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Voight
Voight is a variant of the German surname ''Vogt''. People Notable people with the surname include: * Barry Voight (born 1937), American geologist * Charles Voight (1887–1947), American cartoonist * Dutch Voight (1888–1986), American gangster * Hank Voight, fictional character in the TV series ''Chicago P.D.'' * Jack Voight (born 1945), former State Treasurer of Wisconsin * Jon Voight (born 1938), American actor * Robert G. Voight (1921–2008), American academic * James Haven (born 1973), American actor and producer born James Haven Voight; son of Jon Voight * Angelina Jolie (born 1975), American actress and director born Angelina Jolie Voight; daughter of Jon Voight * Chip Taylor (born 1940), American songwriter born James Wesley Voight Characters * Hank Voight, a fictional character from ''Chicago P.D.'' * Janelle Voight, a fictional character from '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', John Connor's foster mother and T-1000 alterego * Todd Voight, a fictional character f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Voight
Jonathan Vincent Voight (; born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. He came to prominence in the late 1960s with his Academy Award–nominated performance as Joe Buck, a would-be gigolo, in ''Midnight Cowboy'' (1969). During the 1970s, he became a Hollywood star with his portrayals of a businessman mixed up with murder in ''Deliverance'' (1972); a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in '' Coming Home'' (1978), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor; and a penniless ex–boxing champion in the remake of '' The Champ'' (1979). Voight's output became sparse during the 1980s and early 1990s, although he won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as the ruthless bank robber Oscar "Manny" Manheim in ''Runaway Train'' (1985). He made a comeback in Hollywood during the mid-1990s, starring alongside Sam Neill in the film '' The Rainbow Warrior'' (1993) about the French bombing of the eponymous ship in Auckland, and in Michael Mann's crim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank Voight
Henry "Hank" Voight is a fictional character in the television series ''Chicago P.D.''. He appeared in a recurring capacity in '' Chicago Fire'' and as a main character in ''Chicago P.D.'', as the head of the Chicago Police Department's Intelligence Unit, which operates out of the 21st District. Despite Voight's reputation as a suspected dirty cop and for using underhanded methods, he commands his unit's loyalty and respect. The character was initially introduced in ''Chicago Fire'' as a dirty cop who tries to cover up a crime by his son Justin and uses all means necessary to do so, including threatening Fire Lieutenant Matthew Casey, one of the protagonists of ''Chicago Fire''. Voight's circumstances were eventually clarified with the creation of the spin-off ''Chicago P.D.'' However, he has a well-documented feud with Caseyas a result of what happened between themand his interactions with the firefighters of 51 are marked by tension and suspicion, despite the fact that he earns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Voight
Barry Voight (; born 1937) is an American geologist, volcanologist, author, and engineer. After earning his Ph.D. at Columbia University, Voight worked as a professor of geology at several universities, including Pennsylvania State University, where he taught from 1964 until his retirement in 2005. He remains an emeritus professor there and still conducts research, focusing on rock mechanics, plate tectonics, disaster prevention, and geotechnical engineering. In April 1980, Voight's publications on landslides, avalanches, and other mass movements attracted the attention of Rocky Crandell of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), who asked him to look at a growing bulge on the Mount St. Helens volcano in the state of Washington. Voight foresaw the collapse of the mountain's north flank as well as a powerful eruption. His predictions came true when St. Helens erupted in May 1980; Voight was then hired by the USGS to investigate the debris avalanche that initiated the erup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (; born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian and former Special Envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times. Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in ''Lookin' to Get Out'' (1982), and her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production ''Cyborg 2'' (1993), followed by her first leading role in a major film, ''Hackers'' (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical cable films '' George Wallace'' (1997) and ''Gia'' (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1999 drama '' Girl, Interrupted''. Her starring role as the titular video game heroine in '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001) established her as a leading Hollywood actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Voight
Charles Anthony Voight (April 28, 1887 – February 10, 1947) was an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip ''Betty''. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, Voight was 14 when he dropped out of school and became an art staffer at the ''New York World''. During this period, he also did advertising art. Comic strips In 1908, he drew his first comic strip, ''Petey Dink'', for the ''Boston Traveler''. When it moved to the ''New York Herald'' it became simply ''Petey'' (sometimes titled ''Poor Little Petey''). He also drew for the ''New York World'', and for ''Life'', he created a series titled ''The Optimist''. His popular glamor girl Sunday strip ''Betty'' began in 1919 with the McClure Syndicate, moving to the New York Herald Syndicate with the April 4, 1920, edition. Comics historian Don Markstein described the strip and characters: ''Betty'' was an influential strip, notably on the illustrator and comic book artist Bernard Krigstein. Jerry Robinson, in his bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Voight
