Robert Duvall

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Jan 05, 1931 (94)
Birthplace	San Diego, California, USA
Popularity	3 (history)
Updated	Sep 19, 2025
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Robert Selden Duvall 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

Headshots

Filmography

Hustle

2022

as Rex Merrick

The Pale Blue Eye

2022

as Jean-Pepe

12 Mighty Orphans

2021

as Mason Hawk

Widows

2018

as Tom Mulligan

In Dubious Battle

2016

as Chris Bolton

Wild Horses

2015

as Scott Briggs

The Judge

2014

as Joseph Palmer

A Night in Old Mexico

2013

as Red

Jayne Mansfield's Car

2013

as Jim Caldwell

Jack Reacher

2012

as Martin Cash

Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012

as Russian General (uncredited)

Seven Days in Utopia

2011

as Johnny Crawford

Get Low

2010

as Felix Bush

Crazy Heart

2009

as Wayne

The Road

2009

as Old Man - Eli

Four Christmases

2008

as Howard McVie

Lucky You

2007

as L.C. Cheever

We Own the Night

2007

as Dep. Chief Albert 'Burt' Grusinsky

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

2007

as Taking Chance (voice)

Kicking & Screaming

2005

as Buck Weston

Thank You for Smoking

2005

as The Captain

Assassination Tango

2003

as John J. Anderson

Open Range

2003

as Boss Spearman

Secondhand Lions

2003

as Hub

Gods and Generals

2003

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

John Q

2002

as Lt. Frank Grimes

A Shot at Glory

2000

as Gordon McCloud

Gone in Sixty Seconds

2000

as Otto Halliwell

The 6th Day

2000

as Dr. Griffin Weir

Deep Impact

1998

as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner

A Civil Action

1998

as Jerome Facher

The Gingerbread Man

1998

as Dixon Doss

The Apostle

1997

as Euliss Dewey

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

1996

as Adolf Eichmann

A Family Thing

1996

as Earl Pilcher Jr.

Phenomenon

1996

as Doc

Sling Blade

1996

as Karl's Father

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

1995

as Mr. Cox

The Scarlet Letter

1995

as Roger Chillingworth

Something to Talk About

1995

as Wyly King

The Paper

1994

as Bernie White

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1993

as Walter

Falling Down

1993

as Prendergast

Geronimo: An American Legend

1993

as Chief of Scouts Al Sieber

Stalin

1992

as Josef Stalin

Newsies

1992

as Joseph Pulitzer

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

1992

as Tom Hagen

Convicts

1991

as Soll Gautier

Rambling Rose

1991

as Mr. Hillyer

Days of Thunder

1990

as Harry Hogge

A Show of Force

1990

as Howard

The Handmaid's Tale

1990

as Commander

Colors

1988

as Bob Hodges

Hotel Colonial

1987

as Carrasco

Belizaire the Cajun

1986

as The Preacher

Let's Get Harry

1986

as Shrike

The Lightship

1985

as Calvin Caspary

The Stone Boy

1984

as Joe Hillerman

The Natural

1984

as Max Mercy

Tender Mercies

1983

as Mac Sledge

The Terry Fox Story

1983

as Bill Vigars

Aliens From Another Planet

1982

as Nimon

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

1981

as Gruen

True Confessions

1981

as Det. Tom Spellacy

Ike

1979

as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Great Santini

1979

as Bull Meechum

Apocalypse Now

1979

as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

The Betsy

1978

as Loren Hardeman III

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

as Priest on Swing (uncredited)

The Greatest

1977

as Bill McDonald

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

as Dr. John H. Watson

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

as Col. Max Radl

Network

1976

as Frank Hackett

The Killer Elite

1975

as George Hansen

Breakout

1975

as Jay Wagner

The Godfather Part II

1974

as Tom Hagen

The Conversation

1974

as The Director (uncredited)

