Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an Academy Award winning American actor. He was born in Yonkers, New York to a Czech father and an English American mother. He received a best actor Oscar Award for his performance in the film Coming Home.
He has also been nominated for an Academy Award for his performances in the films Midnight Cowboy, Runaway Train and Ali. He has also won a small cult following after a guest appearance on TV show Seinfeld.

Voight married the French-Canadian actress Marcheline Bertrand on December 12, 1971. The couple had two children, actress Angelina Jolie and James Haven. Voight and Bertrand separated in 1976, and divorced in 1978.

Voight said on The O'Reilly Factor that he was a practicing Roman Catholic, and has recently played the lead role in a mini-series on the life of Pope John Paul II, receiving an Emmy nomination for his performance.

Partial filmography: National Treasure 2 (2007/2008), Transformers (2007), The Legend of Simon Conjurer (2006), Glory Road (2006), Pope John Paul II (2005)The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004), National Treasure (2004).

Public Name: John Voight
Birth Name: Jonathan Vincent Voight
Date of Birth: December 29, 1938
Place of Birth: Yonkers, New York

Filmography

• The Uninvited, 2006 
• National Treasure 2, 2007
• Pride and Glory, 2008 
• Transformers, 2007 
• September Dawn, 2006
• The Legend of Simon Conjurer, 2006
• Glory Road, 2006
• Pope John Paul II, 2005 (TV)
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven, 2004 (TV)
• National Treasure, 2004
• SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, 2004
• The Manchurian Candidate, 2004
• The Karate Dog, 2004
• Holes, 2003
• Jasper, Texas, 2003 (TV)
• Second String, 2002 (TV)
• Ali, 2001
• Uprising, 2001 (TV)
• Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, 2001 (TV)
• Zoolander, 2001
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, 2001
• Pearl Harbor, 2001
• The Prince and the Surfer,1999
• A Dog of Flanders,1999
• Noah's Ark,1999 (TV)
• Varsity Blues,1999
• Enemy of the State,1998
• The General,1998
• The Fixer,1998 (TV)
• The Rainmaker,1997
• Most Wanted,1997
• U Turn,1997
• Anaconda,1997
• Rosewood,1997
• Boys Will Be Boys,1997 (TV)
• Mission: Impossible,1996
• Heat,1995
• Convict Cowboy,1995 (TV)
• The Tin Soldier,1995 (TV)
• "Return to Lonesome Dove",1993 (mini) TV Series
• The Last of His Tribe (1992) (TV)
• The Rainbow Warrior,1992
• Chernobyl: The Final Warning,1991 (TV)
• Eternity,1989
• Retour,1987
• Desert Bloom,1986
• Runaway Train,1985
• Table for Five,1983
• Lookin' to Get Out,1982
• The Champ,1979
• Coming Home,1978
• Richter und sein Henker, Der, 1975
• The Odessa File, 1974
• Conrack, 1974
• The All-American Boy, 1973
• Deliverance, 1972
• The Revolutionary, 1970
• Catch-22, 1970
• Out of It, 1969
• Midnight Cowboy, 1969
• "Gunsmoke", 1966-1969 TV Episodes
• "Cimarron Strip", 1968 TV Episode
• "N.Y.P.D.", 1967 TV Episode
• Hour of the Gun, 1967
• "Coronet Blue", 1967 TV Episode
• Fearless Frank, 1967
• "Twelve O'Clock High", 1966 TV Episode
• "NET Playhouse", 1966) TV Episode
• "The Defenders", 1963 TV Episode
• "Naked City", 1963 TV Episode

Awards

• National Board of Review Career Achievement Award 2001
• CableACE Award Actor in a Movie or Miniseries "The Last of His Tribe" 1993
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) "Runaway Train" 1985
• Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award "Coming Home" 1978
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) "Coming Home" 1978
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "Coming Home" 1978
• National Board of Review Award Best Actor "Coming Home" 1978
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor "Coming Home" 1978
• Oscar Best Actor "Coming Home" 1978
• British Film Academy Award Most Promising Newcomer "Midnight Cowboy" 1969
• Golden Globe Award Most Promising Newcomer-Male "Midnight Cowboy" 1969
• National Society of Film Critics Award Best Actor "Midnight Cowboy" 1969
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor "Midnight Cowboy" 1969
• Theatre World Award "That Summer, That Fall" 1967