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{{short description|American actor (born 1953)}} | |||
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| name = John Malkovich | ||
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| image = John Malkovich, Berlinale 2023.jpg | ||
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| birth_name = John Gavin Malkovich | |||
| caption = Malkovich in 2023 | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|12|9|}} | |||
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| birth_place = ], Illinois, US | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|12|9}} | |||
| occupation = Actor/producer | |||
| birth_place = ], U.S. | |||
| years_active = 1984–present | |||
| alma_mater = ] | |||
| spouse = ] (1982–88) <br /> Nicoletta Peyran (1989–present) | |||
| occupation = Actor | |||
| works = ] | |||
| years_active = 1976–present | |||
| spouse = {{marriage|]|1982|1988|end=divorced}} | |||
| partner = Nicoletta Peyran (1989–present) | |||
| children = 2 | |||
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'''John Gavin Malkovich''' (born December 9, 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/John-Malkovich |department=Entertainment & Pop Culture > Actors |title=John Malkovich: Facts & Related Content |website=]}}</ref> is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a ], in addition to nominations for two ], a ], two ], and three ]. | |||
'''John Gavin Malkovich''' (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor, producer, director and fashion designer with his label ''Technobohemian''. Over the last 25 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in '']'' and '']'', he received ] nominations. He has also appeared in critically acclaimed films such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. He will produce the film version of the book '']''. | |||
Malkovich started his career as a charter member of the ] in Chicago in 1976.<ref name="Wood"/> He moved to New York City, acting in a Steppenwolf production of the ] play '']'' (1980). He made his ] debut as Biff in the revival of the ] play '']'' (1984). He directed the ] play '']'' (1986), and acted in ]'s '']'' (1987). | |||
==Early life== | |||
Malkovich was born in ], Illinois. His paternal grandparents were ], natives of ] in ], Croatia.<ref name="brijuni">{{cite web|url=http://www.nacional.hr/en/clanak/18378/croatia-to-hand-over-serbian-villas-to-phantom-czech-agency|title=Croatia to hand over Serbian villas to phantom Czech agency|work=nacional.hr}}</ref><ref name="timesonline">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/article840929.ece|title=Timesonline|work=Follow that star|accessdate = May 20, 2010 | location=London | date=January 3, 2004}}</ref><ref name="crh">{{cite web|url=http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/art.html#malkov|title=Croatian Art|work=Croatianhistory.net|date=September 2, 1995| accessdate = December 22, 2008}}</ref><ref name="nic">{{cite web|last = Kralev| first = Nicholas| url=http://www.nicholaskralev.com/FT-malkovich.html |title=Seeing John Malkovich|work=Nicholaskralve.com|date=June 15, 2002|publisher =]|format = reprint| accessdate =December 22, 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061004190850/http://www.nicholaskralev.com/FT-malkovich.html |archivedate = October 4, 2006}}</ref> His mother was of ] and ] ancestry.<ref name="nic1">{{cite web|first =Galina |last =Stolyarova| url=http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/03/31/102.html |title=Prisoners of War|work=]|date=March 31, 2006| accessdate =December 22, 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061007004639/http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/03/31/102.html |archivedate = October 7, 2006}}</ref> He grew up in ], Illinois, in a large house on South Main Street. His father, Daniel Leon Malkovich, was a state ] director and publisher of ''Outdoor Illinois'', a conservation magazine. His mother, Joe Anne (née Choisser), owned the ''Benton Evening News'' (a local newspaper in Benton, Il.), as well as ''Outdoor Illinois''.<ref name="Wood">{{cite news|last = Wood| first = Gaby| url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,560488,00.html|title=A multitude of Malkovich|work=]|date=September 30, 2001| accessdate = December 22, 2008 | location=London}}</ref><ref name="bentonref">{{cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=JOE ANNE MALKOVICH|pages=|publisher=Benton Evening News|date=2009-03-24|url=http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/obituaries/x1331540951/JOE-ANNE-MALKOVICH|accessdate=2010-03-22}}</ref><ref>http://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/obituaries/x1467315465/Daniel-Ewing-Malkovich-59</ref> Malkovich attended Logan Grade School, Webster Junior High, and ], in ], Illinois. During his high school years, he appeared in various plays and the musical, '']''. He was also a member of a folk/rock musical trio, and was a member of a local summer theater/comedy project in ] in 1972, where he co-starred in Jean-Claude Van Itallie's ''America Hurrah''. Upon graduation from high school, he entered ], and then transferred to ], where he majored in theatre.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518/bio</ref> | |||
Malkovich has received two ] nominations for his performances in '']'' (1984) and '']'' (1993). Other films include '']'' (1984), '']'' (1987), '']'' (1988), '']'' (1992), '']'' (1997), '']'' (1998), '']'' (1999), '']'' (2000), '']'' (2002), '']'' (2003), '']'' (2008), and '']'' (2010). He has also produced films such as '']'' (2001), '']'' (2007), and '']'' (2012). | |||
For his work on television he received the ] for '']'' (1985). His other Emmy-nominated roles were for portraying ] in '']'' (1999) and ] in '']'' (2002). Other television roles include in '']'' (2014), '']'' (2018–19), '']'' (2020), and '']'' (2020–2022). | |||
==Early life and education== | |||
Malkovich was born in ], on December 9, 1953. He grew up in ]. His father, Daniel Leon Malkovich, was a state ] director, who published the conservation magazine ''Outdoor Illinois''. His mother, Joe Anne (née Choisser), owned the '']'' daily newspaper and ''Outdoor Illinois''.<ref name="Wood">{{cite news|last=Wood|first=Gaby|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,560488,00.html|title=A multitude of Malkovich|work=]|date=September 30, 2001|access-date=December 22, 2008|location=London, UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012132014/http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,560488,00.html|archive-date=October 12, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bentonref">{{cite news|title=Joe-Anne Malkovich obituary|work=Benton Evening News|date=March 24, 2009|url=http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/obituaries/x1331540951/JOE-ANNE-MALKOVICH|access-date=March 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707224218/http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/obituaries/x1331540951/JOE-ANNE-MALKOVICH|archive-date=July 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/obituaries/x1467315465/Daniel-Ewing-Malkovich-59|title=Daniel Ewing Malkovich, 59|work=]|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427232805/http://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/obituaries/x1467315465/Daniel-Ewing-Malkovich-59|archive-date=April 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He grew up with an older brother, Danny, and three younger sisters, Amanda, Rebecca, and Melissa. In a May 2020 interview, he revealed that Melissa is his only surviving sibling.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/21/john-malkovich-i-had-a-lot-of-violence-growing-up-but-so-what |title=John Malkovich: 'I had a lot of violence growing up, but so what?' |website=] |date=May 21, 2020 |access-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524181038/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/21/john-malkovich-i-had-a-lot-of-violence-growing-up-but-so-what |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailyregister.com/article/20110218/news/302189949 |title=Longtime newspaperman Danny Malkovich dies Friday |date=February 18, 2011 |access-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618042916/http://www.dailyregister.com/article/20110218/news/302189949 |archive-date=June 18, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-malkovich/bio/158118|title=John Malkovich biography|work=]|access-date=August 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713085128/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-malkovich/bio/158118|archive-date=July 13, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> His paternal grandparents were Croatian immigrants from the vicinity of ];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/25/1050777404749.html|title=Being John Malkovich|date=April 26, 2003|work=The Age|quote=I think we were like that because we are Croats (on his father's side).|access-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016104615/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/25/1050777404749.html|archive-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lam">{{cite news|last=Lam|first=Sophie|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/john-malkovich-my-life-in-travel-10122120.html|title=John Malkovich: My life in travel|date=March 20, 2015|work=The Independent|access-date=November 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329025147/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/john-malkovich-my-life-in-travel-10122120.html|quote=My grandparents were Croatian. I have been there several times and I like it, but I don't know it well, only Zagreb. |archive-date=March 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="crh">{{cite web|url=http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/art.html#malkov|title=Croatian Art|work=Croatianhistory.net|date=September 2, 1995|access-date=December 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218020821/http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/art.html#malkov|archive-date=December 18, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nic">{{cite web|url=http://nicholaskralev.com/2010/02/27/seeing-john-malkovich|title=Seeing John Malkovich|last=Kralev|first=Nicholas|date=June 15, 2002|work=NicholasKralev.com|format=reprint|access-date=December 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823071138/http://nicholaskralev.com/2010/02/27/seeing-john-malkovich/|quote= Even though of Croatian and Scottish descent, Malkovich had a relatively typical Midwestern upbringing in the small Illinois town of Benton, some 300 miles south of Chicago. |archive-date=August 23, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> his other ancestry includes English, Scottish, French, and German descent. Malkovich attended Logan Grade School, Webster Junior High School, and ]. During his high-school years, he appeared in various plays and the musical '']''. He was also active in a folk gospel group, with whom he sang at churches and community events. As a member of a local ] project, he co-starred in ]'s '']'' in 1972. | |||
