John Malkovich began his career as an actor, director and original member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. There he acted in numerous plays, including True West, Of Mice and Men, The Libertine, The Glass Menagerie, Big Mother, The Dumb Waiter and many more. He has also worked as a fashion designer, having designed 24 menswear collections, and as a producer in both theatre and film. He directed three plays in Paris over the last decade, as well as one in Spain and one in Mexico City. In 2016, he directed a play at the Rose theatre in Kingston: The Good Canary, written by Zach Helm.