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Jon Voight

FULL NAME Jonathan Vincent Voight
BORN 29 December 1938, Yonkers, New York, USA
ASSOCIATION Actor
NATIONALITY American
HEIGHT 189 cm
REVIEWED ENTRIES 12 (10)
MAX. RATING

(Deliverance)

MIN. RATING

AVERAGE RATING 3.95

 

FILMOGRAPHY (REVIEWED ENTRIES ONLY)

YEAR TITLE ASSOCIATION

RATING

1969 Midnight Cowboy Joe Buck

½

1972 Deliverance Ed

1978 Coming Home Luke Martin

1979 The Champ Billy Flynn

1985 Runaway Train Manny

½

1995 Heat Nate

1996 Mission: Impossible Jim Phelps

1997 U-Turn Blind Man

1997 The Rainmaker Leo F. Drummond

1998 Enemy of the State Thomas Brian Reynolds  
2004 The Manchurian Candidate Senator Thomas Jordan

½

2008 Tropic Thunder Cameo  

 

BIO

Selective, probing, and sensitive leading man whose career peaked during the 1970s with award-winning performances in films such as Deliverance, Coming Home (for which he won a rare triple of awards at the Golden Globes, the Oscars, and Cannes), and The Champ. Before this, the boyishly handsome Voight had made his breakthrough opposite Dustin Hoffman in John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy.

Despite his star status, Voight's output remained relatively low throughout the 1970s and 1980s, as he often followed his own path when choosing roles and directors to work with. His star had diminished somewhat by the time he made a triumphant return with Runaway Train (1985).

From the 1990s onwards, Voight has appeared mostly in supporting roles, often in more mainstream films than earlier in his career, including Heat, Mission: Impossible, Pearl Harbor, and Ali, for which he received his most recent Academy Award nomination. He is the father of actress Angelina Jolie.

 

AWARDS

The Academy Awards (Oscars)

1970

 

Nominated for Best Actor for Midnight Cowboy

1980

Best Actor for Coming Home

1986

Nominated for Best Actor for Runaway Train

2002

Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Ali

 

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