Jon Voight
Born December 29, 1938 (Age: 87)
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Yonkers, New York, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Megadoc
2025
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as Self
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Age: 86
Megalopolis
2024
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as Hamilton Crassus III
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Age: 85
Reagan
2024
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as Viktor Petrovich
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Age: 85
Roe v. Wade
2021
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as Justice Burger
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Age: 82
Love, Antosha
2019
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as Self
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Age: 80
Same Kind of Different as Me
2017
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as Earl Hall
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Age: 78
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
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as Henry Shaw Sr.
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Age: 77
Woodlawn
2015
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as Paul Bryant
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Age: 76
Getaway
2013
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as The Voice
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Age: 74
Casting By
2012
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as Self
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Age: 73
Four Christmases
2008
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as Creighton
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Age: 69
An American Carol
2008
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as President George Washington
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Age: 69
Pride and Glory
2008
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as Francis Tierney, Sr.
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Age: 69
Tropic Thunder
2008
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as Jon Voight
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Age: 69
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
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as Patrick Gates
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Age: 68
Bratz
2007
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as Principal Dimly
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Age: 68
Transformers
2007
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as Defense Secretary John Keller
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Age: 68
Glory Road
2006
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as Adolph Rupp
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Age: 67
Pope John Paul II
2005
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as Pope John Paul II (older)
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Age: 66
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 66
National Treasure
2004
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as Patrick Gates
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Age: 65
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004
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as Bill Biscane / Kane
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Age: 65
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
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as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
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Age: 65
No Image
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2004
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as
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Age: 65
Holes
2003
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as Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"
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Age: 64
Ali
2001
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as Howard Cosell
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Age: 62
Uprising
2001
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as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
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Age: 62
Zoolander
2001
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as Larry Zoolander
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Age: 62
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001
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as Lord Richard Croft
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Age: 62
Pearl Harbor
2001
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as Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Age: 62
A Constant Forge
2000
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as Self
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Age: 61
A Dog of Flanders
1999
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as Michel
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Age: 60
Noah's Ark
1999
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as Noah
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Age: 60
Enemy of the State
1998
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as Reynolds
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Age: 59
The General
1998
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as Inspector Ned Kenny
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Age: 59
The Rainmaker
1997
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as Leo F. Drummond
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Age: 58
Most Wanted
1997
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as Gen. Adam Woodward, alias Lt. Col. Grant Casey
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Age: 58
U Turn
1997
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as Blind Man
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Age: 58
Anaconda
1997
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as Paul Serone
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Age: 58
Rosewood
1997
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as John Wright
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Age: 58
Mission: Impossible
1996
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as Jim Phelps
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Age: 57
Heat
1995
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as Nate
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Age: 56
No Image
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
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as Self
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Age: 51
Runaway Train
1985
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as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim
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Age: 46
Table for Five
1983
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as J.P. Tannen
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Age: 44
Lookin' to Get Out
1982
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as Alex Kovac
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Age: 43
The Champ
1979
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as Billy
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Age: 40
Coming Home
1978
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as Luke Martin
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Age: 39
Deliverance
1972
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as Ed Gentry
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Age: 33
Catch-22
1970
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as 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder
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Age: 31
Midnight Cowboy
1969
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as Joe Buck
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Age: 30
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
1969
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as Self
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Age: 30