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 The Sheltering Sky (1990), 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).

Filmography As actor Film Year Title Role Notes 1978 A Wedding Extra Uncredited page 65 1984 Places in the Heart Mr. Will The Killing Fields Al Rockoff 1985 Eleni Nick Gage 1987 The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield Making Mr. Right Dr. Jeff Peters / Ulysses Empire of the Sun Basie 1988 Miles from Home Barry Maxwell Dangerous Liaisons Vicomte de Valmont 1990 The Sheltering Sky Port Moresby 1991 The Object of Beauty Jake Bartholemew Queens Logic Eliot 1992 Shadows and Fog Paul, The Clown Of Mice and Men Lennie Small Jennifer 8 FBI Agent St. Anne 1993 In the Line of Fire Mitch Leary Alive Older Carlitos Paez Uncredited The Convent Michael Padovic 1995 Beyond the Clouds The Director 1996 Mary Reilly Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde The Portrait of a Lady Gilbert Osmond The Ogre Abel Tiffauges Mulholland Falls General Thomas Timms 1997 Con Air Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom 1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Athos Rounders Teddy "KGB" 1999 Being John Malkovich John Horatio Malkovich The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Charles VII Le Temps Retrouvé Le Baron de Charlus 2000 Shadow of the Vampire F. W. Murnau 2001 Knockaround Guys Teddy Deserve Hotel Omar Jonnson I'm Going Home John Crawford Les âmes fortes Monsieur Numance 2002 The Dancer Upstairs Abimael Guzman Uncredited; also producer and director Hideous Man The Narrator Short film; also writer and director Ripley's Game Tom Ripley Adaptation Himself 2003 Johnny English Pascal Sauvage Um Filme Falado Captain John Walesa 2004 The Libertine Charles II Also producer 2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Humma Kavula Colour Me Kubrick Alan Conway Flipping Uncle Kimono Himself Documentary 2006 Art School Confidential Professor Sandiford Also producer Eragon Galbatorix Klimt Gustav Klimt The Call Priest Short film 2007 Drunkboat Mort Beowulf Unferth Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place Himself Documentary 2008 The Great Buck Howard Buck Howard Gardens of the Night Michael In Transit Colonel Pavlov Burn After Reading Osborne Cox Disgrace David Lurie Mutant Chronicles Constantine Changeling Reverend Gustav Briegleb 2009 Afterwards Joseph Kay 2010 Jonah Hex Quentin Turnbull Secretariat Lucien Laurin Red Marvin Boggs 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Bruce Brazos 2012 Lines of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 2013 Warm Bodies General Grigio Siberian Education Grandfather Kuzya Ecstasy Vinny Short film Red 2 Marvin Boggs 2014 Cesar Chavez Bogdanovich Senior Also executive producer Penguins of Madagascar Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine Voice only Casanova Variations Giacomo Casanova Cut Bank Sheriff Vogel 2016 Zoolander 2 Chazz Spencer Dominion Dr. Felton Deepwater Horizon Donald Vidrine Hell The Soldier Short film Psychogenic Fugue Various Roles 2017 Unlocked Bob Hunter The Wilde Wedding Laurence Darling Also executive producer I Love You, Daddy Leslie Goodwin About Love. For Adults Only Ed, The Lecturer Bullet Head Walker 2018 Casanovagen John Malkovich / Giacomo Casanova Supercon Sid Newberry Mile 22 James Bishop Bird Box Douglas 2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Judge Edward Cowart Velvet Buzzsaw Piers Valley of the Gods Wes Tauros 2020 Arkansas "Bright" Ava Duke 2021 Rogue Hostage Sam Safty The Survivalist Aaron Neville Ramsey 2022 Shattered Ronald Also producer Chariot Dr. Karn White Elephant Glen Follett Savage Salvation Peter Mindcage The Artist 2023 Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes Seneca the Younger One Ranger Geddes Fool's Paradise Ed Cote The Line Beach Miller Mr. Blake at Your Service! Andrew Blake 2025 Opus Alfred Moretti In the Hand of Dante Joe Black Sacrifice Joan's father Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Charli XCX, Rapper Yung Lean & More Join Chris Evans & Anya Taylor-Joy In ‘Sacrifice’ With Filming Underway In Europe The Yellow Tie Older Sergiu Celibidache 2026 Croatia – I Hear It's Beautiful Himself Short film Wild Horse Nine Chris Leiermann Post-production 2115 Male Protagonist

