Actor john malkovich biography college

PERSONAL

Full name, John Gavin Malkovich; born December 9, , in Benton (some sources cite Christopher), IL; son of Dan (an environmental management executive and magazine publisher) and Jo Anne (a newspaper executive) Malkovich; married Glenne Headley (an actress), August 2, (divorced ); companion of Nicoletta Peyran (an assistant director and Asian culture specialist; some sources cite name as Nicole Peyran); children: (with Peyran) Amandine, Loewy (some sources spell names Armandine and Lowey). Education: Attended Illinois State University and Eastern Illinois State University. Avocational Interests: Reading, music.

Addresses:Office—Mr. Mudd Productions, Wilshire Blvd., Suite , Los Angeles, CA ; Mrs. Mudd, Fifth Ave., Suite , New York, NY Agent—Jenny Rawlings, Creative Artists Agency, Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA ; (voice work) Special Artists Agency, Wilshire Blvd., Suite , Beverly Hills, CA Manager—Charles Finch, Finch and Partners, Heddon St., London W1B 4B5, England.

Career: Actor, director, producer, sound designer, and writer. Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble, Chicago, IL, cofounder, , worked as actor, director, and set designer through c. ; Smith-Malkovich Productions (production company), founder and partner (with Russell Smith), –98; , partner, ; Mr. Mudd Productions, Los Angeles, CA, cofounder and partner, –. Appeared in commercials and public service announcements and at awards presentations. Worked as a model; partner of the company Mrs. Mudd and a designer for its Uncle Kimono clothing and footwear lines. Co-owner of a discotheque in Lisbon, Portugal. Involved with the Audi 8 campaign and exhibition, Worked as a school bus driver, dishwasher, house painter, and forest ranger, and worked in retail stores, in the food service industry, and for a landscaping company.

Member: Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors: Jeff Award, best director, Joseph Jefferson awards Committee, , for Balm in Gilead; Jeff Award, best actor, and Clarence Derwent Award, most promising actor, Actors' Equity Association, both , Obie Award, outstanding performance, Village Voice, Theatre World Award, and Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding actor in a play, all , all for True West; Chicago area Emmy Award, best actor, , for Say Goodnight, Gracie; Drama Desk Award, outstanding featured actor in a play, , for Death of a Salesman; named one of the promising new actors of , John Willis' Screen World, ; National Society of Film Critics Award, best supporting actor, , and Boston Society of Film Critics Award, best supporting actor, , both for The Killing Fields and Places in the Heart; National Board of Review Award, best supporting actor, , Academy Award nomination, best actor in a supporting role, , and Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, best supporting actor, , all for Places in the Heart; Obie Award, direction, Drama Desk Award, outstanding director of a play, and Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding sound design/music in a play, all , for Balm in Gilead; Emmy Award, outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or movie, and Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries, motion picture, or special made for television, both , for Death of a Salesman; Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding actor in a play, , for Burn This; named grand marshal of homecoming celebration, Eastern Illinois State University, c. s; Sant Jordi Award, best foreign actor, , for Dangerous Liaisons, The Glass Menagerie, and Death of a Salesman; Independent Spirit Award nomination, best supporting male, Independent Features Project/West, , for Queens Logic; Jury coup de chapeau, Cognac Festival du Film Policier, , for Jennifer Eight; Academy Award nomination, best actor in a supporting role, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture, Film Award nomination, best actor in a supporting role, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Saturn Award nomination, best supporting actor, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, and MTV Movie Award nomination, best villain, all , for In the Line of Fire; Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries, or motion picture made for television, and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries, both , for Heart of Darkness; Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award, San Sebastian International Film Festival, ; New York Film Critics Circle Award, best supporting actor, , American Comedy Award, funniest supporting actor in a motion picture, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, Sierra Award nomination, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association Award nomination, and Online Film Critics Society Award nomination, all best supporting actor, and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding performance by a cast in a theatrical motion picture, all , all for Being John Malkovich; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or movie, , for RKO ; Special Award, Camerimage, ; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or a movie, , for Napoleon; honored as one of the Audi 8 for innovation, ; Excellence Award, Locarno International Film Festival, ; honorary bachelor of arts degree, Illinois State University,

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Extra, A Wedding, Twentieth Century-Fox/Lions Gate Films,

