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John Malkovich

9th December 1953 Christopher, Illinois, USA 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).

150 Movies 34 TV Shows 2 In Production 186 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Opus poster
Opus 13th March 2025 as Alfred Moretti
Seneca poster
Seneca 20th February 2023 as Seneca
Ava poster
Ava 2nd July 2020 as Duke
RED 2 poster
RED 2 18th July 2013 as Marvin Boggs
RED poster
RED 13th October 2010 as Marvin Boggs
Eragon poster
Eragon 14th December 2006 as King Galbatorix
Klimt poster
Klimt 3rd March 2006 as Gustav Klimt
Adaptation. poster
Adaptation. 6th December 2002 as John Malkovich (uncredited)
Hotel poster
Hotel 12th September 2001 as Omar Jonnson
RKO 281 poster
RKO 281 20th November 1999 as Herman Mankiewicz
Con Air poster
Con Air 5th June 1997 as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
Mary Reilly poster
Mary Reilly 23rd February 1996 as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
Alive poster
Alive 15th January 1993 as Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
Eleni poster
Eleni 1st November 1985 as Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
A Wedding poster
A Wedding 29th August 1978 as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
RIPLEY poster
RIPLEY 4th April 2024 as Reeves Minot
The New Pope poster
The New Pope 10th January 2020 as Giovanni Paolo III / Sir John Brannox
Billions poster
Billions 17th January 2016 as Grigor Andolov
Napoleon poster
Napoleon 7th October 2002 as Charles de Talleyrand
Zona+ poster
Zona+ 19th September 1994 as Próprio
Wild Horse Nine poster Coming soon
Wild Horse Nine 4th November 2026 as Chris
Sacrifice poster Coming soon
Sacrifice 3rd September 2026 as Gunnar