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[[Image:JonVoight.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Let's see, 'I am the Lord your God', that can stay. 'Thou shalt not kill.' That's gotta go. 'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.' Meh, no one ever remembers that one, anyway."]] | [[Image:JonVoight.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Let's see, 'I am the Lord your God', that can stay. 'Thou shalt not kill.' That's gotta go. 'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.' Meh, no one ever remembers that one, anyway."]] | ||
'''Jon Voight''' ([[December 29]], | '''Jon Voight''' ([[December 29]], [[1938]]) is an American actor. Among his many roles, his most notable was perhaps in the film ''Anaconda'', where he played the Old Guy Eaten by the Snake. By the end of the summer of 2007, it was the shotgun-toting Secretary of Defense instead. | ||
Oh, and he was in ''Midnight Cowboy'', ''Deliverance'' | Oh, and he was in ''Midnight Cowboy'', ''Deliverance'', ''Zoolander'', ''Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them'', season 7 of ''24'' and ''Ray Donavan''. And won a Best Actor Oscar. But that's all of subsidiary importance, frankly. | ||
==Roles== | |||
===''Transformers'' (2007)=== | ===''Transformers'' (2007)=== | ||
* Secretary of Defense [[John Keller]] | * Secretary of Defense [[John Keller]] | ||
== | ==Notes== | ||
* He's Angelina Jolie's dad. | * He's Angelina Jolie's dad. | ||
* Despite being in much of ''24'''s seventh season, Voight's character never interacted with [[Glenn Morshower]]' | * Despite being in much of ''24''{{'}}s seventh season, Voight's character never interacted with [[Glenn Morshower]]'s—probably all the better for Voight. | ||
* His performance in ''Transformers'', coupled with his performances in ''Bratz'', ''National Treasure: Book of Secrets'' and ''September Dawn'' (good lord, was he busy that year!) earned him a nomination for Worst Supporting Actor at the Golden Raspberry Awards. He ultimately lost to Eddie Murphy, for one of his roles in ''Norbit''. | |||
* His performance in ''Transformers'', coupled with his performances in ''Bratz'', ''National Treasure: Book of Secrets'' and ''September Dawn'' (good lord was he busy that year!) earned him a nomination for Worst Supporting Actor at the Golden Raspberry Awards. He ultimately lost to Eddie Murphy, for one of his roles in ''Norbit''. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:11, 29 December 2025
| The name or term "Jon" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Jon (disambiguation). |
Jon Voight (December 29, 1938) is an American actor. Among his many roles, his most notable was perhaps in the film Anaconda, where he played the Old Guy Eaten by the Snake. By the end of the summer of 2007, it was the shotgun-toting Secretary of Defense instead.
Oh, and he was in Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance, Zoolander, Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them, season 7 of 24 and Ray Donavan. And won a Best Actor Oscar. But that's all of subsidiary importance, frankly.
Roles
[edit]Transformers (2007)
[edit]- Secretary of Defense John Keller
Notes
[edit]- He's Angelina Jolie's dad.
- Despite being in much of 24's seventh season, Voight's character never interacted with Glenn Morshower's—probably all the better for Voight.
- His performance in Transformers, coupled with his performances in Bratz, National Treasure: Book of Secrets and September Dawn (good lord, was he busy that year!) earned him a nomination for Worst Supporting Actor at the Golden Raspberry Awards. He ultimately lost to Eddie Murphy, for one of his roles in Norbit.
