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Jonathan Vincent "Jon" 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 nominated for ten. He is the father of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven. Voight came to prominence in the late 1960s with his performance as 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 Vietnam veteran in ''Coming Home'' (1978), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor; and a penniless ex-boxing champion in the remake of ''The Champ'' (1979). Although his output slowed during the 1980s, Voight received critical acclaim for his performance as a ruthless bank robber in ''Runaway Train'' (1985). During the 1990s, he most notably starred as an unscrupulous showman attorney in ''The Rainmaker'' (1997). Voight gave critically acclaimed biographical performances during the 2000s, appearing as sportscaster Howard Cosell in ''Ali'' (2001), as Nazi officer Jürgen Stroop in ''Uprising'' (2001), and as Pope John Paul II in the eponymous miniseries (2005). Voight also appears in Showtime's ''Ray Donovan'' TV series as Mickey Donovan. ==Early life== Voight was born on December 29, 1938, in Yonkers, New York, the son of Barbara (née Kamp; 1910–95) and Elmer Voight (né Voytka; 1909–73), a professional golfer. He has two brothers, Barry Voight (born 1937), a former volcanologist at Pennsylvania State University,〔(Barry Voight Biography ). Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved April 24, 2011.〕 and Wesley Voight (born March 21, 1940), known as Chip Taylor, a singer-songwriter who wrote "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning." Voight's paternal grandfather and his paternal grandmother's parents were Slovak immigrants,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=University of Pittsburgh )〕 while his maternal grandfather and his maternal grandmother's parents were German immigrants.〔 Voight was raised as a Catholic〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sunday Catholic weekly )〕 and attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York, where he first took an interest in acting, playing the comedic role of Count Pepi Le Loup in the school's annual musical, ''The Song of Norway''. Following his graduation in 1956, he enrolled at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he majored in art and graduated with a B.A. in 1960. After graduation, Voight moved to New York City, where he pursued an acting career. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jon Voight」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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