Biography
John Malkovich
John Malkovich With his hypnotically whispering voice and penetrating gaze, John Malkovich has made the term 'icy calm' his trademark. After winning acclaim for his characterization of the scheming Vicomte de Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons, he became associated with a series of roles that essentially required him to be an evil bastard. He is dismissive of his chosen vocation, saying: 'I don't go to the movies. I can barely look at them. I find them generally absurd, so horrifyingly flat.'

The product of a large, intellectual family, Malkovich was born December 9, 1953, in Illinois. Initially a portly youth, he underwent a self-imposed physical transformation, emerging as a high school athletics star. He went on to attend Eastern Illinois University, with ambitions to be an environmentalist. Malkovich helped co-found Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre in 1976 with his friend Gary Sinise. Seven years later, he won an Obie Award when his production of True West went to New York. He ne
Filmography
YearMovie TitleGenreRating
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) Action, Sci-Fi
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (3D) (2011) Action, Sci-Fi
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (4D) (2011) Action, Sci-Fi
2010 Red (2010) Action, Comedy
2009 Changeling Drama, Thriller
2009 The Great Buck Howard Comedy, Drama
2008 Mutant Chronicles Action, Sci-Fi
2008 Burn After Reading Comedy, Crime
2007 Beowulf Adventure, Fantasy
2006 The Libertine Drama
2006 Eragon Fantasy, Sci-Fi
2003 Johnny English (2003) Action, Comedy
2003 Ripley's Game Drama, Horror
2002 Knockaround Guys Comedy, Crime
2001 Shadow of the Vampire Drama, Horror
2000 Being John Malkovich Comedy, Fantasy