John Malkovich
American actor, director, producer, screenwriter and stylist
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John Malkovich, born December 9, 1953 in Christopher, Illinois, USA, is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter and stylist.
Malkovich participated in the filming of more than seventy films, playing many roles in completely different registers. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for "Places in the Heart" (1984) and "In the Line of Fire" (1993). He has won various awards for his performances in films such as "The Killing Fields" (1984), "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988), "Being John Malkovich" (1999) and "Changeling" (2008). Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 films.
He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
Childhood, family:
John Gavin Malkovich is of Croatian by his father, and German and British by his mother. He grew up in Benton, Illinois. His father, Daniel Leon Malkovich, was a state conservation director, who published the conservation magazine Outdoor Illinois. His mother, Joe Anne, owned the Benton Evening News daily newspaper and Outdoor Illinois. John has an older brother named Danny and three younger sisters named Amanda, Rebecca, and Melissa.
Beginning:
Passionate about theater, he created his own company at the university where he directed and performed plays. After graduation, he joined the Steppenwolf Theater Company in 1976 where, for six years, he acted, directed and designed sets for more than fifty productions, including "Death of a Salesman". It was during this time that he met Gary Sinise. He appeared in New York, London and Los Angeles. He won several awards, including the Obie Award.
After two television appearances in 1981, he made his film debut in "True West" in 1983. For his role in "Places in the Heart", he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. He turns with Dustin Hoffman in "Death of a Salesman", under the direction of Volker Schlöndorff, then in "The Tear", but it is Steven Spielberg who gives him his first major film role in "Empire of the Sun". The role that reveals him is undoubtedly that of the famous Valmont in "The Dangerous Liaisons", a film directed by Stephen Frears where John Malkovich plays alongside Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer and the young Uma Thurman.
Subsequently, Malkovich participates with his friend Gary Sinise in the adaptation of the work of John Steinbeck "Of Mice and Men". In 1994, he was nominated for another Oscar in the same category for his role as Mitch Leary in Wolfgang Petersen's film "In the Line of Fire". In 1999, he participated in Charlie Kaufman's project "Being John Malkovich", directed by Spike Jonze, where he plays different versions of himself. Kaufman invited him on his next film "Adaptation", also directed by Jonze, where Malkovich makes a cameo. "The Dancer Upstairs" marks the debut of John Malkovich behind the camera in 2002.
Since the 2000s, he has appeared in numerous films, covering a wide range of cinematic genres: television adaptations of "Les Misérables" (2000) and "Napoleon" (2002), comedy with Johnny English (2003), "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005) and "Burn after reading" (2008), biopics with "Colour Me Kubrick" (2007) and "Klimt" (2006), fantasy with "Eragon" (2006) and "Beowulf" (2007) or drama with "Changeling" (2008) and "Disgrace" (2008). He has also produced several films, including Jason Reitman's "Juno", released in 2008.
John Malkovich in 2009
John Malkovich in 2009
Malkovich turned to directing in 2008 and received the Molière for Director for "Good Canary". He was named one of the twelve most promising actors of 1984 by John Willis for his role in "The Killing Fields" and 70th of the 100 sexiest stars in film history in 1995 by British magazine Empire5. In 2010, he presided over the jury of the 10th Marrakech International Film Festival, with Dominic Cooper, Maggie Cheung and Gael Garcia Bernal among others on his jury.
In January 2017, he launched his first line of ready-to-wear clothing for men with an online sales site that was a real success with the public and the media. The following August, he presided over the jury of the 10th Angouleme Francophone Film Festival, which included Claire Chazal, Philippe Besson and Laura Smet. In September 2017, he presided over the jury of the 65th San Sebastian International Film Festival, composed of Fabio Cianchetti, Dolores Fonzi, William Oldroyd, Emma Suárez and Paula Vaccaro.
Private life
John Malkovich was married to Glenne Headly from 1982 to 1988. After dating Glenn Close and Michelle Pfeiffer, his partners in "Dangerous Liaisons", he remarried Nicoletta Peyran in 1989, met on the set of tea in the Sahara, where she was then second assistant to the director Bernardo Bertolucci. They have together a daughter, Amandine, and a son, Loewy.
