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
Nate
Heat
Jim Phelps
Mission: Impossible
Patrick Gates
National Treasure
Blind Man
U Turn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Joe Buck
Midnight Cowboy
Defense Secretary John Keller
Transformers
Lord Richard Croft
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Ed Gentry
Deliverance
Edward
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
Uprising
Pat Conroy
Conrack
Peter Miller
The Odessa File
Billy
The Champ
Bill Biscane / Kane
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Patrick Gates
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Luke Martin
Coming Home
Howard Cosell
Ali
Leo F. Drummond
The Rainmaker
Oscar 'Manny' Manheim
Runaway Train
Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"
Holes
Creighton
Four Christmases
John Wright
Rosewood
Reynolds
Enemy of the State
Paul Serone
Anaconda
Larry Zoolander
Zoolander
Gen. Adam Woodward, alias Lt. Col. Grant Casey
Most Wanted
Francis Tierney, Sr.
Pride and Glory
Adolph Rupp
Glory Road
Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
The Manchurian Candidate
Hamilton Cage
The Karate Dog
Coach Bud Kilmer
Varsity Blues
Jacob Samuelson
September Dawn
Patrick Quinn
Mercy
Self
Pablo
Inspector Ned Kenny
The General
Alex Kovac
Lookin' to Get Out
Self
Casting By
Walter Tschanz
Der Richter und sein Henker
Self
Clarkworld
Self - Host
A Tribute To Johnny Cash
Jon Koski
Beyond
Fearless Frank
Fearless Frank
Jack Chismore
Desert Bloom
Michel
A Dog of Flanders
Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
The Voice
Getaway
Russ
Out of It
Dr. Robert Gale
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Moriarty
Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels
Ry Weston
Convict Cowboy
Yarik
The Tin Soldier
Edward / James
Eternity
Van Helsing
Dracula: The Dark Prince
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
J.P. Tannen
Table for Five
Jack Killoran
The Fixer
Vic Bealer
The All-American Boy
Self
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
Self
The Making of 'Heat'
Storyteller
Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas
Byrne
The Painter
Peter Willcox
The Rainbow Warrior
Self (uncredited)
Stardust
Self
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Ellison Betts
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
President George Washington
An American Carol
Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
A
The Revolutionary
Principal Dimly
Bratz
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Earl Hall
Same Kind of Different as Me
Moriarty
Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt
Paul Bryant
Woodlawn
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder
Catch-22
Moriarty
Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby
Curly Bill Brocius
Hour of the Gun
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Robert Wainwright
Shadow Land
Self
Brando
Coach Chuck Dichter
Second String
(archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Dr. Crazx
Deadly Lessons
Alfred Kroeber
The Last of His Tribe
John
J.L. Family Ranch
Father Peter
Court of Conscience
Self
Hal
Richard
Strangers
Henry Shaw Sr.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Principle Skinner
American Wrestler: The Wizard
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Olhar Estrangeiro
Jon Voight
Tropic Thunder
Gus
Surviving The Wild
Self
A Constant Forge
Self
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Self
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
Self
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
Justice Burger
Roe v. Wade
Ben Crowley
Orphan Horse
Viktor Petrovich
Reagan
John
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
Self
Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood
Billy Rowles
Jasper, Texas
Self
Love, Antosha
Self
Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good
Narrator
Man In The Arena
Self
Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"
Narrator
The Prince and the Surfer
The XXX Files: Lust in Space
Oscar 'Manny' Manheim (archive footage)
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Lt. Palladino
Boys Will Be Boys
Self - Interviewee
I Am Burt Reynolds
Mickey Donovan
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Hamilton Crassus III
Megalopolis
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
(voice)
The Honey Wars
Jerry the Dog (voice)
A Christmas Eve Miracle
Sanborn
Man with No Past
Ezra Wilcott
High Ground
Nathaniel Turner
The Last GunFight
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
122
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-12-29
Place of Birth
Yonkers, New York, USA
Also Known As
Jonathan Vincent Voight