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Jon Voight

Acting Born Dec 29, 1938 Yonkers, New York, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

24

as Jonas Hodges

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Seinfeld

as Jon Voight

The View

as Self
Film

Ikiru

as Victor Binks
Film

Heat

as Nate
Film

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

as Henry Shaw Sr.

Full filmography

  • 24 (2001) as Jonas Hodges
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • Seinfeld (1989) as Jon Voight
  • The View (1997) 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
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
  • Ray Donovan (2013) as Mickey Donovan
  • Gunsmoke (1955) as Petter Karlgren
  • Gunsmoke (1955) as Cory
  • Gunsmoke (1955) as Steven Downing
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • Wogan (1982) as Self
  • Naked City (1958) as Victor Binks
  • Heat (1995) as Nate
  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) as Henry Shaw Sr.
  • The Defenders (1961) as Alan Link
  • The Defenders (1961) as Cliff Wakeman
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self - Guest