John Malkovich (1953-) is an Oscar® nominated American actor, producer and director. Malkovich received Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nominations for 1984’s Places in the Heart and 1993’s In the Line of Fire. Some of his biggest box office hits would include: In The Line of Fire, 1997’s Con-Air, 1998’s The Man In The Iron Mask and2010’s Red. His IMDb page shows 113 acting credits since 1978. This page ranks 56 John Malkovich movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, bit parts and his movies not released in North America theaters are not included in the rankings.
John Malkovich Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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John Malkovich, is the # 39 most connected actor of the 1990’s, the # 53 most connected of the 2010’s, and # 80 most connectible of the 2000’s (3 decades).
I saw 23 including 16 of top 20.10s: in line of fire(favourite), places in the heart (favourite). killing fields, of mice and men, empire of the sun. I have not revisited of mice and men , it may have just been me that day ,it is my hidden gem.
my favorites list is now 360 long with 280 of them 10s. I have watched 2684 movies skewed to popular and successful. I recommend over 1700 of them. 8s/good about 800 , 9s/very good about 520, and 10s/great 384 . I have seen over 900 of the UMR top 1000 (on site index it is listed as top 500 under UMR) as a project this year. thanks UMR.
John Malkovich is # 22 on the 2016 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list (he’s moved all the way up to # 21 now). These are the other actors on the 2016 list he has worked with;
2 MICHAEL MADSEN Mulholland Falls (1996)
3 DANNY TREJO Con Air (1997)
7 WILLEM DAFOE Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
12 MORGAN FREEMAN Red (2010)
13 UDO KIER Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
18 BRUCE WILLIS Red (2010)
18 BRUCE WILLIS RED 2 (2013)
25 RICHARD RIEHLE Of Mice and Men (1992)
25 RICHARD RIEHLE Shadows and Fog (1991)
27 DENNIS HOPPER Knockaround Guys (2001)
31 JOHN TURTURRO Rounders (1998)
31 JOHN TURTURRO Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
32 ANTHONY HOPKINS Beowulf (2007)
33 FRANK WELKER Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
34 ALFRED MOLINA Eleni (1985)
36 JOHN GOODMAN Drunkboat (2007)
38 NICK NOLTE Mulholland Falls (1996)
39 DANNY GLOVER Places in the Heart (1984)
46 MATT DAMON Rounders (1998)
47 RON PERLMAN Mutant Chronicles (2008)
48 NICOLAS CAGE Con Air (1997)
50 STEVE BUSCEMI Art School Confidential (2006)
50 STEVE BUSCEMI Con Air (1997)
55 THOMAS ROSALES JR. Con Air (1997)
56 BRIAN COX Red (2010)
56 BRIAN COX Red 2 (2013)
57 MIKE STARR Knockaround Guys (2001)
59 MICHAEL PAPAJOHN Jonah Hex (2010)
63 ED HARRIS Places in the Heart (1984)
66 SUSAN SARANDON ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
69 MARTIN LANDAU Rounders (1998)
73 JOHNNY DEPP The Libertine (2004)
79 BRAD PITT Burn After Reading (2008)
81 BILLY ZANE ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
85 LANCE HENRIKSEN Jennifer Eight (1992)
90 JOHN CUSACK Being John Malkovich (1999)
90 JOHN CUSACK Con Air (1997)
90 JOHN CUSACK Shadows and Fog (1991)
96 BURT REYNOLDS Hotel (2001)
104 CHRISTIAN BALE Empire of the Sun (1987)
104 CHRISTIAN BALE The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
105 ED LAUTER Mulholland Falls (1996)
106 MARK BOONE JUNIOR Of Mice and Men (1992)
108 KATHY BATES Shadows and Fog (1991)
116 GERARD DEPARDIEU The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I)
118 GABRIEL BYRNE The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I)
