Hollywood’s Most Outspoken Trump Supporter Hopes Attitude Changes After Shooting

Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight is talking out about his assist for former President Donald Trump, a political stance that places him at odds with most of his Hollywood colleagues. In a brand new interview with Variety, the performing legend mentioned his political opinions, and criticized his daughter Angelina Jolie for her current anti-Israel feedback. He additionally mentioned his current performing roles, together with Francis Ford Coppola’s much-anticipated cinematic opus Megalopolis.

Whereas most of Hollywood has vocally united behind Vice President Kamala Harris, Voight has been steadfast in his assist for Trump. Leaning to the political proper within the leisure business typically means presents for roles will dry up, however Voight is a uncommon exception.

Regardless of His Assist for Trump, Voight Seems in Quite a few Movies This 12 months

He’s showing in a minimum of 4 movies this yr, together with Shadow Land, Reagan, and Coppola’s Megalopolis, through which he performs the chief of New York Metropolis in a dystopian future. His private repute has taken a success over his political beliefs, however after the current assassination try on the previous President, he tells Selection he hopes attitudes towards him will enhance:

“I’ve been essentially the most outspoken supporter of Donald Trump in Hollywood. I’ve been saying he’s the reply, the one reply. Now, after this, perhaps they’ll take a look at Jon Voight differently. If Donald Trump is being revealed on this approach, perhaps they’ll see a supporter like me in a distinct mild.

Voight additionally didn’t draw back from discussing his daughter Angelina Jolie, despite the fact that the 2 have reconciled after years of being estranged, they nonetheless disagree on politics.

Voight has been significantly vocal in his assist of Israel after the October 7 Hamas assaults on Israel killed 1,100 civilians, together with 38 kids, and took lots of of hostages into Gaza. Israel’s ensuing army motion to free them in city areas has resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths, main Jolie to criticize Israel’s actions. Voight says Jolie, who has labored with quite a few humanitarian causes, is being influenced by “antisemitic” activists:

Selection famous that the 85-year-old is reluctant to combine his politics together with his performing profession, and says he by no means discusses politics whereas on the set. He isn’t afraid to debate it when requested, nonetheless, and sometimes posts movies to his Instagram account discussing politics.

How Jon Voight Turned an Appearing Legend

Jon Voight first broke into performing within the early Nineteen Sixties with small roles in tv reveals together with Bare Metropolis and The Defenders. After a few small movie roles, his breakthrough position because the gigolo Joe Buck in 1969’s Midnight Cowboy earned Voight an Oscar nomination for Greatest Actor. In 1972, he starred in one other hit movie, the Greatest Image nominee Deliverance, with Burt Reynolds. In 1978, he gained the Oscar for Greatest Actor enjoying paraplegic Vietnam veteran Luke Martin in Coming House. He earned one more Greatest Actor nod for 1985’s Runaway Prepare, however quickly took a break from performing for a number of years.

By the mid-Nineteen Nineties, Voight was performing once more, with a task within the first Mission: Unimaginable movie reverse Tom Cruise. His degree of movie star additionally allowed him to poke enjoyable at himself, when he appeared in a basic 1994 episode of Seinfeld, through which he performed himself and famously bit Kramer (Michael Richards). All through the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s, he appeared in a lot of mainstream hits and blockbusters, together with Enemy of the State, Pearl Harbor, Transformers, and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, together with his daughter Angelina within the lead. In 2002, he earned his fourth Oscar nomination (for Greatest Supporting Actor) for Ali.

Lately, Voight has remained lively, enjoying the villain within the seventh season of 24, and a task within the Harry Potter prequel Implausible Beasts and The place to Discover Them, and a considerable position within the collection Ray Donovan, which gained him a Golden Globe. In all, he has one Academy Award from 4 nominations, a BAFTA Award, 4 Primetime Emmy nominations, and 4 Golden Globes from 11 nominations.