John Malkovich
An American actor, producer, director, and fashion designer. Over the last 30 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award nominations. He has also appeared in well-received films such as Empire of the Sun, The Killing Fields, Dangerous Liaisons, Of Mice and Men, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading, RED, and Warm Bodies, as well as producing numerous films, including Juno and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Malkovich attended exclusively Illinois schools throughout his childhood and into adulthood, building a community of like-minded performers such as Joan Allen, Gary Sinise and Glenne Headly, all of whom co-founded the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1976. After appearing in numerous stage productions, Malkovich began acting in feature films in the late 1970s, garnering critical acclaim for his numerous dramatic and comedic roles in films such as Dangerous Liasions, Of Mice and Men, Being John Malkovich, and Burn After Reading. In keeping with his renaissance-man image, he created his own fashion company, Mrs. Mudd, in 2002. Malkovich continues to act, direct and produce numerous movies per year, and is considered one of the most influential voices in modern cinema.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Fantastic Four: First Steps as
- 2024 · The Line as Beach Miller
- 2024 · Unsinkable as Chief Engineer Pollard
- 2023 · Mr. Blake At Your Service! as Andrew Blake
- 2022 · Chariot as Dr. Karn
- 2021 · The Survivalist as Aaron Ramsey
- 2020 · Last Call as Dr. Felton
- 2020 · Valley of the Gods as Wes Tauros
- 2020 · Arkansas as Bright
- 2017 · Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda as Port (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Wilde Wedding as Laurence
- 2017 · I Love You, Daddy as Leslie Goodwin
- 2017 · About Love. Adults Only as лектор Эд
- 2014 · The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine
- 2014 · Cesar Chavez as Bogdanovitch
- 2013 · Siberian Education as Grandfather Kuzya
- 2012 · Lines of Wellington as General Wellington
- 2008 · Afterwards as Joseph Kay
- 2008 · Disgrace as David Lurie
- 2008 · Mutant Chronicles as Constantine
- 2008 · In Tranzit as Pavlov
- 2008 · The Great Buck Howard as Buck Howard
- 2006 · Klimt as Gustav Klimt
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Alan Conway
- 2003 · A Talking Picture as Comandante John Walesa
- 2002 · The Dancer Upstairs as Abimael Guzman (uncredited)
- 2001 · Hotel as Omar Jonnson
- 2001 · Savage Souls as Monsieur Numance
- 2001 · I’m Going Home as John Crawford
- 1995 · Beyond the Clouds as The Director
- Future · In the Hand of Dante as
- 2024 · Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry as self
- 2024 · Uma Thurman - Hollywood's Cool Killer as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · RIPLEY as Reeves Minot
- 2024 · The New Look as Lucien Lelong
- 2023 · Fool's Paradise as Ed Cote
- 2023 · One Ranger as Geddes
- 2023 · Seneca: On the Creation of Earthquakes as Seneca
- 2022 · Mindcage as The Artist
- 2022 · Savage Salvation as Peter
- 2022 · White Elephant as Glen Follett
- 2022 · Shattered as Ronald
- 2021 · Ten Year Old Tom as Mr. B (voice)
- 2021 · Rogue Hostage as Sam Nelson
- 2020 · Ava as Duke
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as The Impressive Clergyman
- 2020 · Space Force as Dr. Adrian Mallory
- 2020 · The New Pope as Giovanni Paolo III / Sir John Brannox
- 2019 · Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile as Judge Edward D. Cowart
- 2019 · Velvet Buzzsaw as Piers
- 2018 · The ABC Murders as Hercule Poirot
- 2018 · Bird Box as Douglas
- 2018 · The Music Critic as The Narrator
- 2018 · Mile 22 as Bishop
- 2018 · Supercon as Sid Newberry
- 2018 · Casanova Gene as
- 2017 · Bullet Head as Walker
- 2017 · Just Call Me God as Satur Diman Cha
- 2017 · Unlocked as Bob Hunter
- 2016 · Deepwater Horizon as Donald Vidrine
- 2016 · Psychogenic Fugue as All characters
- 2016 · Zoolander 2 as Chazz Spencer
- 2014 · Penguins of Madagascar as Dave (voice)
- 2014 · Cut Bank as Sheriff Vogel
- 2014 · Casanova Variations as Giacomo
- 2014 · Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer as
- 2014 · Crossbones as Blackbeard
- 2014 · Noseland as Self
- 2014 · Le paradoxe de John Malkovich as Himself
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · RED 2 as Marvin Boggs
- 2013 · Ecstasy as Vinny
- 2013 · Warm Bodies as Colonel Grigio