Alan "Al" Rockoff, The Killing Fields, Warner Bros.,

Mr. Will, Places in the Heart, TriStar,

Nicholas "Nick" Gage, Eleni, Warner Bros.,

Basie, Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros.,

Dr. Jeff Peters and Ulysses, Making Mr. Right, Orion,

Tom Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie, Cineplex Odeon,

Barry Maxwell, Miles from Home (also known as Farm of the Year), Cinecom,

Vicomte Sebastien de Valmont, Dangerous Liaisons, Warner Bros.,

Port Moresby, The Sheltering Sky (also known as Il te nel deserto), Warner Bros.,

Eliot, Queens Logic, Seven Arts,

Jake, The Object of Beauty, Avenue Entertainment,

Agent St. Anne, Jennifer Eight (also known as Jennifer 8), Paramount,

Clown, Shadows and Fog, Orion,

Lennie Small, Of Mice and Men, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,

Mitch Leary, In the Line of Fire, Columbia,

(Uncredited) Narrator and Old Carlitos, Alive (also known as Alive: The Miracle of the Andes), Buena Vista,

Voice, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (animated), Universal,

Touchstone,

The director, "The Girl, the Crime," Beyond the Clouds (also known as Al di la delle nuvole, Jenseits der Wolken, Mas alla de las nubes, and Par-dela les nuages), Kidmore/Mercure/Sceneries International,

Professor Michael Arnold (some sources cite Professor Michael Padovic), The Convent (also known as Le couvent and O convento), Gemini Films,

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive: The Making of "Beyond the Clouds" (documentary),

Abel Tiffauges, The Ogre (also known as Der Unhold and Le roi des aulnes), Kino International,

Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde, Mary Reilly, TriStar,

General Thomas Timms, Mulholland Falls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,

Gilbert Osmond, The Portrait of a Lady, Gramercy Pictures,

Himself, Cannes Man (also known as Canne$ Man and Con Man), Vine International,

Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, Con Air, Buena Vista,

A Filmmaker's Journey: The Making of Jane Campion's "The Portrait of a Lady" (documentary),

Athos, The Man in the Iron Mask, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,

John Horatio Malkovich (fictionalized version of himself), Being John Malkovich, Propaganda Films,

Teddy KGB, Rounders, Miramax,

King Charles VII, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (also known as Joan of Arc and Jeanne d'Arc), Columbia,

Le Baron de Charlus, Le temps retrouve (also known as Time Regained, Il tempo ritrovato, and O tempo reencontrado), Kino International,

Roberto Brizzi, Ladies Room, Motion International,

Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau, Shadow of the Vampire (also known as Burned to Light), Lions Gate Films,

Monsieur Numance, Les ames fortes (also known as Savage Souls), Paramount,

Omar Johnson, Hotel, , Innovation Film Group,

John Crawford (film director), Ja rentre a la maison (also known as I Go Home, I'm Going Home, and Vou para casa), Milestone Films,

(Uncredited) Himself, Adaptation (also known as The Orchid Thief), Columbia,

Narrator, Hideous Man (short film), Harry Nash Films,

Teddy Deserve, Knockaround Guys (also known as Dangerous Company), New Line Cinema,

(Uncredited) Abimael Guzman, The Dancer Upstairs (also known as Pasos de baile), Fox Searchlight Pictures,

Comandante John Walesa, Um filme falado (also known as A Talking Picture, Un film parlato, and Un film parle), Kino International,

Pascal Sauvage, Johnny English, Universal,

Tom Ripley, Ripley's Game (also known as Il gioco di Ripley), Fine Line Features,

(In archive footage) Himself, Cheshmane John Malkovich 1: Viggo Mortensen, P&P Productions,

King Charles II, The Libertine, The Weinstein Company,

Alan Conway, Colour Me Kubrick, EuropaCorp Distribution,

Humma Kavula, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Buena Vista,

Gustav Klimt (title role), Klimt, Gemini Films,

King Galbatorix, Eragon, Fox Pictures,

Mort, Drunkboat, Arclight Films,

Professor Sandiford, Art School Confidential, United Artists,

Brooks Baekeland, Savage Grace, Killer Films, c.

