*
29.12.1938, Yonkers, New York, USA
Besuch der Catholic University in Washington D.C. * 1960-64 Schauspielausbildung
bei Sanford Meisner an Neighborhood Playhouse in New York * 1961 Broadway-Debüt
in The Sound of Music – weitere Bühnenauftritte in summer
stock [Sommertheater] in Vermont und in Off-Broadway-Produktionen (A
View from the Bridge, 1965) * 1965 Filmdebüt * 1967 am Broadway
in That Summer – That Fall (ausgezeichnet mit Theatre
World Award) * 1968 internationaler Erfolg als Partner von Dustin
Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy * engagiert sich
aktiv gegen den Vietnam-Krieg (im Rahmen der Kampagne Entertainment People
for Peace and Justice) – auch im Film (Coming Home, 1977)
* seit Anfang der 90er Jahre auch TV-Arbeit (The Last of His Tribe,
1992) * 1995 Gründung von Jon Voight Entertainment (JVE)
* Vater von Angelina Jolie * Genres:
Drama / Action / Thriller
FILMS
Fearless
Frank / Frank's Greatest Adventure
(1965-USA * Philip Kaufman / Frank)
Hour of the Gun (Die fünf Geächteten,
1966-USA * John Sturges / Curly Bill Brocius)
Out of It (Out of It, 1967-USA * Paul Williams
/ Russ)
Midnight Cowboy (Asphalt
Cowboy, 1968-USA * John Schlesinger / Joe Buck)
Catch-22 (Catch 22,
1969-USA * Mike Nichols / Milo Minderbinder)
The Revolutionary (1970-USA * Paul Williams
/ A)
The All-American Boy (Ein verdammt netter
Junge, 1970-USA * Charles Eastman / Vic Bealer)
# Deliverance (Beim Sterben ist jeder der Erste, 1971-USA * John Boorman ... Ed Gentry) (Roman von James Dickey) (7207)
Conrack (Abschied von einer Insel, 1974-USA
* Martin Ritt / Pat Conroy)
The Odessa File (Die Akte Odessa, 1974-GB/D
* Ronald Neame / Peter Miller)
Der Richter und sein Henker / End
of the Game (1975-D/I * Maximilian Schell / Walter Tschanz)
Coming Home (Coming Home - Sie kehren
heim, 1977-USA * Hal Ashby / Luke Martin)
The Champ (Der Champ, 1978/79-USA * Franco
Zeffirelli / Billy Finn)
Lookin' to Get Out (Der Zocker, 1980-USA
* Hal Ashby / Alex Kovac)
Table for Five (Ein Tisch für fünf, 1982/83-USA
* Robert Lieberman / J.P. Tannen)
Runaway Train (Runaway Train, 1985-USA *
Andrei Konchalovsky / Manny)*
Desert Bloom (In der Hitze von Nevada, 1985-USA
* Eugene Corr / Jack Chismore)*
Eternity (Avatar - Wiedergeburt des Bösen,
1989-USA * Steven Paul / Edward/James)
Rainbow Warrior (Anschlag auf die "Rainbow
Warrior", 1992-USA * Michael Tuchner / Captain Willcox)
Heat (Heat, 1994/95-USA
* Michael Mann / Nate)
Mission: Impossible (Mission: Impossible,
1995-USA * Brian De Palma / Jim Phelps)
Anaconda (Anaconda, 1996-USA
* Luis Llosa / Paul Sarone)
U Turn (U-Turn - Kein
Weg zurück, 1996/97-USA; R: Oliver Stone, B: John Ridley,
K: Robert Richardson, M: Ennio Morricone, D: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer
Lopez / JV-blinder Mann)°° 125m-Thriller/groteske /Buch
von John Ridley/
Rosewood (1997-USA * John Singleton / John
Wright)*
Most Wanted (America's Most Wanted, 1997-USA
* David Glenn Hogan / Colonel Casey)
The Rainmaker
(Der Regenmacher, 1997-USA * Francis Ford Coppola / Leo F. Drummond)
The General (Der General, 1997-IRL/GB
* John Boorman / Ned Kennedy)
Enemy of the State (Der Staatsfeind
Nr. 1, 1997/98-USA * Tony Scott / Thomas
Brian Reynolds)
Varsity Blues (Varsity Blues, 1998-USA *
Brian Robbins / Bud Kilmer)
A Dog of Flanders (1999-USA * Kevin Brodie
/ Michel Le Grande)
# Pearl Harbor (Pearl Harbor, 2000-USA * Michael Bay ... Präsident Roosevelt) (04-09; 0105)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
(Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, 2000-USA; R: Simon West, B:
Patrick Massett, John Zinman; Simon West, K: Peter Menzies, Jr, M: Graeme
