Happy Birthday: John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Born: December 9, 1953 in Christopher, Illinois, USA

Married to: Nicoletta Peyran (20 September 1989 – present) (2 children)

[on Being John Malkovich (1999)] When I first looked at the script, the title seemed like a one-line joke, but it turned out to be a 100-page joke.

[Spike Jonze wanted to borrow photographs from his childhood for Being John Malkovich (1999)] “I gave them my mother’s phone number and told them to tell her that I’m an actor and it was for a film. I don’t think my parents know what I do.”

“I want to be successful. I would like it to be a success with something that doesn’t make me want to vomit all over the screening room after I’ve seen it.” (1980s quote)

Empire of the Sun 1987 dir. Steven Spielberg Starring: Christian Bale Malkovich

Jonah Hex dir. Jimmy Hayward Stars Josh Brolin Megan Fox

Dangerous Liaisons 1988 dir. Frears Starring Glenn Close Malkovich

In the Line of Fire 1993 dir. Wolfgang Petersen Starring Clint Eastwood Malkovich

Being John Malkovich 1999 dir. Jonze starring John Cusack Malkovich Knockaround Guys 2001 dir. Brian Koppelman David Levien starring Barry Pepper Seth Green Beowulf dir. Zemeckis Starring Angelina Jolie Anthony Hopkins SECRETARIAT dir. Randall Wallace Stars: Diane Lane Scott Glenn Changeling dir. Clint Eastwood Starring Angelina Jolie Malkovich Burn After Reading 2008 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen Starring George Clooney Brad Pitt RED dir. Robert Schwentke Stars: Bruce Willis Helen Mirren TRANSFORMERS 3 dir. Michael Bay Stars: Shia LaBeouf Rosie Huntington-Whiteley THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK 1998 dir. Randall Wallace Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio Jeremy Irons THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD 2008 dir. Sean McGinly Stars: Tom Hanks Colin Hanks RED 2 2013 dir. Dean Parisot Stars: Bruce Willis Helen Mirren SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE 2000 dir. by E. Elias Merhige Stars: John Malkovich Willem Dafoe ERAGON 2006 dir. Stefen Fangmeier Stars: Ed Speleers Sienna Guillory ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL 2006 dir. Terry Zwigoff Stars: Max Minghella Sophia Myles WARM BODIES dir. Jonathan Levine Stars: Nicholas Hoult Teresa Palmer

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