120 ANDY GARCIA Jennifer Eight (1992)
122 GERALDINE CHAPLIN A Wedding (1978)
124 RICHARD JENKINS Burn After Reading (2008)
134 FAYE DUNAWAY The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
139 MICHAEL LERNER Art School Confidential (2006)
142 ERNEST BORGNINE RED (2010)
144 TOM HANKS The Great Buck Howard (2008)
145 HELEN MIRREN Red (2010)
145 HELEN MIRREN Red 2 (2013)
145 HELEN MIRREN The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
149 OLIVER PLATT CUT BANK (2015)
152 JAMES REMAR Red (2010)
152 JAMES REMAR Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
154 ELTON LEBLANC Jonah Hex (2010)
155 DUSTIN HOFFMAN The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
160 ANTONIO BANDERAS BULLET HEAD (2017)
164 VING RHAMES Con Air (1997)
167 J. K. SIMMONS Burn After Reading (2008)
171 JULIA ROBERTS Mary Reilly (1996)
173 JOSH BROLIN Jonah Hex (2010)
176 TOMAS ARANA Shadows and Fog (1991)
177 WILLIAM H. MACY Shadows and Fog (1991)
180 OWEN WILSON ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
188 GEORGE CLOONEY Burn After Reading (2008)
191 JOE MANTEGNA Queens Logic (1991)
193 BILLY BOB THORNTON CUT BANK (2015)
200 JOE PANTOLIANO Empire of the Sun (1987)
202 JASON ISAACS Hotel (2001)
207 BEN STILLER EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987)
207 BEN STILLER ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
210 ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL Der Unhold (1996)
211 JOHN HEARD In the Line of Fire (1993)
213 MARSHALL BELL Art School Confidential (2006)
214 NICOLE KIDMAN The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
218 JOHN C. REILLY Shadows and Fog (1991)
221 CYNTHIA LEBLANC JONAH HEX (2010)
224 KEVIN DUNN Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
227 CARY ELWES Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
229 BOB PEPPER Con Air (1997)
230 DANNY HUSTON Hotel (2001)
233 JIM BROADBENT Art School Confidential (2006)
236 JEREMY IRONS Eragon (2006)
236 JEREMY IRONS The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I)
238 JOEL THINGVALL TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (2011)
241 ADRIEN BRODY BULLET HEAD (2017)
242 JOE CHREST Red (2010)
248 GLENN MORSHOWER Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
253 TOBY JONES THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC (1999)
257 SALMA HAYEK Hotel (2001)
262 COLM MEANEY Con Air (1997)
264 GLENN CLOSE Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
264 GLENN CLOSE Mary Reilly (1996)
267 CIARAN HINDS Mary Reilly (1996)
273 BOB GUNTON Jennifer Eight (1992)
274 BRUCE DERN CUT BANK (2015)
274 BRUCE DERN Mulholland Falls (1996)
275 VERNON DOBTCHEFF Der Unhold (1996)
283 UMA THURMAN Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
283 UMA THURMAN Jennifer Eight (1992)
286 CHRIS ELLIS Con Air (1997)
295 MARK WAHLBERG DEEPWATER HORIZON (2016)
295 MARK WAHLBERG MILE 22 (2018)
298 JEAN RENO Beyond the Clouds (1995)
303 LASCO ATKINS RED 2 (2013)
306 ADAM LEFEVRE Rounders (1998)
312 JULIAN SANDS Hotel (2001)
312 JULIAN SANDS The Killing Fields (1984)
314 KEANU REEVES Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
319 TREAT WILLIAMS Mulholland Falls (1996)
322 MICHAEL SHANNON Jonah Hex (2010)
323 DONALD PLEASENCE Shadows and Fog (1991)
326 TOM ARNOLD Gardens of the Night (2008)
326 TOM ARNOLD The Great Buck Howard (2008)
327 HELENE CARDONA LADIES ROOM (1999/I)
329 DAVID COHEN THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD (2008)
332 ELYA BASKIN Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
335 JAMES REBHORN Shadows and Fog (1991)
338 CAMERON DIAZ Being John Malkovich (1999)