Jack C. Voight (born December 17, 1945) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 32nd State Treasurer of Wisconsin from 1995 to 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. Early life and career Born and raised in New London, Wisconsin, Voight received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 1971. Career After serving as a sergeant in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970, he moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he established an insurance agency. Voight served on the Appleton City Council from 1983 to 1993, holding the position of council president from 1992 to 1993. When incumbent Treasurer Cathy Zeuske ran in the Republican primary for United States Senate in 1994, Voight ran as the Republican nominee to replace her. He was elected that year, and re-elected in 1998 and 2002. Voight was defeated for re-election on November 7, 2006, by Democrat Dawn Marie Sass, a former parole officer and AFSCME union activist, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Haven
James Haven (né Voight; born May 11, 1973) is an American actor. He is the son of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, and the older brother of actress Angelina Jolie. Early life Haven was born on May 11, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, to actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. His younger sister is Angelina Jolie, who became an actress. Their uncles are the singer-songwriter Chip Taylor and the geologist and volcanologist Barry Voight. On his father's side, Haven is of German and Slovak descent,Reitwiesner, William AddamsAncestry of Angelina Jolie 2010, William Addams Reitwiessner Genealogical Services. Retrieved May 24, 2011. and he is of French-Canadian, Dutch, Polish and German ancestry on his mother's side. Although Bertrand said she had Iroquois ancestry, Voight stated that Bertrand was "not seriously Iroquois", and a Huron woman born in 1649 is her only known Native American ancestor.Sessums, KevinWild at Heart. '' Allure''. November 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Taylor
Chip Taylor (born James Wesley Voight; March 21, 1940) is an American songwriter and singer noted for writing "Angel of the Morning" and " Wild Thing". Early life Taylor was born on March 21, 1940, in Yonkers, New York. He is the brother of actor Jon Voight and geologist Barry Voight and the uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven. Taylor and his brothers attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York. In 1961, Taylor attended the University of Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut, for one year. After an unsuccessful attempt to become a professional golfer like his father Elmer Voight, Taylor entered the music business. Career As "tune tailor" Taylor wrote many pop and rock songs, both alone and with other songwriters, including Al Gorgoni (with whom he also performed, as the duo Just Us), Billy Vera, Ted Daryll, and Jerry Ragovoy, first freelancing and then as an employee of a New York City music publisher. Taylor's first big hit was " W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voight-Kampff Test
''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel '' Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as ''replicants'' are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on space colonies. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants led by Roy Batty (Hauer) escapes back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard (Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down. ''Blade Runner'' initially underperformed in North American theaters and polarized critics; some praised its thematic complexity and visuals, while others critiqued its slow pacing and lack of action. It later became a cult film, and has since come to be regarded as one of the all-time best science fiction films. Hailed for its production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voight-Kampff Machine
''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as ''replicants'' are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on space colonies. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants led by Roy Batty (Hauer) escapes back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard (Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down. ''Blade Runner'' initially underperformed in North American theaters and polarized critics; some praised its thematic complexity and visuals, while others critiqued its slow pacing and lack of action. It later became a cult film, and has since come to be regarded as one of the all-time best science fiction films. Hailed for its produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voigt
Voigt (mainly written Vogt, also Voight) is a German surname, and may refer to: *Alexander Voigt, German football player *Angela Voigt, East German long jumper *Christian August Voigt (1808–1890), Austrian anatomist *Cynthia Voigt, author of books for young adults * Deborah Voigt, American opera singer * Edward Voigt, born in Bremen, Germany, former U.S. Representative from Wisconsin *Edwin Edgar Voigt, bishop * Ellen Bryant Voigt, German American poet *Erika Voigt, actress *Frank Voigt, musician; flute player in the 1970s progressive rock band Think * Frederick Augustus Voigt (1892–1957), British journalist and author of German descent * Friedrich Siegmund (Sigismund) Voigt (Voight) ( 1781 - 1850), German botanist and zoologist *Georg Voigt, German historian * Harry Voigt, German Olympic athlete *Irma Voigt (1882–1953), Dean of Women at Ohio University *Jaap Voigt (born 1941), Dutch field hockey player *Jack Voigt, baseball player *Jan Voigt, actor *Jens Voigt, professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voigt Pipe
The Voigt pipe is a type of loudspeaker enclosure that embodies a combination of transmission line, ported enclosure and horn characteristics. It is highly regarded by some speaker designers, as evidenced by established manufacturers such as Castle. Due to its relatively high efficiency the design is frequently employed in full-range loudspeaker designs. The concept is that the sound emitted from the rear of the loudspeaker driver is progressively reflected and absorbed along the length of the tapering tube, almost completely preventing internally reflected sound being re-transmitted through the cone of the loudspeaker. The lower part of the pipe acts as a horn while the top can be visualized as an extended compression chamber. The entire pipe can also be seen as a tapered transmission line in inverted form, that is, widening rather than narrowing from top to bottom. The driver is usually positioned close to the middle of the baffle or slightly lower. Its relatively low adoption i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
