Jon Voight
Born: 1938-12-29 in Yonkers, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- High Ground as Ezra Wilcott
- Man with No Past as Sanborn
- The Last GunFight as Nathaniel Turner
- Megadoc as Self
2024
- Shadow Land as Robert Wainwright
- The Painter as Byrne
- Reagan as Viktor Petrovich
- Strangers as Richard
- Megalopolis as Hamilton Crassus III
2023
- Mercy as Patrick Quinn
- Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy as Self
2022
- Ray Donovan: The Movie as Mickey Donovan
- Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders as Ellison Betts
2021
- Roe v. Wade as Justice Burger
- Tucker Carlson Today as Self
2020
- JL Family Ranch: The Wedding Gift as John
- I Am Burt Reynolds as Self - Interviewee
- Man In The Arena as Narrator
- Friends of Chabad as himself
2019
- Hal as Self
- Love, Antosha as Self
2018
- Orphan Horse as Ben Crowley
- Surviving the Wild as Gus
2017
- American Wrestler: The Wizard as Principle Skinner
- Same Kind of Different as Me as Earl Hall
2016
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Henry Shaw Sr.
- J.L. Family Ranch as John
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Woodlawn as Paul Bryant
- A Christmas Eve Miracle as Jerry the Dog (voice)
- Court of Conscience as Father Peter
- Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby as Moriarty
2014
- Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt as Moriarty
- The Final Song ... (Executive Producer)
- The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films as Self
- Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood as Self
2013
- Ray Donovan as Mickey Donovan
- Getaway as The Voice
- Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels as Moriarty
- Dracula: The Dark Prince as Van Helsing
- Baby Geniuses Television Series as Taxi Driver
- Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim (archive footage)
2012
- Pablo as Self
- Casting By as Self
- Beyond as Jon Koski
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2010
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
- Lone Star as Clint Thatcher
- Stardust as Self (uncredited)
2009
- Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" as Self
- No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos as Self
- Clarkworld as Self
2008
- Four Christmases as Creighton
- Tropic Thunder as Jon Voight
- Pride and Glory as Francis Tierney, Sr.
- An American Carol as President George Washington
- Shatner's Raw Nerve as Self
2007
- Bratz as Principal Dimly
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Patrick Gates
- September Dawn as Jacob Samuelson
- Transformers as Defense Secretary John Keller
- Brando: The Documentary as Self
- Brando as Self
2006
- Glory Road as Adolph Rupp
- The Karate Dog as Hamilton Cage
- Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film as Self
- The Foreign Eye as Self
- Deadly Lessons as Dr. Crazx
2005
- Pope John Paul II as Pope John Paul II / Karol Wojtyla
- The Making of 'Heat' as Self
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation as Self
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- National Treasure as Patrick Gates
- The Manchurian Candidate as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
- The Five People You Meet In Heaven as Edward
- Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 as Bill Biscane / Kane
- After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Holes as Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"
- Jasper, Texas as Billy Rowles
- A Decade Under the Influence as Self
2002
- Second String as Coach Chuck Dichter
2001
- 24 as Jonas Hodges
- Pearl Harbor as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Ali as Howard Cosell
- Uprising as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider as Lord Richard Croft
- Zoolander as Larry Zoolander
- Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Siggy
- Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas as Storyteller
- Uprising as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
2000
- A Constant Forge as Self
1999
- Varsity Blues as Coach Bud Kilmer
- Baby Geniuses ... (Co-Executive Producer)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- A Dog of Flanders as Michel
- Noah's Ark as Noah
- The Prince and the Surfer as Narrator
- Boys Will Be Boys as Lt. Palladino
- A Tribute to Johnny Cash as Self - Host
- Noah's Ark as Noah
1998
- The Fixer as Jack Killoran
- The General as Inspector Ned Kenny
- Enemy of the State as Reynolds
1997
- The View as Self
- Anaconda as Paul Serone
- U Turn as Blind Man
- The Rainmaker as Leo F. Drummond
- Rosewood as John Wright
- Most Wanted as Gen. Adam Woodward, alias Lt. Col. Grant Casey
- The Rainbow Warrior as Peter Willcox
1996
- Mission: Impossible as Jim Phelps
- E! True Hollywood Story
1995
- Heat as Nate
- Convict Cowboy as Ry Weston
- The Tin Soldier as Yarik
- The XXX Files: Lust in Space
1993
- Return to Lonesome Dove as Captain Woodrow F. Call
1992
- The Last of His Tribe as Alfred Kroeber
1991
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Dr. Robert Gale
1990
- Eternity as Edward / James
- Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey as Self
- Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
1989
- Seinfeld as Jon Voight
1986
- Desert Bloom as Jack Chismore
1985
- Runaway Train as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim
1983
- Table for Five as J.P. Tannen
1982
- Wogan as Self
- Lookin' to Get Out as Alex Kovac
1979
- The Champ as Billy
1978
- Coming Home as Luke Martin
- End of the Game as Walter Tschanz
1974
- Conrack as Pat Conroy
- The Odessa File as Peter Miller
1973
- The All-American Boy as Vic Bealer
1972
- Deliverance as Ed Gentry
1970
- Catch-22 as 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder
- The Revolutionary as A
1969
- Fearless Frank as Fearless Frank
- Midnight Cowboy as Joe Buck
- Out of It as Russ
- The Crowd Around the Cowboy as Self
1967
- Cimarron Strip
- Hour of the Gun as Curly Bill Brocius
1964
- 12 O'Clock High as Capt. Karl Holtke
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Defenders as Cliff Wakeman
1958
- Naked City as Victor Binks
1955
- Gunsmoke as Petter Karlgren
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self (uncredited)