|
Jon Voight
|
Born: Dec 29, 1938
|
John Voight was born December 29, 1938 in Yonkers, NY. Voight, the son of a Czechoslovakian-American golf pro, embraced the dramatic arts while still a teenager, and worked his way from highschool stages to Broadway while still in his 20s. His first film, Fearless Frank, was made in 1965 but wasn't widely released until 1969, after his big splash (and Oscar nomination) as hick hustler Joe Buck in Cowboy. He was part of a superb ensemble cast in the 1972 thriller Deliverance, which is still one of his best-remembered films.His moving performance in Coming Home won him a Best Actor Academy Award. He has since acted, written and produced in several films and has made television appearances. He is the father of James Haven and Angelina jolie, who he most recently co-starred with in Tomb Raider.
click here to see him in action
|
|
|