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Jon Voight
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Biography
Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American actor. He has received an Academy Award, out of four nominations, and three Golden Globe Awards, out of nine nominations.
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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Gunsmoke
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Oscars
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E! True Hollywood Story
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Defenders
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Honest Trailers
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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
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Cimarron Strip
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Seinfeld
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Tropic Thunder
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Catch-22
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Bratz
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Transformers
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Ray Donovan: The Movie
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Ray Donovan
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Zoolander
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The Manchurian Candidate
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
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Megalopolis
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Four Christmases
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
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Pearl Harbor
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National Treasure
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Mercy
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Holes
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Same Kind of Different as Me
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The Rainmaker
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Heat
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Getaway
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Varsity Blues
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Glory Road
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The Tin Soldier
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Jasper, Texas
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Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas
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Mission: Impossible
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The Painter
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Noah's Ark
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Pope John Paul II
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Return to Lonesome Dove
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Eternity
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Deliverance
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Midnight Cowboy
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