339 WALLACE SHAWN Shadows and Fog (1991)
341 RICHARD KIND Queens Logic (1991)
347 CLYDE KUSATSU In the Line of Fire (1993)
348 CHARLIE SHEEN Being John Malkovich (1999)
356 TILDA SWINTON Burn After Reading (2008)
357 KURT RUSSELL DEEPWATER HORIZON (2016)
359 KIEFER SUTHERLAND ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
362 LEONARDO DICAPRIO The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I)
369 MICHELLE PFEIFFER Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
380 RICHARD GERE Miles from Home (1988)
382 ANJELICA HUSTON Art School Confidential (2006)
385 STEVEN BERKOFF Red 2 (2013)
388 MICHAEL GAMBON Mary Reilly (1996)
389 JOHN DIEHL Con Air (1997)
392 GREG COLLINS Con Air (1997)
395 PENELOPE CRUZ ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
396 MICHAEL DOUGLAS UNLOCKED (2017/1)
406 RITCHIE MONTGOMERY RED (2010)
407 ROBERT PETERS In the Line of Fire (1993)
407 ROBERT PETERS Mulholland Falls (1996)
408 TCHEKY KARYO The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
422 MICHAEL SHAMUS WILES ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (2006)
428 ETHAN HAWKE Alive (1993)
434 CLINT EASTWOOD In the Line of Fire (1993)
435 KEVIN BACON Queens Logic (1991)
442 MELANIE GRIFFITH Mulholland Falls (1996)
445 DERMOT MULRONEY BURN AFTER READING (2008)
447 RICHARD DREYFUSS RED (2010)
453 ANGELINA JOLIE Beowulf (2007)
453 ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling (2008)
458 PETER MCROBBIE SHADOWS AND FOG (1991)
460 BRIAN DENNEHY Miles from Home (1988)
463 VIGGO MORTENSEN The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
469 JOSS ACKLAND The Object of Beauty (1991)
470 OCTAVIA SPENCER Being John Malkovich (1999)
473 MIRANDA RICHARDSON Empire of the Sun (1987)
475 COLM FEORE CHANGELING (2008)
481 THOMAS LENNON THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (2005)
483 DORIS MCCARTHY ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
484 WILL FERRELL ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
488 RHYS IFANS HOTEL (2001)
489 JODIE FOSTER Shadows and Fog (1991)
494 BILL NIGHY The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
498 SAM ROCKWELL The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
500 EMILIO RIVERA CON AIR (1997)
506 RACHEL WEISZ Eragon (2006)
509 CHRIS PENN Mulholland Falls (1996)
512 BRENDAN GLEESON BEOWULF (2007)
520 FRANCES MCDORMAND Burn After Reading (2008)
520 FRANCES MCDORMAND Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
523 HARRY FIELDER Mary Reilly (1996)
528 JOSEF SOMMER Shadows and Fog (1991)
529 CHRIS WILSON MUTANT CHRONICLES (2008)
540 GRIFFIN DUNNE THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD (2008)
545 ROBIN WRIGHT Beowulf (2007)
552 WILLIE GARSON Being John Malkovich (1999)
554 ILLEANA DOUGLAS ALIVE (1993)
556 DAVID RASCHE BURN AFTER READING (2008)
565 JOHN H. TOBIN CHANGELING (2008)
565 JOHN H. TOBIN TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (2011)
576 ANDY DICK BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (1999)
584 M.C. GAINEY CON AIR (1997)
586 PETER GERETY CHANGELING (2008)
588 TIMOTHY SPALL THE SHELTERING SKY (1990)
590 VICTOR ARGO Shadows and Fog (1991)
591 RAY WINSTONE BEOWULF (2007)
591 RAY WINSTONE RIPLEY’S GAME (2002)
592 JOHN GIELGUD The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
596 FAMKE JANSSEN Rounders (1998)
597 CRISPIN GLOVER BEOWULF (2007)
603 JAY LENO The Great Buck Howard (2008)
605 DANIEL ROEBUCK MILES FROM HOME (1988)
607 CATHERINE KEENER Being John Malkovich (1999)
609 LOUISE FLETCHER Mulholland Falls (1996)
616 DAVID JENSEN JONAH HEX (2010)
617 TONI COLLETTE UNLOCKED (2017/1)