He settled with his family in France, in Bonnieux in the Vaucluse, for nine years. He has lived in the United States near Boston (in Cambridge) since the early 2000s. He speaks French very well and claims to be a fervent Francophile.
He lost several millions in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme scandal, when he went bankrupt in 2008. But John Malkovich remains very stoic on the subject: "For a long time I had no money. I was very happy, so it didn't bother me. Madoff ruined me financially, but I don't think it matters... I had such an amazing life and I was so lucky that it's not that big of a deal."
A French speaker, he received the Moliere for director in 2008 for the play "Good Canary".
In 2009, Malkovich was approached and then cast for the role of the Marvel Comics villain Vulture in the unproduced Spider-Man 4. In 2011, he directed Julian Sands in A Celebration of Harold Pinter in the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Theater:
as director
2002: Hysteria by Terry Johnson, Theater Marigny
2007 : "Good Canary" by Zach Helm, Theater Comedia
2012 : "Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos, Theater de l'Atelier
as actor
2011: "The Giacomo Variations" based on "History of my life" by Giacomo Casanova, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, staging by Michael Sturminger, musical direction by Martin Haselböck, Sydney Opera House, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Royal Opera House of the Palace of Versailles.
2019 : "Bitter wheat" by and directed by David Mamet, Garrick Theater (London)
Filmography
Cinema:
The 1980's
1984: "Places in the Heart" by Robert Benton: Mr. Will
1984: "The Killing Fields" by Roland Joffé: Alan "Al" Rockoff
1985: "Eleni" by Peter Yates: Nicholas "Nick" Gage
1985: "Death of a Salesman" by Volker Schlöndorff: Biff Loman
1987: "Making Mr. Right" by Susan Seidelman: Dr. Jeff Peters / Ulysses
1987: "The Glass Menagerie" by Paul Newman: Tom Wingfield
1987: "Empire of the Sun" by Steven Spielberg: Basie
1987: "Santabear's High Flying Adventure" - Santa Claus (voice)
1988: "Miles from Home" by Gary Sinise: Barry Maxwell
1988: "Dangerous Liaisons" by Stephen Frears: Vicomte de Valmont
1990's
1990 : "The Sheltering Sky" by Bernardo Bertolucci : Port Moresby
1991: "Queens Logic" by Steve Rash: Eliot
1991: "The Object of Beauty" by Michael Lindsay-Hogg: Jake
1992: "Shadows and Fog" by Woody Allen: Clown
1992: "Of Mice and Men" by Gary Sinise: Lennie Small
1992: "Jennifer Eight" by Bruce Robinson: Agent St. Anne
1993: "Frank Marshal's Alive": Elderly Carlitos / Narrator
1993: "In the Line of Fire" by Wolfgang Petersen: Mitch Leary / John Booth / James Carney
1995: "Beyond the clouds" by Michelangelo Antonioni: the director
1995: "The Convent" by Manoel de Oliveira: Michael
1996: "Mary Reilly" by Stephen Frears: Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1996: "Mulholland Falls" by Lee Tamahori: General Thomas Timms
1996: "The Portrait of a Lady" by Jane Campion: Gilbert Osmond
1996: "Der Unhold" by Volker Schlöndorff: Abel Tiffauges
1997: "Con air" by Simon West: Cyrus Grissom alias Cyrus the Virus
1998: "The Man in the Iron Mask" by Randall Wallace: Athos
1998: "The Rounders" by John Dahl: Teddy KGB
1999: "Ladies Room": Roberto
1999: "Time Regained" by Raoul Ruiz: Baron de Charlus
1999: "Being John Malkovich" by Spike Jonze: John Horatio Malkovich
1999: "Joan of Arc" by Luc Besson: Charles VII
1999: "RKO 281": Herman J. Mankiewicz
The 2000 years:
2000: "Shadow of the Vampire" by E. Elias Merhige: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
2001 : "Strong Souls" by Raoul Ruiz : Mr Numance
2001: "I'm Going Home" by Manoel de Oliveira: John Crawford
2001: Hotel by Mike Figgis: Omar Jonnson
2001: "Knockaround Guys" by David Levien and Brian Koppelman: Teddy Deserve
2002: "Hideous Man": Narrator
2002 : "Ripley's Game" by Liliana Cavani : Tom Ripley
2003: "Johnny English" by Peter Howitt: Pascal Sauvage
2003: "The Dancer Upstairs" by himself: Abimael Guzman
2003: "A spoken film" by Manoel de Oliveira: Commander John Walesa
2004: "The Libertine" by Laurence Dunmore: King Charles II
2004: "Wolf Tracer's Dinosaur Island": Blake
