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Jon Voight Biography (1938-)

Full name, Jonathan Voight; born December 29, 1938, in Yonkers, NY; son of Elmer (a professional golfer) and Barbara (maiden name, Camp) Voight; married Lauri Peters (an actress), 1962 (divorced, 1967); married Marcheline Bertrand(an actress and model), December 12, 1971 (divorced, 1978); children: (secondmarriage) James Haven (a filmmaker), Angelina Jolie (an actress). Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, producer, screenwriter

Birth Details

December 29, 1938

Yonkers, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Frank and False Frank, Fearless Frank (also known asFrank's Greatest Adventure), American International, 1967
• Curly Bill Brocius, Clanton Man, Hour of the Gun, United Artists,1967
• Joe Buck, Midnight Cowboy, United Artists, 1969
• Russ, Out of It, United Artists, 1969
• First Lieutenant Milo Minderbinder, Catch-22, Filmways, 1970
• "A," The Revolutionary, United Artists, 1970
• Ed Gentry, Deliverance, Warner Bros., 1972
• Vic Bealer, The All-American Boy, Warner Bros., 1973
• Pat Conroy, Conrack, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
• Peter Miller, The Odessa File (also known as Die Akte Odessa and Der Fall Odessa), Columbia, 1974
• Walter Tschantz, End of the Game (also known as Getting Away with Murder, Murder on the Bridge, Assassinio sul ponte, andDer Richter und sein Henker), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
• Luke Martin, Coming Home (also known as Hemkomsten), UnitedArtists, 1978
• Billy Flynn, The Champ, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1979
• Alex Kovac, Lookin' to Get Out, Paramount, 1982
• J. P. Tannen, Table for Five, Warner Bros., 1983
• Himself, Sanford Meisner--The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret(documentary), Columbia, 1984
• Oscar "Manny" Manheim, Runaway Train, Cannon, 1985
• Jack Chismore, Desert Bloom, Columbia, 1986
• James/Edward, Eternity, Academy Entertainment, 1990
• Peter Willcox, Rainbow Warrior (also known as The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior), Signet Video, 1994
• Nate, Heat, Warner Bros., 1995
• Jim Phelps, Mission: Impossible (also known as Mission Impossible), Paramount, 1996
• John Wright, Rosewood, Warner Bros., 1997
• Paul Sarone, Anaconda, Columbia TriStar, 1997
• Blind man, U-Turn (also known as Stray Dogs), Sony PicturesEntertainment, 1997
• General Adam Woodward, Most Wanted, New Line Cinema, 1997
• Leo F. Drummond, The Rainmaker (also known as John Grisham's The Rainmaker), Paramount, 1997
• Lieutenant Palladino, Boys Will Be Boys, A-Pix Entertainment, 1997
• Thomas Brian Reynolds, NSA Deputy Director of Operations, Enemy of theState, Buena Vista, 1998
• Inspector Ned Kenny, The General (also known as I Once Had a Life), Sony Pictures Classics, 1998
• Coach Bud Kilmer, Varsity Blues, Paramount, 1999
• Michel Le Grande, A Dog of Flanders, Warner Bros., 1999
• President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Pearl Harbor (also known as Pearl Harbour), Buena Vista, 2001
• Lord Richard Croft, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (also known as TombRaider), Paramount, 2001
• Himself, A Constant Forge: The Life and Art of John Cassavetes, 2001
• (Cameo) Larry Zoolander, Zoolander, Paramount, 2001
• Howard Cosell, Ali, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001
• Hamilton Cage, Unleashed, 2001
• Kane/Biscane, Baby Geniuses 2: Superbabies, Columbia, 2002
• Film Producer
• Lookin' to Get Out, Paramount, 1982
• Table for Five, Warner Bros., 1983
• Film Co-Executive Producer
• Baby Geniuses, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
• Film Executive Producer
• Unleashed, 2001
• Baby Geniuses 2: Superbabies, Columbia, 2002
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Family Edition, syndicated, 1992
• Miniseries
• Captain Woodrow F. Call, Return to Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1993
• Noah, Noah's Ark (also known as Arche Noah-Das groesste Abenteuer der Menschheit), NBC, 1999
• Siggy, Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, 2001
• Movies
