John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953)\u00a0is an American actor. He has received several accolades, including a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards, a\u00a0BAFTA Award, two\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three\u00a0Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n
Malkovich started his career as a charter member of the\u00a0Steppenwolf Theatre Company\u00a0in Chicago in 1976.\u00a0He moved to New York City, acting in a Steppenwolf production of the\u00a0Sam Shepard\u00a0play\u00a0True West\u00a0(1980). He made his\u00a0Broadway\u00a0debut as Biff in the revival of the\u00a0Arthur Miller\u00a0play\u00a0Death of a Salesman\u00a0(1984). He directed the\u00a0Harold Pinter\u00a0play\u00a0The Caretaker(1986) and acted in\u00a0Lanford Wilson’s\u00a0Burn This(1987).<\/p>\n
Malkovich has received two\u00a0Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor\u00a0nominations for his performances in\u00a0Places in the Heart\u00a0(1984) and\u00a0In the Line of Fire\u00a0(1993). Other films include\u00a0The Killing Fields\u00a0(1984),\u00a0Empire of the Sun\u00a0(1987),\u00a0Dangerous Liaisons\u00a0(1988),\u00a0Of Mice and Men (1992),\u00a0Con Air\u00a0(1997),\u00a0Rounders\u00a0(1998),\u00a0Being John Malkovich\u00a0(1999),\u00a0Shadow of the Vampire\u00a0(2000),\u00a0Ripley’s Game\u00a0(2002),\u00a0Johnny English\u00a0(2003),\u00a0Burn After Reading\u00a0(2008), and\u00a0Red\u00a0(2010). He has also produced films such as\u00a0Ghost World\u00a0(2001),\u00a0Juno\u00a0(2007), and\u00a0The Perks of Being a Wallflower\u00a0(2012).<\/p>\n
For his work on television, he received the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie\u00a0for\u00a0Death of a Salesman\u00a0(1985). His other Emmy-nominated roles were for portraying\u00a0Herman J. Mankiewicz\u00a0in\u00a0RKO 281\u00a0(1999) and\u00a0Charles Talleyrand\u00a0in\u00a0Napol\u00e9on\u00a0(2002). Other television roles include \u00a0Crossbones\u00a0(2014),\u00a0Billions\u00a0(2018\u201319),\u00a0The New Pope\u00a0(2020), and\u00a0Space Force\u00a0(2020\u20132022).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953)\u00a0is an American actor. He has received several accolades, including a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards, a\u00a0BAFTA Award, two\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three\u00a0Golden Globe Awards. Malkovich started his career as a charter member of the\u00a0Steppenwolf Theatre Company\u00a0in Chicago in 1976.\u00a0He moved to New York City, acting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-28108","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n