Jon Voight
Biography
Jonathan Vincent Jon Voight is an American actor born on December 29, 1938, in Yonkers, New York. He has received one Academy Award out of four nominations and three Golden Globe Awards out of nine nominations. Voight came to prominence in the late 1960s with his performance in Midnight Cowboy in 1969. During the 1970s, he became a Hollywood star through roles in Deliverance in 1972, Coming Home in 1978, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor as a paraplegic Vietnam veteran, and The Champ in 1979. Although his output slowed during the 1980s, Voight received critical acclaim for his performance as a ruthless bank robber. He has 164 known acting credits listed on the Movie Database.
Career overview
Jonathan Vincent Jon Voight is an American actor born on December 29, 1938, in Yonkers, New York. He has earned recognition throughout his career, including one Academy Award out of four nominations and three Golden Globe Awards out of nine. With 164 known acting credits, Voight came to prominence in the late 1960s through his performance as a would-be gigolo in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy.
During the 1970s, Voight established himself as a Hollywood star. His notable portrayals from this decade include a businessman mixed up with murder in the 1972 film Deliverance, a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in the 1978 film Coming Home, which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor, and a penniless ex-boxing champion in the 1979 film The Champ.
Although his output slowed during the 1980s, Voight continued to draw notice for his work, including critical acclaim for a performance as a ruthless bank robber. Throughout his career, his extensive contributions to film and television have established his prominent place in the entertainment industry.
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- Monument (2026) as Yacov Rechter
- Man with No Past (2025) as Sanborn
- The Last GunFight (2025) as Nathaniel Turner
- High Ground (2025) as Ezra Wilcott
- Megadoc (2025) as Self
- Megalopolis (2024) as Hamilton Crassus III
- Reagan (2024) as Viktor Petrovich
- The Painter (2024) as Byrne
- Strangers (2024) as Richard
- Shadow Land (2024) as Robert Wainwright
- Mercy (2023) as Patrick Quinn
- Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023) as Self
- Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022) as Mickey Donovan
- Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022) as Ellison Betts
- Tucker Carlson Today (2021) as Self
- Roe v. Wade (2021) as Justice Burger
- I Am Burt Reynolds (2020) as Self - Interviewee
- Friends of Chabad (2020) as himself
- Man In The Arena (2020) as Narrator
- JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift (2020) as John
- Love, Antosha (2019) as Self
- Hal (2019) as Self
- Surviving the Wild (2018) as Gus
- Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
- Orphan Horse (2018) as Ben Crowley
- American Wrestler: The Wizard (2017) as Principle Skinner
- Same Kind of Different as Me (2017) as Earl Hall
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) as Henry Shaw Sr.
- J.L. Family Ranch (2016) as John
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
- Woodlawn (2015) as Paul Bryant
- A Christmas Eve Miracle (2015) as Jerry the Dog (voice)
- Court of Conscience (2015) as Father Peter
- Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby (2015) as Moriarty
- Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt (2014) as Moriarty
- The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014) as Self
- The Final Song (2014) Executive Producer
- Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood (2014) as Self
- Ray Donovan (2013) as Mickey Donovan
- Getaway (2013) as The Voice
- Baby Geniuses Television Series (2013) as Taxi Driver
- Dracula: The Dark Prince (2013) as Van Helsing
- Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels (2013) as Moriarty
- Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky (2013) as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim (archive footage)
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
- Casting By (2012) as Self
- Pablo (2012) as Self
- Beyond (2012) as Jon Koski
- Lone Star (2010) as Clint Thatcher
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010) as (archive footage)
- Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible (2010) as Self
- Stardust (2010) as Self (uncredited)
- Clarkworld (2009) as Self
- No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009) as Self
- Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" (2009) as Self
- Tropic Thunder (2008) as Jon Voight
- Shatner's Raw Nerve (2008) as Self
- Pride and Glory (2008) as Francis Tierney, Sr.
