John Malkovich

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) 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).

Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

Billions

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with David Letterman

All Movies (152)

• Wild Horse Nine2026 · as Chris
• Sacrifice2026 · as Gunnar
• In the Hand of Dante2026 · as Joe Black
• Being Related to John Malkovich2026 · as Self
• The Yellow Tie2025 · as Sergiu Celibidache
• The Life of Mirrors2025
• Opus2025 · as Alfred Moretti
• Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry2024 · as self
• The Line2024 · as Beach Miller
• Mr. Blake at Your Service!2023 · as Andrew Blake
• Fool's Paradise2023 · as Ed Cote
• One Ranger2023 · as Geddes
• Breaking Rachmaninoff2023
• Seneca2023 · as Seneca
• A Journey to Sundance2023 · as Self
• Mindcage2022 · as The Artist
• Savage Salvation2022 · as Peter
• White Elephant2022 · as Glen Follett
• Chariot2022 · as Dr. Karn
• Shattered2022 · as Ronald
• The Survivalist2021 · as Aaron Ramsey
• Rogue Hostage2021 · as Sam Nelson
• Last Call2020 · as Dr. Felton
• Valley of the Gods2020 · as Wes Tauros
• Ava2020 · as Duke
• Arkansas2020 · as Bright
• Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile2019 · as Judge Edward D. Cowart
• Velvet Buzzsaw2019 · as Piers
• Bird Box2018 · as Douglas
• The Music Critic2018 · as The Narrator
• Mile 222018 · as Bishop
• Supercon2018 · as Sid Newberry
• Casanova Gene2018
• Bullet Head2017 · as Walker
• Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA2017 · as Port (archive footage)
• The Wilde Wedding2017 · as Laurence
• I Love You, Daddy2017 · as Leslie Goodwin
• About Love. Adults Only2017 · as Ed
• Just Call Me God2017 · as Satur Diman Cha
• Unlocked2017 · as Bob Hunter
• Deepwater Horizon2016 · as Donald Vidrine
• Psychogenic Fugue2016 · as All characters
• Zoolander 22016 · as Chazz Spencer
• Penguins of Madagascar2014 · as Dave (voice)
• Cut Bank2014 · as Sheriff Vogel
• Casanova Variations2014 · as Giacomo
• The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover2014 · as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
• Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer2014
• Noseland2014 · as Self
• Cesar Chavez2014 · as Bogdanovitch
• Le paradoxe de John Malkovich2014 · as Himself
• RED 22013 · as Marvin Boggs
• Ecstasy2013 · as Vinny
• Siberian Education2013 · as Grandfather Kuzya
• Warm Bodies2013 · as Colonel Grigio
• Lines of Wellington2012 · as General Wellington
• Side by Side2012 · as Self
• Drunkboat2012 · as Mort
• All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set2012 · as Self
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011 · as Bruce Brazos
• Butterflies2011 · as Man
• 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story2011 · as Self
• RED2010 · as Marvin Boggs
• Secretariat2010 · as Lucien Laurin
• Jonah Hex2010 · as Turnbull
• The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer2010 · as Jack Unterweger
• Saturday Night2010 · as Self
• SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas2009 · as (archive footage)
• La Traversée du désir2009 · as Self
• Finding the Burn2008 · as Self / Osborne Cox (archive footage)
• Welcome Back, George2008 · as Self
• Gardens of the Night2008 · as Michael
• Changeling2008 · as Rev. Gustav Briegleb
• Afterwards2008 · as Joseph Kay
• Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies2008 · as Narrator
• Music at the Sea2008 · as Self
• Disgrace2008 · as David Lurie
• Burn After Reading2008 · as Osborne Cox
• Mutant Chronicles2008 · as Constantine
• In Tranzit2008 · as Pavlov
• The Great Buck Howard2008 · as Buck Howard
• Beowulf2007 · as Unferth
• Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place2007
• Eragon2006 · as King Galbatorix
• Art School Confidential2006 · as Professor Sandiford
• Klimt2006 · as Gustav Klimt
• Colour Me Kubrick2005 · as Alan Conway
• 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'2005 · as Self
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy2005 · as Humma Kavula
• The Libertine2004 · as Charles II
• A Talking Picture2003 · as Comandante John Walesa
• Johnny English2003 · as Pascal Sauvage
