John Malkovich is one of the most accomplished actors working in Hollywood at the moment. He has won a Primetime Emmy Award and has been an acclaimed actor both on stage and on screen.
As a supporting actor, he has constantly worked with great directors such as Steven Spielberg, Luc Besson, and Spike Jonze. An actor par excellence, Malkovich once revealed that he had an embarrassing moment when he was checked into a hotel in Paris.
John Malkovich’s Forty-Year Career
Actor John Malkovich has been a working actor since 1976 when he joined the Steppenwolf Theater Company. He has been in multiple productions as an actor, starring in plays such as True West and A Streetcar Named Desire. He received two Obie Awards, once for True West, and the second for Balm in Gilead, which he also directed.
Malkovich had his first film role as an extra in Robert Altman’s A Wedding and then had his first proper role in Places in Heart, where he starred along with Sally Field. Malkovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the blind boarder Mr. Will in the drama film.
Malkovich was most known for his role in the Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, in which he starred along with Dustin Hoffman. John Malkovich played the role of Biff, the son of the protagonist Willy, played by Hoffman. Malkovich earned a Primetime Emmy Award when the play was televised.
John Malkovich went on to appear in a number of films, collaborating with writer Charlie Kaufman in films such as Adaptation and Being John Malkovich. He also starred in blockbusters such as Transformers: Dark of the Moon, RED, Bird Box, and Eragon. He has been nominated for the Academy Award twice. He has also been featured in multiple television and web series such as Billions, Crossbones, and Space Force.
John Malkovich Embarrassed Himself In Paris
Off-screen, actor John Malkovich has never courted controversy other than his short affair with actress Michelle Pfeifer in the 80s. He was a resident of France, having worked ten years in the theater industry until 2003 when he left the country due to tax reasons. He has also been vocally apolitical, saying that he has not voted since 1972.
John Malkovich, in an interview with The Guardian, revealed a very human side of the actor when he revealed an embarrassing moment that happened to him in Paris when he was checked into the Hotel Caron. He said,
“Recently, at the Hotel Caron in Paris, I got up to use the bathroom one night and found myself out in the hallway instead. But that is one of a million: I am a constant source of embarrassment to myself.”
The actor also revealed in the same interview that he found himself lazy and unserious, expressing how he could have achieved a lot more than what he already has if he had put in the effort.
