John Malkovich

December 9, 1953

John Gavin Malkovich

Nicoletta Peyran (20 September 1989 - present) 2 children

Glenne Headly (2 August 1982 - 1 January 1988) (divorced)

Actor

2013 Cut Bank

2013 Red 2

2013 Educazione siberiana

2013 Warm Bodies

2012 As Linhas de Torres Vedras (TV mini-series)

2012 Lines of Wellington

2011 Butterflies (short)

2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2010 Drunkboat

2010 Cubed (TV series)

2010 Secretariat

2010 Red

2010 Jonah Hex

2010 The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer (video)

2008 Afterwards

2008 Disgrace

2008 Burn After Reading

2008 Mutant Chronicles

2008 Changeling

2008 Gardens of the Night

2008 The Great Buck Howard

2008 Iи Traиzit

2007 Beowulf

2006 Eragon

2006 The Call (short)

2006 Klimt

2006 Art School Confidential

2005 Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story

2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2004 The Libertine

2003 A Talking Picture

2003 Johnny English

2002 Napoléon (TV mini-series)

2002 Ripley's Game

2002 Hideous Man (short) Narrator

2002 The Dancer Upstairs (uncredited)

2001 Hotel

2001 Knockaround Guys

2001 Je rentre à la maison

2001 Les âmes fortes

2000 Les Misérables (TV mini-series)

2000 Shadow of the Vampire

2000 Ladies Room

1999 RKO 281 (TV movie)

1999 Joan of Arc

1999 Being John Malkovich

1999 Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust

1998 Rounders

1998 The Man in the Iron Mask

1997 Con Air

1996 Der Unhold

1996 The Portrait of a Lady

1996 Mary Reilly

1996 Mulholland Falls

1995 Beyond the Clouds

1995 O Convento

1993 Heart of Darkness (TV movie)

1993 In the Line of Fire

1993 Alive (uncredited)

1992 Jennifer Eight

1992 Of Mice and Men

1991 Shadows and Fog

1991 Performance (TV series)

1991 The Object of Beauty

1991 Queens Logic

1990 The Sheltering Sky

1988 Dangerous Liaisons

1988 Miles from Home

1987 Santabear's High Flying Adventure (TV short) (voice)

1987 Empire of the Sun

1987 The Glass Menagerie

1987 Making Mr. Right

1984-1986 American Playhouse (TV series)

1985 Eleni

1985 Death of a Salesman (TV movie)

1984 The Killing Fields

1984 Places in the Heart

1983 Say Goodnight, Gracie (TV movie)

1981 American Dream (TV series)

1981 Word of Honor (TV movie)

1978 A Wedding (uncredited)

Producer

2012 Chavez (producer)

2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (producer)

2011 Young Adult (executive producer)

2010 Abel (executive producer)

2009 Good Canary (TV movie) (producer)

2009 Which Way Home (documentary) (executive producer)

2007 Juno (producer)

2006 Capturing 'The Libertine' (video documentary short) (producer)

2006 Art School Confidential (producer)

2004 The First Amendment Project: Some Assembly Required (TV documentary) (producer)

2004 The Libertine (producer)

2003 Kill the Poor (producer)

2002 The Dancer Upstairs (producer)

2002 Dragans of New York (TV movie) (producer)

2002 How to Draw a Bunny (documentary) (executive producer)

2001 Ghost World (producer)

2001 The Loner (producer)

2000 Somewhere Else (short) (executive producer)

1988 The Accidental Tourist (executive producer)

Director

2002 Hideous Man (short)

2002 The Dancer Upstairs

Writer

2002 Hideous Man (short)

Appearances

2012 Noseland (documentary)

2012 Avant-premières (TV series)

2012 Ce soir (ou jamais!) (TV series)

1999-2011 The Charlie Rose Show (TV series)

2011 Wir sind Österreich (TV series documentary)

2011 33-y Moskovskiy mezhdunarodnyy kinofestival (TV movie)

2011 Prozhektorperiskhilton (TV series)

2011 Harald Schmidt (TV series)

2011 Journey to Sundance (documentary)

2011 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story (TV documentary)

2010 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)

2005-2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)

2010 Made in Hollywood (TV series)

2010 In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (TV series)

2010 Ceremonia de inauguración - 58º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)

2010 Mi reino por un caballo (TV series)

2010 Ànima (TV series)

2010 Saturday Night (documentary)

2010 Revealed (TV series)

2010 Quelli che... il calcio (TV series)

2009 La traversée du désir (documentary)

2009 Partners in Crime: Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie (video documentary short)

2009 The Making of 'Mutant Chronicles' (video documentary)

2008-2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)

2003 Cartaz Cultural (TV series)

1989-2008 Saturday Night Live (TV series)

2008 Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies (documentary) Narrator

2008 Musik und Meer (TV documentary)

1995-2008 Cinema 3 (TV series)

2008 Resumen - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)

2007-2008 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)

2005-2008 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)

2008 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)

2008 La nuit des Molières (TV series documentary)

2008 Beowulf: Mapping the Journey (video documentary short)
(uncredited)

2008 A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf (video documentary short) (uncredited)

2005-2007 Corazón de... (TV series)

2006 Capturing 'The Libertine' (video documentary short)

2006 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)

2006 New York 360º (TV series documentary)

2003-2006 The Daily Show (TV series)

2006 Gero von Boehm begegnet... (TV series documentary)

1990-2006 Wetten, dass..? (TV series)

2005 Double je (TV series documentary)

2005 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' (video documentary)

