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).
Acting
Movie
The Godfather
as Tom Hagen
1972
Movie
The Godfather Part II
as Tom Hagen
1974
Movie
Apocalypse Now
as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
1979
Movie
Jack Reacher
as Martin Cash
2012
Movie
Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Otto Halliwell
2000
Movie
The Judge
as Joseph Palmer
2014
Movie
The Road
as Old Man - Eli
2009
Movie
Falling Down
as Prendergast
1993
Movie
Deep Impact
as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
1998
Movie
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Boo Radley
1962
Movie
Hustle
as Rex Merrick
2022
Movie
John Q
as Lt. Frank Grimes
2002
Movie
Widows
as Tom Mulligan
2018
Movie
Thank You for Smoking
as The Captain
2005
Movie
The 6th Day
as Dr. Griffin Weir
2000
Movie
The Pale Blue Eye
as Jean-Pepe
2022
Movie
Network
as Frank Hackett
1976
Movie
The Conversation
as The Director (uncredited)
1974
Movie
Days of Thunder
as Harry Hogge
1990
Movie
We Own the Night
as Burt Grusinsky
2007
Movie
Phenomenon
as Doc
1996
Movie
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Priest on Swing (uncredited)
1978
Movie
Bullitt
as Cabbie Weissberg
1968
Movie
Four Christmases
as Howard McVie
2008
Crew
Movie
Crazy Heart
Producer
2009
TV
Broken Trail
Executive Producer
2006
Movie
The Apostle
Director
1997
Movie
Tender Mercies
Co-Producer
1983
Movie
Wild Horses
Writer
2015
Movie
A Night in Old Mexico
Producer
2013
Movie
A Family Thing
Producer
1996
Movie
Assassination Tango
Writer
2003
Movie
Angelo My Love
Director
1983
Movie
We're Not the Jet Set
Director
1977