John Malkovich
American actor (born 1953)
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- John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor.
- Malkovich started his career as a charter member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in 1976.
- He made his Broadway debut as Biff in the revival of the Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman (1984).
- Malkovich has received two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his performances in Places in the Heart (1984) and In the Line of Fire (1993).
- For his work on television, Malkovich received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Death of a Salesman (1985).
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WikipediaJohn Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, two Actor Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, and three Golden Globe Awards.
Malkovich started his career as a charter member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in 1976. He moved to New York City, acting in a Steppenwolf production of the Sam Shepard play True West (1980). He made his Broadway debut as Biff in the revival of the Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman (1984). He directed the Harold Pinter play The Caretaker (1986), and acted in Lanford Wilson's Burn This (1987).
Malkovich has received two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his performances in Places in the Heart (1984) and In the Line of Fire (1993). Other films include The Killing Fields (1984), Empire of the Sun (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Of Mice and Men (1992), Con Air (1997), Rounders (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Ripley's Game (2002), Johnny English (2003), Burn After Reading (2008), and Red (2010). He has also produced films such as Ghost World (2001), Juno (2007), and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012).
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