After graduating from high school in 1972, Malkovich enrolled at ]. He then transferred to ], where he majored in theater, but dropped out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2006/07/illinois_hall_o_12.html|title=Illinois Hall of Fame: John Malkovich|website=Illinois Review}}</ref> He studied acting at the ].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2001-09-19|title=Where Did They Study?|url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/study-3-37556/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704162951/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/study-3-37556/|archive-date=July 4, 2020|access-date=2020-07-07|website=]}}</ref> | |||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
In 1976, Malkovich, along with ], ], and ], became a charter member of the ] in |
In 1976, Malkovich, along with ], ], and ], became a charter member of the ] in Chicago.<ref name="Wood"/> He moved to New York City in 1980 to appear in a Steppenwolf production of the ] play '']'' directed by Sinise, for which he won an ].<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019625/bio|title=John Malkovich biography|work=]|access-date=December 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113141738/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019625/bio|archive-date=January 13, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> One of his first film roles was as an extra alongside Allen, ], ], and ] in ]'s film '']'' (1978). In early 1982, he appeared in '']'' with Chicago's Wisdom Bridge Theatre. Malkovich then directed a Steppenwolf co-production, the 1984 revival of ]'s '']'', for which he received a second Obie Award and a ].<ref name="yahoo"/> Other Steppenwolf productions in which Malkovich has appeared include: '']'' by ], directed by H. E. Baccus (1979); '']'' by ], directed by ] (1987); and ''The Libertine'' by ], directed by Terry Johnson (1996).<ref name="guardian2019"/> He made his feature-film debut as ]'s blind boarder Mr. Will in '']'' (1984). For his portrayal of Mr. Will, Malkovich received his first Academy Award nomination for ]. He also portrayed ] in ]'s epic film '']'' (1984). | ||
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One of the actor's first forays into film was as an extra alongside Allen, ], ], and ] in ]'s 1978 film '']''. He made his feature film debut in 1984, as ]'s blind boarder Mr. Will in '']''; for his portrayal of Mr. Will, Malkovich received his first ] nomination for ]. He also portrayed ] in '']''. He continued to have steady work in films such as '']'', directed by ], and the 1987 film adaptation of ]'s '']'', with ] and ]. A few years later, Malkovich became a star when he portrayed the sinister and sensual Valmont in the 1988 film '']''. He later reprised this role for the music video of "]" by ]. | |||
His ] debut that year was as Biff in '']'' alongside ] as Willy. Malkovich won an ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/john-malkovich|title=John Malkovich Emmy Nominated|publisher=]|access-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> for this role when the play was ] by ] in 1985. He continued to have steady work in films such as '']'', directed by ], and the film adaptation of ]'s '']'' (both 1987) directed by ] (who appeared in the film) and ]. He then starred in '']'' (also 1987), directed by ]. | |||
Malkovich starred in the 1992 ] of ]'s award-winning novella '']'' as Lennie alongside ] as George. In 1994, he was nominated for another Oscar, in the same category, for '']''. Though he played the title role in the ]-penned '']'', he played a slight variation of himself, as indicated by the character's middle name of "Horatio". Malkovich has ] in the movie '']''—also written by Kaufman—appearing as himself during the filming of ''Being John Malkovich''. '']'', Malkovich's directorial film debut, was released in 2002. Recent film roles include '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. | |||
Malkovich gained significant critical and popular acclaim when he portrayed the sinister and sensual Valmont in the film '']'' (1988), a film adaptation of the stage play ] by ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurochannel.com/en/The-Paradox-of-John-Malkovich-Pierre-Francois-Limbosch-France.html|title=The Paradox of John Malkovich|author=Eurochannel|work=Eurochannel: The European TV channel|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812213635/http://www.eurochannel.com/en/The-Paradox-of-John-Malkovich-Pierre-Francois-Limbosch-France.html|archive-date=August 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> who had adapted it from the 1782 ] of the same title by ]. He later reprised this role for the music video of "]" by ].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Og0EAAAAMBAJ&q=walking%20on%20broken%20glass%20hugh%20laurie%20john%20malkovich&pg=PA26|title=Billboard 7 December 2002|access-date=2 January 2022|date=7 December 2002}}</ref> He played Port Moresby in '']'' (1990), directed by ] and appeared in '']'' (1991), directed by ]. In 1990, he recited, in ], verses of the Croatian ] '']'' (''Our Beautiful Homeland'') in ]'s song "Can We Go Higher?"<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070530120558/http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/art.html#malkov |date=May 30, 2007 }}. Retrieved August 15, 2011.</ref> | |||
Malkovich has hosted three episodes of the ] sketch show '']''. The first occasion was in January 1989 with musical guest ]; the second in October 1993 with musical guest ] (and special appearance by former cast member ]); and the third was in December 2008 with musical guest ] with ] (and special appearances by ], ], and ]). | |||
Malkovich starred in the ] of ]'s novella '']'' as Lennie alongside Gary Sinise as George. He was nominated for another Oscar, again in the Best Supporting Actor category, for '']'' (1993). He was the narrator for the film '']'' (1993) and starred in '']'' (1998). Malkovich has hosted three episodes of the ] sketch show '']''. The first occasion was in January 1989 with musical guest ], the second in October 1993 with musical guest ] (and special appearance by former cast member ]), and the third in December 2008 with musical guest ] with ] (and special appearances by ], ] and ]). | |||
In keeping with his renaissance-man image, he also is a costume designer and has his own line of slightly odd men's clothing called Technobohemian.<ref>http://technobohemian.org/</ref> | |||
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In a 2008 interview on ''College Hour'', Malkovich revealed that he has been discussing making a motion picture adaptation of the ] novel ''The History of My Baldness''.<ref>{{cite episode | title = Episode dated January 24, 2009 | series = Filmfestival Journal, College Hour | airdate = 2009-01-24 | network = ]}}</ref> | |||
Malkovich was directed for the second time (after ''Dangerous Liaisons'') by ] in '']'' (1996), a new adaptation of the '']'' tale, co-starring ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/mary-reilly-star-defies-easy-expectations|title='Mary Reilly' star defies easy expectations | Interviews | Roger Ebert|website=www.rogerebert.com|date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113410/https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/mary-reilly-star-defies-easy-expectations|archive-date=September 1, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Malkovich also appeared in '']'' (1999), directed by ], playing the French king-to-be ]. Though he played the title role in the ]-penned '']'' (1999), he played a slight variation of himself, as indicated by the character's middle name of "Horatio". | |||
In November 2009, Malkovich appeared in an advertisement for ] with fellow actor ]. He portrayed ] in the film adaption of '']''.<ref></ref> Malkovich was due to play the role of ] in '']'', but the project was canceled in January 2010. | |||
Malkovich's directorial film debut, '']'', was released in 2002. That same year Malkovich made a ] in '']''. He played ]'s antihero ] in '']'' (also 2002), the second film adaptation of Highsmith's 1974 novel, the first being ]' 1977 film '']''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Anthony|last=Lane|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/02/16/the-creepiest|title=The Creepiest|magazine=]|location=New York City|date=February 16, 2004|access-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803195050/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/02/16/the-creepiest|archive-date=August 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Malkovich is known for his distinctive voice, which '']'' describes as "a reedy, faintly orgasmic drawl".<ref> | |||
