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John Malkovich stars in "Transformers 3," opposite Shia LaBeouf. Malkovich also stars in "Jonah Hex," opposite Megan Fox, Josh Brolin and Will Arnet; "Secretariat," opposite Diane Lane; and "Burn After Reading," directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

John Malkovich has twice been nominated for the Academy Award, for his performances in Robert Benton's "Places in the Heart" (opposite Oscar winner Sally Field) and Wolfgang Petersen's "In the Line of Fire."

Among his many other screen credits are Roland Joffé's "The Killing Fields"; Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun"; Gary Sinise's "Miles from Home" and "Of Mice and Men"; Stephen Frears' "Dangerous Liaisons"; Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Sheltering Sky"; Nicolas Roeg's telefilm "Heart of Darkness"; Jane Campion's "The Portrait of a Lady"; E. Elias Merhige's "Shadow of the Vampire"; Liliana Cavani's "Ripley's Game"; Brian W. Cook's "Colour Me Kubrick"; Sean McGinly's "The Great Buck Howard"; Clint Eastwood's upcoming "Changeling"; and Spike Jonze's "Being John Malkovich," for which Malkovich was cited as Best Supporting Actor by the New York Film Critics Circle.

He has enjoyed long-term cinematic collaborations with writer/directors Raoul Ruiz (on "Time Regained," "Savage Souls," "Klimt," and "Love and Virtue") and Manoel de Oliveira (on "The Convent," "I'm Going Home," and "A Talking Picture").

Born and raised in Illinois, Malkovich attended Illinois State University, eventually majoring in theatre. With his friend Gary Sinise, he helped co-found Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1976. He won an Obie Award when Steppenwolf presented Sam Shepard's "True West" in New York; appeared with Dustin Hoffman in the 1984 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," later winning an Emmy Award for Volker Schlöndorff's telefilm version of the production; and starred on Broadway in Lanford Wilson's "Burn This."

Malkovich directed and produced the feature "The Dancer Upstairs," starring Javier Bardem. His other films as producer, through his company Mr. Mudd, include Terry Zwigoff's "Ghost World," for which Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi earned Golden Globe Award nominations; Laurence Dunmore's "The Libertine," starring Johnny Depp; and Jason Reitman's smash "Juno," which won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (Diablo Cody), among other honors.



JOHN MALKOVICH: FACTS

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Age: 58 years old
Birthday: December 9, 1953
Height: 6' 1"
Full Name / Real Name: John Gavin Malkovich
Birthplace: Christopher, IL
Wife: Nicoletta Peyran (9/20/1989, 2 children)
Glenne Headly (8/2/1982 - 1/1/1988, divorced)





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