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Jon Voight in Disney's "National Treasure" (2004) |
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Jon Voight is still remembered for the classic "Midnight Cowboy" which brought his first Academy Award nomination, as well as his Oscar-winning turn as Luke Martin in "Coming Home." Since then, Jon Voight has forged a career in which he successfully transitioned from leading man to one of America's most versatile character actors.
Jon Voight starred with Nicholas Cage in "National Treasure" and its upcoming sequel, "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," and with Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep in Jonathan Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate." Jon Voight also played Mr. Sir in the popular and critically acclaimed Andy Davis feature film "Holes," based on the Newberry Award winning book of the same name. Jon Voight has been featured in "Ali" for which he was Oscar nominated for his portrayal of Howard Cosell, "Pearl Harbor" and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (starring with his daughter Angelina Jolie), and has starred in "Mission: Impossible," "Varsity Blues," "Enemy of the State" and "Anaconda." Other feature film credits for Jon Voight include Francis Ford Coppola's "The Rainmaker" (Golden Globe nominee), "The General," "Deliverance," "Runaway Train," which earned him a third Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe, "The Odessa File," and "The Champ" (Golden Globe nominee).
Jon Voight made his Broadway debut in "The Sound of Music." In 1966, Jon Voight starred opposite Robert Duvall in the acclaimed revival of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge." Jon Voight later starred at LA's Ahmanson Theatre in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
On television, Jon Voight recently starred in the powerful, critically acclaimed film, "Jasper Texas." Based on actual events, "Jasper Texas" tells the disturbing story of a heinous racial crime in which a black man was dragged to his death in a small Texas town. Jon Voight also co-starred in "Uprising," the true story of the Warsaw ghetto for NBC, and in "Jack & The Beanstalk: The Real Story," a miniseries for CBS. Jon Voight has starred in "Chernobyl: The Final Warning," "The Last of His Tribe" which earned him a Cable Ace Award, and the mini-series "Return to Lonesome Dove." Jon Voight made his directorial debut with the Showtime cable movie "The Tin Soldier" which won several awards, including Best Children's Film at the Berlin Film Festival.
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