Revell, D: Angelina Jolie, JV-Lord Croft, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor)
100m-Actionabenteuer
# Zoolander (Zoolander, 2000/01-USA * Ben Stiller ... Larry Zoolander) (09-01; 0109)
Ali (Ali, 2001-USA * Michael
Mann / Howard Cosell)
Uprising (Uprising - Der Aufstand, 2001-USA
* Jon Avnet / General Stroop) | ursprünglich TVM
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2001-USA/GB/D
* Bob Clark / Bill Biscane/Kane)
Holes (Das Geheimnis von Green Lake,
2002-USA * Andrew Davis / Mr. Sir)
# The Manchurian Candidate (Der Manchurian Kandidat, 2003-USA * Jonathan Demme ... Senator Thomas Jordan) (Roman von Richard Condon) (09-12; 0407)
# National Treasure (Das Vermächtnis der Tempelritter, 2003/04-USA * Jon Turteltaub ... Patrick Gates) (09-02; 0411)
# The Legend of Simon Conjurer / Deadly Lessons (2003/04-USA * ? [= Stuart Paul] ... Dr. Crazx) > nur Videovertrieb (R; 1.78; 1409)
Glory Road (2004-USA * James
Gartner / Adolph Rupp)
# Pope John Paul II / Jan Paweł II (Papst Johannes Paul II., 2005-I/PL/USA * John Kent Harrison ... Papst Johannes Paul II.) (0603-PL) > TVM
Pride and Glory (2006-USA
* Gavin O'Connor / Francis Tierney, Sr) (02-05; 0810)
September Dawn (2006-USA/CDN * Christopher
Cain / Jacob Samuelson) (RD: 0708)
Transformers (Transformers, 2007-USA * Michael
Bay / Verteidigungsminister John Keller)
Bratz [: The Movie] (2007-USA
* Sean McNamara / Rektor Dimly)
# National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Das Vermächtnis des geheimen Buches, 2007-USA * Jon Turteltaub ... Patrick Gates) (03-06; 0712)
# Tropic Thunder (Tropic Thunder, 2007-USA * Ben Stiller ... cameo als er selbst) (07-12; 0808)
# Four Christmases (2007/08-USA * Seth Gordon ... Creighton) (12-03; 0811)
# An American Carol (2008-USA * David Zucker ... George Washington) (?-04; 0810)
# Beyond (Beyond [- Die rätselhafte Entführung der Amy Noble], 2010-USA * Josef Rusnak ... Jon Koski) (11-?) > nur Videovertrieb (2.40; 16; 1203-D)
# Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels / Baby Geniuses: Baby Squad Investigators (2012-USA * Sean McNamara ... Moriarty) > nur Videovertrieb (1.78; G; 1302)
# Getaway (Getaway, 2012-USA * Courtney Solomon ... Die Stimme) (05-06 + 09; 1308)
# Dracula: The Dark Prince (Dracula - Prince of Darkness, 2012-USA * Pearry Reginald Teo ... van Helsing) > nur Videovertrieb (R; 1.78; 1401-D)
# Same Kind of Different as Me (Genauso anders wie ich, 2014-USA * Michael Carney ... Earl Hall) (10-12; 1710)
# Woodlawn (Woodlawn - Liebet eure Feinde, 2014-USA * Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin ... Paul Bryant) (11-12; 1510)
# American Wrestler: The Wizard (2015-USA * Alex Ranarivelo ... Schuldirektor Skinner) (04-06) > nur Videovertrieb (#50172; 1705)
# Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Phantastische Tierwesen und wo sie zu finden sind, 2015/16-GB/USA * David Yates ... Henry Shaw, Sr.) (08-01; 1611)
# Surviving the Wild (2016-USA; R: Patrick Alessandrin, B: Mark Hefti, K: R. Michael Givens, M: Laurent Eyquem, D: Jon Voight: Gus, Jamie Kennedy: Kristopher, Vail Bloom: Rachel, Aidan Cullen: Shaun) 87m-Abenteuer (11) > nur Videovertrieb (PG-13 #51379; 1802)
# Roe v. Wade (Ihr Wille geschehe - Die Geschichte eines Abtreibungsurteils, 2018-USA; R+B: Nick Loeb, Cathy Allyn, K: Alan McIntyre Smith, D: Nick Loeb: Dr. Bernard Nathanson ° Stacey Dash: Dr. Mildred Jefferson ° Jamie Kennedy: Lawrence "Larry" Lader ° Joey Lawrence: Robert Byrn, Corbin Bernsen: Harry Blackmun, Lucy Davenport: Betty Friedan, Greer Grammer: Sarah Weddington, Robert Davi: William Brennan, William Forsythe: Potter Stewart, Steve Guttenberg: Lewis Powell, Richard