Robert Duvall
Acting • Born 1931-01-05 – Died 2026-02-15
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).
Filmography
188 credits
Apocalypse Now
Movie • 1979
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
The Godfather Part II
Movie • 1974
Tom Hagen
Bullitt
Movie • 1968
Cabbie Weissberg
Colors
Movie • 1988
Bob Hodges
Open Range
Movie • 2003
Boss Spearman
To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie • 1962
Boo Radley
THX 1138
Movie • 1971
THX
M*A*S*H
Movie • 1970
Maj. Frank Burns
Days of Thunder
Movie • 1990
Harry Hogge
The Scarlet Letter
Movie • 1995
Roger Chillingworth
Lucky You
Movie • 2007
L.C. Cheever
We Own the Night
Movie • 2007
Burt Grusinsky
The Apostle
Movie • 1997
Euliss Dewey
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Movie • 1991
Self
Network
Movie • 1976
Frank Hackett
The Road
Movie • 2009
Old Man - Eli
The Great Santini
Movie • 1979
Bull Meechum
The Handmaid's Tale
Movie • 1990
Commander
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie • 1976
Col. Max Radl
The Natural
Movie • 1984
Max Mercy
The Chase
Movie • 1966
Edwin Stewart
The Killer Elite
Movie • 1975
George Hansen
The 6th Day
Movie • 2000
Dr. Griffin Weir
Breakout
Movie • 1975
Jay Wagner
John Q
Movie • 2002
Lt. Frank Grimes
Deep Impact
Movie • 1998
Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
True Confessions
Movie • 1981
Det. Tom Spellacy
The Making of 'Network'
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Crazy Heart
Movie • 2009
Wayne
Rambling Rose
Movie • 1991
Mr. Hillyer
Four Christmases
Movie • 2008
Howard McVie
A Civil Action
Movie • 1998
Jerome Facher
The Paper
Movie • 1994
Bernie White
Phenomenon
Movie • 1996
Doc
The Gingerbread Man
Movie • 1998
Dixon Doss
Sling Blade
Movie • 1996
Karl's Father
Captain Newman, M.D.
Movie • 1963
Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Movie • 2016
Tom Hagen
Thank You for Smoking
Movie • 2005
The Captain
Kicking & Screaming
Movie • 2005
Buck Weston
The Outfit
Movie • 1973
Earl Macklin
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Movie • 2000
Otto Halliwell
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Movie • 1972
Jesse James
Secondhand Lions
Movie • 2003
Hub
Countdown
Movie • 1967
Chiz
Geronimo: An American Legend
Movie • 1993
Chief of Scouts Al Sieber
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Movie • 1993
Walter
Tender Mercies
Movie • 1983
Mac Sledge
A Family Thing
Movie • 1996
Earl Pilcher Jr.
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Movie • 2012
Russian General (uncredited)
Lawman
Movie • 1971
Vernon Adams
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Movie • 1976
Dr. John H. Watson
The Detective
Movie • 1968
Nestor
The Pale Blue Eye
Movie • 2022
Jean-Pepe
The Plague
Movie • 1992
Joseph Grand
Joe Kidd
Movie • 1972
Frank Harlan
Falling Down
Movie • 1993
Prendergast
Newsies
Movie • 1992
Joseph Pulitzer
Get Low
Movie • 2010
Felix Bush
Hotel Colonial
Movie • 1987
Carrasco
Gods and Generals
Movie • 2003
Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Movie • 1981
Gruen
Assassination Tango
Movie • 2003
John J. Anderson
True Grit
Movie • 1969
Ned Pepper
The Ploughmen
Movie
Gload
Something to Talk About
Movie • 1995
Wyly King
Casting By
Movie • 2012
Self
The Lightship
Movie • 1985
Calvin Caspary
Seven Days in Utopia
Movie • 2011
Johnny Crawford
Convicts
Movie • 1991
Soll Gautier
A Shot at Glory
Movie • 2000
Gordon McCloud
Tomorrow
Movie • 1972
Jackson Fentry
Badge 373
Movie • 1973
Eddie Ryan
Stalin
Movie • 1992
Josef Stalin
Jack Reacher
Movie • 2012
Martin Cash
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Movie • 2013
Jim Caldwell
The Betsy
Movie • 1978
Loren Hardeman III
The Godfather
Movie • 1972
Tom Hagen
The Rain People
Movie • 1969
Gordon
The Terry Fox Story
Movie • 1983
Bill Vigars
Nightmare in the Sun
Movie • 1965
Motorcyclist
The Stone Boy
Movie • 1984
Joe Hillerman
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Movie • 1995
Mr. Cox
Fearful Symmetry
Movie • 1998
Self
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
Movie • 1996
Adolf Eichmann
The Making of We Own the Night
Movie
Self
John Brown's Raid
Movie • 1960
Ike
Movie • 1979
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
A Night in Old Mexico
Movie • 2013
Red
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Movie • 2004
Self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Movie • 2004
Self
Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western
Movie • 2006
self
The Judge
Movie • 2014
Joseph Palmer
