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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.
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1995
HeatNate
1996
Mission: ImpossibleJim Phelps
1997
AnacondaPaul Serone
1998
Enemy of the StateReynolds
2001
Pearl HarborFranklin D. Roosevelt
2001
Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderLord Richard Croft
2001
ZoolanderLarry Zoolander
2004
National TreasurePatrick Gates
2006
Glory RoadAdolph Rupp
2007
National Treasure: Book of SecretsPatrick Gates
2007
BratzPrincipal Dimly
2008
Tropic ThunderJon Voight
2008
Pride and GloryFrancis Tierney, Sr.
2015
WoodlawnPaul Bryant
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemHenry Shaw Sr
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