2005: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Garth Jennings: Humma Kavula
2005: "Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story" by Brian W. Cook: Alan Conway
2006: "Art School Confidential" by Terry Zwigoff: Professor Sandiford
2006: "Eragon" by Stefen Fangmeier: Galbatorix
2006: Klimt by Raoul Ruiz: Gustav Klimt
2007: Drunkboat by Bob Meyer: Death
2007: Beowulf by Robert Zemeckis: Unferth
2008: "In Tranzit" by Tom Roberts: Pavlov
2008: "The Mutant Chronicles" by Simon Hunter: Constantine
2008: "Gardens of the Night" by Damian Harris: Michael
2008: "Burn After Reading" by Joel and Ethan Coen: Osbourne Cox
2008: Clint Eastwood's "Changeling": Reverend Gustav Briegleb
2008: Sean McGinly's "The Great Buck Howard": Buck Howard
2008: "Disgrace" by Steve Jacobs: David Lurie
2008 : "And After" by Gilles Bourdos : Dr Joseph Kay
The 2010 years
2010 : Secretariat by Randall Wallace : Lucien Laurin
2010 : "Jonah Hex" by Jimmy Hayward : Quentin Turnbull
2010 : Red by Robert Schwentke : Marvin Boggs
2010: Drunkboat by Bob Meyer: Death
2011: "Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon" by Michael Bay: Bruce
2011: "The Gangster Clan" by Gabriele Salvatores: Kuzja
2012: "Warm Bodies" by Jonathan Levine: General Grigrio
2012: "The Lines of Wellington" by Raoul Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento: the Duke of Wellington
2013: "Red 2" by Dean Parisot: Marvin Boggs
2014: "Cesar Chavez: An American Hero" by Diego Luna: Bogdanovitch
2014: "Casanova Variations" by Michael Sturminger: Giacomo
2014 : Simon J. Smith's "Penguins of Madagascar": Dave (voice)
2015: "Cut Bank" by Matt Shakman (en): Sheriff Vogel
2015: Dominion by Steven Bernstein: Dr. Felton
2015: "100 Years", by Robert Rodriguez
2016: "Zoolander 2" by Ben Stiller: Chazz Spencer
2016: "Deepwater Horizon" by Peter Berg: Donald Vidrine
2017: "Unlocked" by Michael Apted: Bob Hunter
2017: "I Love You, Daddy" by Louis C.K.: Leslie Goodwin
2017: "The Wilde Wedding" by Damian Harris: Laurence
2017: "Supercon" by Zak Knutson: Sid Newberry
2017: "Bullet Head" by Paul Solet: Walker
2017: "Of Love 2: Only for Adults" by Anna Melikian: Ed
2018: "22 Miles" by Peter Berg: James Bishop
2018 : "Bird Box" by Susanne Bier: Douglas
2019 : "Velvet Buzzsaw" by Dan Gilroy: Piers
2019 : "Valley of the Gods" by Lech Majewski: Wes Taurus
2019: Joe Berlinger's "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile" as Judge Edward Cowart
The 2020 years
2020: "Ava" by Tate Taylor: Duke
2020: "Arkansas" by Clark Duke: Bright
2021: "The Fool" by Charlie Day
2021: "Rogue Hostage" by Jon Keeyes: Sam Nelson
2021: "Wash Me in The River" by Randall Emmett: Peter
2021: "The Survivalist" by Jon Keeyes: Aaron
2022: Shattered by Luis Prieto
2023: "A Winter's Journey"
Television
1981 : Word of Honor : Gary
1981: American Dream
1983: Say Goodnight, Gracie
1984: American Playhouse: Lee
1985: Death of a Salesman (TV): Biff Loman
1986: Rocket to the Moon (TV): Ben Stark
1991: Old Times (TV): Deeley
1994: Heart of Darkness (TV): Kurtz
2000: Les Misérables (TV) by Josée Dayan: Javert
2002: Napoleon (TV) by Yves Simoneau: Talleyrand
2008: In Tranzit by Tom Roberts: Pavlov
2010 : Cubed : John Malkovich (cameo)
2014 : Crossbones : Edward Teach / Blackbeard
2018 : Billions: Grigor Andolov23
2018 : ABC v. Poirot (The ABC Murders) (miniseries): Hercule Poirot
2019 : The New Pope by Paolo Sorrentino: Sir John Brannox
2020 : Space Force: Dr. Adrian Mallory (10 episodes)
2021 : Unsinkable: Pollard (11 episodes)
Video Clips
1987: "Happy together" (music video for the soundtrack of the comedy "Making Mr. Right"), The Turtles
1992: "Walking on Broken Glass" (music video), by Annie Lennox
2015: "Black Jacket" by AaRON
2015: Phenomenal (music video by rapper Eminem)
Video Games
2014: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare: Oz
Other appearances
1989: Saturday Night Live: host (musical guest Anita Baker)
1993: Saturday Night Live: host (musical guest Billy Joel)
2006: The Call: the priest (trilogy of commercials for a tire manufacturer)
2006: Pilots: the butler (commercial for IWC watches)
2008: Saturday Night Live: host (musical guest T.I.)
