John Malkovich

John Malkovich

born on 9/12/1953 in Christopher, IL, United States

John Malkovich

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John Malkovich
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Spouse(s) Glenne Headly (1982-1988)
Nicoletta Peyran (1989present)

John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor, producer, and director. Over the last 25 years, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award nominations. He has also appeared in critically acclaimed films such as Empire of the Sun, The Killing Fields, Dangerous Liaisons, Being John Malkovich, and Changeling.

Early life

Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, to a family of Croatian,[1][2][3][4] Scottish and German ancestry.[3][5] His paternal grandparents were native of Ozalj, near Karlovac, in Croatia.[6] He grew up in Benton, Illinois, in a large house on South Main Street. His father, Daniel Malkovich, was a state conservation director and publisher of Outdoor Illinois, a conservation magazine. His mother, Joe Ann (née Choisser), owned the Benton Evening News (a local newspaper in Benton, Il.), as well as Outdoor Illinois.[7][8] Malkovich attended a Catholic school in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.[9] He appeared in plays and the musical, Carousel. He was also a member of a folk/rock musical trio, and was an organizer and member of a local summer theater project in 1972, where he starred in Jean-Claude Van Itallie's America Hurrah. Upon graduation from high school, he entered Eastern Illinois University, and then transferred to Illinois State University, where he majored in theatre.

Career

In 1976, Malkovich, along with Joan Allen, Gary Sinise, and Glenne Headly, became a charter member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago.[7] He moved to New York City in 1980 to appear in a Steppenwolf production of the Sam Shepard play True West, for which he won an Obie Award.[10][11] Malkovich then directed a Steppenwolf co-production, the 1984 revival of Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead, for which he received a second Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award.[10] His Broadway debut that year was as Biff in Death of a Salesman, alongside Dustin Hoffman as Willy. Malkovich won an Emmy Award for this role when the play was adapted for television by CBS in 1985.

One of the actor's first forays into film was as an extra alongside Allen, Terry Kinney, George Wendt, and Laurie Metcalf in Robert Altman's 1978 film A Wedding. He made his feature film debut in 1984, as Sally Field's blind boarder Mr. Will in Places in the Heart; for his portrayal of Mr. Will, Malkovich received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also portrayed Al Rockoff in The Killing Fields. He continued to have steady work in films like Empire of the Sun, directed by Steven Spielberg, and the 1987 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. A few years later, Malkovich became a star when he portrayed the sinister and sensual Valmont in the 1988 film Dangerous Liaisons. He later reprised this role for the music video of Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox.

Malkovich starred in the 1992 film adaptation of John Steinbeck's award-winning novella Of Mice and Men as Lennie alongside Gary Sinise as George. In 1994, he was nominated for another Oscar, in the same category, for In the Line of Fire. Though he played the title role in the Charlie Kaufman-penned Being John Malkovich, he played 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 film debut, was released in 2002. Recent film roles include The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Beowulf, Burn After Reading and Changeling.

Malkovich has hosted three episodes of the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live. The first occasion was in January 1989 with musical guest Anita Baker; the second in October 1993 with musical guest Billy Joel (and special appearance by former cast member Jan Hooks); and the third was in December 2008 with musical guest T.I. with Swizz Beatz (and special appearances by Justin Timberlake, Molly Sims, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler).

In a 2008 interview on College Hour, Malkovich revealed that he has been discussing making a motion picture adaptation of the Arnon Grünberg novel The History of My Baldness.[12]

In November 2009, Malkovich appeared in an advertisement for Nespresso with fellow actor George Clooney. He portrayed Quentin Turnbull in the film adaption of Jonah Hex.[13] Malkovich was due to play the role of The Vulture in Spider-Man 4, but the project was canceled in January 2010.