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Malkovich's other film roles include '']'' (2005), '']'' (2006), '']''<!-- 2007 -->, '']'' (both 2007), '']'' (2008), '']''<!-- 2010 -->, '']'' (both 2010), '']'' (2011), and '']'' (2013).<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Malkovich|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=IMDb}}</ref> In 2000, Malkovich was approached to play ] in '']'' (2002), but he passed due to scheduling conflicts and ] was cast in the role.<ref>{{Cite web |last=KJB |date=2000-11-03 |title=It's Official: Malkovich Passes on Green Goblin |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/03/its-official-malkovich-passes-on-green-goblin |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=IGN}}</ref> In 2001, film director ] had also approached Malkovich to star in his never filmed 3-hour long epic of ]'s '']'', alongside ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Cimino Discovers 'Man's Fate' in Shanghai|url=https://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/michael-cimino-discovers-mans-fate-shanghai-1699|date=September 4, 2001|publisher=Home Media Magazine|access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref> In 2009, Malkovich was approached and then cast for the role of the ] villain ] in the unproduced '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=George |first=Joe |date=2022-05-02 |title=Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4 Would Have Cast Bruce Campbell as Fan-Favorite Villain |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/sam-raimi-bruce-campbell-mysterio-spider-man-4/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Den of Geek}}</ref> | |||
In 2011, Malkovich appears in the hit film '']''. | |||
Malkovich played the title role in the film '']'' (2008), a role inspired by mentalist the "]". ] co-starred and his father, ], appeared as his on-screen father. In November 2009, Malkovich appeared in an advertisement for ] with fellow actor ]. He portrayed ] in the film adaptation of '']'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web |last=Creepy |first=Uncle |date=June 10, 2010 |title=Dozens of Images from Jonah Hex |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37948/dozens-images-jonah-hex |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111074623/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37948/dozens-images-jonah-hex |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |access-date=March 9, 2012 |publisher=]}}</ref> Malkovich in 2014 was the voice actor of Dave the Octopus in '']''. | |||
John Malkovich is currently directing Julian Sands in 'A Celebration of Harold Pinter' in the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011. | |||
In 2008, Malkovich directed in French a theater production of ''{{ill|Good Canary|fr}}'' written by ], with Cristiana Realli and Vincent Elbaz in the leading roles, at the ] in ].<ref name="guardian2019" /> Malkovich won the ] for best director for it. He wrote and acted in ''The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer'',<ref name="guardian2019" /> directed by {{ill|Michael Sturminger|de}}, that toured many countries and venues between 2010 and 2013, including at the ] in Hamburg, Germany, in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 26, 2009 |title=THE INFERNAL COMEDY / 2009 |url=https://www.sturminger.com/works/the-infernal-comedy/#1497860874340-f0b97418-abcaa674-0440 |website=Michael Sturminger}}</ref> This was an ] production, about the life of the Austrian serial killer ].<ref name="guardian2019" /> In 2011, he directed ] in ''A Celebration of ]'' in the ], Edinburgh, for the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/malkovich-and-pinter-an-unlikely-alliance-2295509.html?origin=internalSearch|title=Malkovich and Pinter: an unlikely alliance|newspaper=The Independent|date=June 10, 2011|access-date=April 29, 2012|author=Brown, Jonathan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129025835/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/malkovich-and-pinter-an-unlikely-alliance-2295509.html?origin=internalSearch|archive-date=November 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/228722-julian-sands-in-a-celebration-of-harold-pinter|title=Julian Sands in a Celebration of Harold Pinter|magazine=]|date=August 2011|access-date=April 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415114750/http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/228722-julian-sands-in-a-celebration-of-harold-pinter/|archive-date=April 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, he directed a production of a newly adapted French-language version of ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' for the ] in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lesliaisonsdangereuses.fr|title=Les liaisons Dangereuses|publisher=Lesliaisonsdangereuses.fr|date=June 30, 2012|access-date=January 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201204856/http://lesliaisonsdangereuses.fr/|archive-date=February 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The production had a limited engagement in July 2013 at the ] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincolncenterfestival.org/current-season/les-liaisons-dangereuses|title=Lincoln Center Festival – Jewels|publisher=lincolncenterfestival.org|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206022040/http://www.lincolncenterfestival.org/current-season/les-liaisons-dangereuses|archive-date=February 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life and political views== | |||
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Malkovich was married to actress ] from 1982 to 1988. They divorced after Malkovich became involved with ], his co-star in ''Dangerous Liaisons''.<ref name="telegraph"/> He later met his long-term partner Nicoletta Peyran on the set of '']'' where she was the second assistant director, in 1989. They have two children; Amandine (born 1990) and Loewy (born 1992). | |||
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Malkovich is fluent in French, and for nearly 10 years lived and worked in a theater in southern France. He and his family left France in a dispute over taxes in 2003,<ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="barber">{{cite news|last =Barber |first = Lynn| url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,1816049,00.html|title=Life and taxes|work=]|date=September 7, 2006| accessdate = July 14, 2011 | location=London}}</ref> and since then he has lived in ], Massachusetts.<ref name="boston">{{cite news |last = Kahn| first =Joseph P. |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2005/09/12/seeking_john_malkovich/ | title=Seeking John Malkovich |date = September 12, 2005| accessdate=December 28, 2008| work=]}}</ref> In a 2008 interview on '']'', Malkovich said he had just spent five weeks that summer living in France. | |||
He returned to theatre, directing ''Good Canary'' in Spanish in Mexico, then in English at the Rose Theater in London in 2016. Ilan Goodman, Harry Lloyd, and Freya Mavor were in the cast. Malkovich won the Milton Schulman Award for the best director at the Evening Standard Theater Awards in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/sep/25/good-canary-review-john-malkovich-rose-kingston|title=Good Canary review – the real star is John Malkovich's direction|first=Susannah|last=Clapp|author-link=Susannah Clapp |newspaper=The Observer |date=September 25, 2016|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113406/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/sep/25/good-canary-review-john-malkovich-rose-kingston|archive-date=September 1, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rosetheatrekingston.org/news/john-malkovich-scoops-best-director-award-for-good-canary|title=Rose Theatre Kingston|website=www.rosetheatrekingston.org|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113345/https://www.rosetheatrekingston.org/news/john-malkovich-scoops-best-director-award-for-good-canary|archive-date=September 1, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He appeared in ''Just Call Me God'' in ] in March 2017.<ref name="guardian2019" /> Malkovich wrote and starred in a movie called '']'' (2016), directed by ]. The movie is locked in a vault in the south of France, not to be seen before 2115.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/05/06/john-malkovich-made-a-movie-youll-never-see-and-its-not-the-only-one/|title=John Malkovich made a movie you'll never see. And it's not the only one.|author=Stephanie Merry (Book World)|newspaper=]|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912133231/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/05/06/john-malkovich-made-a-movie-youll-never-see-and-its-not-the-only-one/|archive-date=September 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In April 2005, while speaking at Illinois State, Malkovich was awarded his bachelor's degree in theatre. When attending the university as a student in the 1970s, he failed to take his last remaining graduation requirement, a test on the ]; this requirement was waived for Malkovich.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}<!-- needs a *reliable* source --> | |||
