Jon Voight
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
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.
Born
Dec 29, 1938
Yonkers, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
128 acting
5 crew
Popularity
2.8
Known For
Heat
1995
as Nate
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
as Henry Shaw Sr.
Mission: Impossible
1996
as Jim Phelps
Pearl Harbor
2001
as President Roosevelt
Anaconda
1997
as Paul Serone
Tropic Thunder
2008
as Jon Voight
National Treasure
2004
as Patrick Gates
Transformers
2007
as Defense Secretary John Keller
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001
as Lord Richard Croft
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
as Patrick Gates
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