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===2013–present=== In 2013, Voight made his much-acclaimed appearance on ''[[Ray Donovan]]'' as Mickey Donovan, the main character's conniving father. The role earned him a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]] in 2014 as well as nominations for two [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Denton Davidson |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2017/jon-voight-ray-donovan-2017-emmys-news/ |title=Jon Voight could ride 'Ray Donovan' Emmy wave to first career triumph |publisher=GoldDerby |date=2017-06-05 |access-date=2020-01-20 |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001073451/https://www.goldderby.com/article/2017/jon-voight-ray-donovan-2017-emmys-news/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mic.com/articles/78821/ray-donovan-wins-a-golden-globe-for-best-supporting-actor |title='Ray Donovan' Wins a Golden Globe For Best Supporting Actor |publisher=Mic.com |date=2014-01-12 |access-date=2020-01-20 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802185913/https://www.mic.com/articles/78821/ray-donovan-wins-a-golden-globe-for-best-supporting-actor |url-status=live }}</ref> He reprised his role in the 2022 film ''[[Ray Donovan: The Movie]]''. He played Henry Shaw Sr. in ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' (2016). The following year he acted in the [[Christian drama]] ''[[Same Kind of Different as Me (film)|Same Kind of Different as Me]]'' alongside [[Greg Kinnear]] and [[Renée Zellweger]]. On March 26, 2019, Voight was appointed to a six-year term on the Board of Trustees of the [[Kennedy Center]] in Washington DC.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/trump-appoints-jon-voight-mike-huckabee-and-8-others-to-kennedy-center-board/2019/03/27/bda1f858-50cd-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html |title=Trump appoints Jon Voight, Mike Huckabee and 8 others to Kennedy Center board of trustees |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2019-03-27 |access-date=2020-01-20 |archive-date=December 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231000506/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/trump-appoints-jon-voight-mike-huckabee-and-8-others-to-kennedy-center-board/2019/03/27/bda1f858-50cd-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dcist.com/story/19/03/27/trump-appoints-mike-huckabee-jon-voight-to-the-kennedy-center-board/ |title=Trump Appoints Mike Huckabee, Jon Voight To The Kennedy Center Board |publisher=DCist |access-date=2020-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228182657/https://dcist.com/story/19/03/27/trump-appoints-mike-huckabee-jon-voight-to-the-kennedy-center-board/ |archive-date=December 28, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> He portrayed [[Supreme Court Justice]] [[Warren E. Burger]] in the film ''[[Roe v. Wade (film)|Roe v. Wade]]'' (2020). In 2022 he participated in the documentary film ''[[Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy]]'' with [[Bob Balaban]], [[Brian De Palma]] and [[Brenda Vaccaro]]. It premiered at the [[79th Venice International Film Festival]] and was later shortlisted for the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]] at the [[96th Academy Awards]]. In 2022, Voight was cast in the science fiction epic ''[[Megalopolis (film)|Megalopolis]]'', directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2022-05-12 |title=Francis Coppola Sets 'Megalopolis' Cast: Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight & Filmmaker's 'Apocalypse Now' Teen Discovery Laurence Fishburne |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/francis-coppola-megalopolis-adam-driver-forest-whitaker-nathalie-emmanuel-jon-voight-laurence-fishburne-1235022150/ |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512170307/https://deadline.com/2022/05/francis-coppola-megalopolis-adam-driver-forest-whitaker-nathalie-emmanuel-jon-voight-laurence-fishburne-1235022150/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''[[Reagan (2024 film)|Reagan]]'', Jon Voight is cast as [[Viktor Ivanov]], a former [[KGB]] agent. The film, starring [[Dennis Quaid]] as [[Ronald Reagan]], was theatrically released in the United States on August 30, 2024. On January 16, 2025, it was announced by [[President-elect of the United States|president-elect]] [[Donald Trump]] that Voight would serve in a new role as a Special Ambassador to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], sharing the role with fellow actors [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Sylvester Stallone]]. Trump stated that he wants these actors to make Hollywood "stronger than ever before" by bringing back business lost to "foreign countries".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=2025-01-16 |title=Trump Names Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as 'Special Ambassadors' to 'Troubled' Hollywood: They'll Bring 'Lost Business' Back |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/trump-sylvester-stallone-mel-gibson-jon-voight-ambassadors-hollywood-1236276088/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> According to [[Deadline Hollywood|''Deadline'']], by May 2025, Voight had held meetings with both Hollywood unions and executives on issues with domestic film production. Stallone and Gibson were not involved and have not held similar talks of their own.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=2025-05-02 |title=Jon Voight Has A Plan To Save Hollywood: Will Trump Or Anyone Else Care? |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/jon-voight-save-hollywood-plan-trump-approval-1236383155/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
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