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Born in Illinois in 1953 Malkovich, nicknamed 'mad dog' by his siblings, was more interested in playing the tuba than acting while at high school. After quitting university he travelled to Chicago to meet Gary Sinise and they helped form the Steppenwolf Ensemble. In 1982 he and Sinise experienced their first off-Broadway success with True West and two years later Malkovich made his film debut in The Killing Fields. In the same year he was Oscar nominated for Places in the Heart, but after Dangerous Liaisons his career dipped before getting back on track with In The Line Of Fire in 1994, and Being John Malkovich.
