John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Actor (b. 1953)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for John Malkovich (73.0%) is the average audience approval rating across 38 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of John's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

38
Movies
73.0%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Helen Mirren (3)Tom Hollander (2)Bruce Willis (2)Mary-Louise Parker (2)Brian Cox (2)

John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor. He has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Malkovich started his career as a charter member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in 1976. He moved to New York City, acting in a Steppenwolf production of the Sam Shepard play True West (1980). He made his Broadway debut as Biff in the revival of the Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman (1984). He directed the Harold Pinter play The Caretaker(1986) and acted in Lanford Wilson's Burn This(1987). Malkovich has received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his performances in Places in the Heart (1984) and In the Line of Fire (1993).

Other films include The Killing Fields (1984), Empire of the Sun (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Of Mice and Men (1992), Con Air (1997), Rounders (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Ripley's Game (2002), Johnny English (2003), Burn After Reading (2008), and Red (2010). He has also produced films such as Ghost World (2001), Juno (2007), and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012). For his work on television, he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for Death of a Salesman (1985). His other Emmy-nominated roles were for portraying Herman J. Mankiewicz in RKO 281 (1999) and Charles Talleyrand in Napoléon (2002). Other television roles include  Crossbones (2014), Billions (2018–19), The New Pope (2020), and Space Force (2020–2022).

Born 1953-12-09 in Christopher, Illinois, USA.

On ThumbScore, John Malkovich appears in 38 films with an average audience score of 73.0%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
👍 90%
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
👍 88%
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
👍 87%
Johnny English
Johnny English
2003
👍 85%
Warm Bodies
Warm Bodies
2013
👍 84%
Con Air
Con Air
1997
👍 84%
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields
1984
👍 83%
RED 2
RED 2
2013
👍 82%
Bird Box
Bird Box
2018
👍 81%
Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
👍 81%
RED
RED
2010
👍 80%
Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich
1999
👍 80%
Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart
1984
👍 79%
Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading
2008
👍 78%
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
👍 78%
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun
1987
👍 78%
Rounders
Rounders
1998
👍 78%
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
1992
👍 78%
Secretariat
Secretariat
2010
👍 78%
Siberian Education
Siberian Education
2013
👍 78%
In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire
1993
👍 77%
Changeling
Changeling
2008
👍 74%
Penguins of Madagascar
Penguins of Madagascar
2014
👍 72%
I Love You, Daddy
I Love You, Daddy
2017
👍 72%
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon
2016
👍 71%
The Libertine
The Libertine
2004
👍 71%
Mile 22
Mile 22
2018
👍 67%
Beowulf
Beowulf
2007
👍 65%
Eragon
Eragon
2006
👍 63%
Bullet Head
Bullet Head
2017
👍 61%
Ava
Ava
2020
👍 60%
Opus
Opus
2025
👍 58%
Mutant Chronicles
Mutant Chronicles
2008
👍 57%
Unlocked
Unlocked
2017
👍 56%
Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex
2010
👍 54%
The Survivalist
The Survivalist
2021
👍 49%
Velvet Buzzsaw
Velvet Buzzsaw
2019
👍 47%
Shattered
Shattered
2022
👍 46%
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