John Malkovich filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1981 Word of Honor Gary Television film
1983 Say Goodnight , Gracie Steve Television film
1984 True West Lee Television film
1985 Death of a Salesman Biff Loman Television film
1986 Rocket to the Moon Ben Stark Television film
1987 Santabear 's High Flying Adventure Santa Claus ( voice ) Television film
1989 1993 2008 Saturday Night Live Himself ( host ) 3 episodes
1991 Old Times Deeley Television film
1993 Heart of Darkness Kurtz Television film
1999 RKO 281 Herman Mankiewicz Television film
2000 Les Misérables Javert 4 episodes
2002 Napoléon Charles Talleyrand 4 episodes
2014 Crossbones Blackbeard 9 episodes
2018-2019 Billions Grigor Andolov 6 episodes
2018 The ABC Murders Hercule Poirot 3 episodes
2019 Matchday : Inside FC Barcelona Narrator ( voice ) 8 episodes
2020 The New Pope Pope John Paul III 9 episodes
2020-present Space Force Dr. Adrian Mallory 10 episodes
Television
American actor, director, and producer John Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. He started acting in the 1980s, appearing in the films: Places in the Heart (1984) with Sally Field, Death of a Salesman (1985), The Glass Menagerie (1987), Empire of the Sun (1987), and Dangerous Liaisons (1988) with Glenn Close. His role in Places in the Heart earned him an Academy Award nomination. The Sheltering Sky (1990). During the 1990s, he starred in the films: Of Mice and Men (1992) as Lennie Small, In the Line of Fire (1993) as Mitch Leary, Beyond the Clouds (1995) as The Director, The Portrait of a Lady (1996) Gilbert Osmond, Con Air (1997) as Cyrus The Virus Grissom, The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) as Athos, Being John Malkovich (1999) as John Horatio Malkovich, and (1999) as Charles VII. His role as Mitch Leary in In the Line of Fire earned him his second Academy Award nomination. Malkovich went on to appear in the early 2000s films: Johnny English (2003) as Pascal Sauvage, The Libertine (2004) as Charles II, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) as Humma Kavula, Eragon (2006) as Galbatorix, Klimt (2006) as Gustav Klimt, Burn After Reading (2008) as Osborne Cox, and Changeling (2008) as Reverend Briegleb. In 2010, he co-starred with Josh Brolin and Megan Fox in the science fiction Western: Jonah Hex as Quentin Turnbull. The same year, he also starred in: Secretariat with Diane Lane, and RED with Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren. A role he later reprised in the sequel: RED 2 (2013). Malkovich made an appearance in the science fiction action film: (2011) as Bruce Brazos. He co-starred in the romantic zombie comedy film: Warm Bodies (2013) as General Grigio and lent his voice to the animated movie Penguins of Madagascar (2014) as the villainous octopus Dave.