Sixty-eight years ago today, Jon Voight was born in Yonkers, NY. The casual moviegoer might know him as the father of Oscar winner Angelina Jolie (both on-screen—in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider—and off). But Voight had earned his stripes long before his daughter’s philanthropy made headlines. Since graduating from Washington, D.C.’s Catholic University in 1960, the actor has received three Academy Award nominations (for Midnight Cowboy, Runaway Train and Ali) and one win for his performance as a Vietnam Vet in 1978’s Coming Home. His portrayal as a naive male prostitute in the decade-defining Midnight Cowboy is arguably still his most memorable role. Catch him next in 2007’s Transformers.
Film Star Quotable: “Well, sir, I ain’t a for-real cowboy. But I am one helluva stud.†—Jon Voight as Joe Buck, Midnight Cowboy.
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