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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 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)

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Jon Voight

Born 1938-12-29 (86 years ago) in Yonkers, New York, USA.
Height 189 centimeters.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (Ali) 2001 Ali
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama (Runaway Train) 43rd Golden Globe Awards 1985 Runaway Train
Cannes Best Actor Award (Coming Home) 1978 Hemkomsten
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor (Coming Home) 1978 Hemkomsten
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (Coming Home) 1978 Hemkomsten
Academy Award for Best Actor (Coming Home) 51st Academy Awards 1978 Hemkomsten
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama (Coming Home) 36th Golden Globe Awards 1978 Hemkomsten
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (Coming Home) 1978 Hemkomsten
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor (Midnight Cowboy) National Society of Film Critics Awards 1969 1969 Midnight Cowboy
Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor (Midnight Cowboy) 27th Golden Globe Awards 1969 Midnight Cowboy
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Pope John Paul II) 58th Primetime Emmy Awards 2006 Pope John Paul II
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (The Five People You Meet in Heaven) 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Uprising) 54th Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Uprising
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ali) 74th Academy Awards 2001 Ali
Academy Award for Best Actor (Runaway Train) 58th Academy Awards 1985 Runaway Train
Academy Award for Best Actor (Coming Home) 51st Academy Awards 1978 Hemkomsten
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama (Coming Home) 36th Golden Globe Awards 1978 Hemkomsten
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama (Deliverance) 30th Golden Globe Awards 1972 Den sista färden
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama (Midnight Cowboy) 27th Golden Globe Awards 1969 Midnight Cowboy
Academy Award for Best Actor (Midnight Cowboy) 42nd Academy Awards 1969 Midnight Cowboy
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Marcheline Bertrand(Gifta: 1971-12-12–1980-04-14) 1971-12-12 1980-04-14 Gifta
Lauri Peters(Gifta: 1962–1967) 1962 1967 Gifta
Parents

Elmer Voight, Barbara Voight

Siblings

Barry Voight, Chip Taylor

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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 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.

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