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Jon Voight

Actor | * 12/29/1938 (87) | Yonkers, New York (United States of America (USA))
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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.

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

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Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy ...

Midnight Cowboy

NC-17

1969 | 3.8/5 | 1h 53min
Drama
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A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the ...

Runaway Train

R

1985 | 3.5/5 | 1h 51min
Action, Thriller, Drama, Adventure
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Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American ...

Deliverance

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1972 | 3.7/5 | 1h 49min
Drama, Adventure, Thriller
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A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake. ...

Anaconda

PG-13

1997 | 2.6/5 | 1h 29min
Adventure, Horror, Thriller
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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 Couple/ensemble 3x Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor 2x Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Broadcast Film Critics Association 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(114)

2024 Megalopolis
as Viktor Novikov2024 Reagan
as Byrne2024 The Painter
as Robert Wainwright2024 Shadow Land
as Richard2024 Strangers
as Patrick Quinn2023 Mercy
as himself2023 Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
as Ellison Betts2022 Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
as Mickey Donovan2022 Ray Donovan: The Movie
as Justice Burger2021 Roe v. Wade
as Narrator2020 Man In The Arena
as John2020 JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
2020 I Am Burt Reynolds
as himself2019 Hal
as himself2019 Love, Antosha
as Ben Crowley2018 Orphan Horse
as Gus2018 Surviving The Wild
as Principle Skinner2017 American Wrestler: The Wizard
as Earl Hall2017 Same Kind of Different as Me
as John2016 JL Family Ranch
as Henry Shaw Sr.2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
as Paul Bryant2015 Woodlawn
as Jerry the Dog2015 A Christmas Eve Miracle
as Father Peter2015 Court of Conscience
as Moriarty2015 Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby
as Moriarty2014 Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt
as himself2014 The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as himself2014 Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood
2013 Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
as The Voice2013 Getaway
as Van Helsing2013 Dracula: The Dark Prince
as Moriarty2013 Baby Geniuses 3: Baby Squad Investigators
as himself2012 Pablo
as Jon Koski2012 Beyond
as himself2012 Casting By
as himself2011 Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good
as Self (uncredited)2010 Stardust
as himself2009 Clarkworld
as himself2009 Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"
as himself2009 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
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 Patrick Gates2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets
as Principal Dimly2007 Bratz
as himself2006 After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
as himself2006 Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
as Dr. Crazx2006 Deadly Lessons
as Adolph Rupp2006 Glory Road
as himself2006 The Foreign Eye
as himself2005 Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
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 Edward2004 The Five People You Meet In Heaven
as Billy Rowles2003 Jasper, Texas
as Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"2003 Holes
as himself2003 A Decade Under the Influence
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 Storyteller2001 Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas
as himself2000 A Constant Forge
as Host1999 A Tribute To Johnny Cash
as Lt. Palladino1999 Boys Will Be Boys
as Narrator1999 The Prince and the Surfer
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 Peter Willcox1997 The Rainbow Warrior
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
1995 The XXX Files: Lust in Space
as Ry Weston1995 Convict Cowboy
as Alfred Kroeber1992 The Last of His Tribe
as Dr. Robert Gale1991 Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as himself1990 Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as himself1990 Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
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 A1970 The Revolutionary
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(23)

as himself2020 Friends of Chabad
as himself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Mickey Donovan2013 Ray Donovan
2010 Lone Star
as Pope John Paul II / Karol Wojtyla2005 Pope John Paul II
2004 The Tony Danza Show
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Noah1999 Noah's Ark
as Self - Guest1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Siggy1998 Emily of New Moon
as himself1997 The View
1996 E! True Hollywood Story
as Captain Woodrow F. Call1993 Return to Lonesome Dove
as himself1989 Seinfeld
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as himself1982 Wogan
1967 Cimarron Strip
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

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Born: Thursday, 12/29 1938 (December) in Yonkers, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 87 years + 47 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language), Hebrew (HE)
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 (29x, 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)
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