2005 John Malkovich: Flipping Uncle Kimono (TV documentary)

2004 Sunday Morning Shootout (TV series)

2004 Toni Rovira y tú (TV series)

2004 ...Amb Manel Fuentes (TV series)

2004 NY Graham Norton (TV series)

2003 The AMC Project (TV series documentary)

2003 Revealing 'The Dancer Upstairs' (video documentary short)

2003 V Graham Norton (TV series)

2003 Rive droite - rive gauche (TV series documentary)

2003 Les feux de la rampe (TV series)

2002 Adaptation. (uncredited)

2002 Ombre et lumière (TV series documentary)

2002 Bravo Profiles (TV series documentary)

2001 The Big Breakfast (TV series)

2000 The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power (TV documentary)

2000 2000 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)

2000 Continuarà... (TV series)

2000 Oscar 2000 (TV movie)

2000 American Arts & Culture Presents John Horatio Malkovich 'Dance of Despair & Disillusionment' (video short) (uncredited)

1997-1999 Mundo VIP (TV series)

1999 Riddle of the Desert Mummies (TV documentary)
Narrator

1998 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)

1997 Lo + plus (TV series)

1996 Cannes Man

1996 Film '72 (TV series)

1995 Chicago on Stage (TV movie)

1995 Fare un film per me è vivere (documentary)

1993 In the Line of Fire: Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service (TV special documentary)

1991 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)

1990 Omnibus (TV series documentary)

1990 Red Hot and Blue (TV movie)

1989 Decade (TV documentary)

1985 American Masters (TV series documentary)

1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

AFI Awards, USA

2007 Won AFI Film Award AFI Movie of the Year
for: Juno (2007).

Academy Awards

1994 Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role
for: In the Line of Fire (1993).

1985 Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role
for: Places in the Heart (1984).

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

2011 Nominated Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor
for: Red (2010).

1994 Nominated Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor
for: In the Line of Fire (1993).

American Comedy Awards, USA

2000 Won American Comedy Award Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for: Being John Malkovich (1999).

BAFTA Awards

1994 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: In the Line of Fire (1993).

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

1985 Won BSFC Award Best Supporting Actor
for: The Killing Fields (1984) and Places in the Heart (1984).

Camerimage

2001 Won Special Award To an actor for visual valor of work.

Capri, Hollywood

2007 Won Capri Legend Award

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2000 Nominated CFCA Award Best Supporting Actor
for: Being John Malkovich (1999).

1994 Nominated CFCA Award Best Supporting Actor
for: In the Line of Fire (1993).

Chicago International Film Festival

2002 Nominated Gold Hugo New Directors Competition
for: The Dancer Upstairs (2002) (feature film) .

Chlotrudis Awards

2000 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Supporting Actor for: Being John Malkovich (1999).

Christopher Awards

2008 Won Christopher Award Feature Films for: Juno (2007).

Cognac Festival du Film Policier

1993 Won Jury "Coup de Chapeau" for: Jennifer Eight (1992). For the acting performance.

David di Donatello Awards

1989 Nominated David Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero) for: Dangerous Liaisons (1988).

Golden Globes

1995 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: Heart of Darkness (1993) (TV).

1994 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: In the Line of Fire (1993).

1986 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV).

Independent Spirit Awards

2008 Won Independent Spirit Award Best Feature
for: Juno (2007).

1992 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Supporting Male for: Queens Logic (1991).

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

1985 Won KCFCC Award Best Supporting Actor
for: Places in the Heart (1984).

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

2009 Won Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Supporting Actor
for: Being John Malkovich (1999).

Locarno International Film Festival

2005 Won Excellence Award

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1999 2nd place LAFCA Award Best Supporting Actor
for: Being John Malkovich (1999).

1984 2nd place LAFCA Award Best Supporting Actor
for: Places in the Heart (1984) and The Killing Fields (1984).

MTV Movie Awards

1994 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Villain for: In the Line of Fire (1993).

Moscow International Film Festival

2011 Won Special Prize For an outstanding contribution to the world cinema.

National Board of Review, USA

1984 Won NBR Award Best Supporting Actor for: Places in the Heart (1984).

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

1985 Won NSFC Award Best Supporting Actor for: Places in the Heart (1984) and The Killing Fields (1984).

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1999 Won NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for: Being John Malkovich (1999).

1993 3rd place NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actor
for: In the Line of Fire (1993).

1984 2nd place NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actor
for: Places in the Heart (1984).

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2000 Nominated OFCS Award Best Supporting Actor
for: Being John Malkovich (1999).

Primetime Emmy Awards

2003 Nominated Primetime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for: "Napoléon" (2002).

2000 Nominated Primetime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for: RKO 281 (1999) (TV).

1986 Won Primetime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for: Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV).

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2009 Nominated SDFCS Award Best Supporting Actor
for: The Great Buck Howard (2008).

San Sebastián International Film Festival

1998 Won Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

Sant Jordi Awards

1990 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) for: Dangerous Liaisons (1988), The Glass Menagerie (1987) and Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV).

Satellite Awards

2010 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for: Red (2010).

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2000 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture for: Being John Malkovich (1999).

1995 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for: Heart of Darkness (1993) (TV).

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2000 2nd place SEFCA Award Best Supporting Actor
for: Being John Malkovich (1999).

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I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend.


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He designs and sells clothes via his web site, UncleKimono.com.

In 1976, he quit college to work at Chicago's Steppenwold Theater before heading for New York and Broadway.

Turned down the role of Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas.

Is of Croatian heritage.

Parents ran and owned local newspaper in Benton, Illinois, his hometown

Salary

In the Line of Fire (1993) $1,000,000

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