Jon Voight

Also known as Jon Vincent Voight, John Vincent Voight, Jonathan Voight, John Voight

American actor (born 1938)

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Jon Voight is an American actor born in 1938 who has had a long career in film and television. He is notable for his work in Hollywood spanning several decades, making him a significant figure in American entertainment.

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Yonkers, New York, USA

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…

Known for

Monument — Yacov Rechter2026
Man with No Past — Sanborn2025
High Ground — Ezra Wilcott2025
The Last GunFight — Nathaniel Turner2025
Megadoc — Self2025
The Painter — Byrne2024
Shadow Land — Robert Wainwright2024
Strangers — Richard2024
Reagan — Viktor Petrovich2024
Megalopolis — Hamilton Crassus III2024

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Instance of: human
Given name: Vincent
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Yonkers
Spouse: Marcheline Bertrand
Child: James Haven
Sibling: Barry Voight
Occupation: television actor
Educated at: Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Political party: Republican Party (United States)
Languages spoken: Hebrew
Native language: English language
Religion: Catholicism
Award: British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Image: Jon Voight 2011.jpg

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Commons category: Jon Voight
date of birth: 1938-12-29
nominated for: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
birth name: Jonathan Vincent Voight
start of work period: 1963-00-00
ancestral home: Germany
name in native language: Jon Voight
social media followers: 748836
writing language: Hebrew
ethnic group: Slovak Americans

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Encyclopedic overview

Jonathan Vincent Voight (/vɔɪt/ VOYT; born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Films in which Voight has appeared have grossed more than $5.2 billion worldwide.

Associated with the angst and unruliness that typified the late 1960s counterculture, Voight won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in Coming Home (1978). His other Oscar nominations are for playing Joe Buck, a would-be gigolo, in Midnight Cowboy (1969); ruthless bank robber Oscar "Manny" Manheim in Runaway Train (1985); and sportscaster Howard Cosell in Ali (2001). His other notable films include Deliverance (1972), The Champ (1979), Heat (1995), Mission: Impossible (1996), The Rainmaker (1997), Enemy of the State (1998), Pearl Harbor, Zoolander (both 2001), Holes (2003), National Treasure (2004), Glory Road (2006), Transformers, National Treasure: Book of Secrets (both 2007), and Pride and Glory (2008).

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