Robert Duvall
- Acting
- January 5, 1931 · San Diego, California, USA
- February 15, 2026
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
Filmography
- June · Self
- The Pale Blue Eye · Jean-Pepe
- Hustle · Rex Merrick
- 12 Mighty Orphans · Mason Hawk
- The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder · Self
- The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash · Self
- Widows · Tom Mulligan
- The Words That Built America · Self
- In Dubious Battle · Chris Bolton
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Wild Horses · Scott Briggs, Director
- The Judge · Joseph Palmer
- Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- A Night in Old Mexico · Red, Producer
- Jayne Mansfield's Car · Jim Caldwell
- Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around · Self
- Jack Reacher · Martin Cash
- Casting By · Self
- Hemingway & Gellhorn · Russian General (uncredited)
- Seven Days in Utopia · Johnny Crawford
- Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides · Self
- Get Low · Felix Bush
- Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself · Self
- Crazy Heart · Wayne, Producer
- The Road · Old Man - Eli
- Four Christmases · Howard McVie
- We Own the Night · Burt Grusinsky
- Lucky You · L.C. Cheever
- Brando · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience · Taking Chance (Voice)
- Broken Trail · Prentice Ritter, Executive producer
- Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western · Self
- The Making of 'Network' · Self
- Thank You for Smoking · The Captain
- Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood · Self
- The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken · Self
- Kicking & Screaming · Buck Weston
- A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope · Self
- Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' · Self
- Beyond the 'Open Range' · Self
- Secondhand Lions · Hub
- Open Range · Boss Spearman
- Assassination Tango · John J. Anderson, Writer
- Gods and Generals · Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' · Self
- John Q · Lt. Frank Grimes
- The 6th Day · Dr. Griffin Weir
- Gone in Sixty Seconds · Otto Halliwell
- A Shot at Glory · Gordon McCloud
- A Civil Action · Jerome Facher
- Deep Impact · Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
- The Gingerbread Man · Dixon Doss
- Fearful Symmetry · Self
- The Apostle · Euliss Dewey, Director
- The Man Who Captured Eichmann · Adolf Eichmann
- Sling Blade · Karl's Father
- The Daily Show · Self
- Phenomenon · Doc
- A Family Thing · Earl Pilcher Jr., Producer
- The Scarlet Letter · Roger Chillingworth
- The Stars Fell on Henrietta · Mr. Cox
- Something to Talk About · Wyly King
- The Paper · Bernie White
- Wrestling Ernest Hemingway · Walter
- Geronimo: An American Legend · Chief of Scouts Al Sieber
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Late Show with David Letterman · Self
- Falling Down · Prendergast
- Stalin · Josef Stalin
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · Tom Hagen
- The Plague · Joseph Grand
- The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live! · Self
- Newsies · Joseph Pulitzer
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse · Self
- Rambling Rose · Mr. Hillyer
- Convicts · Soll Gautier
- Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret · Self