Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

1931-01-05

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). ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also appears in

The Godfather

The Godfather

8.7

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

8.6

Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher

6.6

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

8.3

The Judge

The Judge

7.3

Deep Impact

Deep Impact

6.2

Hustle

Hustle

7.8

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Gone in Sixty Seconds

6.4

Falling Down

Falling Down

7.4

Bullitt

Bullitt

7.2

Four Christmases

Four Christmases

5.8

The Conversation

The Conversation

7.5

True Grit

True Grit

7.4

John Q

John Q

7.1

Widows

Widows

6.5

The Natural

The Natural

6.9

Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder

6.4

The Road

The Road

7.0

Phenomenon

Phenomenon

6.4

The Pale Blue Eye

The Pale Blue Eye

6.8