Biography

John Malkovich has enjoyed a remarkably versatile career across theatre, film, fashion, and the arts, establishing himself as one of the most distinctive creative forces of his generation.

As a film actor, he has appeared in more than 100 movies, including The Killing Fields, Places in the Heart, Dangerous Liaisons, In the Line of Fire, Being John Malkovich, Rounders, The Ogre, Le Temps Retrouvé, Klimt, The Sheltering Sky, and Up Among the Clouds, among many others.

As a producer, his credits include The Accidental Tourist, Ghost World, Juno, Art School Confidential, Demolition, How to Draw a Bunny, Which Way Home, and The Dancer Upstairs, which he also directed.

On stage, Malkovich has delivered defining performances across decades. He appeared in David Mamet’s Bitter Wheat, performed in Burn This on Broadway and in London’s West End, and was an original ensemble member at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, where his credits include The Libertine, The Glass Menagerie, Of Mice and Men, Death of a Salesman, and True West. He is currently touring in a production of In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields.

As a director, his work includes an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s Libra; The Good Canary, staged in Paris, Mexico City, and London; Hysteria, presented in Chicago, Paris, and Barcelona; and most recently Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt at the Dailes Theatre in Riga, Latvia.

In recent years, Malkovich has become a central figure in innovative classical music collaborations, including The Infernal Comedy, The Giacomo Variations, Just Call Me God, The Music Critic, The Report on the Blind, A Rotating Drummer Inside a Box, and The Infamous Ramirez Hoffman.

He also spent many years as a fashion designer, creating 24 collections under the labels Uncle Kimono and Techno Bohemian.