Robert Duvall
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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
American Experience
1988
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters · 1975
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self · 1979
American Experience
as Narrator (voice) · 1988
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner · 1944
The Fugitive
as Leslie Sessions · 1963
The Fugitive
as Eric Christian · 1963
American Playhouse
as Jackson Fentry · 1982
American Playhouse
as The Preacher · 1982
The Godfather
as Tom Hagen · 1972
The Virginian
as Johnny Keel · 1962
The Twilight Zone
as Charley Parkes · 1959
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
· 1963
Naked City
as Lewis Nunda · 1958
Naked City
as L. Francis Childe · 1958
Naked City
as Barney Sonners · 1958
Naked City
as Johnny Meigs · 1958
The Untouchables
as Eddie Moon · 1959
The Defenders
as Al Rogart · 1961
The Defenders
as Luke Jackson · 1961
The Defenders
as Bill Andrews · 1961
The F.B.I.
as Joseph Maurice Walker · 1965
The F.B.I.
as Johnny Albin · 1965
The F.B.I.
as Ernie Milden · 1965
The F.B.I.
as Gerald Wilson · 1965
The F.B.I.
as Joseph Troy · 1965
The Wild Wild West
as Dr. Horace Humphries · 1965
Combat!
as Karl · 1962
Combat!
as Michel · 1962
Combat!
as Peter Halsman · 1962
Route 66
· 1960
Route 66
as Lee Winters · 1960
Route 66
as Roman · 1960
Run for Your Life
as Richard Fletcher · 1965
The Godfather Part II
as Tom Hagen · 1974
The Outer Limits
as Louis Mace · 1963
The Outer Limits
as Adam Ballard · 1963
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Bart Collins · 1955
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Harvey Farnsworth · 1963
The Mod Squad
· 1968
Judd, for the Defense
· 1967
The Time Tunnel
as Raul Nimon · 1966
Felony Squad
· 1966
Apocalypse Now
as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore · 1979
Jack Reacher
as Martin Cash · 2012
The Judge
as Joseph Palmer · 2014
Arrest and Trial
as Morton Ware · 1963
Deep Impact
as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner · 1998
Falling Down
as Prendergast · 1993
Cimarron Strip
as Joe Wyman · 1967
Stoney Burke
as Joby Pierce · 1962
Cain's Hundred
as Tom Nugent · 1961
Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Otto Halliwell · 2000
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Priest on Swing (uncredited) · 1978
Days of Thunder
as Harry Hogge · 1990
CBS Playhouse
as Dr. Margolin · 1966
The Road
as Old Man - Eli · 2009
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Boo Radley · 1962
John Q
as Lt. Frank Grimes · 2002
Lonesome Dove
as Augustus "Gus" McCrae · 1989
The Pale Blue Eye
as Jean-Pepe · 2022
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
as Tom Hagen · 1977
Shane
as Tom Gary · 1966
Widows
as Tom Mulligan · 2018
In Dubious Battle
as Chris Bolton · 2016
The 6th Day
as Dr. Griffin Weir · 2000
Secondhand Lions
as Hub · 2003
Four Christmases
as Howard McVie · 2008
We Own the Night
as Burt Grusinsky · 2007
Thank You for Smoking
as The Captain · 2005
The Conversation
as The Director (uncredited) · 1974
Network
as Frank Hackett · 1976
Phenomenon
as Doc · 1996
M*A*S*H
as Maj. Frank Burns · 1970
True Grit
as Ned Pepper · 1969
Broken Trail
as Prentice Ritter · 2006
The Scarlet Letter
as Roger Chillingworth · 1995
Hustle
as Rex Merrick · 2022
The Natural
as Max Mercy · 1984
Bullitt
as Cabbie Weissberg · 1968
Open Range
as Boss Spearman · 2003
Ike
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1979
The Eagle Has Landed
as Col. Max Radl · 1976
Sling Blade
as Karl's Father · 1996
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as Russian General (uncredited) · 2012
12 Mighty Orphans
as Mason Hawk · 2021
The Chase
as Edwin Stewart · 1966
The Handmaid's Tale
as Commander · 1990
Colors
as Bob Hodges · 1988
Crazy Heart
as Wayne · 2009
The Paper
as Bernie White · 1994
A Civil Action
as Jerome Facher · 1998
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Chief of Scouts Al Sieber · 1993
Lucky You
as L.C. Cheever · 2007
Gods and Generals
as Gen. Robert E. Lee · 2003
Tender Mercies
