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In 1978, Voight portrayed the Vietnam veteran Luke Martin in Hal Ashby 's film Coming Home, and was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, for his portrait of a cynical, yet noble paraplegic, reportedly based on real-life Vietnam veteran-turned-antiwar-activist Ron Kovic, with whom Jane Fonda 's character falls in love.
Jon Voight had been considered for the role of the husband, but after becoming involved with the film, he campaigned to play the paraplegic veteran. Voight had participated in the anti-war movement and was a friend of Fonda, who was instrumental in helping him land the role, even though he had fallen from popularity since his Midnight Cowboy ...
May 9, 2024 · Jon Voight and Jane Fonda in Coming Home (1978). Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight in Deliverance. Burt Reynolds (left) and Jon Voight in Deliverance (1972). Voight appeared in Mike Nichols ’s war comedy Catch-22 and starred as an angry young man in The Revolutionary, both in 1970.
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Apr 29, 1979 · “Coming Home” reversed a string of post-'Midnight Cowboy” disappointments. “Deliverance,” in 1972, was his only major success during the intervening decade.
Actor: Midnight Cowboy. Jon Voight is an American actor of German and Slovak descent. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as paraplegic Vietnam War veteran Luke Martin in the war film "Coming Home" (1978). He has also been nominated for the same award other two times.
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Aug 8, 2015 · AL Pacino and Sylvester Stallone were asked, but eventually the role went to Jon Voight who had been circling the role of the husband, which went to Bruce Dern. Fonda of course would portray Sally Hyde, the woman in the middle of the men, and who grows as a person on her own.
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Aug 22, 2020 · RELATED: Every 2000s Best Picture Winner, Ranked. In 1978, Voight won the Oscar for Best Leading Actor following his turn in Coming Home, an antiwar film about Vietnam vets returning to the states and dealing with civilian life. With several other classics and celebrated titles under his belt, here are his best movies in terms of IMDb ratings.