- Four Christmases (2008) as Creighton
- 24: Redemption (2008) as Jonas Hodges
- An American Carol (2008) as President George Washington
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) as Patrick Gates
- Transformers (2007) as Defense Secretary John Keller
- Bratz (2007) as Principal Dimly
- Brando: The Documentary (2007) as Self
- September Dawn (2007) as Jacob Samuelson
- Brando (2007) as Self
- Glory Road (2006) as Adolph Rupp
- The Foreign Eye (2006) as Self
- The Karate Dog (2006) as Hamilton Cage
- Deadly Lessons (2006) as Dr. Crazx
- Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film (2006) as Self
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Pope John Paul II (2005) as Pope John Paul II / Karol Wojtyla
- The Making of 'Heat' (2005) as Self
- Pope John Paul II (2005) as Pope John Paul II (older)
- Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation (2005) as Self
- The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self - Guest
- National Treasure (2004) as Patrick Gates
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004) as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
- Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) as Bill Biscane / Kane
- The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004) as Edward
- After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later (2004)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Holes (2003) as Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"
- A Decade Under the Influence (2003) as Self
- Jasper, Texas (2003) as Billy Rowles
- Second String (2002) as Coach Chuck Dichter
- 24 (2001) as Jonas Hodges
- Pearl Harbor (2001) as President Roosevelt
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) as Lord Richard Croft
- Zoolander (2001) as Larry Zoolander
- Uprising (2001) as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
- Ali (2001) as Howard Cosell
- Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) as Siggy
- Uprising (2001) as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
- The Making of 'Ali' (2001) as Self
- Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas (2001) as Storyteller
- A Constant Forge (2000) as Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999) as Self - Guest
- Baby Geniuses (1999) Co-Executive Producer
- Varsity Blues (1999) as Coach Bud Kilmer
- Noah's Ark (1999) as Noah
- A Dog of Flanders (1999) as Michel
- Noah's Ark (1999) as Noah
- The Prince and the Surfer (1999) as Narrator
- Boys Will Be Boys (1999) as Lt. Palladino
- A Tribute to Johnny Cash (1999) as Self - Host
- Enemy of the State (1998) as Reynolds
- The General (1998) as Inspector Ned Kenny
- The Fixer (1998) as Jack Killoran
- The View (1997) as Self
- Anaconda (1997) as Paul Serone
- The Rainmaker (1997) as Leo F. Drummond
- U Turn (1997) as Blind Man
- Most Wanted (1997) as Gen. Adam Woodward, alias Lt. Col. Grant Casey
- The Rainbow Warrior (1997) as Peter Willcox
- Rosewood (1997) as John Wright
- Mission: Impossible (1996) as Jim Phelps
- E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
- Heat (1995) as Nate
- Convict Cowboy (1995) as Ry Weston
- The Tin Soldier (1995) as Yarik
- The Tin Soldier (1995) Director
- The XXX Files: Lust in Space (1995)
- Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) as Captain Woodrow F. Call
- The Last of His Tribe (1992) as Alfred Kroeber
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991) as Dr. Robert Gale
- Eternity (1990) as Edward / James
- Eternity (1990) Writer
- Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years (1990) as Self
- Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990) as Self
- Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990) as Self
- Seinfeld (1989) as Jon Voight
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
- Desert Bloom (1986) as Jack Chismore
- Runaway Train (1985) as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim
- Table for Five (1983) as J.P. Tannen
- Wogan (1982) as Self
- Lookin' to Get Out (1982) as Alex Kovac
- Lookin' to Get Out (1982) Writer
- The Champ (1979) as Billy
- Coming Home (1978) as Luke Martin
- End of the Game (1978) as Walter Tschanz
- The Odessa File (1974) as Peter Miller
- Conrack (1974) as Pat Conroy
- The All-American Boy (1973) as Vic Bealer
- Deliverance (1972) as Ed Gentry
- The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance' (1972) as Self
- Catch-22 (1970) as 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder
- The Revolutionary (1970) as A
- Midnight Cowboy (1969) as Joe Buck
- The Crowd Around the Cowboy (1969) as Self
- Fearless Frank (1969) as Fearless Frank
- Out of It (1969) as Russ
- Cimarron Strip (1967)
- Hour of the Gun (1967) as Curly Bill Brocius
- NET Playhouse (1966)
- 12 O'Clock High (1964) as Capt. Karl Holtke
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- The Defenders (1961) as Alan Link
- The Defenders (1961) as Cliff Wakeman
- Naked City (1958) as Victor Binks
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Petter Karlgren
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Cory
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Steven Downing
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self (uncredited)
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- The Last Firefighter as Jon
- The Honey Wars as (voice)