2009: What Else? : Saint Peter (ad for Nespresso, with George Clooney)
2010: Marrakech International Film Festival (president of the jury for the 10th edition)
As a director
2002: Hideous Man (also screenwriter)
2003: The Dancer Upstairs
As a producer
1988 : The Accidental Tourist by Lawrence Kasdan (executive producer)
2000 : Somewhere Else by Fanny Jean-Noel (short film, executive producer)
2001 : The Loner by Gregori Viens
2002 : Ghost World by Terry Zwigoff
2003 : The Dancer Upstairs by John Malkovich
2003: Kill the Poor by Alan Taylor
2004: Rochester, the Last of the Libertines by Laurence Dunmore
2005: Art School Confidential by Terry Zwigoff
2007: Drunkboat by Bob Meyer
2007: Juno by Jason Reitman
2009: Which Way Home by Rebecca Cammisa (documentary)
2009: Good Canary by Patrick Czaplinski (filmed theater, also director)
2010: Abel by Diego Luna
2011: Young Adult by Jason Reitman
2012: Charlie's World (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) by Stephen Chbosky
2014: Cesar Chavez by Diego Luna
2015: Demolition by Jean-Marc Vallée
Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1984 : Best Supporting Actor for The Tear and Seasons of the Heart
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1985 : Best Supporting Actor for Seasons of the Heart
National Society of Film Critics Awards 1985 : Best Supporting Actor for Seasons of the Heart and The Tear
National Board of Review Awards 1985 : Best Supporting Actor for Seasons of the Heart
Sant Jordi Awards 1989 : Best Foreign Actor for Les Liaisons dangereuses
San Sebastian International Film Festival 1998 : Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1999 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Locarno International Film Festival 2005 : Excellence Award
Molières 2008 : Molière for the director for Good Canary
Independent Spirit Awards 2008 : Best Film for Juno (producer)
Nominations
Academy Awards 1985: Best Supporting Actor for Seasons of the Heart
Golden Globes 1986 : Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie for Death of a Salesman
Independent Spirit Awards 1992 : Best Supporting Actor for Welcome to the Club
BAFTA Awards 1994 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Line of Fire
Golden Globes 1994 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Line of Fire
MTV Movie Awards 1994 : Best Villain for In the Line of Fire
1994 Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for In the Line of Fire
Saturn Awards 1994 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Line of Fire
Golden Globes 1995 : Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie for Heart of Darkness
Screen Actors Guild Awards 1995 : Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for Heart of Darkness
Primetime Emmy Awards 2000 : Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for Citizen Welles
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2000 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Chlotrudis Awards 2000 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2000 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2000 : Best Cast for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Primetime Emmy Awards 2003 : Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for Napoleon
Discography
2015 : Like a Puppet Show
February 21, 2022
August 16, 2021
August 16, 2021
After two television appearances in 1981, he made his film debut in "True West" in 1983. For his role in "Places in the Heart", he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. He turns with Dustin Hoffman in "Death of a Salesman", under the direction of Volker Schlöndorff, then in "The Tear", but it is Steven Spielberg who gives him his first major film role in "Empire of the Sun". The role that reveals him is undoubtedly that of the famous Valmont in "The Dangerous Liaisons", a film directed by Stephen Frears where John Malkovich plays alongside Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer and the young Uma Thurman.