620 ANDIE MACDOWELL The Object of Beauty (1991)
627 GARRICK HAGON RED 2 (2013)
630 SETH GREEN KNOCKAROUND GUYS (2001)
636 DAVID HILL TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (2011)
637 DJIMON HOUNSOU ERAGON (2006)
639 DANIEL BALDWIN MULHOLLAND FALLS (1996)
640 CLANCY BROWN SUPERCON (2018)
642 DAVID THEWLIS RED 2 (2013)
646 MARY KAY PLACE BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (1999)
652 GRETA SCACCHI Ladies Room (1999/I)
654 JOHN FARRER TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (2011)
664 ALAN RICKMAN THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (2005)
669 NED BELLAMY BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (1999)
669 NED BELLAMY CON AIR (1997)
673 PAUL DOOLEY A Wedding (1978)
675 VINCENT CASSEL THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC (1999)
682 CARL CIARFALIO Con Air (1997)
682 CARL CIARFALIO In the Line of Fire (1993)
683 MARTIN DONOVAN THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (1996)
688 KEVIN COONEY CON AIR (1997)
693 RICHARD E. GRANT The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
694 SHIA LABEOUF Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
711 TIM THOMERSON A Wedding (1978)
719 JOE MORTON OF MICE AND MEN (1992)
725 BARBARA HERSHEY The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
735 PENELOPE ANN MILLER Miles from Home (1988)
737 EDWARD NORTON Rounders (1998)
742 AIDAN QUINN Jonah Hex (2010)
747 MARK STRONG HOTEL (2001)
751 NICHOLAS GUEST PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (2014)
756 MILLA JOVOVICH THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC (1999)
756 MILLA JOVOVICH ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
760 JENNIFER CONNELLY Mulholland Falls (1996)
761 PETER SARSGAARD THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (1998/I)
765 HUGO WEAVING TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (2011)
775 JOSH LUCAS ALIVE (1993)
781 SHELLEY WINTERS The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
785 W. EARL BROWN BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (1999)
802 VALERIA GOLINO Hotel (2001)
825 JOHNNY OTTO RED (2010)
838 CATHERINE ZETA-JONES Red 2 (2013)
841 WOODY ALLEN Shadows and Fog (1991)
849 PATRICK DEMPSEY Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
850 JESSE YARBOROUGH DEEPWATER HORIZON (2016)
864 CHAZZ PALMINTERI MULHOLLAND FALLS (1996)
867 DAVID PEARL CHANGELING (2008)
890 JASON SCHWARTZMAN The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
898 PETER WELLER Beyond the Clouds (1995)
902 PATRICK KEARNS DEEPWATER HORIZON (2016)
915 J.D. EVERMORE JONAH HEX (2010)
916 JOHN MCCONNELL JONAH HEX (2010)
918 JEFFREY JONES A Wedding (1978)
923 GEORGE TAKEI THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD (2008)
930 OLEK KRUPA BURN AFTER READING (2008)
936 MYKELTI WILLIAMSON CON AIR (1997)
939 JEFF CHASE JONAH HEX (2010)
941 MICHAEL RISPOLI ROUNDERS (1998)
950 LUCY LIU HOTEL (2001)
969 FREDERICK KEEVE TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (2011)
975 MIA FARROW A Wedding (1978)
975 MIA FARROW Shadows and Fog (1991)
978 JOAN ALLEN A WEDDING (1978)
979 DYLAN MCDERMOTT IN THE LINE OF FIRE (1993)
985 ARTHUR J. NASCARELLA KNOCKAROUND GUYS (2001)
990 THOMAS JANE MUTANT CHRONICLES (2008)
992 BERT REMSEN A Wedding (1978)
992 BERT REMSEN Places in the Heart (1984)
993 EDDIE IZZARD SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (2000)
995 ROB LOWE MULHOLLAND FALLS (1996)
997 BRIAN ANTHONY WILSON ROUNDERS (1998)
The following actors appeared on the 2000 list but have since fallen off; all worked with John:
65 VIVECA LINDFORS A Wedding (1978)
