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).
Filmography (60)
Hustle
The Pale Blue Eye
12 Mighty Orphans
Widows
In Dubious Battle
The Judge
Jack Reacher
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Get Low
Crazy Heart
The Road
Four Christmases
Lucky You
We Own the Night
Thank You for Smoking
Kicking & Screaming
Open Range
Gods and Generals
Secondhand Lions
John Q
Gone in Sixty Seconds
The 6th Day
A Shot at Glory
Deep Impact
A Civil Action
Phenomenon
Sling Blade
The Scarlet Letter
The Paper
Falling Down
Geronimo: An American Legend
Newsies
Rambling Rose
Days of Thunder
The Handmaid's Tale
Colors
Let's Get Harry
The Natural
Tender Mercies
True Confessions
Apocalypse Now
The Great Santini
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Betsy
Network
The Eagle Has Landed
The Killer Elite
Breakout
The Godfather Part II
The Conversation
The Outfit
The Godfather
Joe Kidd
THX 1138
M*A*S*H
True Grit
The Rain People
Bullitt
The Chase
