John Malkovich
Known for: Acting
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) 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).
Filmography
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
Series
Billions
Grigor Andolov
2016
Series
American Playhouse
Lee
1982
Series
American Playhouse
Ben Stark
1982
Series
De Wereld Draait Door
Self
2005
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
American Masters
Self
1986
Series
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011
Series
Bad Monkey
Spencer
2024
Series
Performance
Deeley
1991
Film
Sacrifice
Gunnar
2026
Film
Penguins of Madagascar
Dave (voice)
2014
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Series
Space Force
Dr. Adrian Mallory
2020
Series
On n'est pas couché
Self - Guest
2006
Romy Award
Presenter
1990
Series
Lubach
2025
Film
Con Air
Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
1997
Series
RIPLEY
Reeves Minot
2024
Film
Deepwater Horizon
Donald Vidrine
2016
Film
Bird Box
Douglas
2018
Film
RED
Marvin Boggs
2010
Film
Mile 22
Bishop
2018
Film
Warm Bodies
Colonel Grigio
2013
Series
The New Look
Lucien Lelong
2024
Series
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Impressive Clergyman
2020
Film
Changeling
Rev. Gustav Briegleb
2008
Film
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Humma Kavula
2005
Film
Being John Malkovich
John Horatio Malkovich
1999
Film
Johnny English
Pascal Sauvage
2003
Film
The Man in the Iron Mask
Athos
1998
Film
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Charles VII
1999
Film
Empire of the Sun
Basie
1987
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002
Series
Projectorparishilton
2008
Film
Ava
Duke
2020
Film
RED 2
Marvin Boggs
2013
Film
Zoolander 2
Chazz Spencer
2016
Series
Napoleon
Charles de Talleyrand
2002
Film
Burn After Reading
Osborne Cox
2008
Film
In the Line of Fire
Mitch Leary
1993
Series
Ten Year Old Tom
Mr. B (voice)
2021
Film
Wild Horse Nine
Chris
2026
Series
The New Pope
Giovanni Paolo III / Sir John Brannox
2020
Film
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Judge Edward D. Cowart
2019
Film
Beowulf
Unferth (Voice)
2007
Film
In the Hand of Dante
Joe Black
2026
Film
Jonah Hex
Turnbull
2010
Film
Dangerous Liaisons
Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
1988
Film
Adaptation.
John Malkovich (uncredited)
2002
Film
Opus
Alfred Moretti
2025
Series
The ABC Murders
Hercule Poirot
2018
Film
Secretariat
Lucien Laurin
2010
Film
Alive
Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
1993
Film
Unlocked
Bob Hunter
2017
Film
Shadow of the Vampire
F. W. Murnau
2000
Film
Rounders
Teddy KGB
1998
Series
Les Misérables
Javert
2000
Film
Shattered
Ronald
2022
Series
Crossbones
Blackbeard
2014
Film
Of Mice and Men
Lennie Small
1992
Series
Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
The Killing Fields
Al Rockoff
1984
Film
Mulholland Falls
General Thomas Timms
1996
Film
Places in the Heart
Mr. Will
1984
Film
Velvet Buzzsaw
Piers
2019
Film
Mindcage
The Artist
2022
Film
Eragon
King Galbatorix
2006
Film
Bullet Head
Walker
2017
Film
White Elephant
Glen Follett
2022
Film
Art School Confidential
Professor Sandiford
2006
Film
The Great Buck Howard
Buck Howard
2008
Film
Savage Salvation
Peter
2022
Film
The Libertine
Charles II
2004
Film
The Yellow Tie
Sergiu Celibidache
2025
Film
Ripley's Game
Tom Ripley
2002
Film
The Portrait of a Lady
Gilbert Osmond
1996
Series
Unsinkable
Chief Engineer Pollard
2024
Film
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Bruce Brazos
2011
Film
Fool's Paradise
Ed Cote
2023
Film
In Tranzit
Pavlov
2008
Film
One Ranger
Geddes
2023
Film
The Wilde Wedding
Laurence
2017
Film
Siberian Education
Grandfather Kuzya
2013
Film
Mr. Blake at Your Service!