- 2012 · Side by Side as Self
- 2012 · Drunkboat as Mort
- 2012 · All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Bruce Brazos
- 2011 · 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story as Self
- 2010 · RED as Marvin Boggs
- 2010 · Secretariat as Lucien Laurin
- 2010 · Jonah Hex as Turnbull
- 2010 · The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer as Jack Unterweger
- 2010 · Saturday Night as Self
- 2009 · SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas as
- 2009 · La Traversée du désir as Self
- 2008 · Gardens of the Night as Michael
- 2008 · Changeling as Rev. Gustav Briegleb
- 2008 · Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies as Narrator
- 2008 · Music at the Sea as Self
- 2008 · Burn After Reading as Osborne Cox
- 2008 · Projectorparishilton as
- 2007 · Beowulf as Unferth
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Eragon as King Galbatorix
- 2006 · Art School Confidential as Professor Sandiford
- 2006 · The Call as Exorcist
- 2005 · De Wereld Draait Door as Self
- 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' as Self
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Humma Kavula
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · The Libertine as Charles II
- 2003 · Johnny English as Pascal Sauvage
- 2002 · Adaptation. as John Malkovich (uncredited)
- 2002 · Napoleon as Charles de Talleyrand
- 2002 · Ripley's Game as Tom Ripley
- 1999 · Ladies Room as Roberto
- 1997 · Cannes Man as Self
- 1990 · Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter as Self
- 1989 · Decade as Self
- 1987 · The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun as Self
- 1987 · Santabear's High Flying Adventure as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1987 · The Glass Menagerie as Tom Wingfield
- 1986 · Rocket to the Moon as Ben Stark
- Future · Opus as Alfred Moretti
- Future · The Yellow Tie as Sergiu Celibidache
- Future · Thelma as Walker Percy
- Future · A Winter's Journey as Leiermann
- 2002 · Hideous Man as
- 2002 · Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- 2001 · Knockaround Guys as Teddy Deserve
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2000 · Les Misérables as Javert
- 2000 · Shadow of the Vampire as F. W. Murnau
- 2000 · RKO 281 as Herman Mankiewicz
- 1999 · Being John Malkovich as John Horatio Malkovich
- 1999 · The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc as Charles VII
- 1999 · Time Regained as Baron de Charlus
- 1998 · Rounders as Teddy KGB
- 1998 · The Man in the Iron Mask as Athos
- 1997 · Con Air as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
- 1997 · Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady as Self
- 1996 · The Portrait of a Lady as Gilbert Osmond
- 1996 · The Ogre as Abel
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Mulholland Falls as General Thomas Timms
- 1996 · Mary Reilly as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
- 1995 · The Convent as Michael
- 1995 · To Make a Film Is to Be Alive as Self (uncredited)
- 1994 · Zona+ as Próprio
- 1993 · Heart of Darkness as Kurtz
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · In the Line of Fire as Mitch Leary
- 1993 · Alive as Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
- 1992 · Jennifer Eight as Agent St. Anne
- 1992 · Of Mice and Men as Lennie Small
- 1991 · Shadows and Fog as Clown
- 1984 · True West as Lee
- Future · Lost and Found in Paris as
- 1991 · Old Times as
- 1991 · The Object of Beauty as Jake Bartholomew
- 1991 · Performance as Deeley
- 1991 · Queens Logic as Eliot
- 1990 · The Sheltering Sky as Port
- 1990 · Romy Award as Presenter
- 1988 · Dangerous Liaisons as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
- 1988 · Miles from Home as Barry Maxwell
- 1987 · Empire of the Sun as Basie
- 1987 · Making Mr. Right as Jeff Peters / Ulysses
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1986 · Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ as Self / Biff
- 1985 · Eleni as Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
- 1985 · Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman
- 1984 · The Killing Fields as Al Rockoff
- 1984 · Places in the Heart as Mr. Will
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Lee
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Ben Stark
- 1981 · American Dream as
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1981 · Word of Honor as Gary
- 1978 · A Wedding as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host