jon voight

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 nominations. 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...

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; 1969 - National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor - Midnight Cowboy; 2001 - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor - Ali;
Film performances: Beyond; Four Christmases - Creighton; 24: Redemption - Jonas Hodges; An American Carol - George Washington; Pride and Glory - Francis Tierney Sr; National Treasure: Book of Secrets - Patrick Gates; Bratz: The Movie - Principal Dimly; Transformers - Defense Secretary John Keller; September Dawn - Jacob Samuelson ; The Legend of Simon Conjurer - Dr. Crazx;
Films appeared in: Spin - Archive Footage; The Genocide Factor: Genocide from Biblical Times Through the Ages; ClarkWORLD; Who is Harry Nilsson? - Him/Herself; 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;
Films Executive Produced: Baby Geniuses
Film writing credits: Lookin' to Get Out
Children: Angelina Jolie  James Haven
Date of birth: Dec 29, 1938;
Education: The Catholic University of America; Archbishop Stepinac High School;
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  Television Producer  Screenwriter
Religion: Roman Catholicism
Siblings: Chip Taylor;
Spouse (or domestic partner): Marcheline Bertrand - Dec 12, 1971 - Apr 14, 1980 - Marriage; Lauri Peters - 1962 - 1967 - Marriage; Marcheline Bertrand - 1971 - 1980 - Marriage;
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; Lone Star; Biography; Return to Lonesome Dove;
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