124 JEANNE MOREAU Beyond the Clouds (1995)
131 VITTORIO GASSMAN A Wedding (1978)
210 MARCELLO MASTROIANNI Beyond the Clouds (1995)
257 MICHEL PICCOLI Je rentre à la maison (2001)
347 JACQUES HERLIN The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
367 ROBERT STEPHENS Empire of the Sun (1987)
386 CATHERINE DENEUVE A Talking Picture (2003)
386 CATHERINE DENEUVE Je rentre à la maison (2001)
386 CATHERINE DENEUVE Le temps retrouvé, d’après l’oeuvre de Marcel Proust (1999)
386 CATHERINE DENEUVE O Convento (1995)
446 RAY WALSTON Of Mice and Men (1992)
449 BURT KWOUK Empire of the Sun (1987)
459 DABBS GREER Con Air (1997)
540 FREDDIE JONES The Libertine (2004)
593 LESLIE PHILLIPS Empire of the Sun (1987)
677 DANIEL VON BARGEN Shadows and Fog (1991)
687 LAUREN HUTTON A Wedding (1978)
728 JOSH MOSTEL Knockaround Guys (2001)
728 JOSH MOSTEL Rounders (1998)
729 CRAIG T. NELSON The Killing Fields (1984)
735 ORNELLA MUTI Hotel (2001)
750 SALLY FIELD Places in the Heart (1984)
754 NOBLE WILLINGHAM Of Mice and Men (1992)
775 DINA MERRILL A Wedding (1978)
814 PETER RIEGERT The Object of Beauty (1991)
817 JACK CARTER The Great Buck Howard (2008)
818 DENNIS BURKLEY Con Air (1997)
829 KURTWOOD SMITH Shadows and Fog (1991)
880 J.C. QUINN Places in the Heart (1984)
893 RAY BAKER Places in the Heart (1984)
916 RICHARD GRIFFITHS The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
927 PHILIP BOSCO Shadows and Fog (1991)
928 KENNETH MARS Shadows and Fog (1991)
John has worked with 37 Oscar winners;
ADRIEN BRODY BULLET HEAD (2017)
ANGELINA JOLIE Beowulf (2007)
ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling (2008)
ANJELICA HUSTON Art School Confidential (2006)
ANTHONY HOPKINS Beowulf (2007)
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES Red 2 (2013)
CHRISTIAN BALE Empire of the Sun (1987)
CHRISTIAN BALE The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
ERNEST BORGNINE RED (2010)
FAYE DUNAWAY The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
FRANCES MCDORMAND Burn After Reading (2008)
FRANCES MCDORMAND Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
GEORGE CLOONEY Burn After Reading (2008)
HELEN MIRREN Red (2010)
HELEN MIRREN Red 2 (2013)
HELEN MIRREN The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
J. K. SIMMONS Burn After Reading (2008)
JENNIFER CONNELLY Mulholland Falls (1996)
JEREMY IRONS Eragon (2006)
JEREMY IRONS The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I)
JIM BROADBENT Art School Confidential (2006)
JOANNE WOODWARD The Glass Menagerie (1987)
JODIE FOSTER Shadows and Fog (1991)
JULIA ROBERTS Mary Reilly (1996)
KATHY BATES Shadows and Fog (1991)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I)
LOUISE FLETCHER Mulholland Falls (1996)
MARTIN LANDAU Rounders (1998)
MICHAEL DOUGLAS UNLOCKED (2017/1)
MORGAN FREEMAN Red (2010)
NICOLAS CAGE Con Air (1997)
NICOLE KIDMAN The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
OCTAVIA SPENCER Being John Malkovich (1999)
PENELOPE CRUZ ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
RACHEL WEISZ Eragon (2006)
RICHARD DREYFUSS RED (2010)
SALLY FIELD Places in the Heart (1984)
SAM ROCKWELL The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
SHELLEY WINTERS The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
SUSAN SARANDON ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
TILDA SWINTON Burn After Reading (2008)
TOM HANKS The Great Buck Howard (2008)
Hey Dan
1. Thanks for the links to #22 on the Bacon list.
2. Good to see that he is still moving up the charts…though I imagine it is difficult to keep moving up as you get closer to the top.
