Robert Duvall biography
Robert Duvall was an American actor and director, born on 5 January 1931 in San Diego, who died on 15 February 2026.
Robert Duvall's screen career began in 1959 with Armstrong Circle Theatre, playing Berks.
Robert Duvall appeared in 99 films and 54 television or streaming titles between 1959 and 2022.
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actor, National Medal of Arts and Donostia Award.
- Born
- 5 January 1931
- Died
- 15 February 2026 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- San Diego
- Work
- Television actor, Film actor, Film director, Character actor, Screenwriter
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1952 to 2022
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- National Medal of Arts
- Donostia Award
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- National Defense Service Medal
Robert Duvall filmography
99 films and 54 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Pale Blue Eye | Jean-Pepe | ||
| 2022 | Hustle | Rex Merrick | ||
| 2021 | 12 Mighty Orphans | Mason Hawk | ||
| 2018 | Widows | Tom Mulligan | ||
| 2016 | In Dubious Battle | Bolton | ||
| 2015 | Wild Horses | Scott Briggs | Also writer and director | |
| 2014 | The Judge | Joseph Palmer | ||
| 2014 | A Night in Old Mexico | Red | ||
| 2012 | Jack Reacher | Cash | ||
| 2012 | Casting By | English | ||
| 2012 | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Jim Caldwell | ||
| 2011 | Seven Days in Utopia | Johnny Crawford | ||
| 2009 | The Road | Old Man | ||
| 2009 | Get Low | Felix Bush | Also executive producer | |
| 2009 | Crazy Heart | Wayne | Also producer | |
| 2008 | Four Christmases | Howard | ||
| 2007 | We Own the Night | Burt Grusinsky | ||
| 2007 | Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience | English | ||
| 2007 | Lucky You | L.C. Cheever | ||
| 2005 | Thank You for Smoking | Captain | ||
| 2005 | Kicking & Screaming | Buck Weston | ||
| 2003 | Secondhand Lions | Hub | ||
| 2003 | Open Range | Boss Spearman | ||
| 2003 | Gods and Generals | General Robert E. Lee | ||
| 2002 | John Q | Lieutenant Frank Grimes |
Show all 99 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Assassination Tango | John J. | Also producer, writer and director | |
| 2001 | Apocalypse Now Redux | Khmer | ||
| 2000 | The 6th Day | Dr. Griffin Weir | ||
| 2000 | Gone in 60 Seconds | Otto Halliwell | ||
| 2000 | A Shot at Glory | Gordon McLeod | Also producer | |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Spurgeon Tanner | ||
| 1998 | The Gingerbread Man | Dixon Doss | ||
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Jerome Facher | ||
| 1997 | The Apostle | The Apostle E.F. | Also executive producer, writer and director | |
| 1996 | Phenomenon | Doc | ||
| 1996 | Sling Blade | Karl's Father | ||
| 1996 | A Family Thing | Earl Pilcher Jr. | Also producer | |
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Roger Chillingworth | ||
| 1995 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Mr. Cox | ||
| 1995 | Something to Talk About | Wyly King | ||
| 1994 | The Paper | Bernie White | ||
| 1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Walter | ||
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | Al Sieber | ||
| 1993 | Falling Down | Prendergast | ||
| 1992 | Newsies | Joseph Pulitzer | ||
| 1992 | The Plague | Joseph Grand | ||
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 | |||
| 1991 | Rambling Rose | Daddy | ||
| 1991 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | English | ||
| 1991 | Convicts | Soll Gautier | ||
| 1990 | Days of Thunder | Harry Hogge | ||
| 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | Commander | ||
| 1990 | A Show of Force | Howard | ||
| 1988 | Colors | Bob Hodges | ||
| 1988 | Tango, Bayle nuestro | Spanish | ||
| 1987 | Hotel Colonial | Roberto Carrasco | ||
| 1986 | Let's Get Harry | Norman Shrike | ||
| 1986 | Belizaire the Cajun | The Preacher | ||
| 1986 | The Lightship | Calvin Caspary | ||
| 1984 | The Stone Boy | Joe Hillerman | ||
| 1984 | The Natural | Max Mercy | ||
| 1983 | Tender Mercies | Mac Sledge | Also co-producer | |
| 1983 | Angelo My Love | , N/a | Director, writer, and producer only | |
| 1981 | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | Gruen | ||
| 1981 | True Confessions | Detective Sergeant Tom Spellacy | ||
| 1979 | The Great Santini | Bull Meechum | ||
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore | ||
| 1978 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Priest on Swing | Uncredited | |
| 1978 | The Betsy | Loren Hardeman III | ||
| 1977 | The Greatest | Bill McDonald | ||
| 1977 | We're Not the Jet Set | , N/a | Director only; documentary | |
| 1976 | The Eagle Has Landed | Colonel Radl | ||
| 1976 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Dr. John H. Watson | ||
| 1976 | Network | Frank Hackett | ||
| 1975 | The Killer Elite | George Hansen | ||
| 1975 | Breakout | Jay Wagner | ||
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Tom Hagen | ||
| 1974 | The Conversation | The Director | Uncredited | |
| 1973 | The Outfit | Earl Macklin | ||
| 1973 | Badge 373 | Eddie Ryan | ||
| 1973 | Lady Ice | Ford Pierce | ||
| 1972 | Joe Kidd | Frank Harlan | ||
| 1972 | The Godfather | Tom Hagen | ||
| 1972 | Tomorrow | Jackson Fentry | ||