Colonel Pavlov, In Transit, Thema Production,

Constantine, The Mutant Chronicles, Paradox Entertainment,

Sheriff Tanner Telmah, Texas Lullaby, Alturas Films/Therapy Films,

Unferth, Beowulf, Sony Pictures Entertainment/Warner Bros.,

Film Executive Producer:

The Accidental Tourist, Warner Bros.,

How to Draw a Bunny, Palm Pictures/Arthouse Films,

Somewhere Else (short film),

Art School Confidential, United Artists,

Drunkboat, Arclight Films,

Which Way Home (documentary),

Film Producer:

Ghost World, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,

The Gun Seller,

The Dancer Upstairs (also known as Pasos de baile), Fox Searchlight Pictures,

Found in the Street,

The Libertine, The Weinstein Company,

Kill the Poor, IFC Films,

Juno, Mandate Pictures, c.

Some sources cite Malkovich as the producer of Dear Mr. Capote.

Film Director:

This Lady Behaves (short film), c.

Hideous Man (short film), Harry Nash Films,

The Dancer Upstairs (also known as Pasos de baile), Fox Searchlight Pictures,

Director of the short film Straphangers.

Film Work; Other:

Presenter, The Terrorist (also known as John Malkovich Presents "The Terrorist"), Phaedra Cinema, c.

Stage Appearances:

Birdbath, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre, Chicago, IL,

The Lover, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Our Late Night, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Wesley, Curse of the Starving Class, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL,

The Fifth of July, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Philadelphia, Here I Come, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Steve, Say Goodnight, Gracie, Steppenwolf Theatre Company,

Waiting for Lefty, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Biff, Death of a Salesman, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Lennie Small, Of Mice and Men, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Mr. James, Big Mother, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre, c.

Lee, True West, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Main-stage Theatre, , then Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, –

Biff, Death of a Salesman, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City,

Captain Bluntschli, Arms and the Man, Circle in the Square, New York City,

Pale, Burn This, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, , Theatre , Plymouth Theatre, New York City, , Hampstead Theatre Club and Lyric Theatre, both London,

Colonel, State of Shock, American Place Theatre, New York City,

A Slip of the Tongue, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre, , Shaftesbury Theatre, London,

Libra, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

John Wilmot (earl of Rochester), The Libertine, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Kristof, Lost Land, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Downstairs Theatre,

The Birthday Party, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, c.

Appeared as Tom, The Glass Menagerie, as the narrator of A Sorrow beyond Dreams, and in A Streetcar Named Desire, all Steppenwolf Theatre Company; appeared in other productions, including The Bacchae, The Collection, and A Slight Ache.

Stage Director:

The Dumbwaiter, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre, Chicago, IL,

The Indian Wants the Bronx, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

The Seahorse, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Main-stage Theatre,

The Caretaker, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Main-stage Theatre,

Sandbar Flatland, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

The Caretaker (Remount), Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Absent Friends, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

No Man's Land, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Savages, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

The Rear Column, North Light Repertory Theatre, Evanston, IL, c. –

Balm in Gilead, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre, , Circle Repertory Company, Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, –

The House, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

A Prayer for My Daughter, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Arms and the Man, Circle in the Square, New York City,

Coyote Ugly, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre, , then AT&T Performing Arts Festival, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, , some sources cite a production in New York City.

The Caretaker, Steppenwolf Theatre, , then Circle in the Square,

State of Shock, American Place Theatre, New York City,

Libra, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre,

Hysteria, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre, –, Theatre Marigny, Paris, France, , and Teatre Victoria, Barcelona, Spain, c.

Stage Work; Other:

Sound designer, Balm in Gilead, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre, Chicago, IL, , Circle Repertory Company, Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, –

Costume designer, The Caretaker, Steppenwolf Theatre, , then Circle in the Square, New York City,

Costume designer, Lost Land, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL,

Involved with several Steppenwolf Theatre productions.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Javert, Les miserables (also known as Les Miserables—Gefangene des Schicksals and Los miserables), TF1 (France), , English version broadcast on Fox Family Channel,

Charles Maurice Talleyrand, Napoleon, Arts and Entertainment,

Television Appearances; Movies:

Gary, Word of Honor, CBS,

Chicago Story,

Kurtz, Heart of Darkness, TNT,

Herman J. "Mank" Mankiewicz, RKO (also known as RKO The Battle over Citizen Kane), HBO,

Television Appearances; Specials:

American Dream, ABC,

Say Goodnight, Gracie, WTTW (PBS affiliate),

Lee, "True West" (also known as "Sam Shepard's 'True West'"), American Playhouse, PBS,

Biff Loman, Death of a Salesman (also known as Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden), CBS,

