Jon Voight

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

160

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-12-29 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Yonkers, New York, USA

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.

Known For

  • High Ground

    High Ground

  • 24

    24

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Seinfeld

    Seinfeld

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Ray Donovan

    Ray Donovan

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Heat

    Heat

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • Varsity Blues

    Varsity Blues

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

  • Man with No Past

    Man with No Past

  • Anaconda

    Anaconda

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Tropic Thunder

    Tropic Thunder

  • The Painter

    The Painter

  • 12 O'Clock High

    12 O'Clock High

  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

    Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

  • Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

    Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

  • Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"

    Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"

  • Reagan

    Reagan

  • Four Christmases

    Four Christmases

  • After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later

    After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later

  • Shadow Land

    Shadow Land

  • Ali

    Ali

  • Zoolander

    Zoolander

  • Glory Road

    Glory Road

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

    The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

  • Bratz

    Bratz

  • The Rainmaker

    The Rainmaker

  • U Turn

    U Turn

  • National Treasure: Book of Secrets

    National Treasure: Book of Secrets

  • Uprising

    Uprising

  • Same Kind of Different as Me

    Same Kind of Different as Me

  • Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

  • The Five People You Meet In Heaven

    The Five People You Meet In Heaven

  • Megalopolis

    Megalopolis

  • Mercy

    Mercy

  • Fearless Frank

    Fearless Frank

  • Holes

    Holes

  • National Treasure

    National Treasure

  • Getaway

    Getaway

  • Enemy of the State

    Enemy of the State

  • Strangers

    Strangers

  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

  • Transformers

    Transformers

  • Convict Cowboy

    Convict Cowboy

  • The Manchurian Candidate

    The Manchurian Candidate

  • Pablo

    Pablo

  • Coming Home

    Coming Home

  • Hal

    Hal

  • September Dawn

    September Dawn

  • The Fixer

    The Fixer

  • Rosewood

    Rosewood

  • End of the Game

    End of the Game

  • The Champ

    The Champ

  • Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels

    Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels

  • Deliverance

    Deliverance

  • Midnight Cowboy

    Midnight Cowboy

  • Most Wanted

    Most Wanted

  • Shatner's Raw Nerve

    Shatner's Raw Nerve

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • Beyond

    Beyond

  • Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

    Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

  • The Revolutionary

    The Revolutionary

  • Eternity

    Eternity

  • Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders

    Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders

  • The General

    The General

  • Clarkworld

    Clarkworld

  • The Last GunFight

    The Last GunFight

  • Return to Lonesome Dove

    Return to Lonesome Dove

  • Ray Donovan: The Movie

    Ray Donovan: The Movie

  • Runaway Train

    Runaway Train

  • Jasper, Texas

    Jasper, Texas

  • Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

    Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

  • Pride and Glory

    Pride and Glory

  • Noah's Ark

    Noah's Ark

  • Conrack

    Conrack

  • Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

    Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    A Decade Under the Influence

  • Hour of the Gun

    Hour of the Gun

  • Love, Antosha

    Love, Antosha

  • An American Carol

    An American Carol

  • Woodlawn

    Woodlawn

  • American Wrestler: The Wizard

    American Wrestler: The Wizard

  • Orphan Horse

    Orphan Horse

  • Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II

  • A Constant Forge

    A Constant Forge

  • Desert Bloom

    Desert Bloom

  • A Christmas Eve Miracle

    A Christmas Eve Miracle

  • Dracula: The Dark Prince

    Dracula: The Dark Prince

  • Table for Five

    Table for Five

  • The Last of His Tribe

    The Last of His Tribe

  • JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

    JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift

  • Megadoc

    Megadoc

  • Uprising

    Uprising

  • Chernobyl: The Final Warning

    Chernobyl: The Final Warning

  • Lone Star

    Lone Star

  • Tucker Carlson Today

    Tucker Carlson Today

  • Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

  • Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt

    Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt

  • No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

  • Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

    Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

  • The Karate Dog

    The Karate Dog

  • Surviving the Wild

    Surviving the Wild

  • Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas

    Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas

  • The Odessa File

    The Odessa File

  • The Tin Soldier

    The Tin Soldier

  • Lookin' to Get Out

    Lookin' to Get Out

  • Roe v. Wade

    Roe v. Wade

  • A Dog of Flanders

    A Dog of Flanders

  • Court of Conscience

    Court of Conscience

  • Out of It

    Out of It

  • I Am Burt Reynolds

    I Am Burt Reynolds

  • The All-American Boy

    The All-American Boy

  • The Rainbow Warrior

    The Rainbow Warrior

  • Boys Will Be Boys

    Boys Will Be Boys

  • Baby Geniuses Television Series

    Baby Geniuses Television Series

  • The Making of 'Heat'

    The Making of 'Heat'

  • 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

    2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • The Prince and the Surfer

    The Prince and the Surfer

  • The Honey Wars

    The Honey Wars

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • Brando: The Documentary

    Brando: The Documentary

  • Man In The Arena

    Man In The Arena

  • Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation

    Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation

  • J.L. Family Ranch

    J.L. Family Ranch

  • Friends of Chabad

    Friends of Chabad

  • Second String

    Second String

  • The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films

    The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films

  • Deadly Lessons

    Deadly Lessons

  • Brando

    Brando

  • Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby

    Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby

  • A Tribute to Johnny Cash

    A Tribute to Johnny Cash

  • The Foreign Eye

    The Foreign Eye

  • Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky

    Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky

  • Stardust

    Stardust

  • The Crowd Around the Cowboy

    The Crowd Around the Cowboy

  • Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood

    Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood

  • Untitled Bryan Singer Film

    Untitled Bryan Singer Film

  • Noah's Ark

    Noah's Ark

  • The XXX Files: Lust in Space

    The XXX Files: Lust in Space