| 1972 | The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid | Jesse James | ||
| 1971 | THX 1138 | THX | ||
| 1971 | Lawman | Vernon Adams | ||
| 1970 | The Revolutionary | Despard | ||
| 1970 | MASH | Major Frank Burns | ||
| 1969 | True Grit | Ned Pepper | ||
| 1969 | The Rain People | Gordon | ||
| 1968 | Bullitt | Weissberg | ||
| 1968 | The Detective | Nestor | ||
| 1968 | Filmmaker | English | ||
| 1967 | Countdown | Charles "Chiz" Stewart | ||
| 1966 | The Chase | Edwin Stewart | ||
| 1965 | Nightmare in the Sun | Motorcyclist | ||
| 1962 | Captain Newman, M.D | Captain Paul Cabot Winston | ||
| 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Boo Radley |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hemingway & Gellhorn | Russian General | Television film; uncredited cameo | |
| 2006 | Broken Trail | Prentice Ritter | Miniseries; also executive producer | |
| 2005 | American Experience | Narrator | ||
| 1996 | The Man Who Captured Eichmann | Adolf Eichmann | Television film | |
| 1992 | Stalin | Joseph Stalin | Television film | |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove | Augustus "Gus" McCrae | Miniseries | |
| 1983 | The Terry Fox Story | Bill Vigars | Television film | |
| 1979 | Ike | General Dwight D. Eisenhower | Miniseries | |
| 1977 | The Godfather Saga | English | ||
| 1969 | The Mod Squad | Matt Jenkins | Season 1 Episode 23: "Keep the Faith, Baby" | |
| 1969 | The F.B.I | Gerald Wilson | Season 5 Episode 2: "Nightmare Road" | |
| 1968 | The F.B.I | Joseph Troy | Season 4 Episode 9: "The Harvest" | |
| 1968 | Run for Your Life | Richard Fletcher | Season 3 Episode 19: "Killing Scene" | |
| 1968 | Judd, for the Defense | Raymond Cane | Season 1 Episode 24: "Square House" | |
| 1968 | Flesh and Blood | Howard | Television film | |
| 1968 | CBS Playhouse | Dr. Margolin | Season 2 Episode 1: "The People Next Door" | |
| 1967 | The Wild Wild West | Dr. Horace Humphries | Season 3 Episode 10: "The Night of the Falcon" | |
| 1967 | The Time Tunnel | Raoul Nimon | Season 1 Episode 24: "Chase Through Time" | |
| 1967 | The F.B.I | Ernie Milden | Season 2 Episode 25: "The Executioners: Part 1" | |
| 1967 | T.H.E. Cat | Laurent | Season 1 Episode 24: "The Long Chase" | |
| 1967 | Combat! | Michel | Season 5 Episode 25: "The Partisan" | |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | Joe Wyman | Season 1 Episode 8: "The Roarer" | |
| 1966 | Fame Is the Name of the Game | Eddie Franchot | Television film | |
| 1966 | The F.B.I | Johnny Albin | Season 2 Episode 5: "The Scourge" | |
| 1966 | T.H.E. Cat | Scorpio | Season 1 Episode 9: "Crossing at Destino Bay" |
Show all 54 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Shane | Tom Gary | Season 1 Episode 9: "Poor Tom's A-Cold" | |
| 1966 | Hawk | Dick Olmstead | Season 1 Episode 6: "Theory of the Innocent Bystander" | |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | Allie Froelich | Season 1 Episode 8: "Death of a Dream" | |
| 1966 | Combat! | Peter Halsman | Season 5 Episode 14: "Cry for Help" | |
| 1966 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Frank Reeser | Season 3 Episode 15: "Guilty or Not Guilty" | |
| 1965 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Zar | Season 1 Episode 20: "The Invaders" | |
| 1965 | The Fugitive | Leslie Sessions | Season 2 Episode 16: "Brass Ring" | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I | Joseph Maurice Walker | Season 1 Episode 10: "The Giant Killer" | |
| 1965 | The Defenders | Bill Andrews | Season 4 Episode 30: "Only a Child" | |
| 1965 | Combat! | Karl | Season 3 Episode 16: "The Enemy" | |
| 1964 | The Outer Limits | Louis Mace | Season 1 Episode 31: "The Chameleon" | |
| 1964 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Harvey Farnsworth | Season 1 Episode 22: "Portrait of an Unknown Man" | |
| 1963 | The Virginian | Johnny Keel | Season 1 Episode 24: "Golden Door" | |
| 1963 | The Untouchables | Eddie Moon | Season 4 Episode 17: "Blues for a Gone Goose" | |
| 1963 | The Twilight Zone | Charley Parkes | Season 4 Episode 8: "Miniature" | |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Eric Christian | Season 1 Episode 4: "Never Wave Goodbye: Part 1" | |
| 1963 | The Defenders | Luke Jackson | Season 2 Episode 24: "Metamorphosis" | |
| 1963 | Stoney Burke | Joby Pierce | Season 1 Episode 23: "Joby" | |
| 1963 | Route 66 | Lee Winters | ||
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Morton Ware | Season 1 Episode 10: "Quality of Justice" | |
| 1962 | Naked City | L. Francis Childe | Season 3 Episode 23: "The One Marked Hot Gives Cold" | |
| 1962 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Bart Conway | Season 7 Episode 14: "Bad Actor" | |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Al Rogart | Season 1 Episode 12: "Perjury" | |
| 1961 | Shannon | Joey Nolan | Season 1 Episode 10: "Big Fish" | |
| 1961 | Route 66 | Roman | Season 1 Episode 25: "The Newborn" | |
| 1961 | Naked City | Lewis Nunda | Season 2 Episode 13: "A Hole in the City" | |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Tom Nugent | Season 1 Episode 6: "King of the Mountain" | |
| 1960 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Tony Newman | Season 10 Episode 16: "Positive Identification" | |
| 1959 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Berks | Season 10 Episode 2: "Jailbreak" |