Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Birthdate
December 29, 1938 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Yonkers, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
December 29, 1938 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Yonkers, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American actor. He has received an 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 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.

Jon Voight's LGBTQ+ Titles

Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
Joe Buck

Acting (154)

The Honey Wars as (voice)
2024
Megalopolis as Hamilton Crassus III
2024
Reagan as Viktor Petrovich
2024
Strangers as Richard
2024
Shadow Land as Robert Wainwright
2024
The Painter as Byrne
2023
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy as Self
2023
Mercy as Patrick Quinn
2022
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders as Ellison Betts
2022
Ray Donovan: The Movie as Mickey Donovan
2021
Roe v. Wade as Justice Burger
2020
I Am Burt Reynolds as Self - Interviewee
2020
Friends of Chabad as himself (10 episodes)
2020
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift as John
2020
Man In The Arena as Narrator
2019
Love, Antosha as Self
2019
Hal as Self
2018
Orphan Horse as Ben Crowley
2018
Surviving The Wild as Gus
2017
Same Kind of Different as Me as Earl Hall
2017
American Wrestler: The Wizard as Principle Skinner
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Henry Shaw Sr.
2016
JL Family Ranch as John
2015
Court of Conscience as Father Peter
2015
A Christmas Eve Miracle as Jerry the Dog
2015
Woodlawn as Paul Bryant
2015
Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby as Moriarty
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films as Self
2014
Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt as Moriarty
2014
Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood as Self
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013
Dracula: The Dark Prince as Van Helsing
2013
Getaway as The Voice
2013
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim (archive footage)
2013
Ray Donovan as Mickey Donovan (82 episodes)
2013
Baby Geniuses Television Series as Taxi Driver (13 episodes)
2013
Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels as Moriarty
2012
Casting By as Self
2012
Pablo as Self
2012
Beyond as Jon Koski
2012
Honest Trailers as Defense Secretary John Keller (archive footage) (1 episode)
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011
Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good as Self
2010
Stardust as Self (uncredited)
2010
Lone Star (7 episodes)
2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
2009
Clarkworld as Self
2009
Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" as Self
2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos as Self
2008
Shatner's Raw Nerve as Self (1 episode)
2008
Four Christmases as Creighton
2008
24: Redemption as Jonas Hodges
2008
An American Carol as President George Washington
2008
Pride and Glory as Francis Tierney, Sr.
2008
Tropic Thunder as Jon Voight
2007
National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Patrick Gates
2007
Bratz as Principal Dimly
2007
Transformers as Defense Secretary John Keller
2007
September Dawn as Jacob Samuelson
2007
Brando: The Documentary as Self (2 episodes)
2007
Brando as Self
2006
The Foreign Eye as Self
2006
Deadly Lessons as Dr. Crazx
2006
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film as Self
2006
Glory Road as Adolph Rupp
2005
Pope John Paul II as Pope John Paul II / Karol Wojtyla (2 episodes)
2005
Pope John Paul II as Karol Wojtyła
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
2005
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation as Self
2005
The Making of 'Heat' as Self
2004
The Five People You Meet In Heaven as Edward
2004
National Treasure as Patrick Gates
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
2004
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 as Bill Biscane / Kane
2004
The Manchurian Candidate as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
2004
The Karate Dog as Hamilton Cage
2004
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2003
Jasper, Texas as Billy Rowles
2003
A Decade Under the Influence as Self
2003
Holes as Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode)
2002
Second String as Coach Chuck Dichter
2001
Ali as Howard Cosell
2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Siggy (2 episodes)
2001
Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas as Storyteller
2001
Uprising as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
2001
Zoolander as Larry Zoolander
2001
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider as Lord Richard Croft
2001
Pearl Harbor as Franklin D. Roosevelt
2000
A Constant Forge as Self
1999
The Prince and the Surfer as Narrator
1999
A Dog of Flanders as Michel
1999
A Tribute To Johnny Cash as Self - Host
1999
Noah's Ark as Noah (2 episodes)
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1999
Boys Will Be Boys as Lt. Palladino
1999
Varsity Blues as Coach Bud Kilmer
1998
Enemy of the State as Reynolds
1998
The General as Inspector Ned Kenny
1998
The Fixer as Jack Killoran
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
The View as Self (3 episodes)
1997
Anaconda as Paul Serone
1997
The Rainbow Warrior as Peter Willcox
1997
Rosewood as John Wright
1996
E! True Hollywood Story (2 episodes)
1996
Mission: Impossible as Jim Phelps
1995
Heat as Nate
1995
Convict Cowboy as Ry Weston
1995
The Tin Soldier as Yarik
1993
Return to Lonesome Dove as Captain Woodrow F. Call (4 episodes)
1992
The Last of His Tribe as Alfred Kroeber
1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Dr. Robert Gale
1990
Eternity as Edward / James
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
1990
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey as Self
1989
Seinfeld as Jon Voight (1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 episode)
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
1982
Wogan as Self (1 episode)
1979
The Champ as Billy
1978
End of the Game as Walter Tschanz
1978
Coming Home as Luke Martin
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
Fearless Frank as Fearless Frank
1969
Out of It as Russ
1969
Midnight Cowboy as Joe Buck
1969
The Crowd Around the Cowboy as Self
1967
Hour of the Gun as Curly Bill Brocius
1967
Cimarron Strip (1 episode)
1961
The Defenders as Alan Link (1 episode)
1961
The Defenders as Cliff Wakeman (1 episode)
1958
Naked City as Victor Binks (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke as Cory (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke as Petter Karlgren (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke as Steven Downing (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (4 episodes)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self (uncredited) (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee (2 episodes)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner (1 episode)

Directing (1)

1995
The Tin Soldier • Director
• Director

Production (2)

2014
The Final Song • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1999
Baby Geniuses • Co-Executive Producer
• Co-Executive Producer

Writing (2)

1990
Eternity • Writer
• Writer
1982
Lookin' to Get Out • Writer
• Writer