Malkovich is known for his distinctive voice, which The Guardian describes as "a reedy, faintly orgasmic drawl".[14]

Personal life and political views

Malkovich was married to Glenne Headly from 1982 to 1988. They divorced after Malkovich became involved with Michelle Pfeiffer, his co-star in Dangerous Liaisons.[11] He later met his long-term partner Nicoletta Peyran on the set of The Sheltering Sky where she was the second assistant director, in 1989. They have two children; Amandine (born 1990) and Loewy (born 1992).

Malkovich is a conservative. Actor William Hootkins, who worked with Malkovich in BBC Television's Rocket to the Moon, stated, "In fact, he's so right-wing you have to wonder if he's kidding."[11]

In a 2002 appearance at the Cambridge Union Society, when asked whom he would most like to "fight to the death," Malkovich replied that he would "rather just shoot" journalist Robert Fisk and British MP George Galloway.[15] Fisk reacted with outrage.[16] When interviewed by The Observer, Malkovich elaborated on his comments: "I hate somebody who is supposed to be a Middle Eastern expert who thinks Jesus was born in Jerusalem. I hate what I consider his vile anti-semitism. This being said, I apologize to both Fisk and Galloway; they seem like good men but if they make such a heinous mistake again, I will not hesitate to murder them brutally by way of the gallows." Malkovich later added: "I'm a Christopher Hitchens fan myself, but no one has thinner skins than journalists, in my experience, and I come from a family of them... They can dish it out but they can't take it. But the reason I don't like the topic, why I don't really say anything about a whiner like Fisk, is it gives them more oxygen."[17]

Malkovich is fluent in French and for nearly 10 years, lived and worked in a theater in southern France. He and his family left France in a dispute over taxes in 2003,[11][17] and since then he has lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[18] In a 2008 interview on The Late Show With David Letterman, Malkovich said he had just spent five weeks that summer living in France.

In April 2005, while speaking at Illinois State, Malkovich was awarded his bachelor's degree in theatre. When attending the university as a student in the 1970s, he failed to take his last remaining graduation requirement, a test on the United States Constitution; this requirement was waived for Malkovich.

Malkovich lost millions[19] to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme when it collapsed in 2008.[20]

Filmography

Actor

Year Film Role Notes
1984 Places in the Heart Mr. Will Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor (Also for The Killing Fields)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor (Also for The Killing Fields)
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Killing Fields Al Rockoff Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor (Also for Places in the Heart)
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor (Also for Places in the Heart)
True West Lee
1985 Death of a Salesman Biff Loman (Made for Television)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) (Also for Dangerous Liaisons and The Glass Menagerie)
Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Eleni Nick Gage
1986 Rocket to the Moon Ben Stark (Made for Television)
1987 The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) (Also for Death of a Salesman and Dangerous Liaisons)
Making Mr. Right Dr. Jeff Peters/Ulysses
Empire of the Sun Basie
Santabear's High Flying Adventure Santa Claus (voice) (Made for Television) His wife Glenne Headly voiced Mrs. Santa Claus.
1988 Miles from Home Barry Maxwell
Dangerous Liaisons Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) (Also for Death of a Salesman and The Glass Menagerie)
1990 The Sheltering Sky Port Moresby
1991 Old Times Deeley (Made for Television)
The Object of Beauty Jake
Queens Logic Elliot Nominated Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
1992 Shadows and Fog Clown
Of Mice and Men Lennie Small
Jennifer Eight Agent St. Anne Jury "Coup de Chapeau" (For the acting performance)
1993 In the Line of Fire Mitch Leary Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture
Nominated MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
Nominated Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Alive Old Carlitos
1994 Heart of Darkness Kurtz (Made for Television)
Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
1995 O Convento Michael
Beyond the Clouds The director
1996 Mary Reilly Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde
The Portrait of a Lady Gilbert Osmond
The Ogre Abel Tiffauges
1997 Con Air Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Athos
Rounders Teddy KGB
1999 Being John Malkovich John Horatio Malkovich American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Charles VII
Le Temps Retrouvé Le Baron de Charlus
2000 Shadow of the Vampire F.W. Murnau
Les Misérables (miniseries) Javert
2001 Knockaround Guys Teddy Deserve
I'm Going Home John Crawford, film director
Les âmes fortes Monsieur Numance
2002 The Dancer Upstairs Abimael Guzman Also director
Hideous Man Narrator Also director and writer
Napoléon (miniseries) Charles Talleyrand Nominated Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Ripley's Game Tom Ripley
2003 Johnny English Pascal Sauvage
Um Filme Falado Captain John Walesa
Adaptation. Himself
2004 The Libertine Charles II
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Humma Kavula
Colour Me Kubrick Alan Conway
2006 Art School Confidential Professor Sandiford
Eragon Galbatorix
Klimt Gustav Klimt
The Call Priest short film
2007 Drunkboat Mort
In Transit Pavlov
Beowulf Unferth
Polis is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place Himself Documentary
2008 The Mutant Chronicles Constantine
Gardens of the Night Michael
Burn After Reading Osborne Cox Nominated St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Changeling Reverend Briegleb
The Great Buck Howard Buck Howard Nominated San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Disgrace David Lurie
Afterwards Dr. Joseph Kay
2010 Jonah Hex Quentin Turnbull
Secretariat Lucien Laurin forthcoming film
Red Marvin Boggs forthcoming film
Hotel Syracuse Adam Zeller forthcoming film
2011 Transformers 3 filming

