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 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

Tango: Our Dance

The Untouchables

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

To Kill a Mockingbird

Combat!

Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western

Network

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

Sling Blade

The Judge

The Outer Limits

12 Mighty Orphans

Judd, for the Defense

The Time Tunnel

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Falling Down

The Graham Norton Show

Secondhand Lions

Thank You for Smoking

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Wild Wild West

Open Range

The Conversation

John Q

The Road

Ike

Broken Trail

Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

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

Casting By

True Grit

Crazy Heart

Invasion of the Body Snatchers