John Malkovich

Few actors can make you lean in just by lowering their voice the way John Malkovich does. There's this dry, almost amused menace to him, like he knows something you don't and isn't in any hurry to share it. I love that he came up through Steppenwolf in Chicago, because you can feel that stage discipline in everything he does, even when he's playing a total weirdo. He turned a fictionalized version of himself into a whole movie premise with Being John Malkovich, which is the kind of self-aware swing only he could pull off. Whether he's the chilling villain in In the Line of Fire or seducing in Dangerous Liaisons, he never quite plays it straight, and that mischief is exactly why I keep watching.

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Name (English)

John Malkovich

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・マルコヴィッチ

Reading

じょん・まるこゔぃっち

Born

December 9, 1953 (age 72)

Origin

Christopher, Illinois, United States

Occupation

actor / film producer / television actor / film actor / film director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

High school

Benton Consolidated High School

University

Illinois State University

Awards & achievements

• 1998 Donostia Award
• 1983 Theatre World Award
• 1986 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
• Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
• Order of Danica Hrvatska
• Clarence Derwent Awards

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jgmalkovich/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Malkovich
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172261

Tags

• Illinois
• actor
• film producer
• television actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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