Robert Duvall
Biography
Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is 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), The Outer Limits (1964), The F.B.I. (1966), Bullitt (1968), True Grit (1969), Joe Kidd (1972), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Great Santini (1979), Tender Mercies (1983) (which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor), The Natural (1984), Colors (1988), Lonesome Dove (1989), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Days of Thunder (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Falling Down (1993), Secondhand Lions (2003), The Judge (2014), and Widows (2018).
Known For
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Apocalypse Now
Tom Hagen
The Godfather Part II
Cabbie Weissberg
Bullitt
Bob Hodges
Colors
Boss Spearman
Open Range
Boo Radley
To Kill a Mockingbird
THX
THX 1138
Maj. Frank Burns
M*A*S*H
Harry Hogge
Days of Thunder
Roger Chillingworth
The Scarlet Letter
L.C. Cheever
Lucky You
Dep. Chief Albert 'Burt' Grusinsky
We Own the Night
Euliss Dewey
The Apostle
Self
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Frank Hackett
Network
Old Man - Eli
The Road
Bull Meechum
The Great Santini
Commander
The Handmaid's Tale
Col. Max Radl
The Eagle Has Landed
Max Mercy
The Natural
Edwin Stewart
The Chase
George Hansen
The Killer Elite
Dr. Griffin Weir
The 6th Day
Jay Wagner
Breakout
Lt. Frank Grimes
John Q
Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
Deep Impact
Det. Tom Spellacy
True Confessions
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Network'
Wayne
Crazy Heart
Mr. Hillyer
Rambling Rose
Howard McVie
Four Christmases
Jerome Facher
A Civil Action
Bernie White
The Paper
Doc
Phenomenon
Dixon Doss
The Gingerbread Man
Karl's Father
Sling Blade
Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
Captain Newman, M.D.
Tom Hagen
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
The Captain
Thank You for Smoking
Buck Weston
Kicking & Screaming
Earl Macklin
The Outfit
Otto Halliwell
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Jesse James
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Hub
Secondhand Lions
Chiz
Countdown
Chief of Scouts Al Sieber
Geronimo: An American Legend
Walter
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Mac Sledge
Tender Mercies
Earl Pilcher Jr.
A Family Thing
Russian General (uncredited)
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Vernon Adams
Lawman
Dr. John H. Watson
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Nestor
The Detective
Jean-Pepe
The Pale Blue Eye
Joseph Grand
La peste
Frank Harlan
Joe Kidd
Prendergast
Falling Down
Joseph Pulitzer
Newsies
Felix Bush
Get Low
Carrasco
Hotel Colonial
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Gods and Generals
Gruen
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
John J. Anderson
Assassination Tango
Ned Pepper
True Grit
Gload
The Ploughmen
Wyly King
Something to Talk About
Self
Casting By
Calvin Caspary
The Lightship
Johnny Crawford
Seven Days in Utopia
Soll Gautier
Convicts
Gordon McCloud
A Shot at Glory
Jackson Fentry
Tomorrow
Eddie Ryan
Badge 373
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Martin Cash
Jack Reacher
Jim Caldwell
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Loren Hardeman III
The Betsy
Tom Hagen
The Godfather
Gordon
The Rain People
Bill Vigars
The Terry Fox Story
Motorcyclist
Nightmare in the Sun
Joe Hillerman
The Stone Boy
Mr. Cox
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Self
Fearful Symmetry
Adolf Eichmann
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
Self
The Making of We Own the Night
John Brown's Raid
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Red
A Night in Old Mexico
Self
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
self
Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western
Joseph Palmer
The Judge
Self
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
The Preacher
Belizaire the Cajun
Bill McDonald
The Greatest
The Director (uncredited)
The Conversation
Ford Pierce
Lady Ice
Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Eddie Franchot
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Scott Briggs
Wild Horses
Despard
The Revolutionary
Shrike
Let's Get Harry
Himself
June
Self
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Self
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Chris Bolton
In Dubious Battle
Self / Tom Hagen
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Howard
A Show of Force
Self
Brando
Tom Mulligan
Widows
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Words That Built America
Self
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Self - Actor
Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir
Self
Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself
Self
14 Actors Acting
Nimon
Aliens From Another Planet
Tom Hagen
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Priest on Swing (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Mason Hawk
12 Mighty Orphans
Taking Chance (voice)
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Self
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Self
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Self
Filmmaker
Self
Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good
Entrevistado
Tango, Bayle nuestro
Self (archive footage)
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
Rex Merrick
Hustle
Self
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
131
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-01-05
Place of Birth
San Diego, California, USA
Also Known As
Robert Selden Duvall