John Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, United States, on December 9, 1953, is an American actor. Young John Malkovich first started performing in school theater productions. He began his professional acting career on stage as a member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre in 1976. He landed his Broadway debut in a play "Death of a Salesman" (1984) in role as Biff, at Broadhurst Theatre. He made his big screen debut in comedy film A Wedding (1978) in uncredited role as extra. He got his television debut in thriller drama film Word of Honor (1981) in role as Gary. John breakthrough performance came as Mr. Will in drama film Places in the Heart (1984).
John Malkovich height is 6' 0" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 183 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, his weight is 172 іn pоunds or 78 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. He is 71 years old. His shoe size is 11 US.
Birth Date:
December 9, 1953
Age:
71 years old
Nationality:
United States
Sun Sign:
Sagittarius
Natural hair color:
Gray
Eye Color:
Hazel
Net Worth:
$50 Million
Height:
6 ft 0 in | 183 cm
Weight:
78 kg | 172 lbs
Shoe Size:
11 US | 44 EU
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his role as Mitch Leary in political thriller film In the Line of Fire (1993).
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Mr. Will in drama film Places in the Heart (1984).
He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for his performance as Biff Loman in drama film Death of a Salesman (1985).
He won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Al Rockoff in biographical drama film The Killing Fields (1984).
He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for his role as Kurtz in drama film Heart of Darkness (1993).
He was nominated for the OFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries for his role as in historical drama film RKO 281 (1999).
He played Marvin Boggs in action comedy films:
Red (2010), for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Red 2 (2013)
He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role as Herman J. Mankiewicz in historical drama film RKO 281 (1999).
He was nominated for the David di Donatello Award Best Foreign Actor for his role as Vicomte de Valmont in romantic drama movie Dangerous Liaisons (1988).
He won the American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as John Horatio Malkovich in fantasy comedy drama movie Being John Malkovich (1999).
Empire of the Sun (1987) - Basie
Rounders (1998) - Teddy KGB
Con Air (1997) - Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - F. W. Murnau
Burn After Reading (2008) - Osborne Cox
Of Mice and Men (1992) - Lennie Small
Changeling (2008) - Reverend Briegleb
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) - Athos
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) - Charles VII
The Sheltering Sky (1990) - Port Moresby
Deepwater Horizon (2016) - Donald Vidrine
Jonah Hex (2010) - Quentin Turnbull
Mile 22 (2018) - James Bishop
Bird Box (2018) - Douglas
Valley of the Gods (2019) - Wes Tauros
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) - Judge Edward Cowart
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) - Piers
Ava (2020) - Duke
Savage Salvation (2022) - Peter
He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role as Charles Talleyrand in historical miniseries Napoléon (2002).
He hosted Saturday Night Live (1989-2008) in 3 episodes.
Crossbones (2014) NBC - Blackbeard
Billions (2018-2019) Showtime - Grigor Andolov
The ABC Murders (2018) BBC One - Hercule Poirot
The New Pope (2020) - Pope John Paul III
Space Force (2020–2022) Netflix - Dr. Adrian Mallory
Attended Logan Grade School, Webster Junior High School and Benton Consolidated High School.
Studied at Eastern Illinois University and Illinois State University.
Has one older brother, Danny and three younger sisters: Amanda, Rebecca and Melissa.
Has Croatian, French-Canadian, English, German and Scottish ancestry.
He won the Obie Award, Performance for his role as Lee in a play "True West" (1980) at Cherry Lane Theatre.
He created his own fashion company Mrs. Mudd in 2002.
Good friend with Gérard Depardieu.
Featured in music videos for:
Annie Lennox "Walking on Broken Glass" (1992)
Eminem "Phenomenal" (2015)
CL "Spicy" (2021)
He voiced Oz in video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2015).
Lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
He was married to actress Glenne Headly (1982-1988).
He dated Michelle Pfeiffer (1988).
He married Nicoletta Peyran in 1989, they have a daughter, Amandine Malkovich and a son, Loewy Malkovich.