Jon Voight in Movie and S7

Mr E

I like this casting... John Voight is a great actor, and in a menacing, scenery-chewing role, he could definitely add weight to a good story.

n his first series role in 40 years, Jon Voight has signed on for the upcoming seventh season of "24."

On the Emmy-winning Fox drama, Voight will play Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) uber-nemesis who is pulling the strings behind next season's terrorist threat.

The character will be introduced during "24's" two-hour Season 7 prequel and will be featured heavily in the latter half of the season.

The prequel, now shooting on location in South Africa, is slated to air Nov. 23, with Season 7 of the Imagine TV/20th TV-produced series kicking off in January.

The tapping of Voight marks the first A-list villain casting on "24" since Season 1 when Dennis Hopper appeared in the final episodes as Serbian nationalist Victor Drazen.

Voight did several TV guest spots early in his career -- including a three-episode stint on "Gunsmoke" between 1966-69 -- until his movie career exploded with "Midnight Cowboy" in 1969.

A four-time Academy Award nominee, Voight won the best actor Oscar for 1978's "Coming Home." He recently reprised his role as Nicolas Cage's father in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3id5f52df31901946c9202c1b930aec121

Gillie

Wow! Voight is class in pretty much everything he does IMO!

I like it!

Sherifu

Sounds good. Ah, the Dennis Hopper days.

qwertplaywert

Will be interesting to see if[and how] his character is connected to the supposbly bad Tony. Perhaps hes forcing Tony to do the things that makes him the enemy in the trailar?

Mr. K

That's great news, getting such a high profile actor says something about the quality of the script! I hope...

silvine

In fairness 24 have always had a good cast. That wasn't the problem in season 6. The writing and the story was.

Neo#

Great news. He is a good actor although he isnt getting any younger.