Badge 373

1973

as Eddie Ryan

The Outfit

1973

as Earl Macklin

Lady Ice

1973

as Ford Pierce

Tomorrow

1972

as Jackson Fentry

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972

as Jesse James

Joe Kidd

1972

as Frank Harlan

The Godfather

1972

as Tom Hagen

THX 1138

1971

as THX

Lawman

1971

as Vernon Adams

The Revolutionary

1970

as Despard

M*A*S*H

1970

as Maj. Frank Burns

The Rain People

1969

as Gordon

True Grit

1969

as Ned Pepper

Bullitt

1968

as Cabbie Weissberg

The Detective

1968

as Nestor

Countdown

1967

as Chiz

Fame Is the Name of the Game

1966

as Eddie Franchot

The Chase

1966

as Edwin Stewart

Nightmare in the Sun

1965

as Motorcyclist

Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

as Capt. Paul Cabot Winston

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

as Boo Radley

Wild Horses

2015

Writer

Assassination Tango

2003

Writer

The Apostle

1997

Writer

Wild Horses

2015

Director

Assassination Tango

2003

Director

The Apostle

1997

Director

Angelo My Love

1983

Director

We're Not the Jet Set

1977

Director

A Night in Old Mexico

2013

Producer

Crazy Heart

2009

Producer

Assassination Tango

2003

Producer

The Apostle

1997

Executive Producer

A Family Thing

1996

Producer

Organization	Category	Movie
Golden Globes	Best Actor	The Apostle	Won
Golden Globes	Best Supporting Actor	The Judge	Nominated
Spirit Awards	Best Actor	The Apostle	Nominated

Hawk

as Dick

Episodes: 17

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

Lonesome Dove

as Augustus "Gus" McCrae

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 05, 1989

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

as Tom Hagen

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 12, 1977

Ike

as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 03, 1979

Broken Trail

as Prentice Ritter

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 25, 2006

The Fugitive

as Eric Christian

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

The Outer Limits

as Adam Ballard

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 16, 1963

The Time Tunnel

as Raul Nimon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1966

Cain's Hundred

as Tom Nugent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1961

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Harvey Farnsworth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

The F.B.I.

as Joseph Maurice Walker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Naked City

as Lewis Nunda

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Combat!

as Karl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1962

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Bart Collins

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Wild Wild West

as Dr. Horace Humphries

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1965

Run for Your Life

as Richard Fletcher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

The Fugitive

as Leslie Sessions

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

The Virginian

as Johnny Keel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

The Defenders

as Al Rogart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1961

The Outer Limits

as Louis Mace

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1963

The Defenders

as Luke Jackson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1961

The Defenders

as Bill Andrews

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1961

Shane

as Tom Gary

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1966

Route 66

as Lee Winters

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

Naked City

as L. Francis Childe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Naked City

as Barney Sonners

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Naked City

as Johnny Meigs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Stoney Burke

as Joby Pierce

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Arrest and Trial

as Morton Ware

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1963

The F.B.I.

as Johnny Albin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

The F.B.I.

as Ernie Milden

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

The F.B.I.

as Gerald Wilson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

The F.B.I.

as Joseph Troy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Combat!

as Michel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1962

Combat!

as Peter Halsman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1962

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1988

The Twilight Zone

as Charley Parkes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Zar

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Sep 14, 1964

The Daily Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 22, 1996

Route 66

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

The Mod Squad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1968

CBS News Sunday Morning

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1979

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1993

Felony Squad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1966

Cimarron Strip

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1967

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1963

Judd for the Defense

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1967

CBS Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 08, 1966

The Lieutenant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1963

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 1975

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History

Year	Month	Avg	Max	Min
2024	5	33	43	27
2024	6	40	61	22
2024	7	43	61	30
2024	8	34	62	21
2024	9	25	43	13
2024	10	19	25	12
2024	11	23	34	16
2024	12	25	42	17
2025	1	28	43	15
2025	2	23	44	6
2025	3	8	32	0
2025	4	2	3	1
2025	5	5	6	2
2025	6	4	6	3
2025	7	2	3	1
2025	8	2	6	1
2025	9	2	3	1
2025	10	2	3	2

Trending Rank

Year	Month	Avg Rank	Max Rank
2024	5	289	51
2024	6	427	99
2024	12	340	263
2025	1	366	80
2025	2	447	194
2025	5	370	84
2025	6	574	514
2025	7	701	658
2025	8	423	169
2025	9	376	118
2025	10	466	269

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