Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1931-01-05
Day of Death
2026-02-15
Place of Birth
San Diego, California, USA
Robert Duvall
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).
Filmography (128)
June
2023
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
Hustle
2022
12 Mighty Orphans
2021
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
2020
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
2019
Widows
2018
The Words That Built America
2017
In Dubious Battle
2016
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
Wild Horses
2015
The Judge
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
