Jon Voight
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Megadoc | Self | HIT | |
| 2022 | Ray Donovan: The Movie | Mickey Donovan | HIT | |
| 2020 | I Am Burt Reynolds | Self - Interviewee | HIT | |
| 2020 | Man In The Arena | Narrator | HIT | |
| 2019 | Love, Antosha | Self | HIT | |
| 2018 | Orphan Horse | Ben Crowley | HIT | |
| 2018 | Surviving the Wild | Gus | HIT | |
| 2017 | Same Kind of Different as Me | Earl Hall | HIT | |
| 2017 | American Wrestler: The Wizard | Principle Skinner | HIT | |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Henry Shaw Sr. | HIT | |
| 2015 | Court of Conscience | Father Peter | HIT | |
| 2015 | Woodlawn | Paul Bryant | HIT | |
| 2012 | Casting By | Self | HIT | |
| 2012 | Pablo | Self | HIT | |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2009 | Clarkworld | Self | HIT | |
| 2009 | Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" | Self | HIT | |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Jon Voight | HIT | |
| 2007 | Transformers | Defense Secretary John Keller | HIT | |
| 2007 | Brando | Self | HIT | |
| 2006 | Glory Road | Adolph Rupp | HIT | |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2004 | The Five People You Meet In Heaven | Edward | HIT | |
| 2004 | National Treasure | Patrick Gates | HIT | |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | HIT | |
| 2003 | Holes | Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir" | HIT | |
| 2002 | Second String | Coach Chuck Dichter | HIT | |
| 2001 | Ali | Howard Cosell | HIT | |
| 2001 | Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas | Storyteller | HIT | |
| 2001 | Uprising | SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop | HIT | |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Franklin D. Roosevelt | HIT | |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self | HIT | |
| 1999 | A Tribute to Johnny Cash | Self - Host | HIT | |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State | Reynolds | HIT | |
| 1998 | The General | Inspector Ned Kenny | HIT | |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker | Leo F. Drummond | HIT | |
| 1997 | U Turn | Blind Man | HIT | |
| 1997 | Rosewood | John Wright | HIT | |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | HIT | |
| 1995 | Heat | Nate | HIT | |
| 1992 | The Last of His Tribe | Alfred Kroeber | HIT | |
| 1990 | Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey | Self | HIT | |
| 1985 | Runaway Train | Oscar 'Manny' Manheim | HIT | |
| 1979 | The Champ | Billy | HIT | |
| 1978 | Coming Home | Luke Martin | HIT | |
| 1974 | The Odessa File | Peter Miller | HIT | |
| 1974 | Conrack | Pat Conroy | HIT | |
| 1972 | Deliverance | Ed Gentry | HIT | |
| 1970 | Catch-22 | 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder | HIT | |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | Joe Buck | HIT |