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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). 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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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). 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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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Gunsmoke
24
The Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Golden Globe Awards
E! True Hollywood Story
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Defenders
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Cimarron Strip
Wogan
Seinfeld
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Tropic Thunder
Transformers
Catch-22
Bratz
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Ray Donovan
Zoolander
The Manchurian Candidate
Four Christmases
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Megalopolis
Pearl Harbor
National Treasure
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Heat
Mercy
Holes
The Rainmaker
Same Kind of Different as Me
Getaway
Anaconda
Glory Road
Varsity Blues
The Tin Soldier
Jasper, Texas
Strangers
Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas
The Painter
High Ground
Mission: Impossible
Pope John Paul II
Noah's Ark
Return to Lonesome Dove
Eternity
Midnight Cowboy
Deliverance
Man with No Past
Shadow Land
Production Credits
The Tin Soldier
Eternity
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