Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall (January 5, 1931 – February 15, 2026) was an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Duvall began appearing in theater in the late 1950s, moving into television and film roles during the early 1960s, playing Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and appearing in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), as Major Frank Burns in the blockbuster comedy M*A*S*H (1970) and the lead role in THX 1138 (1971), as well as Horton Foote's adaptation of William Faulkner's Tomorrow (1972), which was developed at The Actors Studio and is his personal favorite. This was followed by a series of critically lauded performances in commercially successful films. He has starred in numerous films and television series, including The Twilight Zone (1963), Bullitt (1968), True Grit (1969), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979), Tender Mercies (1983) (which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor), The Natural (1984), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Days of Thunder (1990), Falling Down (1993), Secondhand Lions (2003), The Judge (2014), and Widows (2018). His final role was in The Pale Blue Eye (2022).
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · June as Self
- 2022 · The Pale Blue Eye as Jean-Pepe
- 2022 · Hustle as Rex Merrick
- 2021 · 12 Mighty Orphans as Mason Hawk
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2016 · In Dubious Battle as Chris Bolton
- 2016 · The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 as Tom Hagen
- 2015 · Wild Horses as Scott Briggs
- 2014 · Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor
- 2013 · Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around as Self
- 2012 · Casting By as Self
- 2012 · Hemingway & Gellhorn as Russian General (uncredited)
- 2009 · Crazy Heart as Wayne
- 2008 · Four Christmases as Howard McVie
- 2007 · Lucky You as L.C. Cheever
- 2007 · Brando as Self
- 2005 · Kicking & Screaming as Buck Weston
- 2003 · Gods and Generals as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- 1998 · The Gingerbread Man as Dixon Doss
- 1997 · The Apostle as Euliss Dewey
- 1996 · Sling Blade as Karl's Father
- 1995 · The Scarlet Letter as Roger Chillingworth
- 1995 · Something to Talk About as Wyly King
- 1994 · The Paper as Bernie White
- 1993 · Geronimo: An American Legend as Chief of Scouts Al Sieber
- 1992 · Stalin as Josef Stalin
- 1992 · The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 as Tom Hagen
- 1991 · Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
- 1991 · Rambling Rose as Mr. Hillyer
- 1991 · Convicts as Soll Gautier
- 1990 · The Godfather Family: A Look Inside as Self / Tom Hagen
- 1990 · A Show of Force as Howard
- 1990 · The Handmaid's Tale as Commander
- 1986 · Let's Get Harry as Shrike
- 1984 · The Stone Boy as Joe Hillerman
- 1981 · True Confessions as Det. Tom Spellacy
- 1979 · The Great Santini as Bull Meechum
- 1977 · The Greatest as Bill McDonald
- 1976 · The Seven-Per-Cent Solution as Dr. John H. Watson
- 1975 · The Killer Elite as George Hansen
- 1975 · Breakout as Jay Wagner
- 1973 · The Outfit as Earl Macklin
- 1973 · Lady Ice as Ford Pierce
- 1972 · Joe Kidd as Frank Harlan
- 1971 · THX 1138 as THX
- 1971 · Lawman as Vernon Adams
- 1969 · The Rain People as Gordon
- 1968 · The Detective as Nestor
- 1967 · Countdown as Chiz
- 1963 · Captain Newman, M.D. as Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
- Future · The Ploughmen as Gload
- 2020 · The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash as Self
- 2018 · Widows as Tom Mulligan
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · The Judge as Joseph Palmer
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · A Night in Old Mexico as Red
- 2013 · Jayne Mansfield's Car as Jim Caldwell
- 2012 · Jack Reacher as Martin Cash
- 2011 · Seven Days in Utopia as Johnny Crawford
- 2011 · Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides as Self
- 2010 · Get Low as Felix Bush
- 2010 · Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself as Self
- 2009 · The Road as Old Man - Eli
- 2007 · We Own the Night as Burt Grusinsky
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience as Taking Chance (voice)
- 2006 · Broken Trail as Prentice Ritter
- 2006 · Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western as self
- 2006 · The Making of 'Network' as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Thank You for Smoking as The Captain
- 2005 · Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken as Self
- 2004 · A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope as Self
- 2004 · Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' as Self
- 2004 · Beyond the 'Open Range' as Self
- 2003 · Secondhand Lions as Hub
- 2003 · Open Range as Boss Spearman
- 2003 · Assassination Tango as John J. Anderson
- 2002 · John Q as Lt. Frank Grimes
- 2000 · The 6th Day as Dr. Griffin Weir
- 2000 · Gone in Sixty Seconds as Otto Halliwell
- 2000 · A Shot at Glory as Gordon McCloud
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Jerome Facher
- 1998 · Deep Impact as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
- 1998 · Fearful Symmetry as Self
- 1996 · The Man Who Captured Eichmann as Adolf Eichmann
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Phenomenon as Doc
- 1996 · A Family Thing as Earl Pilcher Jr.