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Movie • 1971
Self
Belizaire the Cajun
Movie • 1986
The Preacher
The Greatest
Movie • 1977
Bill McDonald
The Conversation
Movie • 1974
The Director (uncredited)
Lady Ice
Movie • 1973
Ford Pierce
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Movie • 1990
Self
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Movie • 1966
Eddie Franchot
Wild Horses
Movie • 2015
Scott Briggs
The Revolutionary
Movie • 1970
Despard
Let's Get Harry
Movie • 1986
Shrike
June
Movie • 2023
Self
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Movie • 2013
Self
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Movie • 2004
Self
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Movie • 1971
Self
In Dubious Battle
Movie • 2016
Chris Bolton
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Movie • 1990
Self / Tom Hagen
A Show of Force
Movie • 1990
Howard
Brando
Movie • 2007
Self
Widows
Movie • 2018
Tom Mulligan
The Words That Built America
Movie • 2017
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Movie • 2005
Self
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Movie • 2014
Self - Actor
Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself
Movie • 2010
Self
Aliens From Another Planet
Movie • 1982
Nimon
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Movie • 1992
Tom Hagen
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie • 1978
Priest on Swing (uncredited)
12 Mighty Orphans
Movie • 2021
Mason Hawk
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Movie • 2007
Taking Chance (voice)
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Movie • 2019
Self
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Movie • 2005
Self
Filmmaker
Movie • 1968
Self
Tango: Our Dance
Movie • 1988
Entrevistado
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Hustle
Movie • 2022
Rex Merrick
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Movie • 2011
Self
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Movie • 1992
Self (uncredited)
The Time Tunnel
TV • 1966
Raul Nimon
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Tom Nugent
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Harvey Farnsworth
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Joseph Maurice Walker
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Route 66
TV • 1960
Naked City
TV • 1958
Lewis Nunda
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV • 1979
Self
Combat!
TV • 1962
Karl
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Bart Collins
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Dr. Horace Humphries
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Richard Fletcher
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Leslie Sessions
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Johnny Keel
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
CBS Playhouse
TV • 1966
The Lieutenant
TV • 1963
Broken Trail
TV • 2006
Prentice Ritter
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Al Rogart
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Luke Jackson
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Louis Mace
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Bill Andrews
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Shane
TV • 1966
Tom Gary
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Eric Christian
Hawk
TV • 1966
Dick
Ike
TV • 1979
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lonesome Dove
TV • 1989
Augustus "Gus" McCrae
Route 66
TV • 1960
Lee Winters
Naked City
TV • 1958
L. Francis Childe
Naked City
TV • 1958
Barney Sonners
Naked City
TV • 1958
Johnny Meigs
Stoney Burke
TV • 1962
Joby Pierce
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Morton Ware
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Johnny Albin
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Ernie Milden
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Joseph Troy
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Gerald Wilson
Combat!
TV • 1962
Michel
Combat!
TV • 1962
Peter Halsman
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Adam Ballard
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
TV • 1977
Tom Hagen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Charley Parkes
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Eddie Moon
Cimarron Strip
TV • 1967
Joe Wyman
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Winner
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self (archive footage)