Robert Duvall
Known for Acting · 174 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 (44)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest / Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Winner
The Fugitive
1963
as Leslie Sessions / Eric Christian
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Charley Parkes
The Virginian
1962
as Johnny Keel
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The F.B.I.
1965
as Joseph Maurice Walker / Johnny Albin / Ernie Milden / Gerald Wilson / Joseph Troy
Naked City
1958
as Lewis Nunda / L. Francis Childe / Barney Sonners / Johnny Meigs
Combat!
1962
as Karl / Michel / Peter Halsman
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Dr. Horace Humphries
The Untouchables
1959
as Eddie Moon
Route 66
1960
as Lee Winters
The Outer Limits
1963
as Louis Mace / Adam Ballard
The Defenders
1961
as Al Rogart / Luke Jackson / Bill Andrews
Run for Your Life
1965
as Richard Fletcher
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Bart Collins
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Harvey Farnsworth
The Mod Squad
1968
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Raul Nimon
Felony Squad
1966
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Morton Ware
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Tom Nugent
Stoney Burke
1962
as Joby Pierce
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Dr. Margolin
The Lieutenant
1963
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Joe Wyman
Shane
1966
as Tom Gary
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Tom Hagen
Lonesome Dove
1989
as Augustus "Gus" McCrae
Broken Trail
2006
as Prentice Ritter
Hawk
1966
as Dick
Ike
1979
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Movies (130)
The Godfather
1972
as Tom Hagen
The Godfather Part II
1974
as Tom Hagen
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Jack Reacher
2012
as Martin Cash
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
as Otto Halliwell
John Q
2002
as Lt. Frank Grimes
Deep Impact
1998
as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
The Judge
2014
as Joseph Palmer
True Grit
1969
as Ned Pepper
The Road
2009
as Old Man - Eli
Falling Down
1993
as Prendergast
Hustle
2022
as Rex Merrick
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
as Boo Radley
The 6th Day
2000
as Dr. Griffin Weir
Bullitt
1968
as Cabbie Weissberg
Widows
2018
as Tom Mulligan
M*A*S*H
1970
as Maj. Frank Burns
Days of Thunder
1990
as Harry Hogge
Phenomenon
1996
as Doc
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
as Jean-Pepe
Network
1976
as Frank Hackett
Colors
1988
as Bob Hodges
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978
as Priest on Swing (uncredited)
Open Range
2003
as Boss Spearman
Thank You for Smoking
2005
as The Captain
The Conversation
1974
as The Director (uncredited)
Secondhand Lions
2003
as Hub
Kicking & Screaming
2005
as Buck Weston
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Tom Hagen
Sling Blade
1996
as Karl's Father
The Scarlet Letter
1995
as Roger Chillingworth
The Natural
1984
as Max Mercy
We Own the Night
2007
as Burt Grusinsky
Four Christmases
2008
as Howard McVie
In Dubious Battle
2016
as Chris Bolton
Crazy Heart
2009
as Wayne
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Chief of Scouts Al Sieber
Joe Kidd
1972
as Frank Harlan
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Col. Max Radl
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
as Commander
The Paper
1994
as Bernie White
The Chase
1966
as Edwin Stewart
Something to Talk About
1995
as Wyly King
Lucky You
2007
as L.C. Cheever
Newsies
1992
as Joseph Pulitzer
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
THX 1138
1971
as THX
A Civil Action
1998
as Jerome Facher
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
as Russian General (uncredited)
The Killer Elite
1975
as George Hansen
Rambling Rose
1991
as Mr. Hillyer
Gods and Generals
2003
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
Breakout
1975
as Jay Wagner
Assassination Tango
2003
as John J. Anderson
12 Mighty Orphans
2021
as Mason Hawk
True Confessions
1981
as Det. Tom Spellacy
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Tom Hagen
Lawman
1971
as Vernon Adams
The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Detective
1968
as Nestor
The Gingerbread Man
1998
as Dixon Doss
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self / Tom Hagen
Tender Mercies
1983
as Mac Sledge
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Mr. Cox
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Dr. John H. Watson
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
as Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
The Outfit
1973
as Earl Macklin
The Greatest
1977
as Bill McDonald
Wild Horses
2015
as Scott Briggs
The Apostle
1997
as Euliss Dewey
Brando
2007
as Self
Stalin
1992
as Josef Stalin
A Show of Force
1990
as Howard
Get Low
2010
as Felix Bush
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
1996
as Adolf Eichmann
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
Ike
1979
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Jesse James
Casting By
2012
as Self
The Betsy
1978
as Loren Hardeman III
The Rain People
1969
as Gordon
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
2013
as Self
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
as Walter
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981
as Gruen
Let's Get Harry
1986
as Shrike
The Revolutionary
1970
as Despard
A Family Thing
1996
as Earl Pilcher Jr.
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
as Self
Convicts
1991
as Soll Gautier
The Great Santini
1979
as Bull Meechum
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Jim Caldwell
Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western
2006
as self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004
as Self
Seven Days in Utopia
2011
as Johnny Crawford
A Shot at Glory
2000
as Gordon McCloud
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
1992
as Self (uncredited)
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
as Motorcyclist
Badge 373
1973
as Eddie Ryan
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
as Eddie Franchot
June
2023
as Self
Countdown
1967
as Chiz
A Night in Old Mexico
2013
as Red
Tomorrow
1972
as Jackson Fentry
The Ploughmen
as Gload
The Plague
1992
as Joseph Grand
Lady Ice
1973
as Ford Pierce
The Stone Boy
1984
as Joe Hillerman
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005
as Self
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007
as Taking Chance (voice)
The Terry Fox Story
1983
as Bill Vigars
The Making of 'Network'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Hotel Colonial
1987
as Carrasco
Filmmaker
1968
as Self
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of We Own the Night
as Self
The Lightship
1985
as Calvin Caspary
John Brown's Raid
1960
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004
as Self
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
2005
as Self
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 174 credits spanning from 1944 to 2023, Robert Duvall has appeared in 130 films and 44 TV shows.
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- The Godfather (1972) — as Tom Hagen
- The Godfather Part II (1974) — as Tom Hagen
- Apocalypse Now (1979) — as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
- Jack Reacher (2012) — as Martin Cash
- Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) — as Otto Halliwell
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