Job Actor
Years active 1963-present
Top Roles Curly Bill Brocius, Joe Buck, 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder, Luke Martin, Russ
Top GenresDrama, Comedy, Western, Fantasy, Film Adaptation
Top TopicsSatire, Book-Based, New York
Top Collaborators , (Director), , (Producer)
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Jon Voight Overview:

Actor, Jon Voight, was born Jonathan Vincent Voight on Dec 29, 1938 in Yonkers, NY. As of December 2022, Jon Voight was 84 years old.

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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: I only get carsick on boats.

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

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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Best Actor Oscar 1978
WINNER

(as Luke Martin)
in Coming Home
Nominee
Warren Beatty
Heaven Can Wait
Nominee
Gary Busey
(as Buddy Holly)
in The Buddy Holly Story
Nominee
Robert De Niro
(as Michael)
in The Deer Hunter
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Laurence Olivier
(as Ezra Lieberman)
in The Boys from Brazil
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Jon Voight Facts
On December 9, 2001, he appeared as a surprise guest on the "Muppets Tonight" (1996) show dressed as a giant chicken with Gonzo the Great. The event was part of the first annual MuppetFest fan convention and a fund-raiser for Save The Children.
In 1993, he took over the role of "Woodrow F. Call" from Tommy Lee Jones in "Return to Lonesome Dove" (1993). Three years later, he was succeeded by Jonny Lee Miller, who played the younger version of Call in "Dead Man's Walk" (1996). That same year, Miller married Voight's daughter, Angelina Jolie, making Voight a short-term father-in-law to his own successor.
His paternal grandfather was a Slovak immigrant. His mother Barbara Kamp (Barbara Voight) (born in New York, 7 January 1910 and died Palm Beach Co., Florida, 3 December 1995) was the daughter of Joseph Kamp, a German immigrant, and wife Margaret Franz, also the daughter of German immigrants.
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