Television Year Title Role Notes 1981 Word of Honor Gary Television film 1983 Say Goodnight, Gracie Steve 1984 True West Lee 1985 Death of a Salesman Biff Loman 1986 Rocket to the Moon Ben Stark 1987 Santabear's High Flying Adventure Santa Claus (voice) 1989, 1993, 2008Saturday Night Live Himself / Host 3 episodes 1991 Old Times Deeley Television filmpage 110 1993 Heart of Darkness Kurtz 1999 RKO 281 Herman J. Mankiewicz 2000 Les Misérables Javert 4 episodes 2002 Napoléon Charles Talleyrand 4 episodes 2014 Crossbones Blackbeard 9 episodes 2018–2019, 2023 Billions Grigor Andolov 7 episodes 2018 The ABC Murders Hercule Poirot 3 episodes; also associate producer 2019 Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona The Narrator (voice) 8 episodes 2020 The New Pope Pope John Paul III 9 episodes 2020–2022 Space Force Dr. Adrian Mallory 17 episodes 2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride The Impressive Clergyman Episode: "Chapter Nine: Have Fun Storming The Castle!" 2021–2023 Ten Year Old Tom Mr. B (voice) 20 episodes 2024 The New Look Lucien Lelong 7 episodes 2024 Ripley Reeves Minot Episode: "VIII Narcissus" TBA Lincoln Graves TBD episodes

Podcasts Year Title Role Notes 2024 Unsinkable Chief Engineer Pollard (voice) 11 episodes

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2015 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Oz Exo Zombies

Music videos Year Artist Title 1992 Annie Lennox "Walking on Broken Glass" 2015 Eminem "Phenomenal"

As director 2002 The Dancer Upstairs 2002 Hideous Man

As writer 2002 Hideous Man 2015 100 Years (due to be released in 2115)

As producer 1988 The Accidental Tourist (executive producer) 2001 Ghost World 2002 The Dancer Upstairs 2004 The Libertine 2006 Kill the Poor 2006 Art School Confidential 2007 Juno 2011 Young Adult (executive producer) 2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2013 César Chávez (executive producer)Wilkinson, Tracy. "Diego Luna's Cesar Chavez Movie Marches in Mexico." Los Angeles Times. July 1, 2012. Accessed 2012-10-14. 2015 Demolition (executive producer) 2017 The Wilde Wedding (executive producer) 2022 Shattered

Theatre

As actor Year Title Role Playwright Venue1979 The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield Tennessee Williams Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago1980 Balm in GileadStrangerLanford WilsonSteppenwolf Theatre, Chicago1982 True West Lee Sam Shepard Steppenwolf Theatre, ChicagoCherry Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway1984 Death of a Salesman Biff Loman Arthur Miller Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway debut1985 Arms and the Man Captain Bluntschli George Bernard Shaw Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway1987 Burn This Pale Lanford Wilson Mark Taper Forum, Los AngelesTheater 890, Off-BroadwayPlymouth Theatre, Broadway1990 Lyric Theatre, London1991 States of Shock Colonel Sam ShepardAmerican Place Theater, Off-Broadway1992 A Slip of the Tongue Dominic Tantra Dusty HughesSteppenwolf Theatre, Chicago1996 The LibertineJohn WilmotStephen JeffreysSteppenwolf Theatre, Chicago2005 Lost Land Count KristofSteppenwolf Theatre, Chicago2010 The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer Jack UnterwegerMichael SturmingerHoward Gilman Opera House, New York2011 The Giacomo Variations Giacomo Casanova Ronacher Theatre, Vienna2017 Just Call Me God Satur Diman Cha Elbphilharmonie, HamburgThe Music CriticNarratorAleksey IgudesmanInternational Tour2019 Bitter Wheat Barney Fein David Mamet Garrick Theatre, London2022 In the Solitude of Cotton Fields The Client / The Dealer Bernard-Marie Koltès Dailes Theatre, Riga2025 The Hunger Games: On Stage Coriolanus Snow Conor McPherson Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre, London

As director

2027 Real World (in Japan)

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