Filmography
John Malkovich
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John Malkovich, born December 9, 1953 in Christopher, Illinois, USA, is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter and stylist.
Malkovich participated in the filming of more than seventy films, playing many roles in completely different registers. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for "Places in the Heart" (1984) and "In the Line of Fire" (1993). He has won various awards for his performances in films such as "The Killing Fields" (1984), "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988), "Being John Malkovich" (1999) and "Changeling" (2008). Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 films.
He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
Childhood, family:
John Gavin Malkovich is of Croatian by his father, and German and British by his mother. He grew up in Benton, Illinois. His father, Daniel Leon Malkovich, was a state conservation director, who published the conservation magazine Outdoor Illinois. His mother, Joe Anne, owned the Benton Evening News daily newspaper and Outdoor Illinois. John has an older brother named Danny and three younger sisters named Amanda, Rebecca, and Melissa.
Beginning:
Passionate about theater, he created his own company at the university where he directed and performed plays. After graduation, he joined the Steppenwolf Theater Company in 1976 where, for six years, he acted, directed and designed sets for more than fifty productions, including "Death of a Salesman". It was during this time that he met Gary Sinise. He appeared in New York, London and Los Angeles. He won several awards, including the Obie Award.
After two television appearances in 1981, he made his film debut in "True West" in 1983. For his role in "Places in the Heart", he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. He turns with Dustin Hoffman in "Death of a Salesman", under the direction of Volker Schlöndorff, then in "The Tear", but it is Steven Spielberg who gives him his first major film role in "Empire of the Sun". The role that reveals him is undoubtedly that of the famous Valmont in "The Dangerous Liaisons", a film directed by Stephen Frears where John Malkovich plays alongside Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer and the young Uma Thurman.
Subsequently, Malkovich participates with his friend Gary Sinise in the adaptation of the work of John Steinbeck "Of Mice and Men". In 1994, he was nominated for another Oscar in the same category for his role as Mitch Leary in Wolfgang Petersen's film "In the Line of Fire". In 1999, he participated in Charlie Kaufman's project "Being John Malkovich", directed by Spike Jonze, where he plays different versions of himself. Kaufman invited him on his next film "Adaptation", also directed by Jonze, where Malkovich makes a cameo. "The Dancer Upstairs" marks the debut of John Malkovich behind the camera in 2002.
Since the 2000s, he has appeared in numerous films, covering a wide range of cinematic genres: television adaptations of "Les Misérables" (2000) and "Napoleon" (2002), comedy with Johnny English (2003), "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005) and "Burn after reading" (2008), biopics with "Colour Me Kubrick" (2007) and "Klimt" (2006), fantasy with "Eragon" (2006) and "Beowulf" (2007) or drama with "Changeling" (2008) and "Disgrace" (2008). He has also produced several films, including Jason Reitman's "Juno", released in 2008.
John Malkovich in 2009
John Malkovich in 2009
Malkovich turned to directing in 2008 and received the Molière for Director for "Good Canary". He was named one of the twelve most promising actors of 1984 by John Willis for his role in "The Killing Fields" and 70th of the 100 sexiest stars in film history in 1995 by British magazine Empire5. In 2010, he presided over the jury of the 10th Marrakech International Film Festival, with Dominic Cooper, Maggie Cheung and Gael Garcia Bernal among others on his jury.
In January 2017, he launched his first line of ready-to-wear clothing for men with an online sales site that was a real success with the public and the media. The following August, he presided over the jury of the 10th Angouleme Francophone Film Festival, which included Claire Chazal, Philippe Besson and Laura Smet. In September 2017, he presided over the jury of the 65th San Sebastian International Film Festival, composed of Fabio Cianchetti, Dolores Fonzi, William Oldroyd, Emma Suárez and Paula Vaccaro.
Private life
John Malkovich was married to Glenne Headly from 1982 to 1988. After dating Glenn Close and Michelle Pfeiffer, his partners in "Dangerous Liaisons", he remarried Nicoletta Peyran in 1989, met on the set of tea in the Sahara, where she was then second assistant to the director Bernardo Bertolucci. They have together a daughter, Amandine, and a son, Loewy.
