• John Malkovich (09/12/1953)
• 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.
• Is of Croatian heritage.
• Parents ran and owned local newspaper in Benton Il, his hometown.
• Briefly dated Michelle Pfeiffer.
• Has developed a great passion for Portugal, where he has filmed some movies recently. He also keeps a house here, as he co-owns a disco in Lisbon.
• When he was 16, he decided to get his excessive weight under control and lost 70 pounds by eating nothing but Jell-O for two months.
• Is a big fan of Tom Waits and rap artist Dr. Dre.
• His favorite films include: Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966), Quatre cents coups, Les (1959), Citizen Kane (1941), Conformista, Il (1970), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), High Noon (1952), and It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
• His performance as himself in Being John Malkovich (1999) is ranked #90 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
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