Jon Voight Overview:

Actor, Jon Voight, was born Jonathan Vincent Voight on Dec 29, 1938 in Yonkers, NY. As of December 2023, Jon Voight was 85 years old.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Jon Voight was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one for Best Actor for Coming Home (as Luke Martin) in 1978.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1969Best ActorMidnight Cowboy (1969)Joe BuckNominated
1978Best ActorComing Home (1978)Luke MartinWon
1985Best ActorRunaway Train (1985)MannyNominated
2001Best Supporting ActorAli (2001)Howard CosellNominated
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Jon Voight Quotes:

Joe Buck: It just ain't right cheatin' from a pregnant lady.


[first lines]
Joe Buck: Whoopee-tee-yi-yo. Get along little dogies. It's your misfortune and none of my own.


Ratso Rizzo: Here I am, goin' to Florida, my leg hurts, my butt hurts, my chest hurts, my face hurts, and like that ain't enough, I gotta pee all over myself.
[Joe Buck laughs]
Ratso Rizzo: That's funny? I'm fallin' apart here!
Joe Buck: It's just - Know what happened? You just took a little rest stop that wasn't on the schedule!


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Actively supported Rudolph W. Giuliani's campaign to win the Republican nomination in 2008, but later endorsed the eventual nominee Senator John McCain.

In 1970, he accepted the Oscar for "Best Director" on behalf of John Schlesinger, who wasn't present at the awards ceremony. Schlesinger directed Voight in Midnight Cowboy (1969).

Has been asked, in real life, for "Billy Flynn's" autograph...and given it (Flynn was his fictional boxer-character from The Champ (1979)).

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