He settled with his family in France, in Bonnieux in the Vaucluse, for nine years. He has lived in the United States near Boston (in Cambridge) since the early 2000s. He speaks French very well and claims to be a fervent Francophile.
He lost several millions in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme scandal, when he went bankrupt in 2008. But John Malkovich remains very stoic on the subject: "For a long time I had no money. I was very happy, so it didn't bother me. Madoff ruined me financially, but I don't think it matters... I had such an amazing life and I was so lucky that it's not that big of a deal."
A French speaker, he received the Moliere for director in 2008 for the play "Good Canary".
In 2009, Malkovich was approached and then cast for the role of the Marvel Comics villain Vulture in the unproduced Spider-Man 4. In 2011, he directed Julian Sands in A Celebration of Harold Pinter in the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Theater:
as director
2002: Hysteria by Terry Johnson, Theater Marigny
2007 : "Good Canary" by Zach Helm, Theater Comedia
2012 : "Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos, Theater de l'Atelier
as actor
2011: "The Giacomo Variations" based on "History of my life" by Giacomo Casanova, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, staging by Michael Sturminger, musical direction by Martin Haselböck, Sydney Opera House, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Royal Opera House of the Palace of Versailles.
2019 : "Bitter wheat" by and directed by David Mamet, Garrick Theater (London)
Filmography
Cinema:
The 1980's
1984: "Places in the Heart" by Robert Benton: Mr. Will
1984: "The Killing Fields" by Roland Joffé: Alan "Al" Rockoff
1985: "Eleni" by Peter Yates: Nicholas "Nick" Gage
1985: "Death of a Salesman" by Volker Schlöndorff: Biff Loman
1987: "Making Mr. Right" by Susan Seidelman: Dr. Jeff Peters / Ulysses
1987: "The Glass Menagerie" by Paul Newman: Tom Wingfield
1987: "Empire of the Sun" by Steven Spielberg: Basie
1987: "Santabear's High Flying Adventure" - Santa Claus (voice)
1988: "Miles from Home" by Gary Sinise: Barry Maxwell
1988: "Dangerous Liaisons" by Stephen Frears: Vicomte de Valmont
1990's
1990 : "The Sheltering Sky" by Bernardo Bertolucci : Port Moresby
1991: "Queens Logic" by Steve Rash: Eliot
1991: "The Object of Beauty" by Michael Lindsay-Hogg: Jake
1992: "Shadows and Fog" by Woody Allen: Clown
1992: "Of Mice and Men" by Gary Sinise: Lennie Small
1992: "Jennifer Eight" by Bruce Robinson: Agent St. Anne
1993: "Frank Marshal's Alive": Elderly Carlitos / Narrator
1993: "In the Line of Fire" by Wolfgang Petersen: Mitch Leary / John Booth / James Carney
1995: "Beyond the clouds" by Michelangelo Antonioni: the director
1995: "The Convent" by Manoel de Oliveira: Michael
1996: "Mary Reilly" by Stephen Frears: Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1996: "Mulholland Falls" by Lee Tamahori: General Thomas Timms
1996: "The Portrait of a Lady" by Jane Campion: Gilbert Osmond
1996: "Der Unhold" by Volker Schlöndorff: Abel Tiffauges
1997: "Con air" by Simon West: Cyrus Grissom alias Cyrus the Virus
1998: "The Man in the Iron Mask" by Randall Wallace: Athos
1998: "The Rounders" by John Dahl: Teddy KGB
1999: "Ladies Room": Roberto
1999: "Time Regained" by Raoul Ruiz: Baron de Charlus
1999: "Being John Malkovich" by Spike Jonze: John Horatio Malkovich
1999: "Joan of Arc" by Luc Besson: Charles VII
1999: "RKO 281": Herman J. Mankiewicz
The 2000 years:
2000: "Shadow of the Vampire" by E. Elias Merhige: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
2001 : "Strong Souls" by Raoul Ruiz : Mr Numance
2001: "I'm Going Home" by Manoel de Oliveira: John Crawford
2001: Hotel by Mike Figgis: Omar Jonnson
2001: "Knockaround Guys" by David Levien and Brian Koppelman: Teddy Deserve
2002: "Hideous Man": Narrator
2002 : "Ripley's Game" by Liliana Cavani : Tom Ripley
2003: "Johnny English" by Peter Howitt: Pascal Sauvage