Ben Stark, "Rocket to the Moon," American Playhouse, PBS,

Voice of Santa Claus, Santabear's First Christmas (animated), ABC,

Private Conversations: On the Set of "Death of a Salesman" (also known as Private Conversations and Private Conversations: The Making of the Television Adaptation of "Death of a Salesman" with Dustin Hoffman), PBS,

Himself, China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun, CBS,

Voice of Santa Claus, Santabear's High Flying Adventure (animated), CBS,

(Uncredited; in archive footage) Len Tukwilla, Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary, NBC,

Decade, MTV,

Host, Red, Hot and Blue, ABC,

Living in America, VH1,

Deeley, "Old Times," Performance, BBC, , Bravo,

Himself, In the Line of Fire: Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service, Showtime,

Chicago on Stage, PBS,

Fare un film per me e vivere (also known as Making a Film Is for Me to Live and Faire un film pour moi c'est vivre),

"Sam Shepard: Stalking Himself," Great Performances, PBS,

Narrator, Riddle of the Desert Mummies, The Discovery Channel,

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, History Channel,

The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power (also known as Speak Truth to Power), PBS,

John Malkovich: Flipping Uncle Kimono (documentary), Chum Television (Canada),

Appeared in a short documentary about the Chrysler Building, BBC.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

MTV Movie Awards, MTV,

8 Innovators (also known as Audi 8 and Audi: Never Follow), Arts and Entertainment,

Himself, Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe,

Television Guest Appearances; Episodic:

Host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "Saturday Night," Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live '80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, and

"Wetten, dass …? aus Linz," Wetten, das …?,

Late Night with David Letterman, NBC,

The Film Programme (also known as Film '96), BBC,

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC,

Lo + plus,

Mundo VIP, ,

Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (also known as Politically Incorrect), ABC,

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, ,

Charlie Rose (also known as The Charlie Rose Show), PBS, , ,

The Big Breakfast, Channel 4 (England),

Ombre et lumiere,

"John Malkovich: Parts 1 & 2," Les feux de la rampe,

"Malkovich's Mail," The AMC Project, American Movie Classics,

Rive droite-rive gauche,

V Graham Norton, Channel 4,

The Daily Show (also known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition), Comedy Central, ,

… Amb Manel Fuentes,

NY Graham Norton, Channel 4,

(In archive footage) Himself, Cinema mil, TV3 (Television de Catalunya, Spain),

(In archive footage) Vicomte Sebastien de Valmont, Cinema mil, TV3,

Corazon de …, Television Espanola (Spain),

Double je,

The Late Show with David Letterman (also known as The Late Show and Late Show Backstage), CBS,

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (also known as The Late Late Show), CBS,

"Wetten, dass …? aus Frankfurt," Wetten, das …?,

Some sources cite an appearance in The Weakest Link, BBC.

Television Producer:

The Loner (series), Bravo, beginning

Dragans of New York (pilot), CBS,

"Some Assembly Required," The First Amendment Project (special), Sundance Channel and Court TV,

Television Director:

Contributed a film essay to a short documentary about the Chrysler Building, BBC.

Radio Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, c.

Internet Appearances:

The Call (short film), ,

RECORDINGS

Videos:

American Arts & Culture Presents John Horatio Malkovich "Dance of Despair & Disillusionment," USA Home Video,

Revealing "The Dancer Upstairs," Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment,

Audiobooks:

Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, Random House Audio,

Albums; with Others:

(As a saxophone player) Marchand Melcher, Shining Star, Time Is Records,

Music Videos:

Annie Lennox, "Walking on Broken Glass,"

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

This Lady Behaves (short film), c.

Hideous Man (short film), Harry Nash Films,

Author of the short film Straphangers.

Writings for the Stage:

(Adaptor) Libra (based on the novel by Don DeLillo), Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre, Chicago, IL,

Teleplays:

Contributed a film essay to a short documentary about the Chrysler Building, BBC.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, fourth edition, St. James Press,

Periodicals:

Cosmopolitan, November,

Empire, issue 93, , pp.

Entertainment Weekly, January 24, , p.

Harper's Bazaar, November,

Hollywood Reporter, December 19, , p. 4.

Interview, March,

New Yorker, April 15,

New York Times, April 26,

New York Times Magazine, September 15,

Plays and Players, April,

Premiere, March, , pp. , ; September, , pp.

Psychology Today, July/August,

Variety, March 9, , p. 20; September 21, , p.

Vogue, October, ; September,

Washington Post, May 8, , pp. C1, C8.