as Mac Sledge · 1983
THX 1138
as THX · 1971
Something to Talk About
as Wyly King · 1995
Kicking & Screaming
as Buck Weston · 2005
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Capt. Paul Cabot Winston · 1963
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
as Self · 1991
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Tom Hagen · 1992
Joe Kidd
as Frank Harlan · 1972
Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Jim Caldwell · 2013
Newsies
as Joseph Pulitzer · 1992
True Confessions
as Det. Tom Spellacy · 1981
Ike
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1979
Lawman
as Vernon Adams · 1971
Let's Get Harry
as Shrike · 1986
Wild Horses
as Scott Briggs · 2015
The Gingerbread Man
as Dixon Doss · 1998
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Jesse James · 1972
The Apostle
as Euliss Dewey · 1997
A Show of Force
as Howard · 1990
The Rain People
as Gordon · 1969
The Detective
as Nestor · 1968
The Outfit
as Earl Macklin · 1973
The Killer Elite
as George Hansen · 1975
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence · 2017
Breakout
as Jay Wagner · 1975
A Shot at Glory
as Gordon McCloud · 2000
Get Low
as Felix Bush · 2010
Assassination Tango
as John J. Anderson · 2003
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self / Tom Hagen · 1990
Seven Days in Utopia
as Johnny Crawford · 2011
Rambling Rose
as Mr. Hillyer · 1991
A Family Thing
as Earl Pilcher Jr. · 1996
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Dr. John H. Watson · 1976
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Mr. Cox · 1995
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
as Gruen · 1981
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor · 2014
The Terry Fox Story
as Bill Vigars · 1983
Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western
as self · 2006
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
as Walter · 1993
The Greatest
as Bill McDonald · 1977
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
A Night in Old Mexico
as Red · 2013
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self · 1990
The Great Santini
as Bull Meechum · 1979
John Brown's Raid
as Oliver Brown · 1960
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
as Self · 2004
Nightmare in the Sun
as Motorcyclist · 1965
Stalin
as Josef Stalin · 1992
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
as Self · 2005
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
as Self · 2011
Casting By
as Self · 2012
Countdown
as Chiz · 1967
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
as Self · 1971
Brando
as Self · 2007
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
as Adolf Eichmann · 1996
The Making of 'Network'
as Self (archive footage) · 2006
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
as Self · 2019
The Stone Boy
as Joe Hillerman · 1984
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
as Self · 2013
Filmmaker
as Self · 1968
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
as Taking Chance (voice) · 2007
The Revolutionary
as Despard · 1970
Lady Ice
as Ford Pierce · 1973
The Betsy
as Loren Hardeman III · 1978
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Eddie Franchot · 1966
The Making of We Own the Night
as Self
Badge 373
as Eddie Ryan · 1973
Aliens From Another Planet
as Nimon · 1982
The Lightship
as Calvin Caspary · 1985
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
as Self · 2004
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
as Self · 2002
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
as Self · 1971
Beyond the 'Open Range'
as Self · 2004
Belizaire the Cajun
as The Preacher · 1986
Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself
as Self · 2010
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
as Self (uncredited) · 1992
Hotel Colonial
as Carrasco · 1987
June
as Self · 2023
Convicts
as Soll Gautier · 1991
The Plague
as Joseph Grand · 1992
Fearful Symmetry
as Self · 1998
Tomorrow
as Jackson Fentry · 1972
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
as Self · 2005
Tango: Our Dance
as Entrevistado · 1988