Jon Voight

AKA:
Jonathan Vincent Voight
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
12/29/1938
Birthplace:
Yonkers, New York
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biography
Tall (6'4") with blond boyish looks, Jon Voight burst into public awareness with his Academy Award-nominated turn as Joe Buck, a naive, blue-eyed Texan come to conquer NYC with his sexual prowess, in John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), which has been labeled one of the signature films of the 1960s. His bumpkin as a victim of a dysfunctional upbringing was years ahead of its time, a character so pathetic, so needy, so vulnerable ... and yet likable, because he is that lost soul we see in ourselves. Prior to his breakthrough, Voight had enjoyed some success on the boards, debuting on Continued
Credits
Francis Tierney, Sr.
2008
Jacob Samuelson
2007
Defense Secretary John Keller
2007
Patrick Gates
2004
Bill Biscayne / Kane
2004
Senator Thomas Jordan
2004
Mr Sir
2003
Howard Cosell
2001
Larry Zoolander
2001
Lord Croft
2001
President Franklin D Roosevelt
2001
Michel La Grande
1999
Co-Executive Producer
1999
Coach Kilmer
1999
Inspector Ned Kenny
1998
Reynolds
1998
Casey/Woodward
1997
Blind Man
1997
Paul Sarone
1997
John Wright
1997
Jim Phelps
1996
Nate
1995
Manny
1985
Joe Buck
1969
Lieutenant Palladino
Russ
Luke Martin
screenplay
Pat Conroy
Peter Willcox
Peter Miller
Walter Tyschanz
Alex Kovac
Ed Gentry
Billy
Frank/False Frank
J P Tannen
James/Edward
screenplay
Producer
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Yonkers, NY
1961 
Off-Broadway debut, "O Oysters Revue"
1961 
Broadway debut, playing Rolf Gruber in "The Sound of Music"; appeared opposite first wife Lauri Peters who played Liesl
1964 
Film debut, "Fearless Frank" (shot in 1964; shown at Cannes in 1967; US release 1969)
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
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