How to do an Impression of JOHN MALKOVICH by Master Impressionist Jim Meskimen 

John's speech pattern and voice is absolutely iconic

Great Malkovich impression.

A good John Malkovich is right up there with a great Christopher Walken.

Jim's normal speaking voice is VERY close to Malkovitch to begin with which definitely helps. When Malkovitch gets angry during a scene, his enunciation becomes slower and even more pronounced.

The way you just SLIDE into the Malkovich tempo and clip is amazing :)

Absolutely fascinating

He is definitely obsessed with pronouncing each word correctly, hence the stuttered flow

The way you drift in and out of Malkovich through this video is UNREAL!

malkovich speaking quickly becomes a bit woody allen.

Deep insight. Thank you, Jim. You are a treasure

I LOVE Malkovitch's voice & speaking patterns 😍 dunno why but it's very relaxing for me

John Malkovich is the scariest actor ever.

I remember seeing Jim on the UK version of Whose Line, he did a dead-on impression of Sting while improvising a Police-style song. Loved it!

WOW this guy is GREAT!!!

Useless? No way! Now I can quote Marvin's lines from 'Red' all day long... Great video, thanks for posting!

Great stuff Jim! I think one of Malkovichs best and funniest films is Burn After Reading. You get his whole range of emotions in that movie. Plus your other great voice you do, George Clooney. Hilarious movie that I like more and more.

That was incredible! Absolutely flawless. Definitely not an impression I’ve heard done many times before, but yours is so good that if I was only listening to it… I would literally think it was John Malkovich talking. Perfection!

He almost has Malkovich's voice to begin with

Superb!!!!

I just watched this whole video and I did not notice anything different with your hair until I read one of the comments below. You look great my friend. Thank you again for these excellent videos! Thumbs way up!

Excellent Malkovich

No fair, you kinda look like him. I've noticed people that sound alike often look alike. Great job, even good impressionists have difficulty mimicking him, like Dana Carvey.

WOW! Thank you Jim! You Rock :)

Incredible .....

I'm convinced he is Malkovich!

What a lovely breakdown, it's delightful to hear the voice built up from the different components, or more correctly dissected to it's different parts :) I wonder if the man himself has ever heard this? Very impressive (no pun intended)

this is hilarious

Dude, you got his voice down! You got his soul down actually lol man that’s good

I wish I could speak to people in “John malkovich”. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Thumbnail had me like "Patrick Stewart does a John Malkovich impression"

This man was the philosophy professor on Fresh Prince .

Wow that was extremely informative and helpful on not only How he speaks the way he does but also Why he speaks that way. I can Definitely hear that nasal tone and deafening sort of vibration. Can also see the slight similarities between malkovich and Walken, especially in the pasing. I find particular accents like Malkovich, Walken, Owen Wilson, all quite interesting, well, phonetics in general really.

My favorite aspect of this impression is how it can be almost therapeutic for people who talk in a careless manner. Do you have a tendency to rapidly say whatever is on your mind and ramble too much during conversations? Just speak like Malkovich for a couple of days!

Enchante' Mr Meskimen, long time no speak. Thank you for this. I have 400 rivets to make in the workshop this afternoon so I will try this, although the voices in my head always sound better when wearing ear protection? I hope this is more to do with the mechanics of the inner-ear and not an indication of my state-of-mind? 😂😱 Thank you for sharing mon ami... I love your classes. 🏆

Awesome stuff, bud! I've been doing his impression around the house for years and my wife told me to go look up someone doing it on RU-vid because she says I'm awful at it. After watching this video, I can assuredly tell you, she was right!

Masterful

Wow the professor from Fresh Prince!! Love that character

Genius analysis

Now say, "Pay zis man hisss mawney."

Wow

Spot on, as per usual! I love watching these videos, even though my impersonation skills are quite poor and I would have zero chance at replicating Malkovich. Actually, I do have a performance related question that I'd love to ask, if you don't mind?

LMAO. Well done.

He sometimes also adds a vowel at the end of consonant, to embellishes it. This slows down his speech pattern even further. Japanese people do that too.

Malkovich is from another planet and the way he talks/behaves is based on their best intelligence before they implanted him on planet Earth.

the is the best one haha. nailed it

I thought John Malkovich was the sexiest man alive. I love his bizarre cadence and affectations.

I have been told by multiple sources that I sound very similar to Malkovich. And I'm only 23, but I have been told I have a very similar way of talking. And someone brought this to my attention and truthfully I never thought about it I'm barely even aware of my voice when I'm speaking. And I can't speak for John but for me I do in fact have fairly significant hearing loss, and I have a short tongue due to having a tied tongue as a baby (which who knows could play a role). I analyzed my voice and I'm very monotone when I'm talking, unless I get more expressive like anger or excitement. I noticed Malkovich does this as well. The only difference i can tell by talking to a 3rd party about it because as I said I'm not aware of my own voice when I speak is that I talk a bit faster, and swallow the pronunciation of certain letters. I don't know if this is interesting to you at all.

the deaf impression almost cracked me up..

Very good...

You have such a similar voice to begin with! But his speech pattern is different, which you managed to imitate perfectly.

When you do the fast part at 5:33 it sounds a lot like Woody Allen.

J.M. by J.M.

2:45 best part! Angry Malkovich!

Don't worry John Malkovich. At least you're clear and concise. When I speak and I use the speech to text app it will come up with something remarkably and completely differently than what I was even saying lol. ; And to top it all off I have to use a million words to express the concept of being frustrated

My dude... Were you on Coach?

I hear Christopher Walken/ plus John Malkovich.

Was this supposed to be an Alan Arkin impression?

When he speeds it up he gets Woody Allen

I was waiting for you to blurt."So why don't you show me some goddamn respect!?"

Do John Wick or keanu...

man... If I could do John Malkovich voice..

Almost a good as bill hader, and I mean that as a compliment!

You already sound similar to Malkovich.

This guy is the son of mrs. C on Happy Days

can you do a video like this on matthew mcconaughey

What happend to your hair!? LOL

There was a time not long ago that actors been loved based on their talent and performance and not based on their looks and that's why I love John Malkovich and not Bradley Cooper.

I'm just scrolling through videos and I thought that it would be good to know from an outside source that for me its a no dawg. You can mimic his mannerisms but you don't sound anything like him. Sounded more like Vito corleone.

Holy sh*t… I got 22 seconds in and just blacked out until 1:12

Malkovich. Malkovich, Malkovich. (subtitle: How NOT to need 15 minutes inside John Malkovich's mind. I AM HUNGRY AS THE WINTER!) But seriously I can test his voice out when I narrate classic literature or my own fiction if I see the instinct for it. Maybe some protagonist having an off day of dismay and they're past the point of caring. Tommy Lee Jones cares less vocally, yet! John Malkovich is kind of on the road to Tommy Lee Jones's lower, inconsiderate, if you will, pitch.

You do so many voices. Have you ever made a video where you reenact an entire movie scene as 3 or 4 people? Like recreate the entire scene; set, costume, and all? That would be EPIC!! Just a green screen and some similar clothes, wigs, etc.

This doesn’t count u sound like him without having to do an impression

Top lip! Actually, I found a little bit of tissue under the top lip does seem to help somehow..

You’re a little off..... too slow. Sounds like he’s been hit in the head.

That was a waste of 7 minutes

average

Being a hairless old man isn’t exactly a malcovich impression

Sounds more like Christopher Walken.

That was a lot of not doing any impressions

Wow that sucked