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Jon Voight

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1938-12-29 (86 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 151

Movies 123

self 40

TV Shows 28

Narrator 2

Voice 2

Producer 2

Writer 2

Director 1

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Jon Voight

Biography

Filmography

all 151

Movies 123

self 40

TV Shows 28

Narrator 2

Voice 2

Producer 2

Writer 2

Director 1

High Ground (2025)

Man with No Past (2025)

Megalopolis (2024)

Reagan (2024)

Strangers (2024)

Shadow Land (2024)

The Painter (2024)

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023)

Mercy (2023)

Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)

Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)

Roe v. Wade (2021)

I Am Burt Reynolds (2020)

Friends of Chabad (2020)

JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift (2020)

Man In The Arena (2020)

Love, Antosha (2019)

Hal (2019)

Orphan Horse (2018)

Surviving The Wild (2018)

Same Kind of Different as Me (2017)

American Wrestler: The Wizard (2017)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

JL Family Ranch (2016)

Court of Conscience (2015)

A Christmas Eve Miracle (2015)

Woodlawn (2015)

Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby (2015)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)

The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt (2014)

Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood (2014)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

The Final Song (2014)

Dracula: The Dark Prince (2013)

Getaway (2013)

Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky (2013)

Ray Donovan (2013)

Baby Geniuses Television Series (2013)

Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels (2013)

Casting By (2012)

Pablo (2012)

Beyond (2012)

Honest Trailers (2012)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)

Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good (2011)

Stardust (2010)

Lone Star (2010)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)

Clarkworld (2009)

Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" (2009)

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009)

Shatner's Raw Nerve (2008)

Four Christmases (2008)

An American Carol (2008)

Pride and Glory (2008)

Tropic Thunder (2008)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Bratz (2007)

Transformers (2007)

September Dawn (2007)

Brando (2007)

Brando: The Documentary (2007)

The Foreign Eye (2006)

The Karate Dog (2006)

Deadly Lessons (2006)

Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film (2006)

Glory Road (2006)