Jon Voight Jon Voight Jonathan Vincent Voight (; born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. He is the winner of one Academy Award, having been nominated for four. He has also won four Golden Globe Awards and has so far been nominated for eleven. He is the father of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven. Voight came to prominence in the late 1960s with his Oscar-nominated performance as Joe Buck, a would-be gigolo in "Midnight Cowboy" (1969). During the 1970s, he became a Hollywood star with his portrayals of a businessman mixed up with murder in "Deliverance" (1972); a paraplegic
Frances Lee McCain and off-Broadway in Lanford Wilson's "Lemon Sky", creating the role of Carol. She joined the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco under William Ball and played a variety of roles in repertory. She began her career in film and television after appearing opposite Jon Voight and Faye Dunaway in "A Streetcar Named Desire", eventually co-starring with Ronny Cox as the female lead in her own television series, CBS-TV's "Apple's Way" in 1974. She appeared in a variety of television series and miniseries throughout the 1970s, including "" and the "Quincy ME" episode "Eye Of The Needle" playing a Holistic practitioner.