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John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953 in
Christopher, Illinois, USA) is an United
States|American actor, producer, and director.
Malkovich is of Croatian descent.

==Biography==
As a boy, Malkovich was reportedly heavy set. By
high school, he had transformed himself physically
and was a star athlete. He attended Illinois State
University with an interest in ecology.

In 1976, Malkovich became a charter member of
Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. He moved
to New York City, New York in 1983 and appeared in
the play True West. He appeared on Broadway
theater|Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in Death of a
Salesman (1984). Malkovich won an Emmy Award for
this role when the play became a television movie.
He made his film debut in Places in the Heart
(1984) for which he was nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In
1994, he was nominated for an Oscar in the same
category for In the Line of Fire (1993).  Though
he played the title role in the Charlie
Kaufman-penned Being John Malkovich, he is playing
a slight variation of himself, as indicated by the
character's middle name of "Horatio".    Malkovich
has a cameo in the movie Adaptation.—also
written by Kaufman—appearing as himself
during the filming of Being John Malkovich.  The
Dancer Upstairs, Malkovich's directorial debut,
was released in 2002.  

Malkovich has been based in France for many years
but has recently announced he is ending his
residency in that country.  He and his French
girlfriend, Nicoletta Peyran, have two children,
Amandine and Loewy.

Malkovich caused controversy in the United Kingdom
in 2002 by announcing at the Cambridge Union
Society his desire to shoot to death journalist
Robert Fisk and politician George Galloway
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/WarOnTerro
r/Malkovich.asp, both of whom are accused of
sympathising with Islamic terrorists. 

On April 4,2005, while speaking at Illinois State
University, Malkovich was awarded a diploma in
Theatre. When attending the university as a
student in the 1970's, he failed to take his last
remaining graduation requirement, the U.S.
Constitution test. This requirement was waived in
order to award him the diploma.

==Selected Filmography==
*Klimt (film)|Klimt (2005)
*The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (movie)|The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
*Johnny English (2003)
*Ripley's Game (movie)|Ripley's Game (2002)
*Adaptation. (2002)
*Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
*Les Misérables (miniseries)|Les Misérables
(miniseries) (2000)
*In Search of Lost Time|Le Temps Retrouvé (1999)
*Being John Malkovich (1999)
*Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
*Rounders (movie)|Rounders (1998)
*The Terrorist|John Malkovich Presents The
Terrorist (1998)
*Con Air (1997)
*Mary Reilly (1996)
*In the Line of Fire (1993)
*The Sheltering Sky (1990)
*Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
*Making Mr. Right (1987)
*Empire of the Sun (1987)
*The Killing Fields (movie)|The Killing Fields
(1984)
*Places in the Heart (1984)

==Resources==
*"John Malkovich".
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800019625&cf
=biog&intl=us Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved Sep.16,
2004.

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000518|name=John Malkovich
*http://www.westlord.com/john-malkovich/ John
Malkovich Website
*http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/13us2.htm How
John Malkovich God-Fathered Sivan's The Terrorist