Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 29, 1938
Place of Birth
Yonkers, New York, USA
Credits
164 titles
Jon Voight
Biography
Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. He has received an Academy Award (out of four nominations) and three Golden Globe Awards (out of nine). 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.
Known For
Filmography
Monument
Yacov Rechter
Megadoc
Self
The Last GunFight
Nathaniel Turner
High Ground
Ezra Wilcott
Man with No Past
Sanborn
Megalopolis
Hamilton Crassus III
Reagan
Viktor Petrovich
Strangers
Richard
Shadow Land
Robert Wainwright
The Painter
Byrne
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Self
Mercy
Patrick Quinn
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
Ellison Betts
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Mickey Donovan
Roe v. Wade
Justice Burger
Tucker Carlson Today
Self
I Am Burt Reynolds
Self - Interviewee
Friends of Chabad
himself
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
John
Man In The Arena
Narrator
Love, Antosha
Self
Hal
Self
Orphan Horse
Ben Crowley
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Surviving the Wild
Gus
Same Kind of Different as Me
Earl Hall
American Wrestler: The Wizard
Principle Skinner
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Henry Shaw Sr.
J.L. Family Ranch
John
Court of Conscience
Father Peter
A Christmas Eve Miracle
Jerry the Dog (voice)
Woodlawn
Paul Bryant
Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby
Moriarty
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
Self
Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt
Moriarty
Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood
Self
The Final Song
Executive Producer
Dracula: The Dark Prince
Van Helsing
Getaway
The Voice
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Oscar 'Manny' Manheim (archive footage)
Ray Donovan
Mickey Donovan
Baby Geniuses Television Series
Taxi Driver
Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels
Moriarty
Casting By
Self
Pablo
Self
Beyond
Jon Koski
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Stardust
Self (uncredited)
Lone Star
Clint Thatcher