Robert Duvall

ActorDirectorWriterProducerProduction Jan 5 (died age 95) San Diego, California, USA 1944–2023 (79 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Godfather

Tom Hagen

Film

The Godfather Part II

Tom Hagen

Film

Apocalypse Now

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

Film

To Kill a Mockingbird

Boo Radley

Film

Falling Down

Prendergast

Film

The Judge

Joseph Palmer

Film

Hustle

Rex Merrick

Film

Jack Reacher

Martin Cash

Filmography

Acting (173)

Movies (129)

June

as Himself

Hustle

as Rex Merrick

The Pale Blue Eye

as Jean-Pepe

12 Mighty Orphans

as Mason Hawk

The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

as Self

Widows

as Tom Mulligan

The Words That Built America

2017

as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

In Dubious Battle

as Chris Bolton

Wild Horses

as Scott Briggs

The Judge

as Joseph Palmer

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

2014

as Self - Actor

7.3

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

2013

as Self

7.7

Jayne Mansfield's Car

2013

as Jim Caldwell

5.7

A Night in Old Mexico

as Red

Jack Reacher

as Martin Cash

Hemingway & Gellhorn

as Russian General (uncredited)

Casting By

as Self

Seven Days in Utopia

as Johnny Crawford

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

as Self

Get Low

as Felix Bush

Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself

2010

as Self

The Road

as Old Man - Eli

Crazy Heart

as Wayne

Four Christmases

as Howard McVie

We Own the Night

as Burt Grusinsky

Lucky You

as L.C. Cheever

Brando

as Self

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

2007

as Taking Chance (voice)

6.9

Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western

2006

as self

7.5

The Making of 'Network'

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

2005

as Self

7.0

Thank You for Smoking

as The Captain

Kicking & Screaming

as Buck Weston

The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken

2005

as Self

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

2004

as Self

7.5

Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

2004

as Self

6.8

Beyond the 'Open Range'

2004

as Self

Open Range

as Boss Spearman

Secondhand Lions

as Hub

Gods and Generals

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

Assassination Tango

as John J. Anderson

John Q

as Lt. Frank Grimes

A Shot at Glory

as Gordon McCloud

Gone in Sixty Seconds

as Otto Halliwell

The 6th Day

as Dr. Griffin Weir

Deep Impact

as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner

A Civil Action

as Jerome Facher

The Gingerbread Man

as Dixon Doss

Fearful Symmetry

as Self

The Apostle

as Euliss Dewey

Phenomenon

as Doc

Sling Blade

as Karl's Father

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

as Adolf Eichmann

A Family Thing

as Earl Pilcher Jr.

The Scarlet Letter

as Roger Chillingworth

6.1

Something to Talk About

1995

as Wyly King

5.6

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

as Mr. Cox

The Paper

as Bernie White

Falling Down

as Prendergast

Geronimo: An American Legend

1993

as Chief of Scouts Al Sieber

6.3

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

as Walter

Newsies

as Joseph Pulitzer

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

as Tom Hagen

The Plague

as Joseph Grand

Stalin

as Josef Stalin

The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!

1992

as Self (uncredited)

Convicts

1991

as Soll Gautier

5.5

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

as Self

Rambling Rose

as Mr. Hillyer

Days of Thunder

as Harry Hogge

The Handmaid's Tale

as Commander

A Show of Force

as Howard

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

1990

as Self

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

as Self / Tom Hagen

Colors

as Bob Hodges

Tango: Our Dance

as Entrevistado

Hotel Colonial

as Carrasco

Let's Get Harry

as Shrike

Belizaire the Cajun

as The Preacher

The Lightship

as Calvin Caspary

The Natural

as Max Mercy

The Stone Boy

as Joe Hillerman

Tender Mercies

as Mac Sledge

The Terry Fox Story

as Bill Vigars

Aliens From Another Planet

as Nimon

True Confessions

as Det. Tom Spellacy

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

1981

as Tom Hagen

8.9

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

1981

as Gruen

5.2

Apocalypse Now

1979

as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

8.3

Ike

1979

as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

6.2

The Great Santini

1979

as Bull Meechum

6.8

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

as Priest on Swing (uncredited)

7.2

The Betsy

1978

as Loren Hardeman III

The Greatest

as Bill McDonald

Network

as Frank Hackett

The Eagle Has Landed

as Col. Max Radl

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

as Dr. John H. Watson

The Killer Elite

as George Hansen

Breakout

as Jay Wagner

The Godfather Part II

1974

as Tom Hagen

8.6

The Conversation

1974

as The Director (uncredited)

The Outfit

as Earl Macklin

Lady Ice

as Ford Pierce

Badge 373

as Eddie Ryan

The Godfather

as Tom Hagen

Joe Kidd

as Frank Harlan

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

as Jesse James

Tomorrow

as Jackson Fentry

THX 1138

as THX

Lawman

as Vernon Adams

The Godfather: Behind the Scenes

1971

as Self

Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'

as Self

M*A*S*H

as Maj. Frank Burns

The Revolutionary

as Despard

True Grit

as Ned Pepper

The Rain People

as Gordon

Bullitt

as Cabbie Weissberg

The Detective

as Nestor

Filmmaker

as Self

Countdown

as Chiz

The Chase

as Edwin Stewart

Fame Is the Name of the Game

as Eddie Franchot

Nightmare in the Sun

as Motorcyclist

Captain Newman, M.D.

as Capt. Paul Cabot Winston

6.6

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

as Boo Radley

8.0

John Brown's Raid

1960

The Ploughmen

as Gload

The Making of We Own the Night

as Self

Television (44)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Broken Trail

as Prentice Ritter

The Daily Show

as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

Lonesome Dove

1989

as Augustus "Gus" McCrae

7.9

American Experience

1988

as Narrator (voice)

6.6

CBS News Sunday Morning

1979

as Self

6.9

Ike

1979

as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

6.5

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

1977

as Tom Hagen

8.6

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

The Mod Squad

Judd for the Defense

Cimarron Strip

as Joe Wyman

The Time Tunnel

as Raul Nimon

Felony Squad

Shane

as Tom Gary

CBS Playhouse

Hawk

as Dick

The F.B.I.

1965

as Joseph Maurice Walker

5.4

The Wild Wild West

1965

as Dr. Horace Humphries

7.6

Run for Your Life

1965

as Richard Fletcher

7.2

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Zar

The Fugitive

as Eric Christian

The Outer Limits

as Louis Mace

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Arrest and Trial

as Morton Ware

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Harvey Farnsworth

The Lieutenant

The Virginian

as Johnny Keel

Combat!

as Karl

Stoney Burke

as Joby Pierce

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Defenders

as Al Rogart

Cain's Hundred

as Tom Nugent

Route 66

The Twilight Zone

as Charley Parkes

The Untouchables

as Eddie Moon

Naked City

as Lewis Nunda

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Bart Collins

The Oscars

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Crew (16)

Movies (15)

Wild Horses

Director

Wild Horses

Writer

A Night in Old Mexico

Producer

Crazy Heart

Producer

Assassination Tango

Director

Assassination Tango

Producer

Assassination Tango

Writer

The Apostle

Director

The Apostle

Executive Producer

The Apostle

Writer

A Family Thing

Producer

Tender Mercies

Co-Producer

Angelo My Love

Director

Angelo My Love

Writer

We're Not the Jet Set

1977

Director

Television (1)

Broken Trail

2006

Executive Producer

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