American actor, director, and producer John Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. He started acting in the 1980s, appearing in the films Places in the Heart (1984) with Sally Field, Death of a Salesman (1985), The Glass Menagerie (1987), Empire of the Sun (1987), and Dangerous Liaisons (1988) with Glenn Close. His role in Places in the Heart earned him an Academy Award nomination. During the 1990s, he starred in the films Of Mice and Men (1992) as Lennie Small, In the Line of Fire (1993) as Mitch Leary, Beyond the Clouds (1995) as The Director, The Portrait of a Lady (1996) as Gilbert Osmond, Con Air (1997) as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) as Athos, Being John Malkovich (1999) as John Horatio Malkovich, and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) as Charles VII. His role as Mitch Leary in In the Line of Fire earned him his second Academy Award nomination.
Malkovich went on to appear in the early 2000s films Johnny English (2003) as Pascal Sauvage, The Libertine (2004) as Charles II, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) as Humma Kavula, Eragon (2006) as Galbatorix, Klimt (2006) as Gustav Klimt, Burn After Reading (2008) as Osborne Cox, and Changeling (2008) as Reverend Briegleb. In 2010, he co-starred with Josh Brolin and Megan Fox in the science fiction Western Jonah Hex as Quentin Turnbull. The same year, he also starred in Secretariat with Diane Lane, and RED with Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren, a role he later reprised in the sequel RED 2 (2013). Malkovich made an appearance in the science fiction action film Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) as Bruce Brazos. He co-starred in the romantic zombie comedy film Warm Bodies (2013) as General Grigio and lent his voice to the animated movie Penguins of Madagascar (2014) as the villainous octopus Dave.
As a producer, Malkovich has produced the films Ghost World (2001), The Libertine (2004), Juno (2007), and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012).
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1981 | Word of Honor | Gary | Television film | [107] |
1983 | Say Goodnight, Gracie | Steve | [108] | |
1984 | True West | Lee | [109] | |
1985 | Death of a Salesman | Biff Loman | [110] | |
1986 | Rocket to the Moon | Ben Stark | [111] | |
1987 | Santabear's High Flying Adventure | Santa Claus (voice) | [112] | |
1989, 1993, 2008 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | 3 episodes | [113] [114] [115] |
1991 | Old Times | Deeley | Television film | [116] |
1993 | Heart of Darkness | Kurtz | [117] | |
1999 | RKO 281 | Herman J. Mankiewicz | [118] | |
2000 | Les Misérables | Javert | 4 episodes | [119] |
2002 | Napoléon | Charles Talleyrand | 4 episodes | [120] |
2014 | Crossbones | Blackbeard | 9 episodes | [121] |
2018–2023 | Billions | Grigor Andolov | 7 episodes | [122] |
2018 | The ABC Murders | Hercule Poirot | 3 episodes; also associate producer | [123] |
2019 | Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona | Narrator (voice) | 8 episodes | [124] |
2020 | The New Pope | Pope John Paul III | 9 episodes | [125] |
2020–2022 | Space Force | Dr. Adrian Mallory | 17 episodes | [126] |
2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | The Impressive Clergyman | Episode: "Chapter Nine: Have Fun Storming The Castle!" | [127] |
2021–2023 | Ten Year Old Tom | Mr. B (voice) | 20 episodes | [128] |
2024 | The New Look | Lucien Lelong | 7 episodes | [129] |
2024 | Ripley | Reeves Minot | Episode: "VIII Narcissus" | [130] |
TBA | Unsinkable† | Chief Engineer Pollard (voice) | Upcoming series (11 episodes) | [131] |
† | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2015 | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Oz | Exo Zombies | [132] |
Year | Artist | Title | Ref. |
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1992 | Annie Lennox | "Walking on Broken Glass" | [133] |
2015 | Eminem | "Phenomenal" | [134] |
2021 | CL | "Spicy" | [135] |
Year | Title | Role | Playwright | Venue |
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1979 | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | Tennessee Williams | Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago |
1980 | Balm in Gilead | Stranger | Lanford Wilson | Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago |
1982 | True West | Lee | Sam Shepard | Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago |
Cherry Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway | ||||
1984 | Death of a Salesman | Biff Loman | Arthur Miller | Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway debut |
1985 | Arms and the Man | Captain Bluntschli | George Bernard Shaw | Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway |
1987 | Burn This | Pale | Lanford Wilson | Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles |
Theater 890, Off-Broadway | ||||
Plymouth Theatre, Broadway | ||||
1990 | Lyric Theatre, London | |||
1991 | States of Shock | Colonel | Sam Shepard | American Place Theater, Off-Broadway |
1992 | A Slip of the Tongue | Dominic Tantra | Dusty Hughes | Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago |
1996 | The Libertine | John Wilmot | Stephen Jeffreys | Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago |
2005 | Lost Land | Count Kristof | Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago | |
2010 | The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer | Jack Unterweger | Michael Sturminger | Howard Gilman Opera House, New York |
2011 | The Giacomo Variations | Giacomo Casanova | Ronacher Theatre, Vienna | |
2017 | Just Call Me God | Satur Diman Cha | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg | |
2019 | Bitter Wheat | Barney Fein | David Mamet | Garrick Theatre, London |
2022 | In the Solitude of Cotton Fields | The Client / The Dealer | Bernard-Marie Koltès | Dailes Theatre, Riga |
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Director Curtis Hanson turns up as Susan's husband, while Malkovich, Catherine Keener, John Cusack, director David O. Russell and others appear fleetingly in appropriate contexts.