2003: "The Dancer Upstairs" by himself: Abimael Guzman
2003: "A spoken film" by Manoel de Oliveira: Commander John Walesa
2004: "The Libertine" by Laurence Dunmore: King Charles II
2004: "Wolf Tracer's Dinosaur Island": Blake
2005: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Garth Jennings: Humma Kavula
2005: "Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story" by Brian W. Cook: Alan Conway
2006: "Art School Confidential" by Terry Zwigoff: Professor Sandiford
2006: "Eragon" by Stefen Fangmeier: Galbatorix
2006: Klimt by Raoul Ruiz: Gustav Klimt
2007: Drunkboat by Bob Meyer: Death
2007: Beowulf by Robert Zemeckis: Unferth
2008: "In Tranzit" by Tom Roberts: Pavlov
2008: "The Mutant Chronicles" by Simon Hunter: Constantine
2008: "Gardens of the Night" by Damian Harris: Michael
2008: "Burn After Reading" by Joel and Ethan Coen: Osbourne Cox
2008: Clint Eastwood's "Changeling": Reverend Gustav Briegleb
2008: Sean McGinly's "The Great Buck Howard": Buck Howard
2008: "Disgrace" by Steve Jacobs: David Lurie
2008 : "And After" by Gilles Bourdos : Dr Joseph Kay
The 2010 years
2010 : Secretariat by Randall Wallace : Lucien Laurin
2010 : "Jonah Hex" by Jimmy Hayward : Quentin Turnbull
2010 : Red by Robert Schwentke : Marvin Boggs
2010: Drunkboat by Bob Meyer: Death
2011: "Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon" by Michael Bay: Bruce
2011: "The Gangster Clan" by Gabriele Salvatores: Kuzja
2012: "Warm Bodies" by Jonathan Levine: General Grigrio
2012: "The Lines of Wellington" by Raoul Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento: the Duke of Wellington
2013: "Red 2" by Dean Parisot: Marvin Boggs
2014: "Cesar Chavez: An American Hero" by Diego Luna: Bogdanovitch
2014: "Casanova Variations" by Michael Sturminger: Giacomo
2014 : Simon J. Smith's "Penguins of Madagascar": Dave (voice)
2015: "Cut Bank" by Matt Shakman (en): Sheriff Vogel
2015: Dominion by Steven Bernstein: Dr. Felton
2015: "100 Years", by Robert Rodriguez
2016: "Zoolander 2" by Ben Stiller: Chazz Spencer
2016: "Deepwater Horizon" by Peter Berg: Donald Vidrine
2017: "Unlocked" by Michael Apted: Bob Hunter
2017: "I Love You, Daddy" by Louis C.K.: Leslie Goodwin
2017: "The Wilde Wedding" by Damian Harris: Laurence
2017: "Supercon" by Zak Knutson: Sid Newberry
2017: "Bullet Head" by Paul Solet: Walker
2017: "Of Love 2: Only for Adults" by Anna Melikian: Ed
2018: "22 Miles" by Peter Berg: James Bishop
2018 : "Bird Box" by Susanne Bier: Douglas
2019 : "Velvet Buzzsaw" by Dan Gilroy: Piers
2019 : "Valley of the Gods" by Lech Majewski: Wes Taurus
2019: Joe Berlinger's "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile" as Judge Edward Cowart
The 2020 years
2020: "Ava" by Tate Taylor: Duke
2020: "Arkansas" by Clark Duke: Bright
2021: "The Fool" by Charlie Day
2021: "Rogue Hostage" by Jon Keeyes: Sam Nelson
2021: "Wash Me in The River" by Randall Emmett: Peter
2021: "The Survivalist" by Jon Keeyes: Aaron
2022: Shattered by Luis Prieto
2023: "A Winter's Journey"
Television
1981 : Word of Honor : Gary
1981: American Dream
1983: Say Goodnight, Gracie
1984: American Playhouse: Lee
1985: Death of a Salesman (TV): Biff Loman
1986: Rocket to the Moon (TV): Ben Stark
1991: Old Times (TV): Deeley
1994: Heart of Darkness (TV): Kurtz
2000: Les Misérables (TV) by Josée Dayan: Javert
2002: Napoleon (TV) by Yves Simoneau: Talleyrand
2008: In Tranzit by Tom Roberts: Pavlov
2010 : Cubed : John Malkovich (cameo)
2014 : Crossbones : Edward Teach / Blackbeard
2018 : Billions: Grigor Andolov23
2018 : ABC v. Poirot (The ABC Murders) (miniseries): Hercule Poirot
2019 : The New Pope by Paolo Sorrentino: Sir John Brannox
2020 : Space Force: Dr. Adrian Mallory (10 episodes)
2021 : Unsinkable: Pollard (11 episodes)
Video Clips
1987: "Happy together" (music video for the soundtrack of the comedy "Making Mr. Right"), The Turtles
1992: "Walking on Broken Glass" (music video), by Annie Lennox
2015: "Black Jacket" by AaRON