3. Epic epic first and second lists.
4. The thing that caught my eye the most, is it does not look like he worked with the same people over and over….sure there are lots of twos……but usually an actor has somebody they have worked together more than that.
5. 37 Oscar winners….was lower than I thought….his box office record is suspect…but the projects he appears in….usually generate some award buzz.
Good stuff as always…thanks for taking the time to put this together.
It is unusual for a movie star’s name to be included in the actual title of a theatrically released movie [even the Billing Boys Spencer Trace and Steve McQueen didn’t manage that as far as I’m aware!] It often happens with TV movies – for example The Audrey Hepburn Story, The Liz Taylor Story. Generally though in cinemas such a privilege is reserved for only the GREATEST
The Jolson Story [1946] and Jolson Sings Again [1950] are examples but Al was at the end of his career then and in fact died the year the sequel was released. We did of course have Elvis on Tour and Elvis That’s the Way It Is but then everything about Elvis WAS Elvis and anyway The King was unique in multi ways. Listen to Me Marlon was released in 2015 but that was just a documentary that got a limited art house release and anyway the Great Orator was no longer around to treat our ears to his spellbinding diction – unless of course he has been living a new life somewhere alongside his legendary Teahouse co-star!
Ironically though to my mind John Malkovich has never been “box office and, whilst his name carries a certain prestige because of his unique acting persona and he has had a highly prolific career, a random glance through the cast lists and credits provided on Wikipedia for a selection of his movies suggests to me – and your own posters so far tend to bear out – that for the most part he has been a supporting actor [though he has not only directed and produced bust is also a fashion designer – creatively therefore a sort of “real deal” Joel Hirschhorn].
Accordingly to the best of my recollection as a MOVIE STAR Malko, especially in what was then mid career, was highly unusual in having his name appear in the title of a film 1999’s Being John Malkovich, and I am pleased that you have decided to give us a video on this wonderful actor. My own favourite POSTERS in entries 40-21 are Jonah Hex, Eragon, both ones for Mutant Chronicles, Mulholland Falls, Unlocked, Portrait of a Lady [featuring one of my own favourite supporting actresses of the modern cinema whose career began in the 1968 With Six You Get Eggroll starring my Doris, which was followed with a part in 1969’s Heaven with a Gun starring my Glenn – Barbara Hershey] The Messenger, Ripley’s Game, The Great Buck Howard[co-starring Colin Hanks son of the Great Thomas] Transformers and The Sheltering Sky
To be continued———-
Steve Lensman
September 27, 2018 at 11:07 am
Hi Bob, good stuff as always. Looking forward to the rest of your review.
I mentioned in Part One that I did not consider Malko “box office” but he nevertheless had a highly prolific career with over 70 movies according to Wiki, which means that once again you have given your viewers great value for money by covering around half or more of a very hefty star career. IMDB list 25 wins and 43 nominations for acting awards across the board in Malko’s case and whilst usually in your video you mention key ones where appropriate my notes this time make no reference to award/noms in the Malko video – have I overlooked those tributes?
Eastwood is one of the very few stars that I can still watch [sorry again Jase!] when Clint takes to the action hero genre and I always find Clint very satisfying in that type of movie even when he is the only star. However while Clint was up to his usual high standard in In the Line of Fire Malko does for me undoubtedly greatly add to the entertainment value of that movie as the weird assassin who in effect stalks Eastwood. Great pairing in my book!
Best POSTERS for me in entries 1-20 are Beowulf [startling!] the first one for Burn After Reading showcasing Malko, both ones for Deep Horizon, the quite sexy one for Warm Bodies, Secretariat, Of Joels and Men, Empire of the Sun, Red 2, “Hitchhiker”, Shadow of the Vampire and his very own Being John M.
