John Malkovich

John Gavin Malkovich
1953 -
American born Christopher, Illinois

Height 6' 1" (1.85 m) . In 1976 'John Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly founded by his friend Gary Sinise. After that it would take seven years before Malkovich would show up in New York and win an Obie in Sam Shepard's play "True West". In 1984 Malkovich would appear with Dustin Hoffman in the Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman", which would earn him an Emmy when it was made into a made-for-TV movie the next year. His big-screen debut would be as the blind lodger in Places in the Heart (1984), which earned him an Academy Award Nomination for best supporting actor. Other films would follow, including The Killing Fields (1984) and The Glass Menagerie (1987), but he would be well remembered as Vicomte de Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons (1988). Playing against Michelle Pfeiffer and Glenn Close in a costume picture helped raise his standing in the industry. He would be cast as the psychotic political assassin in Clint Eastwood's In the Line of Fire (1993), for which he would be nominated for both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe. In 1994 Malkovich would portray the sinister Kurtz in the made-for-TV movie Heart of Darkness (1994) (TV), taking the story to Africa as it was originally written. Malkovich has periodically returned to Chicago to both act and direct. Spouse Nicoletta Peyran (1989 - present) 2 children, Glenne Headly (2 August 1982 - 1988) (divorced).

Disgrace (2007) , Beowulf (2007) , In Tranzit (2007) , Gardens of the Night (2007) , The Mutant Chronicles (2007) , The Great Buck Howard (2007) , Drunkboat (2006) , Eragon (2006) , The Call (2006) , Klimt (2006) , Art School Confidential (2006) , Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story (2005) , The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) , The Libertine (2004), Um Filme Falado (2003) , Johnny English (2003) , "Napoléon" (2002) , Ripley's Game (2002) , The Dancer Upstairs (2002) , Hideous Man (2002) , Knockaround Guys (2001) , Hotel (2001) , Je rentre à la maison (2001) , Âmes fortes, Les (2001) , "Misérables, Les" (2000) , Shadow of the Vampire (2000) , RKO 281 (1999) , The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) , Being John Malkovich (1999) , Temps retrouvé, Le (1999) , Ladies Room (1999/I) , Rounders (1998) , The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I) , Con Air (1997) , Unhold, Der (1996) , The Portrait of a Lady (1996) , Mulholland Falls (1996) , Mary Reilly (1996) , Convento, O (1995) , Al di là delle nuvole (1995) , Heart of Darkness (1994) , "Saturday Night Live" (1989) , In the Line of Fire (1993) , Alive (1993) , Jennifer Eight (1992) , Of Mice and Men (1992) , Shadows and Fog (1992) , The Object of Beauty (1991) , Queens Logic (1991) , Old Times (1991) , The Sheltering Sky (1990) , Dangerous Liaisons (1988) , Miles from Home (1988) , Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987) , Empire of the Sun (1987) , The Glass Menagerie (1987) , Making Mr. Right (1987) , Santabear's First Christmas (1986) , Rocket to the Moon (1986) , Eleni (1985) , Death of a Salesman (1985) , The Killing Fields (1984) , Places in the Heart (1984) , True West (1984) , Say Goodnight, Gracie (1983) , American Dream (1981) , Word of Honor (1981)