Acting · Christopher, Illinois, USA · Born December 9, 1953
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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2026
as Chris
MovieSacrifice
2026
as Gunnar
MovieIn the Hand of Dante
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as Joe Black
MovieBeing Related to John Malkovich
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as Self
MovieThe Yellow Tie
2025
as Sergiu Celibidache
MovieThe Life of Mirrors
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TVLubach
2025
MovieOpus
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as Alfred Moretti
MovieSafe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry
2024
as self
MovieThe Line
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as Beach Miller
TVUnsinkable
2024
as Chief Engineer Pollard
TVRIPLEY
2024
as Reeves Minot
TVThe New Look
2024
as Lucien Lelong
MovieMr. Blake at Your Service!
2023
as Andrew Blake
MovieFool's Paradise
2023
as Ed Cote
MovieOne Ranger
2023
as Geddes
MovieBreaking Rachmaninoff
2023
MovieSeneca
2023
as Seneca
MovieA Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
MovieMindcage
2022
as The Artist
MovieSavage Salvation
2022
as Peter
MovieWhite Elephant
2022
as Glen Follett
MovieChariot
2022
as Dr. Karn
MovieShattered
2022
as Ronald
MovieThe Survivalist
2021
as Aaron Ramsey
TVTen Year Old Tom
2021
as Mr. B (voice)
MovieRogue Hostage
2021
as Sam Nelson
MovieLast Call
2020
as Dr. Felton
MovieValley of the Gods
2020
as Wes Tauros
MovieAva
2020
as Duke
TVHome Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as The Impressive Clergyman
TVSpace Force
2020
as Dr. Adrian Mallory
MovieArkansas
2020
as Bright
TVThe New Pope
2020
as Giovanni Paolo III / Sir John Brannox
TVMatchday: Inside FC Barcelona
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019
as Judge Edward D. Cowart
MovieVelvet Buzzsaw
2019
as Piers
TVThe ABC Murders
2018
as Hercule Poirot
MovieBird Box
2018
as Douglas
MovieThe Music Critic
2018
as The Narrator
MovieMile 22
2018
as Bishop
MovieSupercon
2018
as Sid Newberry
MovieCasanova Gene
2018
MovieBullet Head
2017
as Walker
MovieRyuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2017
as Port (archive footage)
MovieThe Wilde Wedding
2017
as Laurence
MovieI Love You, Daddy
2017
as Leslie Goodwin
MovieAbout Love. Adults Only
2017
as Ed
MovieJust Call Me God
2017
as Satur Diman Cha
MovieUnlocked
2017
as Bob Hunter
MovieDeepwater Horizon
2016
as Donald Vidrine
MoviePsychogenic Fugue
2016
as All characters
MovieZoolander 2
2016
as Chazz Spencer
TVBillions
2016
as Grigor Andolov
MoviePenguins of Madagascar
2014
as Dave (voice)
MovieCut Bank
2014
as Sheriff Vogel
MovieCasanova Variations
2014
as Giacomo
MovieThe Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
2014
as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
MovieJack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer
2014
TVCrossbones
2014
as Blackbeard
MovieNoseland
2014
as Self
MovieCesar Chavez
2014
as Bogdanovitch
Le paradoxe de John Malkovich
2014
as Himself
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MovieRED 2
2013
as Marvin Boggs
MovieEcstasy
2013
as Vinny
MovieSiberian Education
2013
as Grandfather Kuzya
MovieWarm Bodies
2013
as Colonel Grigio
MovieLines of Wellington
2012
as General Wellington
MovieSide by Side
2012
as Self
MovieDrunkboat
2012
as Mort
MovieAll Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
as Self
TVThe Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
MovieTransformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
as Bruce Brazos
Butterflies
2011
as Man
Movie100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
2011
as Self
MovieRED
2010
as Marvin Boggs
MovieSecretariat
2010
as Lucien Laurin
MovieJonah Hex
2010
as Turnbull
MovieThe Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
2010
as Jack Unterweger
MovieSaturday Night
2010
as Self
MovieSNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
as (archive footage)
MovieLa Traversée du désir
2009
as Self
Finding the Burn
2008
as Self / Osborne Cox (archive footage)
Welcome Back, George
2008
as Self
MovieGardens of the Night
2008
as Michael
MovieChangeling
2008
as Rev. Gustav Briegleb
MovieAfterwards
2008
as Joseph Kay
Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies
2008
as Narrator
Music at the Sea
2008
as Self
MovieDisgrace
2008
as David Lurie
MovieBurn After Reading
2008
as Osborne Cox
MovieMutant Chronicles
2008
as Constantine
TVProjectorparishilton
2008
MovieIn Tranzit
2008
as Pavlov
MovieThe Great Buck Howard
2008
as Buck Howard
MovieBeowulf
2007
as Unferth (Voice)
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieEragon
2006
as King Galbatorix
TVOn n'est pas couché
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieArt School Confidential
2006
as Professor Sandiford
MovieKlimt
2006
as Gustav Klimt
TVDe Wereld Draait Door
2005
as Self
MovieColour Me Kubrick
2005
as Alan Conway
MovieDon'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'
2005
as Self
MovieThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Humma Kavula
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieThe Libertine
2004
as Charles II
MovieA Talking Picture
2003
as Comandante John Walesa
MovieJohnny English
2003
as Pascal Sauvage
MovieAdaptation.
