
Robert Duvall
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 (1…
Acting
- 2006Broken TrailPrentice Ritter2 ep.
- 1989Lonesome DoveAugustus "Gus" McCrae4 ep.
- 1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)1 ep.
- 1979IkeGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower3 ep.
- 1979CBS News Sunday MorningSelf1 ep.
- 1977Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for TelevisionTom Hagen4 ep.
- 1968The Mod Squad1 ep.
- 1967Judd, for the Defense1 ep.
- 1967Cimarron StripJoe Wyman1 ep.
- 1966CBS PlayhouseDr. Margolin1 ep.
- 1966Felony Squad1 ep.
- 1966ShaneTom Gary1 ep.
- 1966The Time TunnelRaul Nimon1 ep.
- 1965The F.B.I.Joseph Troy5 ep.
- 1963The FugitiveEric Christian3 ep.
- 1963The Outer LimitsAdam Ballard3 ep.
- 1963Arrest and TrialMorton Ware1 ep.
- 1962Combat!Karl3 ep.
- 1962Stoney BurkeJoby Pierce1 ep.
- 1961Cain's HundredTom Nugent1 ep.
- 1961The DefendersLuke Jackson3 ep.
- 1960Route 66Lee Winters3 ep.
- 1958Naked CityLewis Nunda4 ep.
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Winner3 ep.
Behind the camera
- 2006Broken TrailExecutive Producer2 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2021The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2015Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2014The Graham Norton ShowSelf1 ep.
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1 ep.
- 2006CBS News Sunday MorningSelf1 ep.
- 2006Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2005American ExperienceNarrator (voice)1 ep.
- 2003The Daily ShowSelf2 ep.
- 2003Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 1999Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee1 ep.
- 1998Saturday Night LiveSelf - Various Characters1 ep.
- 1984American PlayhouseJackson Fentry, The Preacher2 ep.
- 1977The Mike Douglas ShowSelf2 ep.
- 1973The Merv Griffin ShowSelf1 ep.
- 1965The F.B.I.Ernie Milden, Gerald Wilson, Johnny Albin, Joseph Maurice Walker5 ep.
- 1969The Mod Squad1 ep.
- 1968CBS PlayhouseDr. Margolin1 ep.
- 1968Judd, for the Defense1 ep.
- 1968Run for Your LifeRichard Fletcher1 ep.
- 1967The Wild Wild WestDr. Horace Humphries1 ep.
- 1967Cimarron StripJoe Wyman1 ep.
- 1965Combat!Karl, Michel, Peter Halsman3 ep.
- 1967The Time TunnelRaul Nimon1 ep.
- 1966ShaneTom Gary1 ep.
- 1966Felony Squad1 ep.
- 1966Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1 ep.
- 1961The DefendersAl Rogart, Bill Andrews, Luke Jackson3 ep.
- 1963The FugitiveEric Christian, Leslie Sessions3 ep.
- 1964The Outer LimitsAdam Ballard, Louis Mace3 ep.
- 1964Kraft Suspense TheatreHarvey Farnsworth1 ep.
- 1963Arrest and TrialMorton Ware1 ep.
- 1963Stoney BurkeJoby Pierce1 ep.
- 1963The VirginianJohnny Keel1 ep.
- 1963The Twilight ZoneCharley Parkes1 ep.
- 1961Route 66Lee Winters, Roman3 ep.
- 1963The UntouchablesEddie Moon1 ep.
- 1961Naked CityBarney Sonners, Johnny Meigs, L. Francis Childe, Lewis Nunda4 ep.
- 1962Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBart Collins1 ep.
- 1961Cain's HundredTom Nugent1 ep.
Also known as: Robert Selden Duvall · Robert Duval