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.

Voight played Joe Buck, a naïve male hustler from Texas, adrift in New York City.

Voight played a directionless young boxer in 1973's The All American Boy, then appeared in the 1974 film, Conrack, directed by Martin Ritt.

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.

Voight played Captain Woodrow F. Call, the part played by Tommy Lee Jones in the original miniseries.

In 1995, Voight played a role in the film, Heat, directed by Michael Mann, and appeared in the television films Convict Cowboy, and The Tin Soldier, also directing the latter film.

Voight played the role of spymaster James Phelps, a role originated by Peter Graves in the television series.

Voight played John Wright, a white Rosewood storeowner who follows his conscience and protects his black customers from the white rage.

Set in the Amazon, Voight played Paul Sarone, a snake hunter obsessed with a fabled giant anaconda, who hijacks an unwitting National Geographic film crew looking for a remote Indian tribe.

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.

Voight played a blunt, autocratic football coach, pitted in a test of wills against his star player, portrayed by James Van Der Beek.

Voight played Major-General Juergen Stroop, the German officer responsible for the destruction of the Jewish resistance, and received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

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.

She won her second Oscar in 1978 for Coming Home, as a Marine officer's wife who volunteers at a veterans ' hospital and becomes involved with a disabled Vietnam War veteran ( played by Jon Voight ).

When this clue is later revealed to the agent ( played by Jon Voight ), he remarks, " They stamped it, didn't they?

* Joe Buck, a character in the film Midnight Cowboy, played by Jon Voight

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.

He played the character of Greg Seaton in 24 alongside Jon Voight.

Michael Mann based the character of " Nate ", played by Jon Voight, on Bunker for his 1995 film, Heat.

* Brocius is played by Jon Voight in Hour of the Gun ( 1967 ).

Going on to the NCAA finals played at College Park, Maryland, they face the top-ranked University of Kentucky under legendary coach Adolph Rupp ( Jon Voight ).

* Noah's Ark ( 1999 film ), a TV movie starring Jon Voight

Voight gave critically acclaimed biographical performances during the 2000s ( decade ), appearing as sportscaster Howard Cosell in Ali ( 2001 ), as Nazi officer Jürgen Stroop in Uprising ( 2001 ), and as Pope John Paul II in the television miniseries of the same name ( 2005 ).

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.

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

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 saga, 1989's Lonesome Dove.

Screenwriter Graham Yost was told by his father, Canadian television host Elwy Yost, about a film called Runaway Train starring Jon Voight, about a train that speeds out of control.

In 1962, Voight married actress Lauri Peters, whom he met when they both appeared in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music.

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.

The production starred Tyne Daly as Arkadina, Ethan Hawke as Treplyov, Jon Voight as Trigorin, and Laura Linney as Nina.

Shooting a documentary about a long-lost Indian tribe on the Amazon River known as the Shirishama tribe, director Terri Flores ( Jennifer Lopez ) and members of her crew, including cameraman Danny Rich ( Ice Cube ), production manager Denise Kalberg ( Kari Wuhrer ), sound engineer Gary Dixon ( Owen Wilson ), visionary Warren Westridge ( Jonathan Hyde ), anthropologist Professor Steven Cale ( Eric Stoltz ) and captain of the boat Mateo ( Vincent Castellanos ), comes across stranded Paraguayan snake hunter Paul Sarone ( Jon Voight ) and helps him, believing he knows how to find the tribe they are searching for.

In 1970 Voight appeared in Mike Nichols ' adaptation of Catch-22, and re-teamed with director Paul Williams to star in The Revolutionary, as a left wing college student struggling with his conscience.

Voight next appeared in 1972's Deliverance.

Voight next appeared in 1996's blockbuster Mission: Impossible, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise.

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.

Voight next appeared in Anaconda.

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

Voight next appeared in 1999's Varsity Blues.

Voight appeared as Zoolander's coal-miner father.

In March 2008, Voight appeared at a rally aboard the in San Diego, California, for the kick-off of Vets for Freedom's National Heroes Tour.

In September 2008, Voight appeared in a video from the Republican National Convention admonishing viewers to support the United States military.

In 1982, she appeared in a minor role in Lookin ' to Get Out, a film co-written by and starring her former husband, Jon Voight.

In June 29, 2012, Beatty appeared at a 40th anniversary screening of Deliverance in June 2012 at Warner Bros., together with Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Jon Voight.

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 ).