In 2018, Malkovich appeared in ] of ]'s '']'' co-starring ] for BBC television, playing the role of fictional Belgian detective ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/abc-murders|title=BBC - All-star cast announced for new BBC One Agatha Christie thriller The ABC Murders - Media Centre|website=BBC|access-date=October 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112123655/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/abc-murders|archive-date=November 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Malkovich performed in London's ] at the ], starring in ]'s new play ''Bitter Wheat''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/john-malkovich-is-coming-to-west-end/|title=John Malkovich Is Coming To West End|publisher=Ikon London Magazine|first1=Tamara|last1=Orlova-Alvarez|first2=Joe|last2=Alvarez|date=January 30, 2019|access-date=January 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130220541/https://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/john-malkovich-is-coming-to-west-end/|archive-date=January 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He also starred as the title character in the ] drama series '']'' (2020).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hbo.com/the-new-pope|title=The New Pope - Official Website for the HBO Series|website=HBO|access-date=January 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114125921/https://www.hbo.com/the-new-pope|archive-date=January 14, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 26, 2019, it was announced that Malkovich had been cast as Dr. Adrian Mallory in the Netflix comedy series '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/john-malkovich-ben-schwartz-join-steve-carell-netflixs-space-force-1243752|title=John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz Join Steve Carell in Netflix's 'Space Force'|last=Porter|first=Rick|work=]|date=September 26, 2019|access-date=September 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601225236/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/john-malkovich-ben-schwartz-join-steve-carell-netflixs-space-force-1243752|archive-date=June 1, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Malkovich lost millions<ref>{{cite news|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8601690.stm|title = Actor John Malkovich complains over Madoff fraud award|publisher = BBC News|date = 2010-04-03|accessdate=2010-04-25}}</ref> to ] when it collapsed in 2008.<ref>{{cite news | first=Thomas | last=Zambito | coauthors= Larry McShane |authorlink= | title=Sandy Koufax, John Malkovich among Bernie Madoff victims as court filings are released | date=February 5, 2009 | publisher= | url =http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/02/04/2009-02-04_sandy_koufax_john_malkovich_among_bernie.html | work =New York Daily News | pages = | accessdate = 2009-07-23 | language = }}</ref> | |||
Malkovich has collaborated with Lithuanian actress ] on many productions; by April 2023, there had been nine, and he has called her his "oldest, closest, colleague".<ref name="err">{{cite interview |last=Malkovich |first=John |title=John Malkovich in Estonia: I was raised to be curious about the world |url=https://news.err.ee/1608953273/john-malkovich-in-estonia-i-was-raised-to-be-curious-about-the-world |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=ERR |date=22 April 2023}}</ref> In 1992<ref name="herald1995">{{cite web |date=17 August 1995 |title=A Russian baptism of fire |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12091577.a-russian-baptism-of-fire/ |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=The Herald}}</ref> they both appeared in the Steppenwolf production of ''A Slip of the Tongue'',<ref name="err" /> which later played in ] in London, directed by Simon Stokes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wolf |first=Matt |date=12 May 1992 |title=Malkovich is himself, but London 'Slip of the Tongue' lacks identity |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-05-12-9202120047-story.html |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref><ref name="guardian2019">{{cite web |date=2 April 2019 |title=John Malkovich on stage, from Steppenwolf to the West End – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/gallery/2019/apr/02/john-malkovich-on-stage-from-steppenwolf-to-the-west-end-in-pictures |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=the Guardian}}</ref> She also appeared in ''Libra'', a play directed and adapted by Malkovich about ],<ref name="herald1995" /> and, in January 2011, she appeared with him in ''The Giacomo Variations'' at the ], as part of the ].<ref name="slic2011">{{cite web |last=Haselböck |first=Martin |date=9 January 2011 |title=News |url=https://www.slic.org.au/News/news_090111.htm |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=slic.org.au}}</ref><ref name="guardian2019" /> In April 2023, Dapkūnaitė acted alongside Malkovich in '']'' in ], Estonia.<ref name="err" /> | |||
Malkovich stated in a 2011 interview that "I’m not a political person actually, and I don’t have an ideology." He also said that he hadn't voted since ] lost his presidental run in 1972.<ref>{{cite video|title=John Malkovich: 'I've read more books on the Middle East than any British journalist'|time=5:40|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/video/2011/jun/17/john-malkovich-middle-east-barbican|publisher='']''|date=June 17, 2011|accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref> According to actor ], who worked with Malkovich in ]'s '']'', Malkovich is "so right-wing you have to wonder if he's kidding."<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |title=Right for the part |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3592043/Right-for-the-part.html |work=]|date=2003-05-31 |accessdate=2008-12-28 | location=London}}</ref> | |||
== Filmography == | |||
In a 2002 appearance at the ], when asked whom he would most like to "fight to the death", Malkovich replied that he would "rather just shoot" journalist ] and British ] ].<ref name="outburst">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1967317.stm|title=MP stunned at actor's outburst|work=]|date=May 4, 2002 | accessdate = December 28, 2008}}</ref> Fisk reacted with outrage.<ref>{{cite web|last = Fisk| first =Robert| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-why-does-john-malkovich-want-to-kill-me-605849.html|title=Why Does Malkovich Want to Kill Me?|work=]|date=May 14, 2002| accessdate = July 14, 2011}}</ref> | |||
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==Fashion design== | |||
Malkovich created his own fashion company, Mrs. Mudd, in 2002.<ref name=BI>{{cite news |title=John Malkovich dreams about fabric |work=] |issue=1604 |date=26 February 2024 |pages=32-33|author=Steven MacKenzie}}</ref> The company released its John Malkovich menswear collection, "Uncle Kimono", in 2003,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/john-malkovich-trunk-show|title=John Malkovich Trunk Show at The Royal Court Theatre|publisher=]|date=April 30, 2005|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126143351/http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/john-malkovich-trunk-show|archive-date=November 26, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> which was subsequently covered in the international press,<ref>{{cite web|title=John Malkovich and Flipping Uncle Kimono|url=http://capitalpartners.filmannex.com/malkovich-partnership|publisher=International Press Clippings|access-date=January 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125224101/http://capitalpartners.filmannex.com/malkovich-partnership|archive-date=January 25, 2013}}</ref> and its second clothing line, "Technobohemian", in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=2011-06-28 |title=John Malkovich Launches New Clothing Line |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/john-malkovich-launches-new-clothing-206280/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> Malkovich designed the outfits himself.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/john_malkovich_the_invisible_man|title=John Malkovich: The Invisible Man|magazine=]|date=March 17, 2010|access-date=March 9, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106180425/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/john_malkovich_the_invisible_man|archive-date=January 6, 2012}}</ref> In an interview with '']'' in 2024, Malkovich said that he "stopped doing fashion about six, seven years ago" but still enjoys seeing collections by "the great fabric designers".<ref name=BI /> | |||
==Frequent collaborators== | |||
==Filmography== | |||
Malkovich was directed many times by Chilean director ] — '']'' (''Time Regained'', 1999), ''Les Ames Fortes'' (''Savage Souls'', 2001), '']'' (2006)<ref>Film review in ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820214947/https://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2006/04/25/klimt-fantasmagorie-en-spirale-autour-d-un-exile-du-reel_765200_3476.html|date=August 20, 2018}}</ref> and '']'' (2012). | |||
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In 2008, directed by Austrian director Michael Sturminger, he portrayed the story of ] in a performance for one actor, two sopranos, and period orchestra entitled ''Seduction and Despair'', which premiered at Barnum Hall in ].<ref name="urlLos Angeles Stage - Seduction and Despair: Hearing John Malkovich - page 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/2008-05-01/stage/hearing-john-malkovich|title=Los Angeles Stage – Seduction and Despair: Hearing John Malkovich – page 1|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027212600/http://www.laweekly.com/2008-05-01/stage/hearing-john-malkovich/|archive-date=October 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> A fully staged version of the production, entitled ''The Infernal Comedy'' premiered in ] in July 2009. The show has since been performed in 2009 through 2012 throughout Europe, North America and South America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theinfernalcomedy.org/jart/prj3/wak/projekt.jart?rel=en&content-id=1266692789095&reserve-mode=active|title=Infernal Comedy Official Web Page|access-date=May 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116054507/http://www.theinfernalcomedy.org/jart/prj3/wak/projekt.jart?rel=en&content-id=1266692789095&reserve-mode=active|archive-date=November 16, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
