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===1990β2012: Established actor === [[File:Jon Voight Cannes.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Voight at the [[1993 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] in 1993]] He made his first acting debut into [[television film]]s, acting in 1991's ''[[Chernobyl: The Final Warning]]'', followed by ''The Last of his Tribe'', in 1992. He followed with 1992's ''[[The Rainbow Warrior (film)|The Rainbow Warrior]]'' for ABC, the story of the [[Rainbow Warrior (1978)|ill-fated Greenpeace ship]] sunk by [[France|French]] operatives in [[Auckland Harbour]]. For the remainder of the decade, Voight would alternate between feature films and television movies, including a starring role in the 1993 miniseries ''[[Return to Lonesome Dove]]'', a continuation of [[Larry McMurtry]]'s [[Western (genre)|western]] saga, 1989's ''[[Lonesome Dove (miniseries)|Lonesome Dove]]''. Voight played Captain Woodrow F. Call, the part played by [[Tommy Lee Jones]] in the original miniseries. Voight made a cameo appearance as himself on the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "[[The Mom & Pop Store]]" airing November 17, 1994, in which [[George Costanza]] buys a car that appears to be owned by Jon Voight. Voight described the process leading up to the episode in an interview on the Red Carpet at the 2006 BAFTA Emmy Awards: ::Well what happened was I was asked to be on Seinfeld. They said: "Would you do a Seinfeld?" And I said, and I just happened to know to see a few Seinfelds and I knew these guys were really tops; they were really, really clever guys, and I liked the show. And so I said "Sure!" and I thought they would ask me to do a walk-on, the way it came: "Would you come be part of the show?" And I said "Yeah, sure I'll do it." You know what I mean? Then I got the script and my name was on every page because it was about my car. And I laughed; it was hysterically funny. So I was really delighted to do it. The writer came up to me and he said "Jon, would you come take a look at my car to see if you ever owned it?", because the writer wrote it from a real experience where someone sold him the car based on the fact that it was my car. And I went down and I looked at the car and I said "No, I never had this car." So unfortunately I had to give him the bad news. But it was a funny episode.<ref>{{YouTube|b8o140TFyAA }}{{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref> In 1992, Voight appeared in the HBO film ''[[The Last of His Tribe]]''.<ref name=LAT>{{cite web |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-20-vw-4294-story.html |title=Makers of HBO's 'Tribe' Given a Warm Reception |date=March 20, 1992 |first=Bill |last=Higgins |access-date=February 11, 2014 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305220442/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-20/news/vw-4294_1_american-indian-college-fund |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1995, Voight played the role of "Nate", a sophisticated [[Fence (criminal)|fence]], in the crime drama film ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'', directed by [[Michael Mann (film director)|Michael Mann]], and appeared in the television films ''Convict Cowboy'' and ''The Tin Soldier'', also directing the latter film. Voight next appeared in 1996's blockbuster film ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'', directed by [[Brian De Palma]] and starring [[Tom Cruise]]. Voight played the role of spymaster James Phelps, a role originated by [[Peter Graves (actor)|Peter Graves]] in the television series. In 1997, Voight appeared in six films, beginning with ''[[Rosewood (film)|Rosewood]]'', based on the 1923 destruction of the primarily black town of [[Rosewood, Florida]], by the white residents of nearby Sumner. Voight played John Wright, a white Rosewood storeowner who follows his conscience and protects his black customers from the white rage. He next appeared in ''[[Anaconda (1997 film)|Anaconda]]'', set in the [[Amazon Basin|Amazon]]; he played Paul Sarone, a snake hunter obsessed with a fabled giant [[anaconda]], who hijacks an unwitting [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] film crew who are looking for a remote Indian tribe. Voight next appeared in a supporting role in [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]'', portraying a blind man. He took a supporting role in ''[[The Rainmaker (1997 film)|The Rainmaker]]'', adopted from the [[John Grisham]] novel and directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]]. He played an unscrupulous lawyer representing an [[insurance]] company, facing off with a neophyte lawyer played by [[Matt Damon]]. His last film of 1997 was ''Boys Will Be Boys'', a family comedy directed by [[Dom DeLuise]]. The following year, Voight had the lead role in the television film ''The Fixer'', in which he played Jack Killoran, a lawyer who crosses ethical lines in order to "fix" things for his wealthy clients. A near-fatal accident awakens his dormant conscience and Killoran soon runs afoul of his former clients. He also took a substantial role in [[Tony Scott]]'s 1998 political thriller, ''[[Enemy of the State (film)|Enemy of the State]],'' in which he played [[Will Smith]]'s character's stalwart antagonist from the NSA . Voight was reunited with director Boorman in 1998's ''[[The General (1998 film)|The General]]''. Set in [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], the film tells the true-life story of the charismatic leader of a gang of thieves, [[Martin Cahill]], at odds with both the police and the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]]. Voight portrays Inspector Ned Kenny, determined to bring Cahill to justice. He next appeared in 1999's ''[[Varsity Blues (film)|Varsity Blues]]''. He played a blunt, autocratic football coach, pitted in a test of wills against his star player, portrayed by [[James Van Der Beek]]. Produced by fledgling [[MTV]] Pictures, the film became a surprise hit and helped connect Voight with a younger audience. Voight played Noah in the 1999 television production ''[[Noah's Ark (1999 film)|Noah's Ark]]'', and appeared in ''Second String,'' also for TV. He also appeared with [[Cheryl Ladd]] in the feature ''[[A Dog of Flanders (1999 film)|A Dog of Flanders]]'', a remake of a popular film set in Belgium. [[File:JonVoightHWOFJune2013.jpg|thumb|180px|Voight in June 2013]] Voight next portrayed President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 2001's action/war film ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'', having accepted the role when [[Gene Hackman]] declined (his performance was received favorably by critics). Also that year, he appeared as Lord Croft, father of the title character of ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000927/ca_paramou.