Robert Duvall
Born January 05, 1931 (Age: 95)
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San Diego, California, USA
Biography
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).
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).
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Filmography
12 Mighty Orphans
2021
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as Mason Hawk
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Age: 90
Widows
2018
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as Tom Mulligan
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Age: 87
In Dubious Battle
2016
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as Chris Bolton
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Age: 85
The Judge
2014
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as Joseph Palmer
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Age: 83
Jack Reacher
2012
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as Martin Cash
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Age: 81
Casting By
2012
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as Self
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Age: 81
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
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as Russian General (uncredited)
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Age: 81
Get Low
2010
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as Felix Bush
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Age: 79
Crazy Heart
2009
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as Wayne
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Age: 78
The Road
2009
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as Old Man - Eli
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Age: 78
Four Christmases
2008
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as Howard McVie
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Age: 77
We Own the Night
2007
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as Burt Grusinsky
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Age: 76
Lucky You
2007
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as L.C. Cheever
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Age: 76
Thank You for Smoking
2005
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as The Captain
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Age: 74
Kicking & Screaming
2005
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as Buck Weston
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Age: 74
Beyond the 'Open Range'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 73
Open Range
2003
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as Boss Spearman
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Age: 72
Gods and Generals
2003
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as Gen. Robert E. Lee
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Age: 72
John Q
2002
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as Lt. Frank Grimes
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Age: 71
The 6th Day
2000
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as Dr. Griffin Weir
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Age: 69
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
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as Otto Halliwell
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Age: 69
A Shot at Glory
2000
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as Gordon McCloud
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Age: 69
A Civil Action
1998
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as Jerome Facher
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Age: 67
Deep Impact
1998
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as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
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Age: 67
The Gingerbread Man
1998
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as Dixon Doss
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Age: 67
The Apostle
1997
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as Euliss Dewey
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Age: 66
Sling Blade
1996
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as Karl's Father
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Age: 65
Phenomenon
1996
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as Doc
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Age: 65
A Family Thing
1996
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as Earl Pilcher Jr.
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Age: 65
The Scarlet Letter
1995
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as Roger Chillingworth
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Age: 64
Something to Talk About
1995
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as Wyly King
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Age: 64
The Paper
1994
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as Bernie White
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Age: 63
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
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as Chief of Scouts Al Sieber
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Age: 62
Falling Down
1993
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as Prendergast
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Age: 62
Newsies
1992
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as Joseph Pulitzer
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Age: 61
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
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as Self
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Age: 60
Rambling Rose
1991
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as Mr. Hillyer
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Age: 60
No Image
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
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as Self
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Age: 59
Days of Thunder
1990
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as Harry Hogge
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Age: 59
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
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as Commander
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Age: 59
Colors
1988
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as Bob Hodges
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Age: 57
Belizaire the Cajun
1986
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as The Preacher
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Age: 55
The Natural
1984
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as Max Mercy
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Age: 53
The Stone Boy
1984
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as Joe Hillerman
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Age: 53
Tender Mercies
1983
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as Mac Sledge
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Age: 52
The Great Santini
1979
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as Bull Meechum
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Age: 48
Apocalypse Now
1979
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as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
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Age: 48
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978
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as Priest on Swing (uncredited)
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Age: 47
The Greatest
1977
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as Bill McDonald
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Age: 46
Network
1976
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as Frank Hackett
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Age: 45
The Killer Elite
1975
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as George Hansen
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Age: 44
Breakout
1975
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as Jay Wagner
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Age: 44
The Godfather Part II
1974
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as Tom Hagen
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Age: 43
The Conversation
1974
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as The Director (uncredited)
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Age: 43
Joe Kidd
1972
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as Frank Harlan
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Age: 41
The Godfather
1972
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as Tom Hagen
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Age: 41
THX 1138
1971
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as THX
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Age: 40
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
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as Self
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Age: 39
M*A*S*H
1970
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as Maj. Frank Burns
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Age: 39
True Grit
1969
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as Ned Pepper
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Age: 38
Bullitt
1968
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as Cabbie Weissberg
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Age: 37
The Detective
1968
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as Nestor
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Age: 37
The Chase
1966
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as Edwin Stewart
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Age: 35
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
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as Boo Radley
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Age: 31
John Brown's Raid
1960
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as
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Age: 29