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Jonathan Vincent Voight [6] was born on December 29, 1938, in Yonkers, New York, [7] to Barbara (née Kamp) and Elmer Voight (né Voytka), [8] a professional golfer. [9] He has two brothers, Barry Voight, a former volcanologist at Pennsylvania State University, [10] and James Wesley Voight, known as Chip Taylor, a singer-songwriter who wrote "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning".
Jonathan Vincent Voight (/ ˈ v ɔɪ t /; born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. Voight is associated with the angst and unruliness that typified the late-1960s counterculture . [ 1 ] He has received numerous accolades , including an Academy Award , a British Academy Film Award , and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for ...
Jon Voight is an American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Voight won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a paraplegic ...
Coming Home is a 1978 American romantic war drama film directed by Hal Ashby from a screenplay written by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones with story by Nancy Dowd.It stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine and Robert Ginty.
Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger, adapted by Waldo Salt from the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy.The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, with supporting roles played by Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Salt and Barnard Hughes.
Conrack is a 1974 American drama film based on the 1972 autobiographical book The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jon Voight in the title role, alongside Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Hume Cronyn and Antonio Fargas. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on March 15, 1974.
The film stars Jon Voight, Mary Tamm, Maximilian Schell and Maria Schell and was directed by Ronald Neame, with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It was the only film that the Schell siblings made together.
Jon Voight portrays an older Karol Wojtyła (after his investiture as pope in 1978), while Cary Elwes portrays Wojtyła in his earlier life from 1939 to 1978. Voight was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance. [1]