Jon Voight is an American actor of German and Slovak descent. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as paraplegic Vietnam War veteran Luke Martin in the war film "Coming Home" (1978).

Jon Voight was born December 29, 1938, in Yonkers, New York. He earned widespread acclaim for his role in 1969's Midnight Cowboy, and an Academy Award in 1979 for the Vietnam War...

Jon Voight, American actor who achieved stardom with his portrayal of the street hustler Joe Buck in the groundbreaking film Midnight Cowboy (1969) and went on to have a successful career taking on challenging leading and character roles.

Jonathan Vincent Voight (/ ˈ v ɔɪ t /; born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. Voight is associated with the angst and unruliness that typified the late-1960s counterculture. [1]

Jon Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. Voight came to publicity in the late 1960s with his Academy Award–nominated performance as Joe Buck, a would-be gigolo, in Midnight Cowboy (1969).

This film tells the true story of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior (commanded by Jon Voight), in Auckland Harbor in 1984, and the subsequent investigation by the New Zealand Police (led by Sam Neill) which revealed French government responsibility.

Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American actor. He has received an Academy Award, out of four nominations, and three Golden Globe Awards, out of nine nominations. Voight came to prominence in the late 1960s with his performance as a would-be gigolo in Midnight Cowboy (1969).

Ever since he made his way into the American consciousness with his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Joe Buck, the naïve Texan-turned-New York City hustler in "Midnight Cowboy" (1969),...

VOIGHT, Jon ( b. 29 December 1938 in Yonkers, New York ), actor who became a star in his first major film, Midnight Cowboy (1969), which expressed the angst and social rebellion that permeated much of American society at the end of the 1960s.