Director

  • Johnny Loves Bobby (1989)
  • Strap-Hanging (1999)
  • The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
  • Hideous Man (2002)
  • Blazing Satchels (2008)

Writer

  • Hideous Man (2002)

Producer

  • The Accidental Tourist (1988) (executive producer)
  • Ghost World (2001)
  • The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
  • The Libertine (2004)
  • Kill the Poor (2006)
  • Art School Confidential (2006)
  • Juno (2007)

References

  1. Croatia to hand over Serbian villas to phantom Czech agency. nacional.hr.
  2. Timesonline, Follow that star, January 3, 2004. URL accessed on May 6, 2010.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kralev, Nicholas (June 15, 2002). Seeing John Malkovich (reprint). Nicholaskralve.com. Financial Times. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  4. Croatian Art. Croatianhistory.net (September 2, 1995). Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  5. Stolyarova, Galina (March 31, 2006). Prisoners of War. Moscow Times. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  6. http://www.moono.com/html/john-malkovich/john-malkovich-biography.cfm
  7. 7.0 7.1 Wood, Gaby, A multitude of Malkovich, The Guardian, September 30, 2001. URL accessed on December 22, 2008.
  8. JOE ANNE MALKOVICH, Benton Evening News, 2009-03-24. URL accessed on 2010-03-22.
  9. Rimas, Andrew (2006-05-15). John Malkovich: The Invisible Man. Boston magazine. Retrieved on 2010-06-26.
  10. 10.0 10.1 John Malkovich - Biography. Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Right for the part, The Sunday Telegraph, 2003-05-31. URL accessed on 2008-12-28.
  12. "Episode dated January 24, 2009." Filmfestival Journal, College Hour. Nederland 2. 2009-01-24.
  13. Dozens of Images from Jonah Hex
  14. Gaby Wood, A multitude of Malkovich, Guardian, 30 September 2001. URL accessed on 2010-04-25.
  15. MP stunned at actor's outburst, BBC Online, May 4, 2002. URL accessed on December 28, 2008.
  16. Fisk, Robert (May 13, 2002). Why Does Malkovich Want to Kill Me?. CounterPunch. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Barber, Lynn, Life and taxes, The Guardian, September 7, 2006. URL accessed on December 28, 2008.
  18. Kahn, Joseph P., Seeking John Malkovich, Boston Globe, September 12, 2005. URL accessed on December 28, 2008.
  19. Actor John Malkovich complains over Madoff fraud award, BBC News, 2010-04-03. URL accessed on 2010-04-25.
  20. Zambito, Thomas, Sandy Koufax, John Malkovich among Bernie Madoff victims as court filings are released, New York Daily News, February 5 2009. URL accessed on 2009-07-23.

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