--- --- # Watch Matt Damon's Over the Top John Malkovich Impression by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 21, 2016 8:05 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 21, 2016 8:05 PM UTC _Jason Bourne_ is opening soon so thank goodness [Matt Damon](http://time.com/4414751/matt-damon-never-quite-understood-that-team-america-parody/) is taking the opportunity to bust out an impression of John Malkovich in [_Rounders_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128442/), the poker movie they starred in together that came out 18 years ago. In an interview with [BBC Radio 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMaAT%5FKPSs4), [Damon](http://time.com/4357029/matt-damon-mit-commencement/) talks about what it was like shooting with the actor. In the film, Damon plays a total good guy with a gambling addiction who loses a ridiculous amount of cash to the Russian gangster Teddy KGB, played by John Malkovich with a [luxuriously overstated Russian accent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sasg1XmdXOc). Apparently the transformation was way too abrupt for Damon’s standards, and Malkovich’s scene work really stuck with him. Watch Damon’s impression of John Malkovich’s impression of a Russian guy below. Damon even does Malkovich’s ridiculous head movements from his portrayal of a subterranean overlord who is great at playing cards. Matt Damon: Watch His Impression of John Malkovich VIDEO ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4417713/matt-damon-rounders-john-malkovich/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4417713/matt-damon-rounders-john-malkovich/"},"headline":"Watch Matt Damon's Over the Top John Malkovich Impression","datePublished":"2016-07-21T20:05:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:39.705Z","description":"Being John Malkovich, Rounders edition","url":"https://time.com/4417713/matt-damon-rounders-john-malkovich/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Matt Damon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4417713/matt-damon-rounders-john-malkovich/","name":"Watch Matt Damon's Over the Top John Malkovich Impression"}}]}] ```