Andrew Blake
2023
Film
Jennifer Eight
Agent St. Anne
1992
Film
Beyond the Clouds
The Director
1995
Film
Mutant Chronicles
Constantine
2008
Film
Shadows and Fog
Clown
1991
Film
Knockaround Guys
Teddy Deserve
2001
Film
The Sheltering Sky
Port
1990
Film
Arkansas
Bright
2020
Film
The Survivalist
Aaron Ramsey
2021
Film
Death of a Salesman
Biff Loman
1985
Film
Valley of the Gods
Wes Tauros
2020
Film
Time Regained
Baron de Charlus
1999
Film
Side by Side
Self
2012
Film
Afterwards
Joseph Kay
2008
Film
Mary Reilly
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
1996
Film
Cesar Chavez
Bogdanovitch
2014
Film
I Love You, Daddy
Leslie Goodwin
2017
Film
Cut Bank
Sheriff Vogel
2014
Film
Queens Logic
Eliot
1991
Film
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Port (archive footage)
2017
Film
Cannes Man
Self
1996
Film
Klimt
Gustav Klimt
2006
Series
Zona+
Próprio
1994
Film
Rogue Hostage
Sam Nelson
2021
Film
Seneca
Seneca
2023
Bishop
Lincoln Graves
Film
Gardens of the Night
Michael
2008
Film
Making Mr. Right
Jeff Peters / Ulysses
1987
Film
Disgrace
David Lurie
2008
Film
Miles from Home
Barry Maxwell
1988
Film
The Object of Beauty
Jake Bartholomew
1991
Film
The Line
Beach Miller
2024
Film
Chariot
Dr. Karn
2022
Film
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
2014
Film
Heart of Darkness
Kurtz
1994
Film
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Self
1987
Film
The Dancer Upstairs
Abimael Guzman (uncredited)
2002
Film
The Glass Menagerie
Tom Wingfield
1987
Film
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
Film
I’m Going Home
John Crawford
2001
Film
Last Call
Dr. Felton
2020
Film
About Love. Adults Only
Ed
2017
Film
Breaking Rachmaninoff
2023
Film
Noseland
Self
2014
Film
Eleni
Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
1985
Film
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
(archive footage)
2009
Film
The Ogre
Abel
1996
Film
Ladies Room
Roberto
1999
Film
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Self
1997
Film
Saturday Night
Self
2010
Film
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Self
1990
Film
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'
Self
2005
Film
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
1992
Film
Lines of Wellington
General Wellington
2012
Film
RKO 281
Herman Mankiewicz
1999
Film
La Traversée du désir
Self
2009
Film
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
Self (uncredited)
1995
Film
A Talking Picture
Comandante John Walesa
2003
Film
A Wedding
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1978
Film
Hideous Man
Narrator
2002
Film
Colour Me Kubrick
Alan Conway
2005
Film
Hotel
Omar Jonnson
2001
Film
The Life of Mirrors
2025
Film
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Self / Biff
1986
Film
Just Call Me God
Satur Diman Cha
2017
Film
Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry
self
2024
Film
A Winter's Journey
Leiermann
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
Unferth
Film
Rocket to the Moon
Ben Stark
1986
Film
Casanova Gene
2018
Film
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Self
2012
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
Santa Claus (voice)
1987
Film
Word of Honor
Gary
1981
Film
Savage Souls
Monsieur Numance
2001
Film
Psychogenic Fugue
All characters
2016
Film
Old Times
1991
Film
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
Jack Unterweger
2010
Film
Supercon
Sid Newberry
2018
Film
Decade
Self
1989
Film
The Music Critic
The Narrator
2018
Film
True West
Lee
1984
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
Music at the Sea
Self
2008
Film
Casanova Variations
Giacomo
2014
Film
Lost and Found in Paris
Wim Waldemar
Film
The Convent
Michael
1995
Film
American Dream
1981
Film
Drunkboat
Mort
2012
Film
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Steve
1983
Film
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
Self
2011
Welcome Back, George
Self
2008
Finding the Burn
Self / Osborne Cox (archive footage)
2008
Film
Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer
2014
Film
Ecstasy
Vinny
2013
Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies
Narrator
2008
Le paradoxe de John Malkovich
Himself
2014
Film
Being Related to John Malkovich
Self
2026
Butterflies
Man
2011