- 1995 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Mr. Cox
- 1993 · Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Walter
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Falling Down as Prendergast
- 1992 · The Plague as Joseph Grand
- 1992 · The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live! as Self (uncredited)
- 1992 · Newsies as Joseph Pulitzer
- 1990 · Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
- 1990 · Days of Thunder as Harry Hogge
- 1989 · Lonesome Dove as Augustus "Gus" McCrae
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Tango: Our Dance as Entrevistado
- 1988 · Colors as Bob Hodges
- 1987 · Hotel Colonial as Carrasco
- 1986 · Belizaire the Cajun as The Preacher
- 1985 · The Lightship as Calvin Caspary
- 1984 · The Natural as Max Mercy
- 1983 · The Terry Fox Story as Bill Vigars
- 1983 · Tender Mercies as Mac Sledge
- 1982 · Aliens From Another Planet as Nimon
- 1981 · The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper as Gruen
- 1979 · Apocalypse Now as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
- 1979 · Ike as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1979 · Ike as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1979 · CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1978 · Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Priest on Swing (uncredited)
- 1978 · The Betsy as Loren Hardeman III
- 1977 · Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television as Tom Hagen
- 1976 · The Eagle Has Landed as Col. Max Radl
- 1976 · Network as Frank Hackett
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1974 · The Godfather Part II as Tom Hagen
- 1974 · The Conversation as The Director (uncredited)
- 1973 · Badge 373 as Eddie Ryan
- 1972 · The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Jesse James
- 1972 · Tomorrow as Jackson Fentry
- 1972 · The Godfather as Tom Hagen
- 1971 · Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' as Self
- 1971 · The Godfather: Behind the Scenes as Self
- 1970 · The Revolutionary as Despard
- 1970 · M*A*S*H as Maj. Frank Burns
- 1969 · True Grit as Ned Pepper
- 1968 · Filmmaker as Self
- 1968 · Bullitt as Cabbie Weissberg
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1967 · Judd for the Defense as
- 1967 · Cimarron Strip as Joe Wyman
- 1966 · CBS Playhouse as
- 1966 · Fame Is the Name of the Game as Eddie Franchot
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1966 · Shane as Tom Gary
- 1966 · The Time Tunnel as Raul Nimon
- 1966 · Hawk as Dick
- 1966 · The Chase as Edwin Stewart
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Joseph Maurice Walker
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Johnny Albin
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Ernie Milden
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Gerald Wilson
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Joseph Troy
- 1965 · The Wild Wild West as Dr. Horace Humphries
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Richard Fletcher
- 1965 · Nightmare in the Sun as Motorcyclist
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Harvey Farnsworth
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Leslie Sessions
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Eric Christian
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Louis Mace
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Adam Ballard
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as Morton Ware
- 1963 · The Lieutenant as
- 1962 · To Kill a Mockingbird as Boo Radley
- 1962 · Combat! as Karl
- 1962 · Combat! as Michel
- 1962 · Combat! as Peter Halsman
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as Joby Pierce
- 1962 · The Virginian as Johnny Keel
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Tom Nugent
- 1961 · The Defenders as Al Rogart
- 1961 · The Defenders as Luke Jackson
- 1961 · The Defenders as Bill Andrews
- 1960 · John Brown's Raid as
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Route 66 as Lee Winters
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Eddie Moon
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Charley Parkes
- 1958 · Naked City as Lewis Nunda
- 1958 · Naked City as L. Francis Childe
- 1958 · Naked City as Barney Sonners
- 1958 · Naked City as Johnny Meigs
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bart Collins
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · The Making of We Own the Night as Self