. >> jon voight was born on december 29th, 1938 in yonkers, new york. ♪ everybody's talking at me >>1969, he became a household name when he received his first academy award nomination for portraying would be hustler joe buck in that year's best picture win sper midnight cowboy." >> i'm joe buck from texas. >> rizzo from the bronx. >> i want to buy you a drink. what do you think of that? >> don't mind if i do. >> voight is a four-time academy award nominee and wouldn't best actor award in 1978 for his performance of vietnam veteran luke martin in "coming home." >> but you don't want to kill anybody here. have you enough ghosts to carry around." >> over the past four decades, he has build a reputation as both a leading man and a character actor with an extensive range. >> i am muhammad ali, you know? i apologize. i apologize to you on the air. your name is humid ali. you have a right to be called whatever you want. i apologize to you. >> he's appeared in several critically acclaimed films such as "deliverance" and runway train for which he received another academy award nomination. >>