JOHN MALKOVICH BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
John Malkovich was born on December 9th, 1953 in Christopher, Illinois with the middle name Gavin to parents, Daniel Leon and Joe Anne Malkovich. He was raised in Benton, Illinois and graduated from Benton Consolidated High School. During high school he was very involved in a number of school productions and was also a member of a folk/rock group. After high school, he went on to study at Eastern Illinois University and then earned his college degree from Illinois State University.
He first began his involvement in the entertainment industry working as a stage actor with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago and son relocated to New York to appear in such plays as, "True West" for which he won an Obie Award. He followed his job with directing, "Balm in Gilead" (1984) receiving another Obie Award as well as a Drama Desk Award. After appearing in the Broadway production of, "Death of a Salesman", he began finding work in films.
Malkovich began as working as an extra in such films as, "A Wedding" (1978) and then followed with more prominent roles in such films as, "Places in the Heart" (1984), "The Killing Fields" (1984), "Empire of the Sun" (1987), "The Glass Menagerie" (1987), "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988), "Of Mice and Men" (1992) and "In the Line of Fire" (1994) for which he was nominated for an Oscar.
In addition to his acting he also has experience working as a director on such films as, "The Dancer Upstairs" (2002) and "Hideous Man" (2002). He also started his own fashion company with a men's collection and co-owns a restaurant in Portugal.
More recently he has appeared in such films as, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005), "Beowulf" (2007), "Burn After Reading" (2008), "Changeling" (2008), "Red" (2010), "Secretariat" (2010), "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (2011), "As Linhas de Torres" (2011) and soon to release, "Warm Bodies" (2013) and "Educazione Siberiana" (2013).
John Malkovich has married twice throughout his lifetime, first to Glenne Headly from 1982 through 1988. He then married his current wife, Nicoletta Peyran in 1989 and they have two children and remain together today.
Filmography
2012 Educazione Siberiana
2013 Warm Bodies
2012 As Linhas de Torres
2011 Butterflies
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2010 Drunkboat
2010 Cubed
2010 Secretariat
2010 Red
2010 Jonah Hex
2010 The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
2008 Afterwards
2008 Disgrace
2008 Burn After Reading
2008 Mutant Chronicles
2008 Changeling
2008 Gardens of the Night
2008 The Great Buck Howard
2008 In Tranzit
2007 Beowulf
2006 Eragon
2006 The Call
2006 Klimt
2006 Art School Confidential
2005 Color Me Kubrick
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2004 The Libertine
2003 A Talking Picture
2003 Johnny English
2002 Napoléon
2002 Ripley's Game
2002 Hideous Man
2002 The Dancer Upstairs
2001 Hotel
2001 Knockaround Guys
2001 Je rentre à la maison
2001 Les âmes fortes
2000 Les Misérables
2000 Shadow of the Vampire
2000 Ladies Room
1999 RKO 281
1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 Being John Malkovich
1999 Marcel Proust's Time Regained
1998 Rounders
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask
1997 Con Air
1996 Der Unhold
1996 The Portrait of a Lady
1996 Mary Reilly
1996 Mulholland Falls
1995 Beyond the Clouds
1995 The Convent
1993 Heart of Darkness
1993 In the Line of Fire
1993 Alive
1992 Jennifer Eight
1992 Of Mice and Men
1991 Shadows and Fog
1991 Performance
1991 The Object of Beauty
1991 Queens Logic
1990 The Sheltering Sky
1988 Dangerous Liaisons
1988 Miles from Home
1987 Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987 Empire of the Sun
1987 The Glass Menagerie
1987 Making Mr. Right
1986 Santabear's First Christmas
1984-1986 American Playhouse
1985 Eleni
1985 Death of a Salesman
1984 The Killing Fields
1984 Places in the Heart
1983 Say Goodnight, Gracie
1981 American Dream
1981 Word of Honor
1978 A Wedding
