
John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich 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
Credits
- 2025 · Sacrifice as
- 2025 · In the Hand of Dante as Joe Black
- Future · Wild Horse Nine as
- Future · Thelma as Walker Percy
- 2024 · The Line as Beach Miller
- 2024 · Unsinkable as Chief Engineer Pollard
- 2023 · Mr. Blake at Your Service! as Andrew Blake
- 2023 · One Ranger as Geddes
- 2022 · White Elephant as Glen Follett
- 2022 · Chariot as Dr. Karn
- 2021 · The Survivalist as Aaron Ramsey
- 2021 · Ten Year Old Tom as Mr. B (voice)
- 2019 · Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Supercon as Sid Newberry
- 2017 · Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda as Port (archive footage)
- 2014 · Casanova Variations as Giacomo
- 2008 · Gardens of the Night as Michael
- 2008 · Afterwards as Joseph Kay
- 2008 · Music at the Sea as Self
- 2008 · In Tranzit as Pavlov
- 2006 · On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Art School Confidential as Professor Sandiford
- 2002 · The Dancer Upstairs as Abimael Guzman (uncredited)
- 2002 · Ripley's Game as Tom Ripley
- 2002 · Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- 2001 · Knockaround Guys as Teddy Deserve
- 2001 · I’m Going Home as John Crawford
- 1999 · Time Regained as Baron de Charlus
- 1997 · Cannes Man as Self
- 1996 · The Portrait of a Lady as Gilbert Osmond
- 1996 · The Ogre as Abel
- 1995 · Beyond the Clouds as The Director
- 1994 · Zona+ as Próprio
- 1992 · Jennifer Eight as Agent St. Anne
- 1991 · Shadows and Fog as Clown
- 1991 · The Object of Beauty as Jake Bartholomew
- 1991 · Queens Logic as Eliot
- 1990 · Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter as Self
- 1990 · The Sheltering Sky as Port
- 1988 · Miles from Home as Barry Maxwell
- 1987 · Santabear's High Flying Adventure as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1987 · Making Mr. Right as Jeff Peters / Ulysses
- 1984 · Places in the Heart as Mr. Will
- 1981 · American Dream as
- Future · The Yellow Tie as Sergiu Celibidache
- Future · A Winter's Journey as Leiermann
- 2025 · The Life of Mirrors as
- 2025 · Lubach as
- 2025 · Opus as Alfred Moretti
- 2024 · Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry as self
- 2024 · RIPLEY as Reeves Minot
- 2024 · The New Look as Lucien Lelong
- 2023 · Fool's Paradise as Ed Cote
- 2023 · Breaking Rachmaninoff as
- 2023 · Seneca as Seneca
- 2022 · Mindcage as The Artist
- 2022 · Savage Salvation as Peter
- 2022 · Shattered as Ronald
- 2021 · Rogue Hostage as Sam Nelson
- 2021 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2020 · Last Call as Dr. Felton
- 2020 · Valley of the Gods as Wes Tauros
- 2020 · Ava as Duke
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as The Impressive Clergyman
- 2020 · Space Force as Dr. Adrian Mallory
- 2020 · Arkansas as Bright
- 2020 · The New Pope as Giovanni Paolo III / Sir John Brannox
- 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 · Casanova Gene as
- 2017 · Bullet Head as Walker
- 2017 · The Wilde Wedding as Laurence
- 2017 · I Love You, Daddy as Leslie Goodwin
- 2017 · About Love. Adults Only as лектор Эд
- 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
- 2016 · Billions as Grigor Andolov
- 2014 · Penguins of Madagascar as Dave (voice)
- 2014 · Cut Bank as Sheriff Vogel
- 2014 · The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
- 2014 · Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer as
- 2014 · Crossbones as Blackbeard
- 2014 · Noseland as Self
- 2014 · Cesar Chavez as Bogdanovitch
- 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 · Siberian Education as Grandfather Kuzya
- 2013 · Warm Bodies as Colonel Grigio
- 2012 · Lines of Wellington as General Wellington
- 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 (archive footage)
- 2009 · La Traversée du désir as Self
- 2008 · Changeling as Rev. Gustav Briegleb
- 2008 · Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies as Narrator
- 2008 · Disgrace as David Lurie
- 2008 · Burn After Reading as Osborne Cox
- 2008 · Mutant Chronicles as Constantine
- 2008 · Projectorparishilton as
- 2008 · The Great Buck Howard as Buck Howard
- 2007 · Beowulf as Unferth
- 2007 · Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place as
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Eragon as King Galbatorix
- 2006 · Klimt as Gustav Klimt
- 2006 · The Call as Exorcist
- 2005 · De Wereld Draait Door as Self
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Alan Conway
- 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 · A Talking Picture as Comandante John Walesa
- 2003 · Johnny English as Pascal Sauvage
- 2002 · Adaptation. as John Malkovich (uncredited)
- 2002 · Napoleon as Charles de Talleyrand
- 2002 · Hideous Man as
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Hotel as Omar Jonnson
- 2001 · Savage Souls as Monsieur Numance
- 2000 · Les Misérables as Javert
- 2000 · Shadow of the Vampire as F. W. Murnau
- 2000 · RKO 281 as Herman Mankiewicz
- 1999 · Ladies Room as Roberto
- 1999 · Being John Malkovich as John Horatio Malkovich
- 1999 · The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc as Charles VII
- 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 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
- 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 · Of Mice and Men as Lennie Small
- 1991 · Performance as Deeley
- 1990 · Romy Award as Presenter
- 1988 · Dangerous Liaisons as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
- 1987 · Empire of the Sun as Basie
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Lee
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Ben Stark
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- Future · A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf as Unferth
- 1995 · To Make a Film Is to Be Alive as Self (uncredited)
- 1993 · Heart of Darkness as Kurtz
- 1992 · Annie Lennox: Totally Diva as
- 1991 · Old Times as
- 1989 · Decade as Self
- 1987 · The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun as Self
- 1987 · The Glass Menagerie as Tom Wingfield
- 1986 · Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ as Self / Biff
- 1986 · Rocket to the Moon as Ben Stark
- 1985 · Eleni as Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
- 1985 · Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman
- 1984 · The Killing Fields as Al Rockoff
- 1984 · True West as Lee
- Future · Lost and Found in Paris as
- Future · 100 Years as
- 1981 · Word of Honor as Gary
- 1978 · A Wedding as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host