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).
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
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
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Transformers
2007
Mission: Impossible
1996
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Heat
1995
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Pearl Harbor
2001
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Tropic Thunder
2008
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National Treasure
2004
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
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Zoolander
2001
Acting
2026
Monument
as Yacov Rechter
2025
Man with No Past
as Sanborn
2025
High Ground
as Ezra Wilcott
2025
The Last GunFight
as Nathaniel Turner
2025
Megadoc
as Self
2024
The Painter
as Byrne
2024
Shadow Land
as Robert Wainwright
2024
Strangers
as Richard
2024
Reagan
as Viktor Petrovich
2024
Megalopolis
as Hamilton Crassus III
2023
Mercy
as Patrick Quinn
2023
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
as Self
2022
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
as Ellison Betts
2022
Ray Donovan: The Movie
as Mickey Donovan
2021
Roe v. Wade
as Justice Burger
2021
Tucker Carlson Today
as Self
(1 episode)
2020
JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift
as John
2020
Man In The Arena
as Narrator
2020
I Am Burt Reynolds
as Self - Interviewee
2020
Friends of Chabad
as himself
(10 episodes)
2019
Hal
as Self
2019
Love, Antosha
as Self
2018
Surviving the Wild
as Gus
2018
Orphan Horse
as Ben Crowley
2018
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2017
Same Kind of Different as Me
as Earl Hall
2017
American Wrestler: The Wizard
as Principle Skinner
2016
J.L. Family Ranch
as John
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
as Henry Shaw Sr.
2015
Woodlawn
as Paul Bryant
2015
Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby
as Moriarty
2015
Court of Conscience
as Father Peter
2015
A Christmas Eve Miracle
as Jerry the Dog (voice)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
(1 episode)
2014
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
as Self
2014
Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt
as Moriarty
2014
Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood
as Self
2013
Getaway
as The Voice
2013
Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels
as Moriarty
2013
Dracula: The Dark Prince
as Van Helsing
2013
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim (archive footage)
2013
Ray Donovan
as Mickey Donovan
(82 episodes)
2013
Baby Geniuses Television Series
as Taxi Driver
(13 episodes)
2012
Pablo
as Self
2012
Casting By
as Self
2012
Beyond
as Jon Koski
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2010
Stardust
as Self (uncredited)
2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
2010
Lone Star
as Clint Thatcher
(7 episodes)
2009
Clarkworld
as Self
2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
as Self
2009
Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"
as Self
2008
Four Christmases
as Creighton
2008
Pride and Glory
as Francis Tierney, Sr.
2008
An American Carol
as President George Washington
2008
Tropic Thunder
as Jon Voight
2008
Shatner's Raw Nerve
as Self
(1 episode)
2007
Transformers
as Defense Secretary John Keller
2007
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
as Patrick Gates
2007
September Dawn
as Jacob Samuelson
2007
Bratz
as Principal Dimly
2007
Brando
as Self
2007
Brando: The Documentary
as Self
(2 episodes)
2006
Glory Road
as Adolph Rupp
2006
The Karate Dog
as Hamilton Cage
2006
Deadly Lessons
as Dr. Crazx
2006
The Foreign Eye
as Self
2006
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
as Self
2005
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
as Self
2005
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Pope John Paul II
as Pope John Paul II (older)
2005
Pope John Paul II
as Pope John Paul II / Karol Wojtyla
(2 episodes)
2004
National Treasure
as Patrick Gates
2004
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
as Edward
2004
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
as Bill Biscane / Kane
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
2004
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2004
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
(3 episodes)
2003
Holes
as Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
2003
Jasper, Texas
as Billy Rowles
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
(1 episode)
2002
Second String
as Coach Chuck Dichter
2001
Pearl Harbor
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
2001
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
as Lord Richard Croft
2001
Uprising
as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
2001
Ali
as Howard Cosell
2001
Zoolander
as Larry Zoolander
2001
Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas
as Storyteller
2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
as Siggy
(2 episodes)
2001
24
as Jonas Hodges
(10 episodes)
2001
Uprising
as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
(2 episodes)
2000
A Constant Forge
as Self
1999
Varsity Blues
as Coach Bud Kilmer
1999
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
as Self - Host
1999
A Dog of Flanders
as Michel
1999
The Prince and the Surfer
as Narrator
1999
Boys Will Be Boys
as Lt. Palladino
1999
Noah's Ark
as Noah
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
1999
Noah's Ark
as Noah
(2 episodes)
1998
Enemy of the State
as Reynolds
1998
The General
as Inspector Ned Kenny
1998
The Fixer
as Jack Killoran
1997
U Turn
as Blind Man
1997
The Rainmaker
as Leo F. Drummond
1997
Rosewood
as John Wright
1997
Anaconda
as Paul Serone
1997
Most Wanted
as Gen. Adam Woodward, alias Lt. Col. Grant Casey
1997
The Rainbow Warrior
as Peter Willcox
1997
The View
as Self
(3 episodes)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1995
Heat
as Nate
1995
Convict Cowboy
as Ry Weston
1995
The Tin Soldier
as Yarik
1995
The XXX Files: Lust in Space
1993
Return to Lonesome Dove
as Captain Woodrow F. Call
(4 episodes)
1992
The Last of His Tribe
as Alfred Kroeber
1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Dr. Robert Gale
1990
Eternity
as Edward / James
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
1990
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
as Self
1989
Seinfeld
as Jon Voight
(1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1986
Desert Bloom
as Jack Chismore
1985
Runaway Train
as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim
1983
Table for Five
as J.P. Tannen
1982
Lookin' to Get Out
as Alex Kovac
1982
Wogan
as Self
(1 episode)
1979
The Champ
as Billy
1978
Coming Home
as Luke Martin
1978
End of the Game
as Walter Tschanz
1974
Conrack
as Pat Conroy
1974
The Odessa File
as Peter Miller
1973
The All-American Boy
as Vic Bealer
1972
Deliverance
as Ed Gentry
1972
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'
as Self
1970
The Revolutionary
as A
1970
Catch-22
as 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder
1969
Midnight Cowboy
as Joe Buck
1969
Fearless Frank
as Fearless Frank
1969
Out of It
as Russ
1969
The Crowd Around the Cowboy
as Self
1967
Hour of the Gun
as Curly Bill Brocius
1967
Cimarron Strip
1964
12 O'Clock High
as Capt. Karl Holtke
(1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1 episode)
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1 episode)
1961
The Defenders
as Cliff Wakeman
(1 episode)
1961
The Defenders
as Alan Link
(1 episode)
1958
Naked City
as Victor Binks
(1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
as Petter Karlgren
(1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
as Cory
(1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
as Steven Downing
(1 episode)
1953
The Oscars
as Self
(4 episodes)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self (uncredited)
(1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
(4 episodes)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
(3 episodes)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
(1 episode)
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The Honey Wars
as (voice)
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The Last Firefighter
as Jon
Directing
1995
The Tin Soldier
Director
Writing
1990
Eternity
Writer
1982
Lookin' to Get Out
Writer
Production
2014
The Final Song
Executive Producer
1999
Baby Geniuses
Co-Executive Producer