Jon Voight (/vÉ"ɪt/; born December 29, 1938) is an American actor.He
is the winner of one Academy Award, having been nominated for four. He
has also won four Golden Globe Awards and has so far been nominated
for eleven. He is the father of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James
Haven.Voight came to prominence in the late 1960s with his
Oscar-nominated performance as Joe Buck, 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 remake of The Champ (1979).
is the winner of one Academy Award, having been nominated for four. He
has also won four Golden Globe Awards and has so far been nominated
for eleven. He is the father of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James
Haven.Voight came to prominence in the late 1960s with his
Oscar-nominated performance as Joe Buck, 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 remake of The Champ (1979).
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