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Malkovich was also directed by Sturminger in ''Casanova's Variations'' and its ] in 2014 (co-starring ]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/films/casanova-variations,493987.php|title=Casanova variations de Michael Sturminger - (2014) - Drame|date=April 8, 2017|via=www.telerama.fr|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821000502/https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/films/casanova-variations,493987.php|archive-date=August 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> For their third collaboration, in 2017, Michael Stürminger directed Malkovich in ''Just Call me God – the final speech'', in which he played a ] dictator called Satur Dinam Cha, who is about to be overthrown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indie-cinema.com/2017/03/just-call-me-god-review/|title=Just Call Me God: A dictator's final speech Review|date=March 14, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113324/http://indie-cinema.com/2017/03/just-call-me-god-review/|archive-date=September 1, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
He frequently worked with ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Malkovich on 'closest friend' Julian Sands' disappearance: 'It's a great loss' |url=https://ew.com/celebrity/john-malkovich-reflects-julian-sands-disappearance-great-loss/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=EW.com}}</ref> | |||
==In the media== | |||
In 2014, the photographer ] recreated 35 iconic portraits of John Malkovich as the subject, in a project called ''Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographer Master''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mymodernmet.com/sandro-miller-malkovich-malkovich-malkovich/|title=Photographer Recreates Iconic Portraits Using John Malkovich as His Model|date=September 23, 2014|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113146/https://mymodernmet.com/sandro-miller-malkovich-malkovich-malkovich/|archive-date=September 1, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Malkovich starred in his first video-game role in '']'' in the "Exo Zombies" mode.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2014/12/19/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-exo-zombies-trailer-john-malkovich/|title=Fight zombies in 'Call of Duty' with John Malkovich (yes, really)|first=Jonathon|last=Dornbush|date=December 19, 2014|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> In 1992, he appeared in period costume along with ] in the ] for "]" by ]. In 2015, he appeared in the music video for ]'s single "]". In 2017, he appeared in some humorous ] portraying himself attempting to gain control of the johnmalkovich.com domain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D5eSGZhqqI|title=John Malkovich – Squarespace Super Bowl 2017 Commercial|last=Tonys World|date=February 6, 2017|via=YouTube|access-date=March 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406185343/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D5eSGZhqqI|archive-date=April 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | |||
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Malkovich married actress ] in 1982. In 1988, the couple divorced following his affair with ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Akbar|first=Arifa|title=John Malkovich: 'I don't need to be liked'|date=January 8, 2012|newspaper=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/john-malkovich-i-dont-need-to-be-liked-2176821.html|access-date=May 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507002705/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/john-malkovich-i-dont-need-to-be-liked-2176821.html|archive-date=May 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Barber|first=Lynn|title=Life and taxes|date=July 9, 2006|newspaper=]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jul/09/features.review|access-date=May 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712074856/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jul/09/features.review|archive-date=July 12, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He began dating Nicoletta Peyran in 1989 after meeting her on the set of '']'', on which she was the second assistant director. The couple has two children, Amandine and Loewy.<ref name="GuardianMultitude" /> | |||
Malkovich has a distinctive ], which '']'' has described as "wafting, whispery, and reedy".<ref name="GuardianMultitude">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/30/features.review |title=A multitude of Malkovich |last=Wood |first=Gaby |date=September 30, 2001 |access-date=April 25, 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London, UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930145135/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/30/features.review |archive-date=September 30, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> He does not consider himself a ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Chicago Has A Place in John Malkovich's Heart|date=September 30, 1984|newspaper=]|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/chicago-has-a-place-in-john-malkovichs-heart|access-date=July 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722015152/http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/chicago-has-a-place-in-john-malkovichs-heart|archive-date=July 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Malkovich is fluent in French, having lived and worked in theater in southern France for nearly 10 years. He and his family left France in a dispute over taxes in 2003<ref name="barber">{{cite news|last=Barber|first=Lynn|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,1816049,00.html|title=Life and taxes|work=]|date=September 7, 2006|access-date=July 14, 2011|location=London, UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119003319/http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,1816049,00.html|archive-date=January 19, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> and have since lived in ].<ref name="boston">{{cite news|last=Kahn|first=Joseph P.|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2005/09/12/seeking_john_malkovich|title=Seeking John Malkovich|date=September 12, 2005|access-date=December 28, 2008|work=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204085020/http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2005/09/12/seeking_john_malkovich/|archive-date=December 4, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Malkovich is the co-owner of the restaurant Bica do Sapato and Lux nightclub in ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/travel/72789/aficionado-john-malkovich.html|title=Aficionado: John Malkovich|first=Damon|last=Syson|date=June 8, 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318011400/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/travel/72789/aficionado-john-malkovich.html|archive-date=March 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He lost millions of dollars in the ] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8601690.stm|title=Actor John Malkovich complains over Madoff fraud award|work=BBC News|date=April 3, 2010|access-date=April 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406164541/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8601690.stm|archive-date=April 6, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Thomas|last=Zambito|author2=Larry McShane|title=Sandy Koufax, John Malkovich among Bernie Madoff victims as court filings are released|date=February 5, 2009|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/02/04/2009-02-04_sandy_koufax_john_malkovich_among_bernie.html|work=Daily News|location=New York|access-date=July 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805121539/http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/02/04/2009-02-04_sandy_koufax_john_malkovich_among_bernie.html|archive-date=August 5, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1990s, Malkovich and Peyran bought a farm near ],<ref name="Lam" /> which the couple later turned into a wine label named Les Quelles de la Coste; they started planting ] there in 2008<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sheppard |first=Julie |title=Tasting Les Quelles de la Coste |url=https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews-tastings/tasting-les-quelles-de-la-coste-john-malkovich-wine-426079/ |access-date=24 June 2024 |magazine=] |date=October 12, 2019}}</ref> and produced their first ] in 2011.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Camuto |first=Robert |title=Making John Malkovich Wine |url=https://www.winespectator.com/articles/john-malkovich-surprising-cast-of-wines-in-provence |access-date=24 June 2024 |magazine=] |date=November 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Van Der Auwera |first=Frank |title=Le pari viticole réussi de John Malkovich dans le Luberon |url=https://www.lecho.be/sabato/vin/le-pari-viticole-reussi-de-john-malkovich-dans-le-luberon/10256113.html |access-date=June 24, 2024 |newspaper=] |date=October 6, 2020 |language=fr}}</ref> He has raised funds for the ], his sole charity.<ref name=Steppenwolf>{{cite news|last=Lyon|first=Jeff|title=Malkovich Comes To Town For His One And Only Charity: Steppenwolf|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/09/08/malkovich-comes-to-town-for-his-one-and-only-charity-steppenwolf/|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=August 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516060851/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-09-08/features/9609080209_1_john-malkovich-steppenwolf-con-air|archive-date=May 16, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Malkovich stated in a 2011 interview that he is not a "political person" and that he does not have "an ideology", revealing that he had not voted since ] lost ] in ].<ref>{{cite video|title=John Malkovich: 'I've read more books on the Middle East than any British journalist'|time=5:40|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2011/jun/17/john-malkovich-middle-east-barbican|work=]|date=June 17, 2011|access-date=July 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930112550/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2011/jun/17/john-malkovich-middle-east-barbican|archive-date=September 30, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> At the ] in 2002, when asked whom he would most like to fight to the death, Malkovich replied that he would "rather just shoot" journalist ] and politician ], stating that Galloway was not honest. Journalists speculated that the comment was related to ] and the ].<ref name="outburst">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1967317.stm|title=MP stunned at actor's outburst|publisher=]|date=May 4, 2002|access-date=December 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011211119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1967317.stm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/may/07/students.news|title=Malkovich: 'I'd rather shoot George Galloway'|work=The Guardian|date=May 7, 2002|access-date=September 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909132217/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/may/07/students.news|archive-date=September 9, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
