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John Malkovich (born December 9, 1953 in Christopher, Illinois, USA) is an American actor, producer, and director. Malkovich is of Croatian descent.
As a boy, Malkovich was reportedly heavy set. By high school, he had transformed himself physically and was a star athlete. He attended Illinois State University with an interest in ecology.
In 1976, Malkovich became a charter member of Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. He moved to New York City, New York in 1983 and appeared in the play True West. He appeared on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in Death of a Salesman (1984). Malkovich won an Emmy Award for this role when the play became a television movie. He made his film debut in Places in the Heart (1984) for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 1994, he was nominated for an Oscar in the same category for In the Line of Fire (1993). Though he played the title role in the Charlie Kaufman-penned Being John Malkovich, he is playing a slight variation of himself, as indicated by the character's middle name of "Horatio". Malkovich has a cameo in the movie Adaptation.also written by Kaufmanappearing as himself during the filming of Being John Malkovich. The Dancer Upstairs, Malkovich's directorial debut, was released in 2002.
Malkovich has been based in France for many years but has recently announced he is ending his residency in that country. He and his French girlfriend, Nicoletta Peyran, have two children, Amandine and Loewy.
Malkovich caused controversy in the United Kingdom in 2002 by announcing at the Cambridge Union Society his desire to shoot to death journalist Robert Fisk and politician George Galloway [1], both of whom are accused of sympathising with Islamic terrorists.
On April 4, 2005, while speaking at Illinois State University, Malkovich was awarded a diploma in Theatre. When attending the university as a student in the 1970's, he failed to take his last remaining graduation requirement, the U.S. Constitution test. This requirement was waived in order to award him the diploma.
John Malkovich Filmography
Actor
Art School Confidential (2005)
The Libertine (2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
A Talking Picture (Un Filme Falado) (2004)
Napoleon (2003)
Ripley's Game (2003)
A Talking Picture (2003)
Hotel (2003)
Johnny English (2003)
A Savage Soul (2002)
Knockaround Guys (2002)
I'm Going Home (2002)
Les Miserables (2001)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Time Regained (2000)
The Messenger: the Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
The Ogre (1999)
Rounders (1998)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Filmmaker's Journey, A: The Making of Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady (1997)
Con Air (1997)
The Ogre (1996)
The Portrait of A Lady (1996)
Mulholland Falls (1996)
Mary Reilly (1996)
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
To Make a Film is To Be Alive (1995)
The Convent (1995)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Jennifer 8 (1992)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Shadows and Fog (1992)
The Object of Beauty (1991)
Queens Logic (1991)
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Miles From Home (1988)
Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
The Glass Menagerie (1987)
Making Mr. Right (1987)
Rocket to the Moon (1986)
Death of a Salesman (1985)
Eleni (1985)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Places in the Heart (1984)
True West (1983)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
Cameo
The Dancer Upstairs (2003)
Adaptation (2002)
Cannes Man (1996)
Director
The Dancer Upstairs (2003)
The Terrorist (2000)
Executive Producer
How to Draw a Bunny (2004)
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Producer
Art School Confidential (2005)
The Libertine (2005)
How to Draw a Bunny (2004)
The Dancer Upstairs (2003)
Ghost World (2001)
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