Robert Duvall
Acting
Born: Jan 05, 1931 — Died: Feb 15, 2026
From: San Diego, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Road | Old Man - Eli | 2009 | 7.017 |
| Crazy Heart | Wayne | 2009 | 6.919 |
| Lucky You | L.C. Cheever | 2007 | 5.67 |
| We Own the Night | Burt Grusinsky | 2007 | 6.697 |
| The Making of 'Network' | Self (archive footage) | 2006 | — |
| Open Range | Boss Spearman | 2003 | 7.211 |
| John Q | Lt. Frank Grimes | 2002 | 7.126 |
| The 6th Day | Dr. Griffin Weir | 2000 | 6.0 |
| Deep Impact | Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner | 1998 | 6.231 |
| The Apostle | Euliss Dewey | 1997 | 6.327 |
| The Scarlet Letter | Roger Chillingworth | 1995 | 6.131 |
| Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Self | 1991 | 7.912 |
| Rambling Rose | Mr. Hillyer | 1991 | 6.17 |
| Days of Thunder | Harry Hogge | 1990 | 6.3 |
| The Handmaid's Tale | Commander | 1990 | 6.103 |
| Colors | Bob Hodges | 1988 | 6.502 |
| The Natural | Max Mercy | 1984 | 6.9 |
| True Confessions | Det. Tom Spellacy | 1981 | 6.075 |
| Apocalypse Now | Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore | 1979 | 8.268 |
| The Great Santini | Bull Meechum | 1979 | 6.824 |
| Network | Frank Hackett | 1976 | 7.803 |
| The Eagle Has Landed | Col. Max Radl | 1976 | 6.629 |
| The Killer Elite | George Hansen | 1975 | 5.816 |
| Breakout | Jay Wagner | 1975 | 6.313 |
| The Godfather Part II | Tom Hagen | 1974 | 8.571 |
| THX 1138 | THX | 1971 | 6.447 |
| M*A*S*H | Maj. Frank Burns | 1970 | 6.952 |
| Bullitt | Cabbie Weissberg | 1968 | 7.144 |
| The Chase | Edwin Stewart | 1966 | 7.09 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Boo Radley | 1962 | 8.0 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1931 |
| From | San Diego, California, … |