When asked in an interview with the '']'' in 2008 whether having spiritual beliefs was necessary to portray a spiritual character, he said, "No, I'd say not... I'm an ]. I wouldn't say I'm without spiritual belief particularly, or rather, specifically. Maybe I'm ], but I'm not quite sure there's some great creator somehow controlling everything and giving us free will. I don't know; it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me."<ref>{{cite news|last=Howell|first=Peter|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/FilmFest/article/497033|title=A Kinder, Gentler Malkovich|work=]|date=September 11, 2008|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725042140/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/filmfest/article/497033|archive-date=July 25, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
On June 6, 2013, Malkovich was walking in ] when a 77-year-old man named Jim Walpole tripped and accidentally cut his throat on a piece of scaffolding. Malkovich applied pressure to Walpole's neck to reduce bleeding before Walpole was rushed to a hospital, where he received stitches and later credited Malkovich with saving his life.<ref name="old1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/10/john-malkovich-saves-life|title=John Malkovich 'saves the life' of pensioner after fall|last=Barnes|first=Henry|date=June 10, 2013|work=]|access-date=July 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310084458/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/10/john-malkovich-saves-life|archive-date=March 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="old2">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/john-malkovich-saves-man-falls-slits-throat-article-1.1368223|title=John Malkovich saves 77-year-old Jim Walpole after he falls, slits throat|last=Rivera|first=Zayda|date=June 10, 2013|work=]|location=New York|access-date=July 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615065949/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/john-malkovich-saves-man-falls-slits-throat-article-1.1368223|archive-date=June 15, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Awards and nominations== | |||
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! Year | ! Year | ||
! Association | |||
! Film | |||
! Category | |||
! Role | |||
! |
! Project | ||
! Result | |||
! class=unsortable| Ref. | |||
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| rowspan="5" |1984 | ||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| rowspan="5"|'']'' | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ] | |||
|rowspan="3"| 1984 || '']'' || Mr. Will || ] <small>(Also for '']'')</small><br>]<br>] <small>(Also for '']'')</small><br>]<br>Nominated — ] | |||
| ] | |||
|{{won}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award | |||
| '']'' || ] || ] <small>(Also for '']'')</small><br>] <small>(Also for '']'')</small> | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | |||
|{{won}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ] | |||
| '']'' || Lee || | |||
|] | |||
|{{won}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ] | |||
|rowspan="2"| 1985 || '']'' || Biff Loman || (Made for Television)<br>]<br>] <small>(Also for '']'' and '']'')</small><br>Nominated — ] | |||
|] | |||
|{{won}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1984 | |||
| '']'' || Nick Gage || | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| rowspan="2"|'']'' | |||
|{{won}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ] | |||
| 1986 || '']'' || Ben Stark || (Made for Television) | |||
| ] | |||
|{{won}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" |1985 | |||
|rowspan="4"| 1987 || '']'' || Tom Wingfield||] <small>(Also for '']'' and '']'')</small> | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| rowspan="2"|'']'' | |||
|{{won}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ] | |||
| '']'' || Dr. Jeff Peters/Ulysses || | |||
| ] | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1991 | |||
| '']'' || Basie || | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| '']'' | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="5" |1993 | |||
| ''Santabear's High Flying Adventure'' || Santa Claus (voice) || (Made for Television) His wife ] voiced Mrs. Santa Claus. | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| rowspan="5"|'']'' | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ] | |||
|rowspan="2"| 1988 || '']'' || Barry Maxwell || | |||
| ] | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ] | |||
| '']'' || Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont || ] <small>(Also for '']'' and '']'')</small> | |||
| ] | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ] | |||
| 1990 || '']'' || Port Moresby || | |||
| ] | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ] | |||
|rowspan="3"| 1991 || ''Old Times'' || Deeley || (Made for Television) | |||
| ] | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
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| rowspan="2" | 1994 | |||
|'']'' || Jake || | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| rowspan="2"|'']'' | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
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| ] | |||
|'']'' || Elliot || Nominated — ] | |||
| ] | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
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|- | |- | ||
|rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |1999 | ||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| rowspan="3"|'']'' | |||
|{{won}} | |||
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| ] | |||
| '']'' || Lennie Small || | |||
| ] | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ] | |||
| '']'' || Agent St. Anne || ] <small>(For the acting performance)</small> | |||
| ] | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
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|1999 | |||
|rowspan="2"| 1993 || '']'' || Mitch Leary || Nominated — ]<br />Nominated — ]<br>Nominated — ]<br>Nominated — ]<br>Nominated — ] | |||
| rowspan=2| ] | |||
| rowspan="2" | ] | |||
| '']'' | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
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|2002 | |||
| '']'' || Older ]|| Uncredited | |||
| '']'' | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
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| 2008 | |||
| 1994 || ''Heart of Darkness'' || ] || (Made for Television)<br>Nominated — ]<br>Nominated — ] | |||
| ] | |||
| Best Actor | |||
| '']'' | |||
|{{won}} | |||
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| 2008 | |||
|rowspan="2"| 1995 || '']'' || Michael || | |||
| ] | |||
| Best Play | |||
| ''Good Canary'' | |||
|{{won}} | |||
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| rowspan="2" |2010 | |||
| '']'' || The director|| | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| rowspan="2"|'']'' | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
| | |||
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| ] | |||
|rowspan="3"| 1996 || ''] || Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde || | |||
| ] | |||
|{{nominated}} | |||
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|- | |- | ||
|2014 | |||
| '']'' || Gilbert Osmond || | |||
|] | |||
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|colspan=2|Golden Eye Award | |||
| '']'' || Abel Tiffauges || Not released in USA or UK | |||
|{{won}} | |||
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| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=2014-09-30 |title=John Malkovich to Receive Zurich Film Festival Lifetime Honor |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/zurich-john-malkovich-receive-golden-736675/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> | |||
| 1997 || '']'' || Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom || | |||
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|rowspan="2"| 1998 || '']'' || ] || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Teddy KGB || | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="3"| 1999 || '']''|| John Horatio Malkovich || ]<br>]<br>Nominated — ]<br>Nominated — ]<br>Nominated — ]<br>Nominated — ]<br>Nominated — ] | |||
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| '']'' || ] || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Le Baron de Charlus || | |||
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|rowspan="2"| 2000 || '']'' || ] || | |||
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| ''Les Misérables'' (miniseries) || ] || | |||
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|rowspan="3"| 2001 || '']'' || Teddy Deserve || | |||
