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.

Most Known For

Seinfeld

as Jon Voight

24

as Jonas Hodges

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Strangers

as Richard

The View

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self (uncredited)

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Ray Donovan

as Mickey Donovan

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Wogan

as Self

Heat

as Nate

The Oscars

as Self

Naked City

as Victor Binks

Gunsmoke

as Petter Karlgren

Gunsmoke

as Cory

Gunsmoke

as Steven Downing