Jon Voight, 81, is a film and TV actor currently starring as patriarch Mickey Donovan in Ray Donovan, an action series on HBO.
Voight first came to fame when he starred with Dustin Hoffman in “Midnight Cowboy” (1969). Voigt portrayed Joe Buck, a naïve male hustler from Texas, adrift in New York City.
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Jon Voight in Deliverance
Another notable role for Jon Voight was his starring role in 1972’s “Deliverance.” Below is a clip of one of Voight’s gripping scenes. You can stream “Deliverance” for about $3 from Amazon Prime. Link
Jon Voight In the News
Voight was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Trump in 2019 and recently posted this Twitter video in support of The President.
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— Jon Voight (@jonvoight) January 24, 2020
Jon Voight Retrospective
Jon Voight looks back on his career in this interview on Youtube.
Profile of Jon Voight (from Wikipedia)
Jon Voight (/vɔɪt/; 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.
Jon Voight Movies
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).
His output became sparse during the 1980s and early 1990s, although he won the Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as the ruthless bank robber Oscar “Manny” Manheim in Runaway Train (1985). Voight made a comeback in Hollywood during the mid-1990s, starring in Michael Mann’s crime epic Heat (1995) opposite Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. He portrayed Jim Phelps in Mission: Impossible (1996), a corrupt NSA agent in Enemy of the State (1998), and the unscrupulous attorney Leo F. Drummond in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rainmaker (1997), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Voight gave critically acclaimed biographical performances during the 2000s, appearing as legendary sportscaster Howard Cosell in Ali (2001) for which his supporting performance was nominated for the Academy Award, the Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award, and also as Nazi officer Jürgen Stroop in Uprising (2001), as Franklin D. Roosevelt in Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor (2001) and as Pope John Paul II in the eponymous miniseries (2005). Voight also appears in Showtime’s Ray Donovan TV series, now in its seventh season as Mickey Donovan, a role that brought him newfound critical and audience acclaim and his fourth Golden Globe win in 2014.
On November 21, 2019, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Donald Trump.
Voight currently has a significant role as the crooked father of Ray Donovan in Showtime’s Ray Donovan. Here’s a clip from Season 1 of Ray Donovan, featuring Voight with a former partner in crime played by Elliott Gould.
Is Jon Voight Married?
Jon Voight is currently single. In 1962, Voight married actress Lauri Peters, whom he met when they both appeared in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music. They divorced in 1967.
He married actress Marcheline Bertrand in 1971. They separated in 1976, filed for divorce in 1978, and divorced in 1980. Their children, James Haven (born May 11, 1973) and Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975), would go on to enter the film business as actors and producers.
Jon Voight’s Net Worth
Jon Voight’s net worth as of 2019 is about $55 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. His earnings come from his 50+-year acting career plus real estate holdings.
Jon Voight Online
Jon Voight is active in social media and you can connect with Jon and his fans on Twitter. Here are some key links to Jon Voight online.
How Old is Jon Voight?
Jon Voight is 81; he was born on December 29, 1938.
Is Jon Voight on TV Today?
You can find Jon Voight in these upcoming TV shows and movies: LINK
Jon Voight on IMDB
Here’s a clip of Jon Voight’s IMDB page.
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