Robert Duvall
Known for Acting · 176 credits
- Born
- 1931-01-05
- Died
- 2026-02-15
- Place of birth
- San Diego, California, USA
- Also known as
- Robert Selden Duvall · Robert Duval
Biography
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
TV Shows (45)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Fugitive
1963
as Leslie Sessions / Eric Christian
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Winner
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Dr. Horace Humphries
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Charley Parkes
The Virginian
1962
as Johnny Keel
American Playhouse
1982
as Jackson Fentry / The Preacher
Naked City
1958
as Lewis Nunda / L. Francis Childe / Johnny Meigs / Barney Sonners
Combat!
1962
as Karl / Peter Halsman / Michel
The Untouchables
1959
as Eddie Moon
Route 66
1960
as Lee Winters / Roman
The F.B.I.
1965
as Joseph Maurice Walker / Johnny Albin / Ernie Milden / Joseph Troy / Gerald Wilson
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Defenders
1961
as Al Rogart / Luke Jackson / Bill Andrews
Run for Your Life
1965
as Richard Fletcher
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Bart Collins
The Outer Limits
1963
as Louis Mace / Adam Ballard
Felony Squad
1966
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Raul Nimon
The Mod Squad
1968
The Lieutenant
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Harvey Farnsworth
Stoney Burke
1962
as Joby Pierce
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Tom Nugent
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Morton Ware
Lonesome Dove
1989
as Augustus "Gus" McCrae
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Joe Wyman
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Dr. Margolin
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Tom Hagen
Broken Trail
2006
as Prentice Ritter
Shane
1966
as Tom Gary
Ike
1979
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hawk
1966
as Dick
Movies (131)
The Godfather
1972
as Tom Hagen
The Godfather Part II
1974
as Tom Hagen
Jack Reacher
2012
as Martin Cash
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
The Judge
2014
as Joseph Palmer
The Betsy
1978
as Loren Hardeman III
Colors
1988
as Bob Hodges
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
as Otto Halliwell
Falling Down
1993
as Prendergast
Deep Impact
1998
as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
The 6th Day
2000
as Dr. Griffin Weir
Hustle
2022
as Rex Merrick
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
as Jean-Pepe
We Own the Night
2007
as Burt Grusinsky
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978
as Priest on Swing (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
as Boo Radley
John Q
2002
as Lt. Frank Grimes
True Grit
1969
as Ned Pepper
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
as Russian General (uncredited)
Thank You for Smoking
2005
as The Captain
The Road
2009
as Old Man - Eli
Phenomenon
1996
as Doc
Days of Thunder
1990
as Harry Hogge
Ike
1979
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Widows
2018
as Tom Mulligan
The Conversation
1974
as The Director (uncredited)
Open Range
2003
as Boss Spearman
M*A*S*H
1970
as Maj. Frank Burns
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
as Commander
Bullitt
1968
as Cabbie Weissberg
Network
1976
as Frank Hackett
Secondhand Lions
2003
as Hub
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Col. Max Radl
Crazy Heart
2009
as Wayne
The Natural
1984
as Max Mercy
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
as Motorcyclist
THX 1138
1971
as THX
The Rain People
1969
as Gordon
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Jim Caldwell
The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Sling Blade
1996
as Karl's Father
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Chief of Scouts Al Sieber
In Dubious Battle
2016
as Chris Bolton
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020
as Angelo Corleone
Seven Days in Utopia
2011
as Johnny Crawford
The Scarlet Letter
1995
as Roger Chillingworth
Kicking & Screaming
2005
as Buck Weston
The Chase
1966
as Edwin Stewart
A Night in Old Mexico
2013
as Red
Four Christmases
2008
as Howard McVie
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005
as Self
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
as Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
The Terry Fox Story
1983
as Bill Vigars
Tender Mercies
1983
as Mac Sledge
Casting By
2012
as Self
The Gingerbread Man
1998
as Dixon Doss
A Shot at Glory
2000
as Gordon McCloud
Stalin
1992
as Josef Stalin
Something to Talk About
1995
as Wyly King
The Greatest
1977
as Bill McDonald
The Paper
1994
as Bernie White
Joe Kidd
1972
as Frank Harlan
Lucky You
2007
as L.C. Cheever
The Stone Boy
1984
as Joe Hillerman
A Civil Action
1998
as Jerome Facher
12 Mighty Orphans
2021
as Mason Hawk
Badge 373
1973
as Eddie Ryan
Get Low
2010
as Felix Bush
True Confessions
1981
as Det. Tom Spellacy
Gods and Generals
2003
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Killer Elite
1975
as George Hansen
Belizaire the Cajun
1986
as The Preacher
Newsies
1992
as Joseph Pulitzer
The Ploughmen
as Gload
Breakout
1975
as Jay Wagner
Lawman
1971
as Vernon Adams
Rambling Rose
1991
as Mr. Hillyer
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
as Walter
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self / Tom Hagen
Hotel Colonial
1987
as Carrasco
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Tom Hagen
Convicts
1991
as Soll Gautier
John Brown's Raid
1960
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
1996
as Adolf Eichmann
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004
as Self
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Tom Hagen
Wild Horses
2015
as Scott Briggs
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Mr. Cox
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002
as Self
The Apostle
1997
as Euliss Dewey
The Outfit
1973
as Earl Macklin
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
1971
as Self
Assassination Tango
2003
as John J. Anderson
Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western
2006
as self
Aliens From Another Planet
1982
as Nimon
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
The Great Santini
1979
as Bull Meechum
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
as Self
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004
as Self
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Jesse James
The Detective
1968
as Nestor
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor
Let's Get Harry
1986
as Shrike
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Dr. John H. Watson
Filmmaker
1968
as Self
A Show of Force
1990
as Howard
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981
as Gruen
Tomorrow
1972
as Jackson Fentry
A Family Thing
1996
as Earl Pilcher Jr.
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011
as Self
The Lightship
1985
as Calvin Caspary
Countdown
1967
as Chiz
Fearful Symmetry
1998
as Self
The Plague
1992
as Joseph Grand
June
2023
as Self
Tango: Our Dance
1988
as Entrevistado
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007
as Taking Chance (voice)
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
as Self
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
1992
as Self (uncredited)
The Revolutionary
1970
as Despard
About 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),… With 176 credits spanning from 1944 to 2023, Robert Duvall has appeared in 131 films and 45 TV shows.
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- The Godfather (1972) — as Tom Hagen
- The Godfather Part II (1974) — as Tom Hagen
- Jack Reacher (2012) — as Martin Cash
- Apocalypse Now (1979) — as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
- The Judge (2014) — as Joseph Palmer
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