Voight made his first appearance in the two-hour prequel episode 24: Redemption on November 23.

On June 8, 2009, Voight hosted a Republican congressional fundraiser, and he also made his own speech within the event, criticizing President Obama.

This book was later made into a movie with the same name, starring Jon Voight, but there were substantial alterations.

In 1972, Beatty made his film debut with the role of Bobby Trippe in the hit thriller Deliverance ( 1972 ), starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds.

Voight next appeared in a cameo role in Oliver Stone's U Turn, portraying a blind man.

" ... Voight then accused the president of trying to depose God and deify himself — as, according to the Book of Revelation, the Antichrist will do.

In the 1996 film update of Mission: Impossible, the character of Phelps ( played by Jon Voight ) was re-imagined as a traitor who murders three fellow IMF agents only to be killed himself at the end of the film, a decision that disappointed Graves, as well as many fans of the original series.

William Hurt ( at Circle Rep Off-Broadway, memorably performing " To Be Or Not to Be " while lying on the floor ), Jon Voight at Rutgers, and Christopher Walken ( fiercely ) at Stratford CT have all played the role, as has Diane Venora at the Public Theatre.

In the early 1960s, Voight found work in television, appearing in several episodes of Gunsmoke, between 1962 and 1966, as well as guest spots on Naked City, and The Defenders, both in 1963, and Twelve O ' Clock High, in 1966.

Based on Pat Conroy's autobiographical novel The Water Is Wide, Voight portrayed the title character, an idealistic young schoolteacher sent to teach underprivileged black children on a remote South Carolina island.

This film first teamed him with the actor-director Maximilian Schell, who acted out a character named, and based on, " Butcher Of Riga " Eduard Roschmann, and for whom Voight would appear in 1976's End of the Game, a psychological thriller based on a story by Swiss novelist and playwright, Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

Voight, who was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, for his portrait of an embittered paraplegic, reportedly based on real-life Vietnam veteran-turned-anti-war activist Ron Kovic, with whom Fonda's character falls in love.

In 1979, Voight once again put on boxing gloves, starring in 1979's remake of the 1931 Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper vehicle, The Champ, with Voight playing the part of an alcoholic ex-heavyweight and a young Rick Schroder playing the role of his adoring son.

The script was based on a story by Akira Kurosawa, and paired Voight with Eric Roberts as a fellow escapee.

Voight described the process leading up to the episode in an interview on the Red Carpet at the 2006 BAFTA Emmy Awards:

The year 1997 was a busy time for Voight in which he appeared in six films, beginning with Rosewood, based on the 1923 destruction of the primarily black town of Rosewood, Florida, by the white residents of nearby Sumner.

Also in 2001, Voight joined Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria and David Schwimmer in the made-for-television movie Uprising, which was based on the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto.

In 2009, Voight played Jonas Hodges, the villain, in the seventh season of the hit Fox drama 24, a role that many argue is based on real life figures Alfried Krupp, Johann Rall and Erik Prince.

On April 27, 2007, Voight spoke about criticism of George W. Bush in an interview with Bill O ' Reilly on The O ' Reilly Factor: " And they — what I hear, you know, talking about our president.

In an April 11, 2008, interview on the CNN Headline News Glenn Beck Show Voight stated that he had thrown his support to Republican Senator John McCain for President.

" I'm coming to salute, encourage and strengthen the people of Israel on this joyous 60th birthday ," said Voight.

" On June 10, 2009, on the topic of Voight's fundraiser speech, Glenn Beck told Voight in a radio interview: " It's good not to be alone.

When appearing on Governor Mike Huckabee's Fox News talk show, Voight said Obama was arrogant, caused civil unrest and stood for all that this country was against during its past.

In a letter released on September 11, 2009, Voight accused his former Coming Home co-star, Jane Fonda, of " aiding and abetting those who seek the destruction of Israel ".

In November 2009 Voight was a featured speaker, at a Tea Party protesting the healthcare reform legislation, and again at a rally outside the capital on March 20, 2010.