2002
as John Malkovich (uncredited)
TVNapoleon
2002
as Charles de Talleyrand
MovieThe Dancer Upstairs
2002
as Abimael Guzman (uncredited)
MovieRipley's Game
2002
as Tom Ripley
MovieHideous Man
2002
as Narrator
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self
MovieKnockaround Guys
2001
as Teddy Deserve
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
MovieHotel
2001
as Omar Jonnson
MovieSavage Souls
2001
as Monsieur Numance
MovieI’m Going Home
2001
as John Crawford
TVLes Misérables
2000
as Javert
MovieShadow of the Vampire
2000
as F. W. Murnau
MovieLadies Room
1999
as Roberto
MovieRKO 281
1999
as Herman Mankiewicz
MovieBeing John Malkovich
1999
as John Horatio Malkovich
MovieThe Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
as Charles VII
MovieTime Regained
1999
as Baron de Charlus
MovieRounders
1998
as Teddy KGB
MovieThe Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Athos
MovieCon Air
1997
as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
MoviePortrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
1997
as Self
MovieThe Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Gilbert Osmond
MovieThe Ogre
1996
as Abel
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieCannes Man
1996
as Self
MovieMulholland Falls
1996
as General Thomas Timms
MovieMary Reilly
1996
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
MovieBeyond the Clouds
1995
as The Director
MovieThe Convent
1995
as Michael
MovieTo Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995
as Self (uncredited)
TVZona+
1994
as Próprio
MovieHeart of Darkness
1993
as Kurtz
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieIn the Line of Fire
1993
as Mitch Leary
MovieAlive
1993
as Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
MovieJennifer Eight
1992
as Agent St. Anne
MovieOf Mice and Men
1992
as Lennie Small
MovieAnnie Lennox: Totally Diva
1992
MovieShadows and Fog
1991
as Clown
MovieOld Times
1991
TVPerformance
1991
as Deeley
MovieThe Object of Beauty
1991
as Jake Bartholomew
MovieQueens Logic
1991
as Eliot
MovieRed Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
as Self
MovieThe Sheltering Sky
1990
as Port
Romy Award
1990
as Presenter
MovieDecade
1989
as Self
MovieDangerous Liaisons
1988
as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
MovieMiles from Home
1988
as Barry Maxwell
MovieThe China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987
as Self
MovieEmpire of the Sun
1987
as Basie
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987
as Santa Claus (voice)
MovieThe Glass Menagerie
1987
as Tom Wingfield
MovieMaking Mr. Right
1987
as Jeff Peters / Ulysses
MoviePrivate Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986
as Self / Biff
TVAmerican Masters
1986
as Self
MovieRocket to the Moon
1986
as Ben Stark
MovieEleni
1985
as Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
MovieDeath of a Salesman
1985
as Biff Loman
MovieThe Killing Fields
1984
as Al Rockoff
MoviePlaces in the Heart
1984
as Mr. Will
MovieTrue West
1984
as Lee
MovieSay Goodnight, Gracie
1983
as Steve
TVLate Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Lee
MovieAmerican Dream
1981
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
MovieWord of Honor
1981
as Gary
MovieA Wedding
1978
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieLost and Found in Paris
as Wim Waldemar
MovieA Winter's Journey
as Leiermann
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
as Unferth
Bishop
as Lincoln Graves
