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John Malkovich

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Biography

One of the leading actors of his generation and an important figure in world cinema, John Malkovich has made the term "icy calm" his trademark. After winning acclaim for his characterization of the scheming Vicomte de Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons, he became associated with a series of roles that, to put it plainly, essentially required him to be an evil bastard.

The product of a large, highly intellectual family, Malkovich was born December 9, 1953, in Christopher, Illinois. Initially a portly youth, he underwent a self-imposed physical transformation, emerging as a star high school athlete. He went on to attend Eastern Illinois University, where he originally aspired to be a professional environmentalist. With his friend Gary Sinise, Malkovich helped co-found Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre in 1976. Seven years later, he won an Obie Award when the Steppenwolf production of Sam Shepard's True West was brought to New York. He next appeared on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in the 1984 revival of Death of a Salesman; when this same production was transformed into a TV movie one year later, Malkovich won an Emmy for his efforts. While he was working on Broadway, he made his film debut, playing a blind transient in Places in the Heart (1984), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. That same year, he also had a starring role in the highly acclaimed The Killing Fields.

Though certainly capable of projecting warmth and pathos, Malkovich became best-known for his ice-water-in-the-veins roles. Aside from Dangerous Liaisons' Vicomte de Valmont, Malkovich won recognition -- and Oscar and Golden Globe nominations -- for his portrayal of the chameleonlike political assassin in In the Line of Fire (1993). Other sinister Malkovich characterizations include Kurtz in the 1994 TV-movie version of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the secretive Dr. Jekyll in Mary Reilly (1996), and Isabel Archer's dastardly husband in The Portrait of a Lady (1996). In 1999, Malkovich had what was undoubtedly his most unusual role when he played none other than himself in Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich. Both the subject of the film and one of its stars, he had the surreal duty of letting the film's other characters into his mind, something many audience members had no doubt been dreaming of doing for years.
Maintaining his theatrical ties while tending to his successful film career, Malkovich appeared in the 1993 Broadway production State of Shock, and has periodically returned to Chicago to both act and direct in local state presentations. For a number of years, he was married to fellow Steppenwolf alumnus Glenne Headly. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Filmography

Borgia (2003) .... Machiavelli
Johnny English (2003) .... Pascal Sauvage
Adaptation. (2002) (uncredited) .... Himself
"Napoléon" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Charles Talleyrand
... aka "Napoleon" (2002) (mini) (Europe: English title)
Ripley's Game (2002) .... Tom Ripley
Knockaround Guys (2001) .... Teddy Deserve
Hotel (2001) .... Omar Jonnson
Âmes fortes, Les (2001) .... Monsieur Numance
... aka Savage Souls (2001) (Europe: English title)
Je rentre à la maison (2001) .... John Crawford, Film Director
... aka I'm Going Home (2001) (Portugal)
... aka Vou Para Casa (2001) (Portugal)
Speak Truth to Power (2000) .... Various
"Misérables, Les" (2000) (mini) TV Series .... Javert
... aka "Misérables - Gefangene des Schicksals, Les" (2001) (mini) (Germany)
2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) .... Himself
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) .... F.W. Murnau
Ladies Room (1999/I) .... Roberto
RKO 281 (1999) (TV) .... Herman J. 'Mank' Mankiewicz
Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The (1999) .... Charles VII
... aka Joan of Arc (2000) (Australia) (UK)
... aka Jeanne d'Arc (1999/I) (France)
Being John Malkovich (1999) .... John Horatio Malkovich
Temps retrouvé, Le (1999) .... Le Baron de Charlus
... aka Tempo Reencontrado, O (1999) (Portugal)
... aka Tempo ritrovato, Il (2000) (Italy)
... aka Time Regained (1999) (Europe: English title)
Rounders (1998) .... Teddy KGB
Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998) .... Athos
Con Air (1997) .... Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom
Cannes Man (1996) .... Himself
... aka Canne$ Man (2002) (USA: video box title)
Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) .... Gilbert Osmond
Unhold, Der (1996) .... Abel
... aka Ogre, The (1996)
... aka Roi des aulnes, Le (1996) (France)
Mulholland Falls (1996) .... General Timms
Mary Reilly (1996) .... Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde
Faire un film pour moi c'est vivre (1995) .... Himself
... aka Making a Film for Me Is to Live (1995)
Chicago on Stage (1995) (TV) .... Himself
Convento, O (1995) .... Michael
... aka Convent, The (1995) (USA)
... aka Couvent, Le (1995) (France)
Al di là delle nuvole (1995) .... The Director
... aka Al di là delle nuvole (1995) (Italy)
... aka Beyond the Clouds (1996) (USA)
... aka Jenseits der Wolken (1995) (Germany)
... aka Par-delà les nuages (1996) (France)
Heart of Darkness (1994) (TV) .... Kurtz
In the Line of Fire (1993) .... Mitch Leary/John Booth/James Carney
Alive (1993) (uncredited) .... Old Carlitos, narrator
... aka Alive: The Miracle of the Andes (1993)
Jennifer Eight (1992) .... St. Anne
... aka Jennifer 8 (1992) (USA: video box title)
Of Mice and Men (1992) .... Lennie Small
Shadows and Fog (1992) .... Clown
Old Times (1991) (TV) .... Deeley
Object of Beauty, The (1991) .... Jake
Queens Logic (1991) .... Eliot
Sheltering Sky, The (1990) .... Port Moresby
... aka Tè nel deserto, Il (1990) (Italy)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) .... Vicomte de Valmont
Miles from Home (1988) .... Barry Maxwell
... aka Farm of the Year (1988)
Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987) (voice) .... Santa Claus
Empire of the Sun (1987) .... Basie
Glass Menagerie, The (1987) .... Tom Wingfield
Making Mr. Right (1987) .... Jeff Peters/Ulysses
Rocket to the Moon (1986) (TV) .... Ben Stark
Eleni (1986) .... Nick
Private Conversations (1986)
Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV) .... Biff Loman
... aka Tod eines Handlungsreisenden, Der (1986) (TV) (West Germany)
Killing Fields, The (1984) .... Al Rockoff
Places in the Heart (1984) .... Mr. Will, Debny's Blind Brother-In-Law
True West (1984) (TV) .... Lee
Say Goodnight, Gracie (1983) (TV)
American Dream (1981) (TV)
Word of Honor (1981) (TV) .... Gary

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