• Dr. Robert Gale, Chernobyl: The Final Warning (also known as Final Warning, The Chernobyl Story, and The Dr. Robert Gale Story), TNT, 1991
• Alfred Kroeber, The Last of His Tribe (also known as Ishi and The Last Free Indian), HBO, 1992
• Yarik, the tin soldier, The Tin Soldier, Showtime, 1995
• Ry Weston, Convict Cowboy, Showtime, 1995
• Jack Killoran, The Fixer, Showtime, 1998
• Second String, 2000
• General Stroop, Uprising, 2001
• Episodic
• Steven Downing, "The Prisoner," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1962
• "Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant," Naked City, ABC, 1963
• "The Brother Killers," The Defenders, CBS, 1963
• Cory, "Prairie Wolfer," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1964
• Tetter Karlgren, "The Newcomers," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1966
• "A Sleep of Prisoners," N.E.T. Playhouse, National Educational Television (now PBS), 1966
• Captain Holtke, "Graveyard," 12 O'Clock High, ABC, 1966
• Peter Wicklow, "The Rebels," Coronet Blue, CBS, 1967
• "The Bomber," N.Y.P.D., ABC, 1967
• "Without Honor," Cimarron Strip, CBS, 1968
• "The Prisoner," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1969
• Himself, "The Mom and Pop Store," Seinfeld, NBC, 1994
• Himself, The Big Breakfast, 2001
• Specials
• The Barbour Report, ABC, 1986
• Welcome Home, HBO, 1987
• Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda, syndicated, 1988
• Happy Birthday, Bugs: 50 Looney Years (also known as HollywoodCelebrates Bugs Bunny's 50th Birthday), CBS, 1990
• "Sanford Meisner: The Theatre's Best Kept Secret," American Masters, PBS, 1990
• "Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey," American Masters, PBS, 1992
• Himself, A Salute to Dustin Hoffman (also known as The 27th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Dustin Hoffman),ABC, 1999
• Himself, Intimate Portrait: Cheryl Ladd, Lifetime, 1999
• Also appeared in The Dwarf.
• Awards Presentations
• (Uncredited) Presenter, The 42nd Annual Academy Awards, 1970
• The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1989
• "The Walt Disney Company Presents the American Teacher Awards," The Magical World of Disney, The Disney Channel, 1990
• The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1990
• The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1993
• Television Work
• Movies
• Director, The Tin Soldier, Showtime, 1995
• Executive producer, The Fixer, Showtime, 1998
• Executive producer, The Princess and the Barrio Boy, 2000
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) O Oysters Revue, Village Gate Theatre, New York City, 1961
• (Broadway debut) Rolf Gruber, The Sound of Music, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1961
• Rodolpho, A View from the Bridge, Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City, 1965
• Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, National Shakespeare Festival, Old GlobeTheatre, San Diego, CA, 1966
• Ariel, The Tempest, National Shakespeare Festival, Old Globe Theatre, 1966
• Thurio, Two Gentlemen of Verona, National Shakespeare Festival, Old Globe Theatre, 1966
• Steve, That Summer--That Fall, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City,1967
• The Dwarfs, Theatre Company of Boston, Boston, MA, 1967
• Stanley Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire, Center Theatre Group,Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, then Studio Arena, Buffalo, NY, both 1973
• Title role, Hamlet, Levin Theater, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1976
• Trigorin, The Sea Gull, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1992-1993
• Who's Afraid of Edward Albee?, New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco, CA, 1999-2000
• Also appeared in two seasons of summer theatre productions at Winooski, VT.
• Stage Work
• Coproducer, The Hashish Club, Bijou Theatre, New York City, 1975
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Al Schwartz) Lookin' to Get Out, Paramount, 1982
• (With others) Eternity, Academy Entertainment, 1990

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

• People Weekly, April 28, 1997, p. 20
• Time, October 27, 1997, p. 131