John Malkovich

Acting · Born 1953-12-09 in Christopher, Illinois, USA

Biography

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)…

Filmography

• Dangerous Liaisons as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
• Being John Malkovich as John Horatio Malkovich
• The Killing Fields as Al Rockoff
• Rounders as Teddy KGB
• Empire of the Sun as Basie
• Changeling as Rev. Gustav Briegleb
• Of Mice and Men as Lennie Small
• In the Line of Fire as Mitch Leary
• Secretariat as Lucien Laurin
• In the Hand of Dante as Joe Black

TV

• The New Pope as Giovanni Paolo III / Sir John Brannox
• RIPLEY as Reeves Minot
• Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Billions as Grigor Andolov
• The Daily Show as Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
• Napoleon as Charles de Talleyrand
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
• De Wereld Draait Door as Self