Jon Voight | 12/29/ 1938 | 82

With more than seven decades in Hollywood, Jon Voight has done it all. A versatile actor, he has already played convicts, cowboys, champs, and even the not-so-appetizing ones. He is still not done playing a gangster father to Live Schreiber in the show Ray Donovan. What pushed him to become an actor? Voight gave credit to Sid Caesar, who he watched in Your Show of Shows back as a kid. He started working on Broadway with fellow actor Robert Duvall until he got a part in Midnight Cowboy. 

He further cemented his acting caliber with the film, Deliverance. More films landed on the lap that won him several awards, like in Coming Home. Aside from his stellar career in Hollywood, he is also the father of Angelina Jolie, who is a veteran actress and director. Voight has only good words about his daughter, which shows that he is impressed by her craft. Retiring is quite far from his mind at the moment, which is a relief!

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