Jon Voight

Age: 71
Height: 6' 3"

Birth Place: Yonkers, New York, USA
Born: Dec. 29th, 1938

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Jon Voight's Main TV Roles

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NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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TRIVIA:

Grandfather of 'Shiloh Jolie-Pitt' (qv).
Attended the Republican National Convention in 2008.
Good friends with fellow actor, Eric Martic.
Honored at fund-raiser for 'Joseph Papp' (qv) Children's Humanitarian Fund in New York City, May 2002.
Played father to 'Rick Schroder' (qv) twice: The first time in _The Champ (1979)_ (qv) and the second time in _"Return to Lonesome Dove" (1993)_ (qv).
Was cast as President 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt' (qv) in _Pearl Harbor (2001)_ (qv) after 'Gene Hackman' (qv) declined the role. Hackman's wife was of Japanese decent, and appearing in a film about the Japanese attack that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War Two would have been painful for her, so Hackman turned down the part.
In 1993, he took over the role of "Woodrow F. Call" from 'Tommy Lee Jones' (qv) in _"Return to Lonesome Dove" (1993)_ (qv). Three years later, he was succeeded by 'Jonny Lee Miller' (qv), who played the younger version of Call in _"Dead Man's Walk" (1996)_ (qv). That same year, Miller married Voight's daughter, 'Angelina Jolie' (qv), making Voight a short-term father-in-law to his own successor.
Has played a coach in two films: _Varsity Blues (1999)_ (qv) and _Glory Road (2006)_ (qv).

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