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.

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Malkovich at the 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

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

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1978 A Wedding Extra Uncredited [1]
1984 Places in the Heart Mr. Will [2]
The Killing Fields Al Rockoff [3]
1985 Eleni Nick Gage [4]
1987 The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield [5]
Making Mr. Right Dr. Jeff Peters / Ulysses [6]
Empire of the Sun Basie [7]
1988 Miles from Home Barry Maxwell [8]
Dangerous Liaisons Vicomte de Valmont [9]
1990 The Sheltering Sky Port Moresby [10]
1991 The Object of Beauty Jake Bartholemew [11]
Queens Logic Eliot [12]
1992 Shadows and Fog Paul, The Clown [13]
Of Mice and Men Lennie Small [14]
Jennifer 8 FBI Agent St. Anne [15]
1993 In the Line of Fire Mitch Leary [16]
Alive Older Carlitos Paez Uncredited [17]
The Convent Michael Padovic [18]
1995 Beyond the Clouds The Director [19]
1996 Mary Reilly Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde [20]
The Portrait of a Lady Gilbert Osmond [21]
The Ogre Abel Tiffauges [22]
Mulholland Falls General Thomas Timms [23]
1997 Con Air Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom [24]
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Athos [25]
Rounders Teddy "KGB" [26]
1999 Being John Malkovich John Horatio Malkovich [27]
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Charles VII [28]
Le Temps Retrouvé Le Baron de Charlus [29]
2000 Shadow of the Vampire F. W. Murnau [30]
2001 Knockaround Guys Teddy Deserve [31]
Hotel Omar Jonnson [32]
I'm Going Home John Crawford [33]
Les âmes fortes Monsieur Numance [34]
2002 The Dancer Upstairs Abimael Guzman Uncredited; also producer and director [35]
Hideous Man The Narrator Short film; also writer and director [36]
Ripley's Game Tom Ripley [37]
Adaptation Himself [38]
2003 Johnny English Pascal Sauvage [39]
Um Filme Falado Captain John Walesa [40]
2004 The Libertine Charles II Also producer [41]
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Humma Kavula [42]
Colour Me Kubrick Alan Conway [43]
Flipping Uncle Kimono Himself Documentary [44]
2006 Art School Confidential Professor Sandiford Also producer [45]
Eragon Galbatorix [46]
Klimt Gustav Klimt [47]
The Call Priest Short film [48]
2007 Drunkboat Mort [49]
Beowulf Unferth [50]
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place Himself Documentary [51]
2008 The Great Buck Howard Buck Howard [52]
Gardens of the Night Michael [53]
In Transit Colonel Pavlov [54]
Burn After Reading Osborne Cox [55]
Disgrace David Lurie [56]
Mutant Chronicles Constantine [57]
Changeling Reverend Gustav Briegleb [58]
2009 Afterwards Joseph Kay [59]
2010 Jonah Hex Quentin Turnbull [60]
Secretariat Lucien Laurin [61]
RED Marvin Boggs [62]
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Bruce Brazos [63]
2012 Lines of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington [64]
2013 Warm Bodies General Grigio [65]
Siberian Education Grandfather Kuzya [66]
Ecstasy Vinny Short film
RED 2 Marvin Boggs [67]
2014 Cesar Chavez Bogdanovich Senior Also executive producer [68]
Penguins of Madagascar Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine Voice only [69]
Casanova Variations Giacomo Casanova [70]
Cut Bank Sheriff Vogel [71]
2016 Zoolander 2 Chazz Spencer [72]
Dominion Dr. Felton [73]
Deepwater Horizon Donald Vidrine [74]
Hell The Soldier Short film
Psychogenic Fugue Various Roles [75]
2017 Unlocked Bob Hunter [76]
The Wilde Wedding Laurence Darling Also executive producer [77]
I Love You, Daddy Leslie Goodwin [78]
About Love. For Adults Only Ed, The Lecturer
Bullet Head Walker [79]
2018 Casanovagen John Malkovich / Giacomo Casanova
Supercon Sid Newberry [80]
Mile 22 James Bishop [81]
Bird Box Douglas [82]
2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Judge Edward Cowart [83]
Velvet Buzzsaw Piers [84]
Valley of the Gods Wes Tauros [85]
2020 Arkansas "Bright" [86]
Ava Duke [87]
2021 Rogue Hostage Sam Safty [88]
The Survivalist Aaron Neville Ramsey [89]
2022 Shattered Ronald Also producer [90]
Chariot Dr. Karn [91]
White Elephant Glen Follett [92]
Savage Salvation Peter [93]
Mindcage The Artist [94]
2023 Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes Seneca the Younger [95]
One Ranger Geddes [96]
Fool’s Paradise Ed Cote [97]
The Line Beach Miller [98]
Mr. Blake At Your Service! Andrew Blake [99]
2025 Opus Alfred Moretti Post-production [100]
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Red Ghost Post-production [101]
TBA The Yellow Tie Sergiu Celibidache Post-production [102]
A Winter's Journey Leiermann Post-production [103]
In the Hand of Dante TBA Post-production [104]
Sacrifice TBA Filming [105]
2115 [n 1] 100 Years Male Protagonist Short film; also writer [106]
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Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
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 The 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]
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Video games

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Oz Exo Zombies [132]
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Music videos

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Year Artist Title Ref.
1992 Annie Lennox "Walking on Broken Glass" [133]
2015 Eminem "Phenomenal" [134]
2021 CL "Spicy" [135]
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As director

As writer

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

As producer

Theatre

More information Year, Title ...
Year Title Role Playwright Venue
1979The Glass MenagerieTom WingfieldTennessee WilliamsSteppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
1980Balm in Gilead Stranger Lanford Wilson Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
1982True WestLeeSam ShepardSteppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Cherry Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway
1984Death of a SalesmanBiff LomanArthur MillerBroadhurst Theatre, Broadway debut
1985Arms and the ManCaptain BluntschliGeorge Bernard ShawCircle in the Square Theatre, Broadway
1987Burn ThisPaleLanford WilsonMark Taper Forum, Los Angeles
Theater 890, Off-Broadway
Plymouth Theatre, Broadway
1990Lyric Theatre, London
1991States of ShockColonelSam ShepardAmerican Place Theater, Off-Broadway
1992A Slip of the TongueDominic TantraDusty HughesSteppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
1996The Libertine John Wilmot Stephen Jeffreys Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
2005Lost Land Count Kristof Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
2010The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer Jack Unterweger Michael Sturminger Howard Gilman Opera House, New York
2011The Giacomo VariationsGiacomo CasanovaRonacher Theatre, Vienna
2017Just Call Me GodSatur Diman ChaElbphilharmonie, Hamburg
2019Bitter WheatBarney FeinDavid MametGarrick Theatre, London
2022In the Solitude of Cotton FieldsThe Client / The DealerBernard-Marie KoltèsDailes Theatre, Riga
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Notes

  1. Film was completed in 2015, but won't be released until 2115

References

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