Cast & creator
Robert Duvall
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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).
Also known as: Robert Selden Duvall, Robert Duval
143
film credits
61
television credits
188
1944–2023 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (204)
Showing 204 of 204 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
The Fugitive
Leslie Sessions
1963The Fugitive
Eric Christian
1963
American Playhouse
Jackson Fentry
1982American Playhouse
The Preacher
1982
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Godfather
Tom Hagen
1972
The Virginian
Johnny Keel
1962
The Twilight Zone
Charley Parkes
1959
Naked City
Lewis Nunda
1958Naked City
L. Francis Childe
1958Naked City
Barney Sonners
1958Naked City
Johnny Meigs
1958
The Untouchables
Eddie Moon
1959
The Defenders
Al Rogart
1961The Defenders
Luke Jackson
1961The Defenders
Bill Andrews
1961
The F.B.I.
Joseph Maurice Walker
1965The F.B.I.
Johnny Albin
1965The F.B.I.
Ernie Milden
1965The F.B.I.
Joseph Troy
1965The F.B.I.
Gerald Wilson
1965
The Wild Wild West
Dr. Horace Humphries
1965
Combat!
Karl
1962Combat!
Michel
1962Combat!
Peter Halsman
1962
Route 66
1960Route 66
Lee Winters
1960Route 66
Roman
1960
Run for Your Life
Richard Fletcher
1965
The Godfather Part II
Tom Hagen
1974
The Outer Limits
Louis Mace
1963The Outer Limits
Adam Ballard
1963
The Oscars
Self
1953
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Harvey Farnsworth
1963
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bart Collins
1955
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Mod Squad
1968
The Time Tunnel
Raul Nimon
1966
Felony Squad
1966
Apocalypse Now
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
1979
Jack Reacher
Martin Cash
2012
The Judge
Joseph Palmer
2014
Arrest and Trial
Morton Ware
1963
Deep Impact
Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
1998
Stoney Burke
Joby Pierce
1962
Falling Down
Prendergast
1993
Cimarron Strip
Joe Wyman
1967
Cain's Hundred
Tom Nugent
1961
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Otto Halliwell
2000
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Priest on Swing (uncredited)
1978
Days of Thunder
Harry Hogge
1990CBS Playhouse
Dr. Margolin
1966
The Pale Blue Eye
Jean-Pepe
2022
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Tom Hagen
1977
John Q
Lt. Frank Grimes
2002
The Road
Old Man - Eli
2009
Lonesome Dove
Augustus "Gus" McCrae
1989
To Kill a Mockingbird
Boo Radley
1962
Widows
Tom Mulligan
2018
The 6th Day
Dr. Griffin Weir
2000
Shane
Tom Gary
1966
Secondhand Lions
Hub
2003
Network
Frank Hackett
1976
Four Christmases
Howard McVie
2008
True Grit
Ned Pepper
1969
The Conversation
The Director (uncredited)
1974
In Dubious Battle
Chris Bolton
2016
We Own the Night
Burt Grusinsky
2007
Phenomenon
Doc
1996
Hustle
Rex Merrick
2022
The Scarlet Letter
Roger Chillingworth
1995
Broken Trail
Prentice Ritter
2006Broken Trail
Executive Producer
2006
Thank You for Smoking
The Captain
2005
Open Range
Boss Spearman
2003
M*A*S*H
Maj. Frank Burns
1970
The Natural
Max Mercy
1984
Bullitt
Cabbie Weissberg
1968
Sling Blade
Karl's Father
1996
The Chase
Edwin Stewart
1966
Ike
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1979
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Russian General (uncredited)
2012
The Eagle Has Landed
Col. Max Radl
1976
The Handmaid's Tale
Commander
1990
Colors
Bob Hodges
1988
The Paper
Bernie White
1994
A Civil Action
Jerome Facher
1998
12 Mighty Orphans
Mason Hawk
2021
Geronimo: An American Legend
Chief of Scouts Al Sieber
1993
Lucky You
L.C. Cheever
2007
Crazy Heart
Wayne
2009Crazy Heart
Producer
2009
Gods and Generals
Gen. Robert E. Lee
2003
Kicking & Screaming
Buck Weston
2005
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Tom Hagen
1992
THX 1138
THX
1971
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
1991
The Outfit
Earl Macklin
1973
Tender Mercies
Mac Sledge
1983Tender Mercies
Co-Producer
1983
Something to Talk About
Wyly King
1995
Newsies
Joseph Pulitzer
1992
Captain Newman, M.D.
Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
1963
Joe Kidd
Frank Harlan
1972
The Killer Elite
George Hansen
1975
The Detective
Nestor
1968
Lawman
Vernon Adams
1971
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Jim Caldwell
2013
Breakout
Jay Wagner
1975
True Confessions
Det. Tom Spellacy
1981
The Apostle
Euliss Dewey
1997The Apostle
Director
1997The Apostle
Writer
1997The Apostle
Executive Producer
1997
The Gingerbread Man
Dixon Doss
1998
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Jesse James
1972
Let's Get Harry
Shrike
1986
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
The Betsy
Loren Hardeman III
1978
Assassination Tango
John J. Anderson
2003Assassination Tango
Director
2003Assassination Tango
Writer
2003Assassination Tango
Producer
2003Ike
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1979
A Family Thing
Earl Pilcher Jr.
1996A Family Thing
Producer
1996
Get Low
Felix Bush
2010
Rambling Rose
Mr. Hillyer
1991
Seven Days in Utopia
Johnny Crawford
2011
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Mr. Cox
1995
The Greatest
Bill McDonald
1977
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Gruen
1981
The Rain People
Gordon
1969
A Show of Force
Howard
1990
Wild Horses
Scott Briggs
2015Wild Horses
Director
2015Wild Horses
Writer
2015
A Shot at Glory
Gordon McCloud
2000
Casting By
Self
2012
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Dr. John H. Watson
1976
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Tom Hagen
1990
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor
2014
Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western
self
2006
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
Self (archive footage)
2020
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Self
2004
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Walter
1993
A Night in Old Mexico
Red
2013A Night in Old Mexico
Producer
2013
Stalin
Josef Stalin
1992Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
1990
Brando
Self
2007
The Terry Fox Story
Bill Vigars
1983
The Great Santini
Bull Meechum
1979
John Brown's Raid
Oliver Brown
1960
The Making of 'Network'
Self (archive footage)
2006
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann
1996
Countdown
Chiz
1967
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Eddie Franchot
1966
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Taking Chance (voice)
2007
Nightmare in the Sun
Motorcyclist
1965
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Self
2005
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
1971
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Self
2011The Making of We Own the Night
Self
The Lightship
Calvin Caspary
1985
Filmmaker
Self
1968
The Revolutionary
Despard
1970
Lady Ice
Ford Pierce
1973Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
2004
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Self
2019
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Self
2013
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Self
2002
The Stone Boy
Joe Hillerman
1984
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Self (uncredited)
1992
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
1971
Badge 373
Eddie Ryan
1973
Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself
Self
2010
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
2004
Belizaire the Cajun
The Preacher
1986
Convicts
Soll Gautier
1991
Aliens From Another Planet
Nimon
1982
We're Not the Jet Set
Director
1977
Hotel Colonial
Carrasco
1987
June
Self
2023
The Plague
Joseph Grand
1992
Tomorrow
Jackson Fentry
1972
Fearful Symmetry
Self
1998
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Self
2005
Tango: Our Dance
Entrevistado
1988
Angelo My Love
Director
1983Angelo My Love
Writer
1983