For ten points, name this actor who received Academy award nomination for Places in the Heart, better known as the subject of a 1999 movie in which everyone wanted to be him.
As a high school student, he lost 70 pounds in ten weeks by adhering to a strict Jell-O diet and became the starting defensive end for the football team. However, he would help co-found the Steppenwolf theater with Gary Sinise, and would later make it big on Broadway with Sinise in a production of True West. For ten points, name this actor who received Academy award nomination for Places in the Heart, better known as the subject of a 1999 movie in which everyone wanted to be him.
As a high school student, he lost 70 pounds in ten weeks by adhering to a strict Jell-O diet and became the starting defensive end for the football team.
John Gavin {Malkovich}