John Malkovich
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 de
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).
Born
Dec 09, 1953
Christopher, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
153 acting
24 crew
Popularity
5.0
Known For
Penguins of Madagascar
2014
as Dave (voice)
Con Air
1997
as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
Warm Bodies
2013
as Colonel Grigio
Deepwater Horizon
2016
as Donald Vidrine
Bird Box
2018
as Douglas
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Humma Kavula
Johnny English
2003
as Pascal Sauvage
RED
2010
as Marvin Boggs
Empire of the Sun
1987
as Basie
Ava
2020
as Duke
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