Jon Voight

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). He has received an Academy Award for Best Actor, having received it for his role in the 1978 film Coming Home, in which he played a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran. In the 1970s, he became renowned as a Hollywood star.

Jon Voight
Jon Voight in Los Angeles in October 2011
Born	Jonathan Vincent Voight (1938-12-29) December 29, 1938 (age 86) Yonkers, New York, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1963–present
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Lauri Peters (m. 1962–1967, divorced) Marcheline Bertrand (m. 1971–1978, divorced)
Children	James Haven Angelina Jolie
Relatives	Barry Voight, Chip Taylor (brothers)

Voight is a Republican who supports anti-communism.^[2]

Early life and family

His mother was of German ancestry; his father was of Slovak ancestry. Voight is the middle of three brothers: volcanologist Barry Voight was born in 1937; musician Chip Taylor was born in 1940.

Voight's son James Haven and daughter Angelina Jolie are actors.