Robert Duvall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

186

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-01-05 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Robert Duvall

Biography

Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is 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), The Outer Limits (1964), The F.B.I. (1966), Bullitt (1968), True Grit (1969), Joe Kidd (1972), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Great Santini (1979), Tender Mercies (1983) (which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor), The Natural (1984), Colors (1988), Lonesome Dove (1989), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Days of Thunder (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Falling Down (1993), Secondhand Lions (2003), The Judge (2014), and Widows (2018).

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Godfather

    The Godfather

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The Godfather Part II

    The Godfather Part II

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • The Time Tunnel

    The Time Tunnel

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Wild Wild West

    The Wild Wild West

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Kicking & Screaming

    Kicking & Screaming

  • Hustle

    Hustle

  • Apocalypse Now

    Apocalypse Now

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Assassination Tango

    Assassination Tango

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • The Pale Blue Eye

    The Pale Blue Eye

  • Jack Reacher

    Jack Reacher

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

  • Colors

    Colors

  • Tomorrow

    Tomorrow

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

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

  • Lucky You

    Lucky You

  • Cain's Hundred

    Cain's Hundred

  • Lady Ice

    Lady Ice

  • The Lieutenant

    The Lieutenant

  • Lonesome Dove

    Lonesome Dove

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • Gone in Sixty Seconds

    Gone in Sixty Seconds

  • The Judge

    The Judge

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • The Revolutionary

    The Revolutionary

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • Geronimo: An American Legend

    Geronimo: An American Legend

  • Hemingway & Gellhorn

    Hemingway & Gellhorn

  • Broken Trail

    Broken Trail

  • The Stone Boy

    The Stone Boy

  • Stoney Burke

    Stoney Burke

  • Convicts

    Convicts

  • Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

  • Falling Down

    Falling Down

  • The Road

    The Road

  • Deep Impact

    Deep Impact

  • Countdown

    Countdown

  • The Rain People

    The Rain People

  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird

  • Widows

    Widows

  • The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter

  • Network

    Network

  • Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

  • In Dubious Battle

    In Dubious Battle

  • Days of Thunder

    Days of Thunder

  • Bullitt

    Bullitt

  • The Ploughmen

    The Ploughmen

  • John Q

    John Q

  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  • Phenomenon

    Phenomenon

  • June

    June

  • Stalin

    Stalin

  • The Handmaid's Tale

    The Handmaid's Tale

  • The 6th Day

    The 6th Day

  • M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

  • Open Range

    Open Range

  • Hotel Colonial

    Hotel Colonial

  • True Grit

    True Grit

  • The Lightship

    The Lightship

  • We Own the Night

    We Own the Night

  • The Conversation

    The Conversation

  • Ike

    Ike

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

  • The Eagle Has Landed

    The Eagle Has Landed

  • A Civil Action

    A Civil Action

  • The Natural

    The Natural

  • Four Christmases

    Four Christmases

  • A Family Thing

    A Family Thing

  • Thank You for Smoking

    Thank You for Smoking

  • Sling Blade

    Sling Blade

  • THX 1138

    THX 1138

  • Shane

    Shane

  • Secondhand Lions

    Secondhand Lions

  • Crazy Heart

    Crazy Heart

  • The Paper

    The Paper

  • The Gingerbread Man

    The Gingerbread Man

  • Something to Talk About

    Something to Talk About

  • Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

    Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

  • Filmmaker

    Filmmaker

  • Newsies

    Newsies

  • Nightmare in the Sun

    Nightmare in the Sun

  • The Chase

    The Chase

  • Joe Kidd

    Joe Kidd

  • John Brown's Raid

    John Brown's Raid

  • Hawk

    Hawk

  • 12 Mighty Orphans

    12 Mighty Orphans

  • The Outfit

    The Outfit

  • Gods and Generals

    Gods and Generals

  • Jayne Mansfield's Car

    Jayne Mansfield's Car

  • Get Low

    Get Low

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Tender Mercies

    Tender Mercies

  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

  • Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

    Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

  • The Killer Elite

    The Killer Elite

  • Rambling Rose

    Rambling Rose

  • The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

    The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

  • Brando

    Brando

  • The Greatest

    The Greatest

  • Wild Horses

    Wild Horses

  • True Confessions

    True Confessions

  • A Night in Old Mexico

    A Night in Old Mexico

  • The Apostle

    The Apostle

  • The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

    The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

  • The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

    The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

  • The Betsy

    The Betsy

  • Let's Get Harry

    Let's Get Harry

  • Captain Newman, M.D.

    Captain Newman, M.D.

  • The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

    The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

  • The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

    The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

  • The Terry Fox Story

    The Terry Fox Story

  • The Great Santini

    The Great Santini

  • Breakout

    Breakout

  • The Detective

    The Detective

  • A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

    A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

  • The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

    The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

  • The Words That Built America

    The Words That Built America

  • A Show of Force

    A Show of Force

  • Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western

    Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western

  • Seven Days in Utopia

    Seven Days in Utopia

  • A Shot at Glory

    A Shot at Glory

  • Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

  • The Plague

    The Plague

  • Fearful Symmetry

    Fearful Symmetry

  • Fame Is the Name of the Game

    Fame Is the Name of the Game

  • Ike

    Ike

  • The Making of 'Network'

    The Making of 'Network'

  • The Man Who Captured Eichmann

    The Man Who Captured Eichmann

  • Belizaire the Cajun

    Belizaire the Cajun

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

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

  • Badge 373

    Badge 373

  • The Godfather: Behind the Scenes

    The Godfather: Behind the Scenes

  • Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

    Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

  • The Making of We Own the Night

    The Making of We Own the Night

  • Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

    Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

  • The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

    The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

  • The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken

    The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken

  • Beyond the 'Open Range'

    Beyond the 'Open Range'

  • The Stars Fell on Henrietta

    The Stars Fell on Henrietta

  • Aliens From Another Planet

    Aliens From Another Planet

  • Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

    Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

  • The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder

    The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder

  • Tango: Our Dance

    Tango: Our Dance

  • Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'

    Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'

  • Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself

    Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself