Robert Duvall

Known for ActingBorn 1931-01-05Died 2026-02-15San 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).Read more

Movies & web series

We're Not the Jet Set

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

The Godfather

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

The Godfather Part II

The Twilight Zone

Apocalypse Now

Beyond the 'Open Range'

Hustle

Arrest and Trial

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Lonesome Dove

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

Hawk

Tango: Our Dance

To Kill a Mockingbird

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

The Untouchables

Network

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

Combat!

Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western

Sling Blade

The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

The Judge

The Outer Limits

12 Mighty Orphans

Judd, for the Defense

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Falling Down

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Graham Norton Show

The Time Tunnel

Secondhand Lions

Open Range

Thank You for Smoking

The Conversation

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Wild Wild West

John Q

Ike

The Road

Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

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

True Grit

The Pale Blue Eye

Invasion of the Body Snatchers