Robert Duvall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 5, 1931
- Died
- February 15, 2026
- Birthplace
- San Diego, California, USA
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
- The Making of We Own the Night
The Making of We Own the Night TBA
as Self
June 2023
as Self
The Pale Blue Eye 2022
as Jean-Pepe
Hustle 2022
as Rex Merrick
12 Mighty Orphans 2021
as Mason Hawk
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder 2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash 2019
as Self
Widows 2018
as Tom Mulligan
The Words That Built America 2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
In Dubious Battle 2016
as Chris Bolton
Wild Horses 2015
as Scott Briggs, Writer, Director
The Judge 2014
as Joseph Palmer
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire 2014
as Self - Actor
A Night in Old Mexico 2013
as Red, Producer
Jayne Mansfield's Car 2013
as Jim Caldwell
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around 2013
as Self
Jack Reacher 2012
as Martin Cash
Casting By 2012
as Self
Hemingway & Gellhorn 2012
as Russian General (uncredited)
Seven Days in Utopia 2011
as Johnny Crawford
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides 2011
as Self
Get Low 2010
as Felix Bush
Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself 2010
as Self
Crazy Heart 2009
as Wayne, Producer
The Road 2009
as Old Man - Eli
Four Christmases 2008
as Howard McVie
We Own the Night 2007
as Burt Grusinsky
Brando 2007
as Self
Lucky You 2007
as L.C. Cheever
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience 2007
as Taking Chance (voice)
Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western 2006
as self
The Making of 'Network' 2006
as Self (archive footage)
Thank You for Smoking 2005
as The Captain
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood 2005
as Self
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken 2005
as Self
Kicking & Screaming 2005
as Buck Weston
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope 2004
as Self
- Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' 2004
as Self
Beyond the 'Open Range' 2004
as Self
Secondhand Lions 2003
as Hub
Open Range 2003
as Boss Spearman
Assassination Tango 2003
as John J. Anderson, Writer, Director, Producer
Gods and Generals 2003
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' 2002
as Self
John Q 2002
as Lt. Frank Grimes
The 6th Day 2000
as Dr. Griffin Weir
Gone in Sixty Seconds 2000
as Otto Halliwell
A Shot at Glory 2000
as Gordon McCloud
A Civil Action 1998
as Jerome Facher
Deep Impact 1998
as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
The Gingerbread Man 1998
as Dixon Doss
Fearful Symmetry 1998
as Self
The Apostle 1997
as Euliss Dewey, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
The Man Who Captured Eichmann 1996
as Adolf Eichmann
Sling Blade 1996
as Karl's Father
Phenomenon 1996
as Doc
A Family Thing 1996
as Earl Pilcher Jr., Producer
The Scarlet Letter 1995
as Roger Chillingworth
The Stars Fell on Henrietta 1995
as Mr. Cox
Something to Talk About 1995
as Wyly King
The Paper 1994
as Bernie White
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway 1993
as Walter
Geronimo: An American Legend 1993
as Chief of Scouts Al Sieber
Falling Down 1993
as Prendergast
Stalin 1992
as Josef Stalin
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 1992
as Tom Hagen
The Plague 1992
as Joseph Grand
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live! 1992
as Self (uncredited)
Newsies 1992
as Joseph Pulitzer
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
as Self
Rambling Rose 1991
as Mr. Hillyer
Convicts 1991
as Soll Gautier
- Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret 1990
as Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside 1990
as Self / Tom Hagen
Days of Thunder 1990
as Harry Hogge
A Show of Force 1990
as Howard
The Handmaid's Tale 1990
as Commander
Tango: Our Dance 1988
as Entrevistado
Colors 1988
as Bob Hodges
Hotel Colonial 1987
as Carrasco
Let's Get Harry 1986
as Shrike
Belizaire the Cajun 1986
as The Preacher
The Lightship 1985
as Calvin Caspary
The Natural 1984
as Max Mercy
The Stone Boy 1984
as Joe Hillerman
The Terry Fox Story 1983
as Bill Vigars
Angelo My Love 1983
Director, Writer
Tender Mercies 1983
as Mac Sledge, Co-Producer
Aliens From Another Planet 1982
as Nimon
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper 1981
as Gruen
True Confessions 1981
as Det. Tom Spellacy
The Great Santini 1979
as Bull Meechum
Apocalypse Now 1979
as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Ike 1979
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978
as Priest on Swing (uncredited)
The Betsy 1978
as Loren Hardeman III
We're Not the Jet Set 1977
Director
The Greatest 1977
as Bill McDonald
The Eagle Has Landed 1976
as Col. Max Radl
Network 1976
as Frank Hackett
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976
as Dr. John H. Watson
The Killer Elite 1975
as George Hansen
Breakout 1975
as Jay Wagner
The Godfather Part II 1974
as Tom Hagen
The Conversation 1974
as The Director (uncredited)
The Outfit 1973
as Earl Macklin
Badge 373 1973
as Eddie Ryan
Lady Ice 1973
as Ford Pierce
Joe Kidd 1972
as Frank Harlan
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid 1972
as Jesse James
Tomorrow 1972
as Jackson Fentry
The Godfather 1972
as Tom Hagen
Lawman 1971
as Vernon Adams
THX 1138 1971
as THX
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' 1971
as Self
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes 1971
as Self
The Revolutionary 1970
as Despard
M*A*S*H 1970
as Maj. Frank Burns
The Rain People 1969
as Gordon
True Grit 1969
as Ned Pepper
Filmmaker 1968
as Self
Bullitt 1968
as Cabbie Weissberg
The Detective 1968
as Nestor
Countdown 1967
as Chiz
Fame Is the Name of the Game 1966
as Eddie Franchot
The Chase 1966
as Edwin Stewart
Nightmare in the Sun 1965
as Motorcyclist
Captain Newman, M.D. 1963
as Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
as Boo Radley
John Brown's Raid 1960
as Oliver Brown
Credits from TMDB.