In 1976 'John Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly founded by his friend Gary Sinise. After that it would take seven years before Malkovich would show up in New York and win an Obie in Sam Shepard's play "True West". In 1984 Malkovich would appear with Dustin Hoffman in the Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman", which would earn him an Emmy when it was made into a made-for-TV movie the next year. His big-screen debut would be as the blind lodger in Places in the Heart (1984), which earned him an Academy Award Nomination for best supporting actor. Other films would follow, including The Killing Fields (1984) and The Glass Menagerie (1987), but he would be well remembered as Vicomte de Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons (1988). Playing against Michelle Pfeiffer and Glenn Close in a costume picture helped raise his standing in the industry. He would be cast as the psychotic political assassin in Clint Eastwood's In the Line of Fire (1993), for which he would be nominated for both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe. In 1994 Malkovich would portray the sinister Kurtz in the made-for-TV movie Heart of Darkness (1994) (TV), taking the story to Africa as it was originally written. Malkovich has periodically returned to Chicago to both act and direct.

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Actor - filmography Disgrace (2007) (pre-production) .... David Lurie Beowulf (2007) (post-production) .... Unferth The Great Buck Howard (2007) (post-production) .... Buck Howard The Mutant Chronicles (2007) (post-production) .... Constantine Gardens of the Night (2007) (post-production) .... Michael In Tranzit (2007) (post-production) .... Pavlov Drunkboat (2006) (post-production) .... Mort Eragon (2006) .... King Galbatorix Eragon (2006) (VG) (voice) (rumored) .... King Galbatorix ... aka Eragon: The Game (International: English title: informal title) The Call (2006) .... The priest Klimt (2006) .... Gustav Klimt Art School Confidential (2006) .... Professor Sandiford Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story (2005) .... Alan Conway ... aka Appelez-moi Kubrick (France) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) .... Humma Kavula The Libertine (2004) .... Charles II Um Filme Falado (2003) .... Comandante John Walesa ... aka A Talking Picture (International: English title) ... aka Film parlato, Un (Italy) ... aka Un film parl� (France) Johnny English (2003) .... Pascal Sauvage, the Greedy Frenchman ... aka Johnny English (France) "Napol�on" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Charles Talleyrand ... aka Napoleon (Europe: English title) Ripley's Game (2002) .... Tom Ripley ... aka Gioco di Ripley, Il (Italy) The Dancer Upstairs (2002) (uncredited) .... Abimael Guzman ... aka Pasos de baile (Spain) Hideous Man (2002) .... Narrator Knockaround Guys (2001) .... Teddy Deserve Hotel (2001) .... Omar Jonnson Je rentre � la maison (2001) .... John Crawford, Film Director ... aka I Go Home (Australia: TV title) ... aka I'm Going Home (Portugal) ... aka Vou Para Casa (Portugal) �mes fortes, Les (2001) .... Monsieur Numance ... aka Savage Souls (Europe: English title) "Mis�rables, Les" (2000) (mini) TV Series .... Javert ... aka Mis�rables - Gefangene des Schicksals, Les (Germany) ... aka Miserables, Los (Spain) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) .... Friedrich Wilhelm 'F.W.' Murnau RKO 281 (1999) (TV) .... Herman J. Mankiewicz ... aka RKO 281: The Battle Over Citizen Kane (USA: video box title) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) .... Charles VII ... aka Joan of Arc (Australia) (UK) ... aka Jeanne d'Arc (France) Being John Malkovich (1999) .... John Horatio Malkovich Temps retrouv�, Le (1999) .... Le Baron de Charlus ... aka Tempo Reencontrado, O (Portugal) ... aka Tempo ritrovato, Il (Italy) ... aka Time Regained (Europe: English title) Ladies Room (1999/I) .... Roberto Rounders (1998) .... Teddy KGB The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I) .... Athos Con Air (1997) .... Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom Unhold, Der (1996) .... Abel Tiffauges ... aka Roi des aulnes, Le (France) ... aka The Ogre The Portrait of a Lady (1996) .... Gilbert Osmond Mulholland Falls (1996) .... General Thomas Timms Mary Reilly (1996) .... Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde Convento, O (1995) .... Michael ... aka Couvent, Le (France) ... aka The Convent (USA) Al di l� delle nuvole (1995) .... The Director ... aka Al di l� delle nuvole (Italy) ... aka Beyond the Clouds (USA) ... aka Jenseits der Wolken (Germany) ... aka Par-del� les nuages (France) Heart of Darkness (1994) (TV) .... Kurtz "Saturday Night Live" .... Host (2 episodes, 1989-1993) ... aka SNL (USA: informal title) ... aka SNL 25 (USA) - Episode #19.4 (1993) TV Episode .... Host - Episode #14.10 (1989) TV Episode .... Host In the Line of Fire (1993) .... Mitch Leary Alive (1993) (uncredited) .... Old Carlitos/Narrator ... aka Alive: The Miracle of the Andes Jennifer Eight (1992) .... Agent St. Anne ... aka Jennifer 8 (USA: video box title) Of Mice and Men (1992) .... Lennie Small Shadows and Fog (1992) .... Clown The Object of Beauty (1991) .... Jake Queens Logic (1991) .... Eliot Old Times (1991) (TV) .... Deeley The Sheltering Sky (1990) .... Port Moresby ... aka T� nel deserto, Il (Italy) Dangerous Liaisons (1988) .... Vicomte S�bastien de Valmont Miles from Home (1988) .... Barry Maxwell ... aka Farm of the Year Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987) (TV) (voice) .... Santa Claus Empire of the Sun (1987) .... Basie The Glass Menagerie (1987) .... Tom Wingfield Making Mr. Right (1987) .... Dr.Jeff Peters/Ulysses Santabear's First Christmas (1986) (TV) (voice) .... Santa Claus Rocket to the Moon (1986) (TV) .... Ben Stark Eleni (1985) .... Nicholas 'Nick' Gage Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV) .... Biff Loman ... aka Tod eines Handlungsreisenden, Der (West Germany) The Killing Fields (1984) .... Alan 'Al' Rockoff, Photographer Places in the Heart (1984) .... Mr. Will True West (1984) (TV) .... Lee ... aka American Playhouse: True West (USA: series title) Say Goodnight, Gracie (1983) (TV) American Dream (1981) (TV) Word of Honor (1981) (TV) .... Gary Producer - filmography Juno (2007) (pre-production) (producer) Which Way Home (2007) (filming) (executive producer) Drunkboat (2006) (post-production) (producer) Capturing 'The Libertine' (2006) (V) (producer) Art School Confidential (2006) (producer) Kill the Poor (2006) (producer) Some Assembly Required (2004) (TV) (producer) The Libertine (2004) (producer) Found in the Street (2004) (producer) The Dancer Upstairs (2002) (producer) ... aka Pasos de baile (Spain) Dragans of New York (2002) (TV) (producer) Ghost World (2001) (producer) The Loner (2001) (producer) Somewhere Else (2000) (executive producer) The Accidental Tourist (1988) (executive producer) Director - filmography The Dancer Upstairs (2002) ... aka Pasos de baile (Spain) Hideous Man (2002) Writer - filmography Hideous Man (2002)