John Malkovich

format_quote I still don't know if I made the right decision when I went into acting. I have driven school buses, sold egg rolls and painted houses, and I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I hadn't gone into acting. Mind you, it's a great life, going around pretending you're other people and getting paid ridiculous sums of money for it.

stars  His performance as himself in Being John Malkovich (1999) is ranked #90 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

stars  Parents ran and owned local newspaper in Benton Il, his hometown.

stars  Won a second Village Voice Obie this time for Direction for Balm in Gilead in 1985

stars  Legend has it that he was told by the head of the Theatre Department at Illinois State University that he would not have a career as an actor. Even though he did not graduate from ISU (he never took the constitution test) the Theatre Department still claims him as an alumnus. On April 4, 2005 he returned to visit the Theatre Department where he was presented with an official diploma for his bachelor's degree in theatre.

stars  Children with Peyran, daughter Amandine (b. 1990) and son Lorwy (b. 1992).