STILLS [entire video] with my Julia, Malko in Eleni, in Man in the Iron Mask [even a beard can not disguise the owner of those piercing eyes!] in the snow with Willis and the great Helen Mirren, , in Con Air, lobby card for Shadow of the Vampire [unusual in my experience to see a lobby card in foreign language] in The Killing Fields, looking quite regal with Glenn Close in the very stylish Dangerous Liaisons and going into assassin mode in In the Line of Fire.
My wife and daughter saw In the Line of Fire before I did and I recall picking them up in my car outside the cinema in Belfast and them telling me that Mitch Leary was the “creepiest” villain they had ever seen. That’s saying a lot from two women who were scared silly by Norman Bates’ mother!
An excellent profile of a strange but fascinating actor and I like your habit [shared by The Work Horse] of recognising stars of maybe no great direct box office appeal but who are at times more interesting than some of those who are supposedly box office contenders [sorry yet again Jase !]. Accordingly your Malko video is worth a 98% rating in my scores and has been great fun to view in spite of the offbeat subject matter at times. Vote Up – plus, plus!
Hi Bob, thanks for the review, generous rating, info, trivia and anecdote, always appreciated. Glad you enjoyed the picture gallery.
Nice work moving everything to Bruce’s brand new John Malkovich page, let’s just hope he doesn’t delete it and start again. 🙂
I knew when I marked Willem Dafoe down for video consideration I’d have to do one on Malkovich too and straight after. Two of Hollywood’s most offbeat but always interesting actors. One more offbeat actor to upload tomorrow.
He might not be box office but you do acknowledge that there are film fans out there that will watch a film because he was in it, yes? A film they might otherwise have skipped.
Two of John’s films scored 10 out of 10 – The Killing Fields and Being John Malkovich. Three films scored 9 out of 10 – In the Line of Fire, Dangerous Liaisons and Shadow of the Vampire. Eight more scored 8 out of 10.
The Killing Fields tops my chart and the IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes charts and is no.2 on Bruce’s critics chart.
John on turning down the Jimmy Conway role in Goodfellas – “It sort of came at a bad time in my life, when I wasn’t feeling well and didn’t want to think about working. It’s hard to explain why you end up in Eragon and not Goodfellas. But De Niro is fantastic.”
John on making Transformers 3 – ” I love doing things like this. I’m not offered them very much, for reasons that remain obscure to me. It’s always fun to do a film with a certain amount of action and a great amount of fantasy.”
“A lot of our wonderful actors, from Marlon Brando to George C. Scott, found it a shameful occupation and really lost interest in it. But it always interests me, and watching others do it always interests me, and I don’t find it shameful. I mean, as compared to what?”
“I think the nicest experience one has being an actor is when you like watching someone you’re working with…Good actors love to watch good acting, and I think a lot of them – oddly enough, far from being jealous of it or threatened by it – actually live for it. Me, I’ve been a director my whole life, so there’s nothing I love more than sitting there with my piehole shut watching great actors transport me somewhere.”
HI STEVE Thanks for the comprehensive feedback to my Malko posts and for the highly revealing batch of quotes.
I find it interesting that the 3 actors whom John singles out for praise, at least in the quotes you have given us, are DeNiro, George C Scott and ole Mumbles because they formed a kind of mutual admiration circle amongst themselves.
Marlon said that he thought DeNiro was ”so good even he doesn’t realize he’s that good.” DeNiro admired and for a while palled about with Brando and George C told film historian Bob Thomas that “The 3 best American actors that I’ve seen in my lifetime are Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and John Barrymore.”
Russell Crowe has tried to breach that circle by claiming that he, Russell, was Brando’s favourite actor and that Marlon mentioned him on his death bed and bequeathed Crowe a book as Brando lay dying.
I’ve also mentioned before that Marty Sheen thinks that “towering above them all is GEORGE” [C Scott].
