John Malkovich

American actor

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Born 1953 · age 73United States

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  • Age
    73
    Born 1953
  • Known for
    Penguins of Madagascar
    2014
Summary
Updated 2026-06-10

He's the actor whose name became the title of a movie about wanting to be him — which tells you something about the singular, unplaceable quality he brings to a room. Malkovich doesn't disappear into roles so much as bend them into his orbit: cold, precise, faintly menacing even when playing the hero.

Biography

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Malkovich started as a charter member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1976, moving to New York four years later for a Steppenwolf production of Sam Shepard's True West. His Broadway debut came in 1984 as Biff in Death of a Salesman, the role that later won him an Emmy when he reprised it for television in 1985. That same year he earned his first Academy Award nomination for Places in the Heart; a second followed in 1993 for In the Line of Fire. The through-line runs from Dangerous Liaisons to Con Air to Being John Malkovich in 1999, a film that made his own persona the premise. He'…

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  • Donostia Award
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
  • Theatre World Award
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Historical30.1
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Source confidence80.0
Completeness90.0
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