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In the Hand of Dante
as Joe Black
2026
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John Malkovich
Also known as John Gavin 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).
Personal details
Full filmography
2026
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Sacrifice
as Gunnar
2026
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Wild Horse Nine
as Chris
2026
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Being Related to John Malkovich
as Self
2026
2025
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Opus
as Alfred Moretti
2025
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The Yellow Tie
London premiereas Sergiu Celibidache
2025
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The Life of Mirrors
2025
2024
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The Line
as Beach Miller
2024
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Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry
as self
2024
2023
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Seneca
as Seneca
2023
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One Ranger
as Geddes
2023
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Mr. Blake at Your Service!
as Andrew Blake
2023
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Fool's Paradise
as Ed Cote
2023
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A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023
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Breaking Rachmaninoff
2023
2022
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White Elephant
as Glen Follett
2022
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Mindcage
as The Artist
2022
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Savage Salvation
as Peter
2022
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Chariot
as Dr. Karn
2022
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Shattered
2022
2021
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The Survivalist
as Aaron Ramsey
2021
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Rogue Hostage
as Sam Nelson
2021
2020
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Valley of the Gods
as Wes Tauros
2020
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Last Call
2020
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Ava
as Duke
2020
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Arkansas
as Bright
2020
2019
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Judge Edward D. Cowart
2019
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Velvet Buzzsaw
as Piers
2019
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Gotta Get Down to It
2019
2018
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Supercon
as Sid Newberry
2018
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Bird Box
as Douglas
2018
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Mile 22
as Bishop
2018
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Casanova Gene
2018
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The Music Critic
as The Narrator
2018
2017
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
as Port (archive footage)
2017
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Unlocked
as Bob Hunter
2017
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About Love. Adults Only
as Ed
2017
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The Wilde Wedding
2017
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I Love You, Daddy
as Leslie Goodwin
2017
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Bullet Head
as Walker
2017
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Just Call Me God
as Satur Diman Cha
2017
2016
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Zoolander 2
as Chazz Spencer
2016
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Deepwater Horizon
as Donald Vidrine
2016
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Psychogenic Fugue
as All characters
2016
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Demolition
2016
2014
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Cesar Chavez
as Bogdanovitch
2014
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Penguins of Madagascar
as Dave (voice)
2014
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Cut Bank
as Sheriff Vogel
2014
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Noseland
as Self
2014
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Casanova Variations
as Giacomo
2014
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Le paradoxe de John Malkovich
as Himself
2014
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Jack Unterweger - The Charming Serial Killer
2014
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The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
as Dave / Dr. Octavius Brine (voice)
2014
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Strap Hanging
2014
2013
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Warm Bodies
as Colonel Grigio
2013
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RED 2
as Marvin Boggs
2013
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Siberian Education
as Grandfather Kuzya
2013
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Ecstasy
as Vinny
2013
2012
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Drunkboat
as Mort
2012
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Lines of Wellington
as General Wellington
2012