After seeing the Voight movie, Graham decided that it would have been better if there had been a bomb on board a bus with the bus being forced to travel at 20 mph to prevent an actual explosion.

A 1983 Town and Country convertible was also famously featured in various episodes of the sitcom Seinfeld ; George Costanza purchased it because he believed it previously had been owned by Jon Voight.

In the episode, George Costanza buys John Voight's car, thinking it belonged to Jon Voight the actor.

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She also appeared as the vampire Diamondback in Near Dark ( 1987 ), Officer Meagan Shapiro in Lethal Weapon 2 ( 1989 ), Janelle Voight in Terminator 2: Judgment Day ( 1991 ), the Enterprise-B science officer in Star Trek Generations ( 1994 ), and an Irish immigrant mother in Titanic ( 1997 ).

Voight was Steven Spielberg's first choice for the role of Matt Hooper in the 1975 blockbuster Jaws, but he turned down the role, which was ultimately played by Richard Dreyfuss.

In 1989 Voight starred in and helped write Eternity, which dealt with a television reporter's efforts to uncover corruption.

The following year, Voight had the lead role in the television movie The Fixer, in which he played Jack Killoran, a lawyer who crosses ethical lines in order to " fix " things for his wealthy clients.

He also took a substantial role in Tony Scott's 1998 political thriller, Enemy of the State, in which Voight played Will Smith's stalwart antagonist from the NSA.

Director Michael Mann tagged Voight for a small but crucial role in the 2001 biopic Ali, which starred Will Smith as the controversial former heavyweight champ, Muhammad Ali.

Voight plays the CEO of a fictitious Arms industry called Starkwood, which has loose resemblances to Blackwater USA and ThyssenKrupp.

" In a June 13, 2009, article, New York Times columnist Frank Rich said of Voight's speech, in which Voight called to " bring an end to this false prophet Obama ," that: " This kind of rhetoric, with its pseudo-Scriptural call to action, is toxic.

Big Spring was also featured in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, which starred Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight and received the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1969.

At the time of Jolie's birth, Bisset was starring with Jolie's father, Jon Voight, in the film End of the Game, which Schell directed.

In Variety magazine, Todd McCarthy wrote, " The director's visual and aural dapplings are strikingly effective at their best, but over the long haul don't represent a satisfactory alternative to in-depth dramatic scenes ; one longs, for example, for even one sequence in which Ali and Dundee discuss boxing strategy or assess an opponent ", but he did have praise for the performances: " The cast is outstanding, from Smith, who carries the picture with consummate skill, and Voight, who is unrecognizable under all the makeup but nails Cosell's distinctive vocal cadences ".

In her review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote, " Despite her sullen posturing, which is all this role requires, Ms. Jolie has the sweetly cherubic looks of her father, Jon Voight ".

French also undertook translations of Miss Julie ( August Strindberg ), The Forest ( Alexander Ostrovsky ), and of Anton Chekhov ’ s The Seagull, a version of which was produced on Broadway starring Laura Linney, Ethan Hawke, Jon Voight, and Tyne Daley.

As Voight had reportedly been difficult and uncooperative during production, many feel that it was Ashby's skillful editing of a particularly melodramatic scene which earned him the nomination.

In 1978, Robert landed a demanding role in Hal Ashby's Oscar winning Vietnam War drama, Coming Home, which starred Jane Fonda and Jon Voight.

That same year, he was offered the chance to star in Midnight Cowboy ( 1969 ), but The Big Valley was renewed for another season and he was forced to decline the role ( which later went to Jon Voight ).

Two years later, Kaufman went on to direct Fearless Frank which marked the debut of Jon Voight.

He is reported to have stolen a large sum of money from Nounes and fellow mobster Dutch Voight, after which Nitti fled to Chicago.

Waldo Salt was the subject of a 1990 documentary Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, which featured interviews with Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger and other collaborators and friends.