Jon Voight Memorabilia & Collectibles

One of his finest work as an actor was in the 1978 drama film “Coming Home” where he first received his Academy Awards Best Actor trophy, together with Jane Fonda who also grabbed the Best Actress category. Other than “Coming Home”, Voight was first seen with his remarkable performance in the 1969’s Best Picture “Midnight Cowboy” where he earned his first Academy Awards nomination for Best Actor. The film was rated “X” because of its controversial theme and it is the first film with an X-rating to win a Best Picture at the Academy Awards’ history, according to...   more

One of his finest work as an actor was in the 1978 drama film “Coming Home” where he first received his Academy Awards Best Actor trophy, together with Jane Fonda who also grabbed the Best Actress category. Other than “Coming Home”, Voight was first seen with his remarkable performance in the 1969’s Best Picture “Midnight Cowboy” where he earned his first Academy Awards nomination for Best Actor. The film was rated “X” because of its controversial theme and it is the first film with an X-rating to win a Best Picture at the Academy Awards’ history, according to many reviews. Voight and Dustin Hoffman were both nominated for Best Actor while Sylvia Miles was nominated for Best Supporting Actress also on the said movie. Afterwards, more challenging and strong roles anticipated for him like in the 1972 landmark film “Deliverance” in which he earned a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama; and eventually he bagged the said award in the 1985 film “Runaway Train”.

Voight also worked with Tom Cruise in the 1996 blockbuster hit “Mission: Impossible” wherein he played the role of James Phelps. He also appeared in the movies “The Rainmaker”, “Rosewood”, “Anaconda”, “U Turn”, “Most Wanted”, “Enemy of the State”, “The General”, “Varsity Blues”, “Zoolander”, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”, “Pearl Harbor”, “Ali”, “SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2”, “The Manchurian Candidate”, “Transformers”, “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”, and “Four Christmases”, according to sources.