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Jon Voight
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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.
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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.
Known For
Gunsmoke
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Golden Globe Awards
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Oscars
E! True Hollywood Story
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Defenders
Honest Trailers
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Cimarron Strip
Seinfeld
Tropic Thunder
Catch-22
Transformers
Bratz
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Ray Donovan
Zoolander
The Manchurian Candidate
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Four Christmases
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Megalopolis
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Pearl Harbor
National Treasure
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Heat
The Rainmaker
Holes
Same Kind of Different as Me
Mercy
Glory Road
Getaway
Varsity Blues
Anaconda
The Painter
Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas
Mission: Impossible
Strangers
Jasper, Texas
The Tin Soldier
Eternity
Return to Lonesome Dove
Noah's Ark
Pope John Paul II
Midnight Cowboy
Pope John Paul II
Deliverance
Production Credits
Eternity
The Tin Soldier
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