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Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American film and television actor. He came to prominence at the end of the 1960s, with a performance as a would-be gigolo in 1969's Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy, for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination. Throughout the following decades, Voight built his reputation with an array of challenging roles, appearing in such landmark films as Deliverance (1972), and Coming Home (1978), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor. Voight's portrayal of sportscaster/journalist Howard Cosell, in the 2001 biopic Ali, earned critical raves and his fourth Oscar nomination. He starred in the seventh season of 24 as the villain Jonas Hodges. Voight is the father of actor James Haven and actress Angelina Jolie, as well as brother of singer-songwriter Chip Taylor and geologist Barry Voight. Voight was born in Yonkers, New York, the son of Barbara (née Kamp; born January 7, 1910) and Elmer Voight (October 29,...

Award Nominations: 1969 - Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role - Midnight Cowboy; 1985 - Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role - Runaway Train; 1978 - Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role - Coming Home; 2001 - Academy Award for Actor in a Supporting Role - Ali; 2005 - Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Movie - The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Role: Edward; 2006 - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie - Pope John Paul II; 2002 - Primetime Emmy Award for Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie - Uprising; 1970 - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film - Midnight Cowboy; 1973 - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film - Deliverance; 1979 - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film - Coming Home;
Awards Won: 1978 - Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role - Coming Home - Role: Luke Martin; 1979 - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film - Coming Home; 1986 - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film - Runaway Train - Role: Oscar Manheim; 1978 - National Board of Review Award for Best Actor - Coming Home; 1978 - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor - Coming Home; 1978 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor - Coming Home; 1970 - Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor; 1969 - BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer - Midnight Cowboy;
Film performances: The Karate Dog; Pride and Glory - Francis Tierney Sr; Transformers - Defense Secretary John Keller; National Treasure: Book of Secrets - Patrick Gates; The Uninvited - Bonilla; Ali - Howard Cosell; Anaconda - Paul Sarone; Coming Home - Luke Martin; Deliverance - Ed Gentry; Enemy of the State - Thomas Brian Reynolds;
Films appeared in: Spin - Archive Footage; The Genocide Factor: Genocide from Biblical Times Through the Ages; ClarkWORLD; Who is Harry Nilsson?; A Decade Under the Influence; A Constant Forge; The Genocide Factor: Genocide: The Horror Continues; Brando: The Documentary; The Genocide Factor: Genocide in the First Half of the 20th Century; Michael Jackson: The Trial and Triumph of the King of Pop;
Film writing credits: Lookin' to Get Out
Children: Angelina Jolie  James Haven
Date of birth: Dec 29, 1938;
Education: The Catholic University of America;
Ethnicity: Slovak American
Gender: Male
Height: 1.892 m;
Country of nationality: United States of America
Place of birth: Yonkers
Places lived: Yonkers;
Profession: Actor  Film Producer  Writer  Television producer
Religion: Roman Catholicism
Siblings: Wes Voight;
Spouse (or domestic partner): Marcheline Bertrand - 1971 - 1978; Lauri Peters - 1962 - 1967;
TV episode performances: The Mom & Pop Store; Everybody Loves Raymond: The First Six Years; Voight/Giamatti; Jon Voight, Andy Dick; The 50th Annual Academy Awards; April 16, 2003; The 70th Annual Academy Awards; Jon Voight, Alicia Coppola, Will Marfori; The Newcomers; Jane Fonda;
Starring TV roles: Pope John Paul II; NET Playhouse; Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story; Lonestar;
Related Web Pages: Wikipedia  New York Times  IMDb profile  NNDB  Netflix  Daylife Topic Page  TVRage  Jon Voight Videos

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