Portnow: William Douglas, John Schneider: Byron White, Wade Williams: Rehnquist & Jon Voight: Warren Burger) 112m-Gerichtsdrama (06-07; 2104)
# Reagan (2020/21-USA; R: Sean McNamara, B: Howard Klausner, K: Christian Sebaldt, M: John Coda, D: Dennis Quaid: Ronald Reagan, Penelope Ann Miller: Nancy Reagan, Jon Voight: Viktor Petrovich, Kevin Dillon: Jack Warner, Olek Krupa: Michail Gorbatschow, David Henrie: Ronald Reagan /jung/, Mark Moses: William "Judge" Clark, Xander Berkeley: George Shultz, Nick Searcy: James Baker, C. Thomas Howell: Caspar Weinberger, Robert Davi: Leonid Breschnew, Lesley-Anne Down: Margaret Thatcher, Dan Lauria: Tip O'Neill, Mena Suvari: Jane Wyman / Jennifer O'Neill: Nelle Reagan /älter/) 140m-Biopicdrama (Buch The Crusader von Paul Kengor, 2006) (09-01; 2408)
# Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2021-CDN; R: Sean McNamara, B: Brian Buccellato, K: Adam Sliwinski, M: Matthew Rogers, D: Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Kyle ° Will Sasso: Alec Betts ° Jon Voight: Ellison Betts ° Laura Mennell: Marie Betts ° Megan Charpentier: Livie Betts ° Kaya Coleman: Tara ° Dylan Playfair: Cameron Betts ° Bradley Stryker: Burnham ° Skyler Shaye: Joy) 96m-Mysteryhorror (11-12; 2210, USA)
# Mercy (2022-USA/CDN; R: Tony Dean Smith, B: Alex Wright, K: Adam Sliwinski, M: Rich Walters, D: Leah Gibson: Michelle ° Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Sean Quinn ° Jon Voight: Patrick Quinn, Anthony Konechny: Ryan Quinn, Sebastien Roberts: Ellis, Bobby L. Stewart: Dr. Terrence, Anthony Bolognese: Bobby, Mike Dopud: Special Agent Duncan Jones, Bradley Stryker: Mick, Mark Masterton: Danny, Christopher Russell, Patrick Roccas: Johnno, Eric Breker, Ryan Russell: Nurse Kevin) 85m-Thriller (05; 2305)
# The Painter (2022-USA; R: Kimani Ray Smith, B: Brian Buccellato, K: Ryan Petey, M: Rich Walters, D: Charlie Weber: Peter, Jon Voight: Byrne, Marie Avgeropoulos: Naomi Piasecki & Madison Bailey: Sophia) 100/20m-Actionthriller (11-12; 2401)
# Megalopolis (Megalopolis, 2022/23-USA; R+B: Francis Ford Coppola, K: Mihai Mălaimare, Jr., M: Osvaldo Golijov, D: Adam Driver: Cesar Catilina, Giancarlo Esposito: Franklyn Cicero, Nathalie Emmanuel: Julia Cicero, Aubrey Plaza: Wow Platinum, Shia LaBeouf: Clodio Pulcher, Jon Voight: Hamilton Crassus III, Laurence Fishburne: Fundi Romaine, Kathryn Hunter: Teresa Cicero & Dustin Hoffman: Nush Berman) 139m-Sci-Fi-Drama (11-03; 2409)
# Shadow Land (2023-USA; R: James Bamford, B: Ian Corson, K: Frank Meyer, M: Laurent Eyquem, D: Jon Voight: Robert Wainwright ° Marton Csokas: Elliot Davrow ° Rhona Mitra: Rachel Donnelly, Philip Winchester: Brett Cahill, Sean Maguire: Jasper Barnes) 89m-Thriller (05; 2405)
# Strangers (2023-USA; R: Tony Dean Smith, B: Steven Paul, K: Ivan Vatsov, M: Laurent Eyquem, D: Sienna Guillory: Laura * Jon Voight: Richard * Jamie Bamber: Sky, Emmett J. Scanlan: Tony, Alex Blake: Kirk) 106m-Krimithriller (11-12; 2409, VoD > R # 54919)
AWARDS
New
York Film Critics Circle Award für Midnight Cowboy
(bester Darsteller, 1969)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award für Coming
Home (bester Darsteller, 1978)
National Board of Review Award für Coming Home
(bester Darsteller, 1978)
New York Film Critics Circle Award für Coming Home
(bester Darsteller, 1978)
Darstellerpreis für Coming Home [Filmfestspiele
Cannes 1978]
Academy Award (Oscar) für Coming Home (bester
Hauptdarsteller, 1979)
Golden Globe für Coming Home (bester Darsteller
– Kategorie Drama, 1979)
Golden Globe für Runaway Train (bester Darsteller
– Kategorie Drama, 1986)
Career Achievement Award [National Board of Review 2001]