Jon Voight

Jon Voight is an American actor whose film career includes Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance, and Coming Home. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Coming Home.

Midnight Cowboy: A 1969 drama film about an aspiring male sex worker and a con man in New York City. Voight earned his first Academy Award nomination playing Joe Buck.
Academy Award for Best Actor: An annual Academy Award recognizing a leading performance by an actor in a film. Voight won the award for Coming Home in 1979.
Angelina Jolie: An American actor and filmmaker known for films including Girl, Interrupted and Changeling. Jolie is Voight’s daughter and has appeared alongside him in film.
Dustin Hoffman: An American actor known for films including The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, and Kramer vs. Kramer. Hoffman and Voight shared the screen in Midnight Cowboy, with sharply different acting styles.
Deliverance: A 1972 thriller in which four city men confront danger during a wilderness canoe trip. Voight played Ed Gentry, whose survival skills alter the group’s balance.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: An annual Academy Award recognizing a supporting performance by an actor in a film. Voight received a supporting-actor nomination for Ali.
Marcheline Bertrand: An American actor and producer who was married to Jon Voight and was the mother of Angelina Jolie. Her family history links Voight’s personal life to another prominent Hollywood career.
Al Pacino: An American actor known for films including The Godfather, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon. Pacino’s contemporary career offers a contrast in leading roles and screen persona.
Coming Home: A 1978 drama about a woman, her husband, and a wounded Vietnam veteran. Voight won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Luke Martin.
Golden Globe Award: An American award honoring achievements in film and television. Voight’s Golden Globe wins and nominations span both film and television.

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John BoormanRelated: His performance in Deliverance embodies the uneasy transformation of an urban outsider under pressure.