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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 rob…
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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.
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Jon Voight's Filmography
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Monument
as Yacov Rechter
Megadoc
as Self
The Last GunFight
as Nathaniel Turner
High Ground
as Ezra Wilcott
Man with No Past
as Sanborn
Megalopolis
as Hamilton Crassus III
Reagan
as Viktor Petrovich
Strangers
as Richard
Shadow Land
as Robert Wainwright
The Painter
as Byrne
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
as Self
Mercy
as Patrick Quinn
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
as Ellison Betts
Ray Donovan: The Movie
as Mickey Donovan
Roe v. Wade
as Justice Burger
I Am Burt Reynolds
as Self - Interviewee
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
as John
Man In The Arena
as Narrator
Love, Antosha
as Self
Hal
as Self
Orphan Horse
as Ben Crowley
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Surviving the Wild
as Gus
Same Kind of Different as Me
as Earl Hall
American Wrestler: The Wizard
as Principle Skinner
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
as Shaw Senior
J.L. Family Ranch
as John
Court of Conscience
as Father Peter
A Christmas Eve Miracle
as Jerry the Dog (voice)
Woodlawn
as Paul Bryant
Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby
as Moriarty
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
as Self
Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt
as Moriarty
No Poster
Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood
as Self
Dracula: The Dark Prince
as Van Helsing
Getaway
as The Voice
No Poster
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim (archive footage)
Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels
as Moriarty
Casting By
as Self
Pablo
as Self
Beyond
as Jon Koski
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Stardust
as Self (uncredited)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
as Self
Clarkworld
as Self
Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"
as Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
as Self
Four Christmases
as Creighton
An American Carol
as President George Washington
Pride and Glory
as Francis Tierney, Sr.
Tropic Thunder
as Jon Voight
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
as Patrick Gates
Bratz
as Principal Dimly
Transformers
as Defense Secretary John Keller
September Dawn
as Jacob Samuelson
Brando
as Self
The Foreign Eye
as Self
The Karate Dog
as Hamilton Cage
Deadly Lessons
as Dr. Crazx
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
as Self
Glory Road
as Adolph Rupp
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of Heat
as Self
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
as Self
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
as Edward
National Treasure
as Patrick Gates
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
as Bill Biscane / Kane
The Manchurian Candidate
as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
No Poster
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
Jasper, Texas
as Billy Rowles
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
Holes
as Mr. Sir
Second String
as Coach Chuck Dichter
The Making of 'Ali'
as Self
Ali
as Howard Cosell
Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas
as Storyteller
Uprising
as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
Zoolander
as Larry Zoolander
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
as Lord Richard Croft
Pearl Harbor
as President Roosevelt
A Constant Forge
as Self
The Prince and the Surfer
as Narrator
A Dog of Flanders
as Michel
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
as Self - Host
Boys Will Be Boys
as Lt. Palladino
Varsity Blues
as Coach Bud Kilmer
Enemy of the State
as Reynolds
The General
as Inspector Ned Kenny
The Fixer
as Jack Killoran
The Rainmaker
as Leo F. Drummond
Most Wanted
as Gen. Adam Woodward, alias Lt. Col. Grant Casey
U Turn
as Blind Man
Anaconda
as Paul Serone
The Rainbow Warrior
as Peter Willcox
Rosewood
as John Wright
Mission: Impossible
as Jim Phelps
Heat
as Nate
The XXX Files: Lust in Space
Convict Cowboy
as Ry Weston
The Tin Soldier
as Yarik
The Last of His Tribe
as Alfred Kroeber
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Dr. Robert Gale
Eternity
as Edward / James
No Poster
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
as Self
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
as Self
Desert Bloom
as Jack Chismore
Runaway Train
as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim
Table for Five
as J.P. Tannen
Lookin' to Get Out
as Alex Kovac
The Champ
as Billy
Coming Home
as Luke Martin
End of the Game
as Walter Tschanz
The Odessa File
as Peter Miller
Conrack
as Pat Conroy
The All-American Boy
as Vic Bealer
Deliverance
as Ed Gentry
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'
as Self
The Revolutionary
as A
Catch-22
as 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder
Fearless Frank
as Fearless Frank
Out of It
as Russ
Midnight Cowboy
as Joe Buck
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
as Self
Hour of the Gun
as Curly Bill Brocius
The Last Firefighter
as Jon
The Honey Wars
as (voice)