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Jon Voight
Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn December 29, 1938 (86 years)
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.
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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| 2025 | The Last GunFight · as Nathaniel Turner |
| 2025 | High Ground · as Ezra Wilcott |
| 2025 | Man with No Past · as Sanborn |
| 2024 | Megalopolis · as Hamilton Crassus Iii |
| 2024 | Strangers · as Richard |
| 2024 | Reagan · as Viktor Petrovich |
| 2024 | Shadow Land · as Robert Wainwright |
| 2024 | The Painter · as Byrne |
| 2023 | Mercy · as Patrick Quinn |
| 2022 | Bonnie · as Nate |
| 2022 | Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders · as Ellison Betts |
| 2022 | Ray Donovan: The Movie · as Mickey Donovan |
| 2020 | JL Family Ranch 2 · as John |
| 2020 | Man in the Arena · as Narrator |
| 2019 | Roe v. Wade · as Justice Burger |
| 2018 | Orphan Horse · as Ben Crowley |
| 2018 | Hollywood, No Sex Please! · as Luke Martin |
| 2018 | Surviving the Wild · as Gus |
| 2017 | Same Kind of Different as Me · as Earl Hall |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them · as Henry Shaw Sr. |
| 2016 | JL Ranch · as John |
| 2016 | American Wrestler: The Wizard · as Principle Skinner |
| 2015 | A Christmas Eve Miracle · as Jerry The Dog (voice) |
| 2015 | Woodlawn · as Paul Bryant |
| 2015 | Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby · as Moriarty |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films · as Oscar 'manny' Manheim |
| 2014 | Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt · as Moriarty |
| 2013 | Dracula: The Dark Prince · as Van Helsing |
| 2013 | Getaway · as The Voice |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan (TV Series) · as Mickey Donovan |
| 2013 | Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels · as Moriarty |
| 2012 | Beyond · as Jon Koski |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Defense Secretary John Keller (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez! · as Cast |
| 2010 | Lone Star (TV Series) |
| 2010 | 2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift · as (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | 24: Redemption · as Jonas Hodges |
| 2008 | Pride and Glory · as Francis Tierney, Sr. |
| 2008 | An American Carol · as President George Washington |
| 2008 | Four Christmases · as Creighton |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets · as Patrick Gates |
| 2007 | September Dawn · as Jacob Samuelson |
| 2007 | Bratz · as Principal Dimly |
| 2007 | Transformers · as Defense Secretary John Keller |
| 2006 | Deadly Lessons · as Dr. Crazx |
| 2006 | Glory Road · as Adolph Rupp |
| 2005 | The Karate Dog · as Hamilton Cage |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II (TV Series) · as Pope John Paul Ii / Karol Wojtyla |
| 2004 | The Five People You Meet in Heaven · as Edward |
| 2004 | National Treasure · as Patrick Gates |
| 2004 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 · as Bill Biscane / Kane |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate · as Senator Thomas Jordan (d-Ct) |
| 2004 | The Scent of Blood · as Luke Martin |
| 2003 | Jasper, Texas · as Billy Rowles |
| 2003 | Holes · as Marion Sevillo "mr. Sir" |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Second String · as Coach Chuck Dichter |
| 2001 | Ali · as Howard Cosell |
| 2001 | Britney Spears Live from Las Vegas · as Storyteller |
| 2001 | 24 (TV Series) · as Jonas Hodges |
| 2001 | Uprising · as Ss-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop |
| 2001 | Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (TV Series) · as Siggy |
| 2001 | Zoolander · as Larry Zoolander |
| 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider · as Lord Richard Croft |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor · as Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1999 | The Prince and the Surfer · as Narrator |
| 1999 | A Dog of Flanders · as Michel |
| 1999 | Noah's Ark (1999) (TV Series) · as Noah |
| 1999 | Varsity Blues · as Coach Bud Kilmer |
| 1998 | Boys Will Be Boys · as Lt. Palladino |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State · as Reynolds |
| 1998 | The General · as Inspector Ned Kenny |
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| 1997 | The Rainmaker · as Leo F. Drummond |
| 1997 | Most Wanted · as Gen. Adam Woodward, Alias Lt. Col. Grant Casey |
| 1997 | U Turn · as Blind Man |
| 1997 | Anaconda · as Paul Serone |
| 1997 | Rosewood · as John Wright |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible · as Jim Phelps |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Heat · as Nate |
| 1995 | Convict Cowboy · as Ry Weston |
| 1995 | The Tin Soldier · as Yarik |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove (TV Series) · as Captain Woodrow F. Call |
| 1993 | The Rainbow Warrior · as Peter Willcox |
| 1992 | The Last of His Tribe · as Alfred Kroeber |
| 1991 | Chernobyl: The Final Warning · as Dr. Robert Gale |
| 1990 | Eternity · as Edward / James |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Desert Bloom · as Jack Chismore |
| 1985 | Runaway Train · as Oscar 'manny' Manheim |
| 1983 | Table for Five · as J.p. Tannen |
| 1982 | Lookin' to Get Out · as Alex Kovac |
| 1981 | Sixty Years of Seduction · as Cast |
| 1979 | The Champ · as Billy |
| 1978 | Coming Home · as Luke Martin |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Joe Buck |
| 1975 | End of the Game · as Walter Tschanz |
| 1974 | The Odessa File · as Peter Miller |
| 1974 | Conrack · as Pat Conroy |
| 1973 | The All-American Boy · as Vic Bealer |
| 1972 | Deliverance · as Ed Gentry |
| 1970 | The Revolutionary · as A |
| 1970 | Catch-22 · as 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder |
| 1969 | Out of It · as Russ |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy · as Joe Buck |
| 1967 | Hour of the Gun · as Curly Bill Brocius |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) |
| 1967 | N.Y.P.D. (TV Series) · as Adam Sawyer |
| 1967 | Coronet Blue (TV Series) · as Peter Wicklow |
| 1967 | Fearless Frank · as Fearless Frank |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High (TV Series) · as Capt. Karl Holtke |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Alan Link |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Victor Binks |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Cory |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Cast |