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Jon Voight

Actor / Film Producer / Screenwriter / Comedian | * 12/29/1938 (85) | Yonkers, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. Voight is associated with the angst and unruliness that typified the late-1960s counterculture. He has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Films in which Voight has appeared have grossed more than $5.2 billion worldwide. Voight won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in Coming Home (1978). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for playing Joe Buck, a would-be gigolo, in Midnight Cowboy (1969), a ruthless bank robber Oscar "Manny" Manheim in Runaway Train (1985) and as sportscaster Howard Cosell in Ali (2001). Other notable films include Deliverance (1972), ()
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Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American actor. He has received an Academy Award, out of four nominations, and three Golden Globe Awards, out of nine nominations.Voight came to prominence in the late 1960s with his performance as a would-be gigolo in Midnight Cowboy (1969). During the 1970s, he became a Hollywood star with his portrayals of a businessman mixed up with murder in Deliverance (1972), a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in Coming Home (1978), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, and a penniless ex-boxing champion in The Champ (1979).Although his output slowed during the 1980s, Voight received critical acclaim for his performance as a ruthless bank robber in Runaway Train (1985). During the 1990s, he most notably starred as an unscrupulous showman attorney in The Rainmaker (1997).Voight gave critically acclaimed biographical performances during the 2000s, appearing as sportscaster Howard Cosell in Ali (2001), as Nazi officer Jürgen Stroop in Uprising (2001), and as Pope John Paul II in the television film of the same name (2005).Voight is the father of actress Angelina Jolie.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Jon Voight

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles 2x Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Academy Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Theatre World Award Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film British Academy of Film and Television Arts Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 3x Academy Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor 2x National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor 5x Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo 3x Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor 2x Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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Movies with Jon Voight as Actor(112)

as Byrne2024 The Painter
as Patrick Quinn2023 Mercy
as Viktor Novikov2023 Reagan
as Mickey Donovan2022 Ray Donovan: The Movie
as Justice Burger2021 Roe v. Wade
as Narrator2020 Man In The Arena
as himself2019 Hal
as himself2019 Love, Antosha
as Ben Crowley2018 Orphan Horse
as Principle Skinner2017 American Wrestler: The Wizard
as John2016 JL Family Ranch
as Paul Bryant2015 Woodlawn
as Jerry the Dog2015 A Christmas Eve Miracle
as Father Peter2015 Court of Conscience
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as The Voice2013 Getaway
as Van Helsing2013 Dracula: The Dark Prince
as himself2012 Pablo
as Jon Koski2012 Beyond
as himself2012 Casting By
as Self (uncredited)2010 Stardust
as himself2009 Clarkworld
as Francis Tierney, Sr.2008 Pride and Glory
as Jonas Hodges2008 24: Redemption
as Creighton2008 Four Christmases
as President George Washington2008 An American Carol
as himself2008 Tropic Thunder
as Defense Secretary John Keller2007 Transformers
as Jacob Samuelson2007 September Dawn
as Principal Dimly2007 Bratz
as Dr. Crazx2006 Deadly Lessons
as Adolph Rupp2006 Glory Road
as himself2006 The Foreign Eye
as himself2005 The Making of 'Heat'
as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)2004 The Manchurian Candidate
as Bill Biscane / Kane2004 Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
as Patrick Gates2004 National Treasure
as Hamilton Cage2004 The Karate Dog
as Billy Rowles2003 Jasper, Texas
as Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"2003 Holes
as Coach Chuck Dichter2002 Second String
as Larry Zoolander2001 Zoolander
as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop2001 Uprising
as Howard Cosell2001 Ali
as Franklin D. Roosevelt2001 Pearl Harbor
as Lord Richard Croft2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
as himself2000 A Constant Forge
as Lt. Palladino1999 Boys Will Be Boys
as Michel1999 A Dog of Flanders
as Coach Bud Kilmer1999 Varsity Blues
as Thomas Brian Reynolds1998 Enemy of the State
as Inspector Ned Kenny1998 The General
as Jack Killoran1998 The Fixer
as Leo F. Drummond1997 The Rainmaker
as Blind Man1997 U Turn
as Paul Serone1997 Anaconda
as Gen. Adam Woodward, alias Lt. Col. Grant Casey1997 Most Wanted
as John Wright1997 Rosewood
as Jim Phelps1996 Mission: Impossible
as Yarik1995 The Tin Soldier
as Nate1995 Heat
as Ry Weston1995 Convict Cowboy
as Peter Willcox1993 The Rainbow Warrior
as Alfred Kroeber1992 The Last of His Tribe
as Dr. Robert Gale1991 Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Edward / James1990 Eternity
as Jack Chismore1986 Desert Bloom
as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim1985 Runaway Train
as J.P. Tannen1983 Table for Five
as Alex Kovac1982 Lookin' to Get Out
as Billy1979 The Champ
as Luke Martin1978 Coming Home
as Walter Tschanz1975 End of the Game
as Pat Conroy1974 Conrack
as Peter Miller1974 The Odessa File
as Vic Bealer1973 The All-American Boy
as Ed Gentry1972 Deliverance
as 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder1970 Catch-22
as Russ1969 Out of It
as Joe Buck1969 Midnight Cowboy
as Fearless Frank1967 Fearless Frank
as Curly Bill Brocius1967 Hour of the Gun

TV Shows/Series with Jon Voight as Actor(22)

as himself2020 Friends of Chabad
as Mickey Donovan2013 Ray Donovan
as Pope John Paul II / Karol Wojtyla2005 Pope John Paul II
as Noah1999 Noah's Ark
as himself1997 The View
as Captain Woodrow F. Call1993 Return to Lonesome Dove
as himself1989 Seinfeld
as himself1982 Wogan
as Alan Link1961 The Defenders
as Cliff Wakeman1961 The Defenders
as Victor Binks1958 Naked City
as Petter Karlgren1955 Gunsmoke
as Cory1955 Gunsmoke
as Steven Downing1955 Gunsmoke

Movies with Jon Voight as Crew(4)

Production/Executive Producer2014 The Final Song
Directing/Director1995 The Tin Soldier
Writing/Writer1990 Eternity
Writing/Writer1982 Lookin' to Get Out

Additional Information

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Born: Thursday, 12/29 1938 (December) in Yonkers, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 85 years + 91 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: The Catholic University of America, Archbishop Stepinac High School, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Spouses (current/former): Lauri Peters, Marcheline Bertrand
Siblings: Chip Taylor, Barry Voight
Father: Elmer Voight
Mother: Barbara Kamp
Other names for Jon Voight (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jonathan Vincent Voight"
Jon Voight frequently works together with these people:
Larry David (32x, Actor)
Steven Paul (26x, Crew)
Norman Brenner (24x, Actor)
Gregg Palmer (20x, Actor)
Victor French (19x, Actor)
Morgan Woodward (18x, Actor)
Shug Fisher (18x, Actor)
William Shatner (15x, Actor)
Denver Pyle (15x, Actor)
Jack Elam (14x, Actor)
Dennis Cross (14x, Cast)
Anthony Caruso (14x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:508, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/08/2024