As Actor
Zoolander
2001
6.2
Jon Voight
Acting
Birth Date
December 29, 1938
Place of Birth
Yonkers, New York, USA
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001
5.9
As Actor
Pearl Harbor
2001
6.9
As Actor
A Constant Forge
2000
6.6
As Actor
A Dog of Flanders
1999
6.3
As Actor
Varsity Blues
1999
6.2
As Actor
Enemy of the State
1998
7.1
As Actor
The General
1998
6.7
As Actor
The Fixer
1998
4.2
As Actor
The Rainmaker
1997
7.0
As Actor
Most Wanted
1997
5.4
As Actor
U Turn
1997
6.6
As Actor
Anaconda
1997
5.2
As Actor
The Rainbow Warrior
1997
5.0
As Actor
Rosewood
1997
6.5
As Actor
Mission: Impossible
1996
7.0
As Actor
Heat
1995
7.9
As Actor
Convict Cowboy
1995
6.1
As Actor, As Director
The Tin Soldier
1995
6.2
As Actor
The Last of His Tribe
1992
6.8