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| '']'' || John Crawford, film director || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' ||Monsieur Numance || | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="4"| 2002 ||'']'' || Abimael Guzman || Also director | |||
|- | |||
| ''Hideous Man'' || Narrator || Also narrator, director and writer | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || ] || Nominated — ] | |||
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| '']'' || ] || | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="3"| 2003 || '']'' || Pascal Sauvage || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Captain John Walesa || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Himself || | |||
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|rowspan="1"| 2004 || '']'' || ] || | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="2"| 2005 || '']'' || ] || | |||
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| '']'' || Alan Conway || | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="4"| 2006 || '']'' || Professor Sandiford || | |||
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| '']'' || ] || | |||
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| '']'' || ] || | |||
|- | |||
| ''The Call'' || Priest || short film | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="4"| 2007 || '']'' || Mort || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Pavlov || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || ] || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Himself || Documentary | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="3"| 2008 || '']'' || Osborne Cox || Nominated — ] | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Buck Howard || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Reverend Briegleb || | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="4"| 2010 || '']'' || ] || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || ] || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Marvin Boggs || Nominated – ] | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || ] || | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="2"| 2011 || '']'' || Bruce (Sam's boss) || | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Hendrik Goltzius || Pre-production | |||
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* ] (]), with the face of ] (], 2003)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2003_06_99_1277.html |title=Odluka o odlikovanju Redom Danice hrvatske s likom Marka Marulića za osobite zasluge za kulturu |work=Narodne novine ('The People's Newspaper' the official gazette of the Republic of Croatia) |number=99 |date=2003}}</ref> | |||
* ], 3rd class (], 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.president.gov.ua/news/prezident-same-taki-festivali-yak-shlyahi-druzhbi-ce-kulturn-48422|script-title=uk:Президент: Саме такі фестивалі як «Шляхи дружби» – це культурний зв'язок і свідчення повернення України до Європи|website=president.gov.ua|access-date=July 1, 2018|language=uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702024354/http://www.president.gov.ua/news/prezident-same-taki-festivali-yak-shlyahi-druzhbi-ce-kulturn-48422|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
===Director=== | |||
*''Johnny Loves Bobby'' (1989) | |||
*''Strap-Hanging'' (1999) | |||
*'']'' (2002) | |||
*''Hideous Man'' (2002) | |||
*''Blazing Satchels'' (2008) | |||
*''Lady Behave'' | |||
===Writer=== | |||
*''Hideous Man'' (2002) | |||
===Producer=== | |||
*'']'' (1988) (executive producer) | |||
*'']'' (2001) | |||
*'']'' (2002) | |||
*'']'' (2004) | |||
*'']'' (2006) | |||
*'']'' (2006) | |||
*'']'' (2007) | |||
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American actor (born 1953)
John Malkovich | |
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Malkovich in 2023 | |
Born | (1953-12-09) December 9, 1953 (age 71) Christopher, Illinois, U.S. |
Alma mater | William Esper Studio |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1976–present |
Works | Full list |
Spouse |
Glenne Headly
(m. 1982; div. 1988) |
Partner | Nicoletta Peyran (1989–present) |
Children | 2 |
John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to 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 Award 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 in Crossbones (2014), Billions (2018–19), The New Pope (2020), and Space Force (2020–2022).
Early life and education
Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, on December 9, 1953. He grew up in Benton, Illinois. His father, Daniel Leon Malkovich, was a state conservation director, who published the conservation magazine Outdoor Illinois. His mother, Joe Anne (née Choisser), owned the Benton Evening News daily newspaper and Outdoor Illinois. He grew up with an older brother, Danny, and three younger sisters, Amanda, Rebecca, and Melissa. In a May 2020 interview, he revealed that Melissa is his only surviving sibling. His paternal grandparents were Croatian immigrants from the vicinity of Ozalj; his other ancestry includes English, Scottish, French, and German descent. Malkovich attended Logan Grade School, Webster Junior High School, and Benton Consolidated High School. During his high-school years, he appeared in various plays and the musical Carousel. He was also active in a folk gospel group, with whom he sang at churches and community events. As a member of a local summer theater project, he co-starred in Jean-Claude van Itallie's America Hurrah in 1972.
After graduating from high school in 1972, Malkovich enrolled at Eastern Illinois University. He then transferred to Illinois State University, where he majored in theater, but dropped out. He studied acting at the William Esper Studio.
Career
In 1976, Malkovich, along with Joan Allen, Gary Sinise, and Glenne Headly, became a charter member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. He moved to New York City in 1980 to appear in a Steppenwolf production of the Sam Shepard play True West directed by Sinise, for which he won an Obie Award. One of his first film roles was as an extra alongside Allen, Terry Kinney, George Wendt, and Laurie Metcalf in Robert Altman's film A Wedding (1978). In early 1982, he appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire with Chicago's Wisdom Bridge Theatre. Malkovich then directed a Steppenwolf co-production, the 1984 revival of Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead, for which he received a second Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award. Other Steppenwolf productions in which Malkovich has appeared include: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, directed by H. E. Baccus (1979); Burn This by Lanford Wilson, directed by Marshall W. Mason (1987); and The Libertine by Stephen Jeffreys, directed by Terry Johnson (1996). He made his feature-film debut as Sally Field's blind boarder Mr. Will in Places in the Heart (1984). For his portrayal of Mr. Will, Malkovich received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also portrayed Al Rockoff in Roland Joffe's epic film The Killing Fields (1984).
His Broadway debut that year was as Biff in Death of a Salesman alongside Dustin Hoffman as Willy. Malkovich won an Emmy Award for this role when the play was adapted for television by CBS in 1985. He continued to have steady work in films such as Empire of the Sun, directed by Steven Spielberg, and the film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie (both 1987) directed by Paul Newman (who appeared in the film) and Joanne Woodward. He then starred in Making Mr. Right (also 1987), directed by Susan Seidelman.
Malkovich gained significant critical and popular acclaim when he portrayed the sinister and sensual Valmont in the film Dangerous Liaisons (1988), a film adaptation of the stage play Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton, who had adapted it from the 1782 novel of the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. He later reprised this role for the music video of "Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox. He played Port Moresby in The Sheltering Sky (1990), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and appeared in Shadows and Fog (1991), directed by Woody Allen. In 1990, he recited, in Croatian, verses of the Croatian national anthem Lijepa naša domovino (Our Beautiful Homeland) in Nenad Bach's song "Can We Go Higher?"
Malkovich starred in the 1992 film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men as Lennie alongside Gary Sinise as George. He was nominated for another Oscar, again in the Best Supporting Actor category, for In the Line of Fire (1993). He was the narrator for the film Alive (1993) and starred in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). Malkovich has hosted three episodes of the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live. The first occasion was in January 1989 with musical guest Anita Baker, the second in October 1993 with musical guest Billy Joel (and special appearance by former cast member Jan Hooks), and the third in December 2008 with musical guest T.I. with Swizz Beatz (and special appearances by Justin Timberlake, Molly Sims and Jamie-Lynn Sigler).
Malkovich was directed for the second time (after Dangerous Liaisons) by Stephen Frears in Mary Reilly (1996), a new adaptation of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tale, co-starring Julia Roberts. Malkovich also appeared in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), directed by Luc Besson, playing the French king-to-be Charles VII. Though he played the title role in the Charlie Kaufman-penned Being John Malkovich (1999), he played a slight variation of himself, as indicated by the character's middle name of "Horatio".
Malkovich's directorial film debut, The Dancer Upstairs, was released in 2002. That same year Malkovich made a cameo appearance in Adaptation. He played Patricia Highsmith's antihero Tom Ripley in Ripley's Game (also 2002), the second film adaptation of Highsmith's 1974 novel, the first being Wim Wenders' 1977 film The American Friend.
