His other Oscar nominations are for playing Joe Buck, a would-be gigolo, in Midnight Cowboy (1969); ruthless bank robber Oscar "Manny" Manheim in Runaway Train (1985); and sportscaster Howard Cosell in Ali (2001).

Oscar Manheim, also known as Manny, is the protagonist of the 1985 film Runaway Train. He was portrayed by Jon Voight, who also played Jim Phelps in Mission: Impossible. Oscar Manheim was a robber who had broken out of Stonehaven Maximum Security Prison in Alaska two times and is seen as a hero...

Voight won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in Coming Home (1978). His was Oscar-nominated for playing Joe Buck, a gigolo, in Midnight Cowboy (1969), a ruthless bank robber Oscar "Manny" Manheim in Runaway Train (1985) and as sportscaster Howard Cosell in Ali (2001).

Runaway Train is a 1985 American action thriller film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay and John P. Ryan.

2021年9月22日 · In 1985, he got Motion Picture Drama' for a portrayal of Oscar Manheim’ in ‘Runaway Train’.

2013年7月22日 · In an extensive and revealing interview, actor Jon Voight remembers his Academy Award nominated role as Oscar "Manny" Manheim in 1985's classic thriller Runaway Train.

Voight's early 1980s roles included conman Alex Kovac in "Lookin' to Get Out" (1982) and widowed father J. P. Tannen in "Table for Five" (1983). His next big success was the role of escaped convict Oscar "Manny" Manheim in "Runaway Train" (1985).

Runaway Train is a 1985 action thriller film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The film tells a tale of two convicts, Oscar "Manny" Manheim (Jon Voight) and Buck McGeehy (Eric Roberts), who escape from an Alaskan prison and stow themselves away on a train.

"A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter" "They find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security Starring Jon Voight as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim, Eric Roberts as Buck, Rebecca De Mornay as Sara, Kyle T. Heffner as Frank ...

His career suffered a setback during the 1980s. For many years, he went without appearing in any notable film but finally made a mark with his role as ‘Oscar "Manny" Manheim’ in the survival-thriller film ‘Runaway Train’ in 1985 for which he was nominated for an ‘Academy Award.’