10
Nov
Movies Jon Voight Played In. Jonathan Vincent Voight born December 29 1938. Jon Voight is widely hailed as one of the finest actors of his generation. Here are 29 of his very best. Every 2000s Best Picture Winner Ranked.
Directed by John Schlesinger. Jon Voights latest movie this weekends Ethan HawkeSelena Gomez thriller Getaway has been consigned to late August oblivion – but well before he spent summers dog days playing an oddly accented kidnapper Voight earned a reputation for being one of Hollywoods more talented and hard-working actors with an eye for scripts that would challenge the audience as well as himself. Voight made a cameo appearance as himself on the Seinfeld episode The Mom Pop Store airing November 17 1994 in which George Costanza buys a car that appears to be owned by Jon Voight. With Keenen Ivory Wayans Jon Voight Robert Kotecki Rick Cramer. After making his feature film debut as the title character in Fearless Frank in 1967 Voights career path changed for the better when earning an Academy Award nomination for his role as Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy the Best Picture winner of 1969. Jon Voight is an American actor of German and Slovak descent.
He made his acting debut in small roles on TV shows like Naked City and The Defenders in 1963 and got his first movie role in Fearless Frank 1967.
Jon Voights powerful Emmy-nominated performance as John Paul II has been widely praised as has Cary Elwes as the young Karol. Directed by John Boorman. After making his feature film debut as the title character in Fearless Frank in 1967 Voights career path changed for the better when earning an Academy Award nomination for his role as Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy the Best Picture winner of 1969. The Best Movies and TV Shows on Amazon Prime in February. Conrack is a 1974 American drama film based on the 1972 autobiographical book The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jon Voight in the title role alongside Paul Winfield Madge Sinclair Hume Cronyn and Antonio FargasThe film was released by 20th Century Fox on March 15 1974. He has also been nominated for the same award other two times.