Profile
John Malkovich
Academy Award-nominated American Actor + Producer and Director
Male
Born
Dec 9, 1953
Age
59
Hometown
Christopher, Illi...
Nationality
American
Alma Mater
Illinois State Un...
Other Names
Malkovich, John G...
John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer, director and fashion designer with his label Technobohemian. Over the last 25 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In… Read More
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Nicoletta PeyranMarried 1989
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John Malkovich
Age 59
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Daniel MalkovichFather
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Cal Performances Lists 2013 14 SeasonSan Francisco Chronicle - Apr 23, 2013
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Jonathan Valania: O Brother Who Art Thou? A Q&A With Actor/Writer/Director Tim Blake NelsonHuffington Post - Apr 03, 2013
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John Malkovich Joins Nbc Pirate DramaHuffington Post - Mar 11, 2013
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Charlotte Robinson: Listen: Director Susan Seidelman On Musical Chairs, Her Glaad Award Nomination And MoreHuffington Post - Feb 27, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1953
Birth
Born on December 9, 1953.
TEENAGE
He was also a member of a folk rock musical trio, and was a member of a local summer theater/comedy project in Benton in 1972, where he co-starred in Jean-Claude van Itallie's America Hurrah.
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TWENTIES
1976
22 Years Old
In 1976, Malkovich, along with Joan Allen, Gary Sinise, and Glenne Headly, became a charter member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago.
1978
24 Years Old
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.
1980
26 Years Old
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.
In early 1982, he appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire with Chicago's Wisdom Bridge Theatre.
THIRTIES
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.
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1987
33 Years Old
He continued to have steady work in films such as 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.
1988
34 Years Old
A few years later, Malkovich became a star when he portrayed the sinister and sensual Valmont in the 1988 film Dangerous Liaisons.
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1990
36 Years Old
In 1990, he recited, in Croat, verses of the Croatian national anthem Lijepa naša domovino (Our Beautiful Homeland) in Nenad Bach's song "Can We Go Higher?".
1992
38 Years Old
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.
FORTIES
1994
40 Years Old
In 1994, he was nominated for another Oscar, in the same category, for In the Line of Fire.
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The Dancer Upstairs, Malkovich's directorial film debut, was released in 2002.
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2003
49 Years Old
The company released its John Malkovich menswear collection, "Uncle Kimono," in 2003 and its second clothing line, "Technobohemian," in 2010.
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FIFTIES
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.
In 2011, Malkovich directed Julian Sands in A Celebration of Harold Pinter in the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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