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017211419/http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000927/ca_paramou.html |title=Jon Voight Joins Cast of 'Tomb Raider' to Play Lord Croft |agency=[[PR Newswire]] |publisher=[[Cision]] |archive-date=October 17, 2000 |date=September 27, 2000 |access-date=June 11, 2019}}</ref> Based on the popular video game, the digital adventuress was played on the big screen by Voight's own real-life daughter [[Angelina Jolie]]. That year, he also appeared in ''[[Zoolander]]'', directed by [[Ben Stiller]] who starred as the title character, a vapid supermodel with humble roots. Voight appeared as Zoolander's coal-miner father. The film extracted both pathos and cruel humor from the scenes of Zoolander's return home, when he entered the mines alongside his father and brothers and Voight's character expressed his unspoken disgust at his son's chosen profession. Also in 2001, Voight joined [[Leelee Sobieski]], [[Hank Azaria]] and [[David Schwimmer]] in the made-for-television film ''[[Uprising (2001 film)|Uprising]]'', which was based on the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto. Voight played Major-General [[Juergen Stroop]], the German officer responsible for the destruction of the Jewish resistance, and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]] Director Michael Mann tagged Voight for a supporting role in the 2001 biopic ''[[Ali (film)|Ali]]'', which starred [[Will Smith]] as the controversial former heavyweight champ, [[Muhammad Ali]]. Voight was almost unrecognizable under his make-up and [[toupΓ©e]], as he impersonated the sports broadcaster [[Howard Cosell]]. Voight received his fourth Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for his performance. Also in 2001, he appeared in the television mini-series ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story]]'' along with [[Vanessa Redgrave]], [[Matthew Modine]], [[Richard Attenborough]], and [[Mia Sara]]. In 2003, he played the role of Marion Seville/Mr. Sir in ''[[Holes (film)|Holes]]''. In 2004, Voight joined [[Nicolas Cage]], in ''[[National Treasure (film)|National Treasure]]'' as Patrick Gates, the father of Cage's character. In 2005, he played the title role in the second part of CBS' miniseries, ''[[Pope John Paul II (miniseries)|Pope John Paul II]]''. In 2006, he was [[University of Kentucky|Kentucky Wildcats]] head coach [[Adolph Rupp]] in the Disney hit ''[[Glory Road (film)|Glory Road]]''. In 2007, he played [[United States Secretary of Defense]] John Keller in the summer blockbuster ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', reuniting him with ''Holes'' star [[Shia LaBeouf]]. Also in 2007, Voight reprised his role as Patrick Gates in ''[[National Treasure: Book of Secrets]]''. He appeared in ''[[Bratz (film)|Bratz]]'' with his goddaughter [[Skyler Shaye]]. In 2008, he appeared as Creighton Kinkaid in the Christmas film ''[[Four Christmases]]''. In 2009, Voight played Jonas Hodges, the American antagonist, in the seventh season of the hit [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] drama ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', a role that many argue is based on real life figures [[Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach|Alfried Krupp]], [[Johann Rall]] and [[Erik Prince]]. Voight plays the [[chief executive officer]] of a fictional [[private military company]] based in northern Virginia called ''Starkwood'', which has loose resemblances to [[Academi]] and [[ThyssenKrupp]]. Voight made his first appearance in the two-hour prequel episode ''[[24: Redemption]]'' on November 23. He then went on to recur for 10 episodes of Season 7. He joined [[Dennis Haysbert]] as the only two actors ever to have been credited with the "Special Guest Appearance" card on ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''. That same year Voight also lent his voice talents in the [[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]] audio Bible production known as ''The Word of Promise''. In this dramatized audio, Voight played the character of [[Abraham]]. The project also featured a large ensemble of other well-known Hollywood actors including [[Jim Caviezel]], [[Louis Gossett Jr.]], [[John Rhys-Davies]], [[Luke Perry]], [[Gary Sinise]], [[Jason Alexander]], [[Christopher McDonald]], [[Marisa Tomei]] and [[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://wordofpromise.thomasnelson.com/cast.php |title=The Word of Promise: Cast |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029002922/http://wordofpromise.thomasnelson.com/cast.php |archive-date=2014-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-16-me-beliefs16-story.html |title=BELIEFS : Stars lined up for elaborate audio Bible : Michael York, Jason Alexander and many others gave voice to a 79-CD reading of Old and New Testaments. |date=November 16, 2009 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214194441/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/16/local/me-beliefs16 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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