John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Actor (b. 1953)
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The ThumbScore for John Malkovich (69.5%) is the average audience approval rating across 56 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.

57
Movies
69.5%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate John Malkovich’s films lower than 69% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Shadow of the Vampire (Plex, Prime Video (free), Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Tubi) · Warm Bodies (Plex, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Con Air (Fandango at Home) · The Killing Fields (Roku Channel, Plex, Tubi, Kanopy) · Places in the Heart (YouTube, Tubi) and 19 more.

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 57 films with an average audience score of 69.5%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every John Malkovich movie, ranked by audience score

Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
👍 90%
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
👍 87%
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
👍 85%
Johnny English
Johnny English
2003
👍 85%
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
👍 85%
Warm Bodies
Warm Bodies
2013
👍 84%
Con Air
Con Air
1997
👍 84%
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields
1984
👍 83%
Bird Box
Bird Box
2018
👍 81%
Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
👍 81%
Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich
1999
👍 80%
Penguins of Madagascar
Penguins of Madagascar
2014
👍 79%
Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart
1984
👍 78%
Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading
2008
👍 78%
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun
1987
👍 78%
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
1992
👍 78%
Secretariat
Secretariat
2010
👍 78%
Siberian Education
Siberian Education
2013
👍 78%
Rounders
Rounders
1998
👍 77%
In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire
1993
👍 77%
Shadows and Fog
Shadows and Fog
1991
👍 75%
Changeling
Changeling
2008
👍 73%
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky
1990
👍 73%
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
1985
👍 73%
I Love You, Daddy
I Love You, Daddy
2017
👍 72%
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon
2016
👍 71%
The Libertine
The Libertine
2004
👍 71%
Beyond the Clouds
Beyond the Clouds
1995
👍 70%
Mary Reilly
Mary Reilly
1996
👍 69%
RED 2
RED 2
2013
👍 68%
RED
RED
2010
👍 68%
Jennifer Eight
Jennifer Eight
1992
👍 68%
Knockaround Guys
Knockaround Guys
2001
👍 68%
Mile 22
Mile 22
2018
👍 67%
Ripley's Game
Ripley's Game
2002
👍 67%
RKO 281
RKO 281
1999
👍 67%
Mulholland Falls
Mulholland Falls
1996
👍 66%
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
👍 66%
Art School Confidential
Art School Confidential
2006
👍 66%
Beowulf
Beowulf
2007
👍 65%
The Great Buck Howard
The Great Buck Howard
2008
👍 65%
Eragon
Eragon
2006
👍 63%
Bullet Head
Bullet Head
2017
👍 61%
Cut Bank
Cut Bank
2014
👍 61%
Ava
Ava
2020
👍 60%
Mutant Chronicles
Mutant Chronicles
2008
👍 57%
Mindcage
Mindcage
2022
👍 57%
Savage Salvation
Savage Salvation
2022
👍 57%
Arkansas
Arkansas
2020
👍 56%
Unlocked
Unlocked
2017
👍 55%
Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex
2010
👍 53%
In the Hand of Dante
In the Hand of Dante
2026
👍 52%
The Survivalist
The Survivalist
2021
👍 49%
Velvet Buzzsaw
Velvet Buzzsaw
2019
👍 47%
Shattered
Shattered
2022
👍 46%
Opus
Opus
2025
👍 45%
Wild Horse Nine
Wild Horse Nine
2026
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