2015: Phenomenal (music video by rapper Eminem)
Video Games
2014: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare: Oz
Other appearances
1989: Saturday Night Live: host (musical guest Anita Baker)
1993: Saturday Night Live: host (musical guest Billy Joel)
2006: The Call: the priest (trilogy of commercials for a tire manufacturer)
2006: Pilots: the butler (commercial for IWC watches)
2008: Saturday Night Live: host (musical guest T.I.)
2009: What Else? : Saint Peter (ad for Nespresso, with George Clooney)
2010: Marrakech International Film Festival (president of the jury for the 10th edition)
As a director
2002: Hideous Man (also screenwriter)
2003: The Dancer Upstairs
As a producer
1988 : The Accidental Tourist by Lawrence Kasdan (executive producer)
2000 : Somewhere Else by Fanny Jean-Noel (short film, executive producer)
2001 : The Loner by Gregori Viens
2002 : Ghost World by Terry Zwigoff
2003 : The Dancer Upstairs by John Malkovich
2003: Kill the Poor by Alan Taylor
2004: Rochester, the Last of the Libertines by Laurence Dunmore
2005: Art School Confidential by Terry Zwigoff
2007: Drunkboat by Bob Meyer
2007: Juno by Jason Reitman
2009: Which Way Home by Rebecca Cammisa (documentary)
2009: Good Canary by Patrick Czaplinski (filmed theater, also director)
2010: Abel by Diego Luna
2011: Young Adult by Jason Reitman
2012: Charlie's World (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) by Stephen Chbosky
2014: Cesar Chavez by Diego Luna
2015: Demolition by Jean-Marc Vallée
Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1984 : Best Supporting Actor for The Tear and Seasons of the Heart
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1985 : Best Supporting Actor for Seasons of the Heart
National Society of Film Critics Awards 1985 : Best Supporting Actor for Seasons of the Heart and The Tear
National Board of Review Awards 1985 : Best Supporting Actor for Seasons of the Heart
Sant Jordi Awards 1989 : Best Foreign Actor for Les Liaisons dangereuses
San Sebastian International Film Festival 1998 : Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1999 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Locarno International Film Festival 2005 : Excellence Award
Molières 2008 : Molière for the director for Good Canary
Independent Spirit Awards 2008 : Best Film for Juno (producer)
Nominations
Academy Awards 1985: Best Supporting Actor for Seasons of the Heart
Golden Globes 1986 : Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie for Death of a Salesman
Independent Spirit Awards 1992 : Best Supporting Actor for Welcome to the Club
BAFTA Awards 1994 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Line of Fire
Golden Globes 1994 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Line of Fire
MTV Movie Awards 1994 : Best Villain for In the Line of Fire
1994 Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for In the Line of Fire
Saturn Awards 1994 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Line of Fire
Golden Globes 1995 : Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie for Heart of Darkness
Screen Actors Guild Awards 1995 : Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for Heart of Darkness
Primetime Emmy Awards 2000 : Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for Citizen Welles
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2000 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Chlotrudis Awards 2000 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2000 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000 : Best Supporting Actor for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2000 : Best Cast for In the Skin of John Malkovich
Primetime Emmy Awards 2003 : Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for Napoleon
Discography
2015 : Like a Puppet Show
February 21, 2022
August 16, 2021
August 16, 2021
John Malkovich
Us-american actor, film producer and film director
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