• Adaptation.2002 · as John Malkovich (uncredited)
• The Dancer Upstairs2002 · as Abimael Guzman (uncredited)
• Ripley's Game2002 · as Tom Ripley
• Hideous Man2002 · as Narrator
• Knockaround Guys2001 · as Teddy Deserve
• Hotel2001 · as Omar Jonnson
• Savage Souls2001 · as Monsieur Numance
• I’m Going Home2001 · as John Crawford
• Shadow of the Vampire2000 · as F. W. Murnau
• Ladies Room1999 · as Roberto
• RKO 2811999 · as Herman Mankiewicz
• Being John Malkovich1999 · as John Horatio Malkovich
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc1999 · as Charles VII
• Time Regained1999 · as Baron de Charlus
• Rounders1998 · as Teddy KGB
• The Man in the Iron Mask1998 · as Athos
• Con Air1997 · as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
• Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady1997 · as Self
• The Portrait of a Lady1996 · as Gilbert Osmond
• The Ogre1996 · as Abel
• Cannes Man1996 · as Self
• Mulholland Falls1996 · as General Thomas Timms
• Mary Reilly1996 · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
• Beyond the Clouds1995 · as The Director
• The Convent1995 · as Michael
• To Make a Film Is to Be Alive1995 · as Self (uncredited)
• Heart of Darkness1993 · as Kurtz
• In the Line of Fire1993 · as Mitch Leary
• Alive1993 · as Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)
• Jennifer Eight1992 · as Agent St. Anne
• Of Mice and Men1992 · as Lennie Small
• Annie Lennox: Totally Diva1992
• Shadows and Fog1991 · as Clown
• Old Times1991
• The Object of Beauty1991 · as Jake Bartholomew
• Queens Logic1991 · as Eliot
• Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter1990 · as Self
• The Sheltering Sky1990 · as Port
• Decade1989 · as Self
• Dangerous Liaisons1988 · as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
• Miles from Home1988 · as Barry Maxwell
• The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun1987 · as Self
• Empire of the Sun1987 · as Basie
• Santabear's High Flying Adventure1987 · as Santa Claus (voice)
• The Glass Menagerie1987 · as Tom Wingfield
• Making Mr. Right1987 · as Jeff Peters / Ulysses
• Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’1986 · as Self / Biff
• Rocket to the Moon1986 · as Ben Stark
• Eleni1985 · as Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
• Death of a Salesman1985 · as Biff Loman
• The Killing Fields1984 · as Al Rockoff
• Places in the Heart1984 · as Mr. Will
• True West1984 · as Lee
• Say Goodnight, Gracie1983 · as Steve
• American Dream1981
• Word of Honor1981 · as Gary
• A Wedding1978 · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Lost and Found in Paris— · as Wim Waldemar
• A Winter's Journey— · as Leiermann
• A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf— · as Unferth

All TV Shows (35)

• Lubach2025
• Unsinkable2024 · as Chief Engineer Pollard
• RIPLEY2024 · as Reeves Minot
• The New Look2024 · as Lucien Lelong
• Ten Year Old Tom2021 · as Mr. B (voice)
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride2020 · as The Impressive Clergyman
• Space Force2020 · as Dr. Adrian Mallory
• The New Pope2020 · as Giovanni Paolo III / Sir John Brannox
• Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona2019 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The ABC Murders2018 · as Hercule Poirot
• Billions2016 · as Grigor Andolov
• Crossbones2014 · as Blackbeard
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
• Projectorparishilton2008
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• On n'est pas couché2006 · as Self - Guest
• De Wereld Draait Door2005 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Napoleon2002 · as Charles de Talleyrand
• Gero von Boehm begegnet...2002 · as Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self - Guest
• Les Misérables2000 · as Javert
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Zona+1994 · as Próprio
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Performance1991 · as Deeley
• Romy Award1990 · as Presenter
• American Masters1986 · as Self
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self - Guest
• American Playhouse1982 · as Lee
• American Playhouse1982 · as Ben Stark
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Bishop— · as Lincoln Graves