Jon Voight Highlights

  • 2007: Reprised role opposite Nicolas Cage in "National Treasure; Book of Secrets"
  • 2007: Co-starred with Nicholas Cage in the Marvel Comics-inspired "Ghost Rider"
  • 2007: Played a US Secretary of State in Michael Bay's live action film, "Transformers"
  • 2005: Earned an Emmy nomination for playing John Paul during his papacy in the CBS miniseries "Pope John Paul II"
  • 2004: Portrayed Senator Thomas Jordan in the remake of the 1962 thriller "The Manchurian Candidate"
  • 2004: Co-starred with Nicolas Cage and Harvey Keitel in "National Treasure"
  • 2004: Starred in "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" (ABC) based on the book by Mitch Albom; received a SAG nomination for Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
  • 2002: Cast as the coach of the Buffalo Bills in the TNT movie "Second String"
  • 2001: Portrayed US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in "Pearl Harbor"
  • 2001: Played on screen father of real-life daughter Angelina Jolie in "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"
  • 2001: Portrayed Howard Cosell in the biopic "Ali"; directed by Michael Mann; earned a Best Supporting Oscar nomination
  • 1999: Appeared as Noah in NBC miniseries "Noah's Ark"
  • 1999: Played "win-at-all-costs" Texas high school football coach in "Varsity Blues"
  • 1998: Portrayed an Irish policeman on the trail of notorious Irish thief Martin Cahill in John Boorman's "The General"
  • 1998: Scored big as a ruthless National Security Agency official in "Enemy of the State"
  • 1997: Was virtually unrecognizable as a wily blind Native American in Oliver Stone's "U-Turn"
  • 1997: Garnered praise for his supporting role as a slick lawyer in "John Grisham's 'The Rainmaker'"
  • 1996: Cast as Jim Phelps in the feature "Mission: Impossible"
  • 1995: TV directing debut, "The Tin Soldier" on Showtime (also acted); cited at the Berlin Film Festival as Best Children's Film
  • 1995: Co-starred as a thief in "Heat", directed by Michael Mann
  • 1994: Filed a $4 million sexual-harassment suit against former business partner Laura Pels; later withdrew the suit
  • 1994: Guest-starred as himself in an episode of "Seinfield" (NBC)
  • 1993: Succeeded Tommy Lee Jones as ex-Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the CBS miniseries sequel "Return to Lonesome Dove"
  • 1992: Returned to the stage after a 16-year absence as Trigorin in the Broadway production, "The Sea Gull"
  • 1991: TV-movie debut, played Dr. Robert Gale in "Chernobyl: The Final Warning" on TNT
  • 1990: Wrote and played dual role in direct-to-video release, "Eternity"
  • 1986: Delivered solid performance as an embittered, alcoholic WWII hero reduced to running a gas station in "Desert Bloom"
  • 1985: Garnered a third Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his slightly over-the-top portrayal of a brutal escaped convict in "Runaway Train"
  • 1983: Produced the feature "Table for Five"; also starred
  • 1982: Feature producing and co-writing debut, "Lookin' to Get Out"; directed by Hal Ashby; also acted; daughter Angelina Jolie Voight made her film acting debut as a child
  • 1979: Headlined the Franco Zeffirelli-directed remake of the sentimental "The Champ"
  • 1977: Earned Best Actor Oscar as a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in Hal Ashby's "Coming Home"; film reprised "Midnight Cowboy" collaboration of screenwriter Salt and producer Jerry Hellman
  • 1975: Stage co-producing debut, "The Hashish Club"
  • 1974: Gave solid performance as German journalist on the trail of Nazis in the early 60s, single-handedly elevating the otherwise plodding "The Odessa File"
  • 1973: Portrayed author-teacher Pat Conroy in the semi-autobiographical "Conrack"
  • 1972: Co-starred in John Boorman's "Deliverance"
  • 1970: Cast in the Mike Nichols directed, "Catch-22"
  • 1970: Acted with Jennifer Salt (daughter of "Midnight Cowboy" screenwriter Waldo Salt) and Duvall in Paul Williams' "The Revolutionary"
  • 1969: Breakthrough screen role as Joe Buck opposite Hoffman's Ratso Rizzo in John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy"; received Best Actor Academy Award nomination; had auditioned for role and then lost it to Michael Sarrazin; when Universal wouldn't release Sarrazin from his contract, director Schlesinger hired Voight
  • 1967: Returned to Broadway in "That Summer, That Fall"
  • 1965: Acted with Robert Duvall in Off-Broadway production of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge"; assistant to the director Ulu Grossbard was Dustin Hoffman
  • 1964: Film debut, "Fearless Frank" (shot in 1964; shown at Cannes in 1967; US release 1969)
  • 1961: Broadway debut, playing Rolf Gruber in "The Sound of Music"; appeared opposite first wife Lauri Peters who played Liesl
  • 1961: Off-Broadway debut, "O Oysters Revue"
  • Raised in Yonkers, NY
  • Lobbied unsuccessfully for the part of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List"
  • Formed Jon Voight Entertainment (JVE)

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