
1991
Jake Bartholomew
Romy Award
1990
Presenter
movieDecade
1989
Self
movieDangerous Liaisons
1988
Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
movieMiles from Home
1988
Barry Maxwell
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987
Santa Claus (voice)
movieThe Glass Menagerie
1987
Tom Wingfield
movieMaking Mr. Right
1987
Jeff Peters / Ulysses
movieRocket to the Moon
1986
Ben Stark
movieEleni
1985
Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
movieDeath of a Salesman
1985
Biff Loman
movieThe Killing Fields
1984
Al Rockoff
moviePlaces in the Heart
1984
Mr. Will
tvLate Night with David Letterman
1982
Self - Guest
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Lee / Ben Stark
movieA Wedding
1978
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
movieLost and Found in Paris
Wim Waldemar
movieA Winter's Journey
Leiermann
Bishop
Lincoln Graves
Production14
movieShattered
2022
Producer
movieLast Call
2020
Producer
movieThe Wilde Wedding
2017
Executive Producer
movieDemolition
2016
Producer
movieYoung Adult
2011
Executive Producer
movieWhich Way Home
2009
Executive Producer
movieJuno
2007
Producer
movieArt School Confidential
2006
Producer
movieThe Libertine
2004
Producer
movieKill the Poor
2003
Producer
movieThe Dancer Upstairs
2002
Producer
movieGhost World
2001
Producer
movieThe Accidental Tourist
1988
Executive Producer
Directing4
movieThe Dancer Upstairs
2002
Director
Hideous Man
2002
Director
movieLady Behave
2000
Director
Writing3
Sound1
movieGotta Get Down to It
2019
Sound Mixer