I do agree with you that people would go to see a movie because Malko is in it, because I’m one of those people. [“People will come Ray! People will come!”] I think that John certainly was one who cared more about the quality of the role that he played than about his precise billing provided the latter was respectable in relation to the size of the part.
There! – I’ve come round to your way of thinking at least in relation to Malko. Mumbles getting 2nd billing in Reflections in a Golden Eye still hurts though even after all these years.
I await with interest Oddball No 3. Meanwhile take care.
Hey Bob and Steve
1. Lots of trivia in your comments….thanks for sharing.
2. Thank you Bob…for moving these comments to this page.
3. Good review on Steve’s video and photos.
Great feedback from both of you.
Quick work, well done Bruce. So do you just enter the subject name in the master control program and out pops a stats filled page? Amazing Holmes! 🙂
I’ve seen 26 of the 55 films on the chart, a bit more than I managed on my top 40 video chart. Favorites include – Con-Air, Red 1 & 2, Transformers 3, Beowulf, Warm Bodies, The Killing Fields, In the Line of Fire and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Looking at the critics chart – our top 2’s are reversed, I had Killing Fields at no.1 and Being John Malkovich at no.2.
In the Line of Fire tops the UMR chart, it did well on my chart too.
John’s two most successful films were Con-Air and In the Line of Fire, and they are probably his two most famous villain roles.
John on Being John Malkovich – “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.”
A bit of trivia – They changed his name slightly for Being John Malkovich, his full name is ‘John Gavin Malkovich’ but in the film it was changed to ‘John Horatio Malkovich’.
Nice fast work Bruce. Vote Up.
HI SPEEDY GONZALES Before he became unpopular over Watergate Richard Nixon visited some hardworking miners down a mine shaft and they presented him with a safety helmet which said on it “The Nation’s No 1 Worker!” {You know how you Yanks like to grovel around Kings and Presidents!]
I think that if YOU had been down that mine shaft Tricky Dicky would have had to settle for a hat that said “No 2 Worker”!
That’s my way of saying I admire as much as Steve does how quickly you can get new pages up and running.
Certainly you have quickly confirmed my view that Malko was not really a box office star. He has been in just 6 movies that crashed your magic 100 million and although he had a key starring role in 5 of them in none was he THE star nor did he get top billing in any of the 6.
His other 49 movies have a total adjusted domestic gross in your table of approx. $1.34 billion by my quick maths calculations and their average per movie is just $27 million in round figures.
However for my money whether in a starring role or not he always brought something extra and compelling to a movie – and I won’t hold it against him that he doesn’t like method acting!
I propose to transfer to this page later this evening the exchanges between Steve and me today about Malko. Your input and his make good companion pieces as always.
Hey Bob. Sorry to say….I added in another low grosser to the Malkovich page so your totals are now off. I calculate his other “50” movies to be down to $26.80 million per movie. I added in The Wilde Wedding….that had less than $50,000 in box office.
I agree with you about John bringing “something extra” to every movie he has appeared in. He seems to be the “Claude Rains” of today’s movies. Somebody that makes good movies great….and bad movies watchable.
Thanks for moving these comments to this page……they fit in so much nicer here. Good stuff as always.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for the update on Malko’s grosses and for the genral feedback on my posts.
Hey Bob…here to help.
Hey Steve….all of these years of typing in data into the database has created a “beast”….guys like Malkovich have 50 plus movies just sitting there, waiting to be put on the website. It is a good problem to have. WoC has a way to “push out” all the thespians that have more than 20 movies in the database…..I have resisted doing that…..mainly because….I do not want to be like The Numbers” which has so many pages with only a few movies.
As for Johnny Mal …..actually added in another movie last night…as The Wilde Wedding made the table….so there are now 56 movies listed here. I have seen an additional 3 from your video…so my tally is now 37 or 66% of his movies. I have seen all of your favorite Johnny movies…with Red 1, Con-Air and In The Line of Fire being in my Top 5. I also include Being John Malkovich and Empire of the Sun in that 5.
Thanks for the trivia, the visit, the video, the tally and the thoughts on John Malkovich.