Malkovich's other film roles include The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Eragon (2006), Beowulf, Colour Me Kubrick (both 2007), Changeling (2008), Red, Secretariat (both 2010), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), and Red 2 (2013). In 2000, Malkovich was approached to play Green Goblin in Spider-Man (2002), but he passed due to scheduling conflicts and Willem Dafoe was cast in the role. In 2001, film director Michael Cimino had also approached Malkovich to star in his never filmed 3-hour long epic of André Malraux's Man's Fate, alongside Johnny Depp, Uma Thurman, Daniel Day-Lewis and Alain Delon. In 2009, Malkovich was approached and then cast for the role of the Marvel Comics villain Vulture in the unproduced Spider-Man 4.
Malkovich played the title role in the film The Great Buck Howard (2008), a role inspired by mentalist the "Amazing Kreskin". Colin Hanks co-starred and his father, Tom Hanks, appeared as his on-screen father. In November 2009, Malkovich appeared in an advertisement for Nespresso with fellow actor George Clooney. He portrayed Quentin Turnbull in the film adaptation of Jonah Hex (2010). Malkovich in 2014 was the voice actor of Dave the Octopus in Penguins of Madagascar.
In 2008, Malkovich directed in French a theater production of Good Canary [fr] written by Zach Helm, with Cristiana Realli and Vincent Elbaz in the leading roles, at the Comédia théâtre in Paris. Malkovich won the Molière Award for best director for it. He wrote and acted in The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer, directed by Michael Sturminger [de], that toured many countries and venues between 2010 and 2013, including at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Germany, in May 2010. This was an operatic production, about the life of the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger. In 2011, he directed Julian Sands in A Celebration of Harold Pinter in the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2012, he directed a production of a newly adapted French-language version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses for the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris. The production had a limited engagement in July 2013 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
He returned to theatre, directing Good Canary in Spanish in Mexico, then in English at the Rose Theater in London in 2016. Ilan Goodman, Harry Lloyd, and Freya Mavor were in the cast. Malkovich won the Milton Schulman Award for the best director at the Evening Standard Theater Awards in 2016. He appeared in Just Call Me God in Hamburg in March 2017. Malkovich wrote and starred in a movie called 100 Years (2016), directed by Robert Rodriguez. The movie is locked in a vault in the south of France, not to be seen before 2115.
In 2018, Malkovich appeared in a three-part adaptation of Agatha Christie's The A.B.C. Murders co-starring Rupert Grint for BBC television, playing the role of fictional Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. In 2019, Malkovich performed in London's West End at the Garrick Theatre, starring in David Mamet's new play Bitter Wheat. He also starred as the title character in the HBO drama series The New Pope (2020). On September 26, 2019, it was announced that Malkovich had been cast as Dr. Adrian Mallory in the Netflix comedy series Space Force.
Malkovich has collaborated with Lithuanian actress Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė on many productions; by April 2023, there had been nine, and he has called her his "oldest, closest, colleague". In 1992 they both appeared in the Steppenwolf production of A Slip of the Tongue, which later played in Shaftesbury Avenue in London, directed by Simon Stokes. She also appeared in Libra, a play directed and adapted by Malkovich about Lee Harvey Oswald, and, in January 2011, she appeared with him in The Giacomo Variations at the Sydney Opera House, as part of the Sydney Festival. In April 2023, Dapkūnaitė acted alongside Malkovich in In the Solitude of Cotton Fields in Tallinn, Estonia.
Filmography
Main article: John Malkovich on stage and screenFashion design
Malkovich created his own fashion company, Mrs. Mudd, in 2002. The company released its John Malkovich menswear collection, "Uncle Kimono", in 2003, which was subsequently covered in the international press, and its second clothing line, "Technobohemian", in 2011. Malkovich designed the outfits himself. In an interview with Big Issue in 2024, Malkovich said that he "stopped doing fashion about six, seven years ago" but still enjoys seeing collections by "the great fabric designers".
Frequent collaborators
Malkovich was directed many times by Chilean director Raúl Ruiz — Le Temps retrouvé (Time Regained, 1999), Les Ames Fortes (Savage Souls, 2001), Klimt (2006) and Lines of Wellington (2012).
In 2008, directed by Austrian director Michael Sturminger, he portrayed the story of Jack Unterweger in a performance for one actor, two sopranos, and period orchestra entitled Seduction and Despair, which premiered at Barnum Hall in Santa Monica, California. A fully staged version of the production, entitled The Infernal Comedy premiered in Vienna in July 2009. The show has since been performed in 2009 through 2012 throughout Europe, North America and South America.
Malkovich was also directed by Sturminger in Casanova's Variations and its movie adaptation in 2014 (co-starring Fanny Ardant). For their third collaboration, in 2017, Michael Stürminger directed Malkovich in Just Call me God – the final speech, in which he played a Third World dictator called Satur Dinam Cha, who is about to be overthrown.
He frequently worked with Julian Sands.
In the media
In 2014, the photographer Sandro Miller recreated 35 iconic portraits of John Malkovich as the subject, in a project called Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographer Master.
Malkovich starred in his first video-game role in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare in the "Exo Zombies" mode. In 1992, he appeared in period costume along with Hugh Laurie in the music video for "Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox. In 2015, he appeared in the music video for Eminem's single "Phenomenal". In 2017, he appeared in some humorous Super Bowl commercials portraying himself attempting to gain control of the johnmalkovich.com domain.
Personal life
Malkovich married actress Glenne Headly in 1982. In 1988, the couple divorced following his affair with Michelle Pfeiffer. He began dating Nicoletta Peyran in 1989 after meeting her on the set of The Sheltering Sky, on which she was the second assistant director. The couple has two children, Amandine and Loewy.
Malkovich has a distinctive voice quality, which The Guardian has described as "wafting, whispery, and reedy". He does not consider himself a method actor. Malkovich is fluent in French, having lived and worked in theater in southern France for nearly 10 years. He and his family left France in a dispute over taxes in 2003 and have since lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Malkovich is the co-owner of the restaurant Bica do Sapato and Lux nightclub in Lisbon. He lost millions of dollars in the Madoff investment scandal in 2008. In the 1990s, Malkovich and Peyran bought a farm near Lacoste, Vaucluse, which the couple later turned into a wine label named Les Quelles de la Coste; they started planting grapevines there in 2008 and produced their first vintage in 2011. He has raised funds for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, his sole charity.
Malkovich stated in a 2011 interview that he is not a "political person" and that he does not have "an ideology", revealing that he had not voted since George McGovern lost his presidential run in 1972. At the Cambridge Union Society in 2002, when asked whom he would most like to fight to the death, Malkovich replied that he would "rather just shoot" journalist Robert Fisk and politician George Galloway, stating that Galloway was not honest. Journalists speculated that the comment was related to criticism of Israel and the war in Iraq.
When asked in an interview with the Toronto Star in 2008 whether having spiritual beliefs was necessary to portray a spiritual character, he said, "No, I'd say not... I'm an atheist. I wouldn't say I'm without spiritual belief particularly, or rather, specifically. Maybe I'm agnostic, but I'm not quite sure there's some great creator somehow controlling everything and giving us free will. I don't know; it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me."
On June 6, 2013, Malkovich was walking in Toronto when a 77-year-old man named Jim Walpole tripped and accidentally cut his throat on a piece of scaffolding. Malkovich applied pressure to Walpole's neck to reduce bleeding before Walpole was rushed to a hospital, where he received stitches and later credited Malkovich with saving his life.
Awards and nominations
- Order of Danica Hrvatska (Croatia), with the face of Marko Marulić (Zagreb, 2003)
- Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class (Kyiv, 2018)
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