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Robert Duvall

Actor

Robert Duvall

  • Born: 5 January 1931, San Diego, California, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $70 million

Robert Duvall is an acclaimed American actor known for his versatile performances across various genres. He gained recognition for roles in iconic films such as 'The Godfather', 'Apocalypse Now', and 'Tender Mercies'. Duvall's career spans several decades…

About Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall is an acclaimed American actor known for his versatile performances across various genres. He gained recognition for roles in iconic films such as 'The Godfather', 'Apocalypse Now', and 'Tender Mercies'. Duvall's career spans several decades, earning him a reputation for his distinctive voice and authentic acting style, making him a respected figure in Hollywood.

Born
5 January 1931, San Diego, California, USA
Died
15 February 2026
Known for
Acting
Height
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Spouses
Luciana Pedraza (2005-present) | Barbara Benjamin (1964-1986)
Children
1 (Gina Duvall)
Parents
William Howard Duvall, Mildred Virginia Duvall
Estimated net worth
$70 million

Fun facts about Robert Duvall

  • Robert Duvall was originally a stage actor before transitioning to film, gaining his first major role in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
  • He is an accomplished director and producer, having directed films like 'Assassination Tango' and 'The Apostle'.

Famous Robert Duvall quotes

“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”
Apocalypse Now, 1979
“I'm not a hero, I'm just a man.”
The Apostle, 1997
“There's a lot of things I could say, but I won't.”
The Godfather, 1972

Robert Duvall filmography

Cast (189)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2023June MovieSelf5.9
2022The Pale Blue Eye MovieJean-Pepe6.8
2022Hustle MovieRex Merrick7.7
202112 Mighty Orphans MovieMason Hawk7.2
2020The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder MovieSelf (archive footage)6.2
2019The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash MovieSelf7.3
2018Widows MovieTom Mulligan6.5
2017The Words That Built America MovieSelf - Reader: Declaration of Independence6.0
2016In Dubious Battle MovieChris Bolton5.8
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf - Guest6.1
Show 179 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2015Wild Horses MovieScott Briggs4.8
2014The Judge MovieJoseph Palmer7.3
2014Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire MovieSelf - Actor7.2
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers TVSelf - Guest5.1
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TVSelf5.8
2013A Night in Old Mexico MovieRed5.7
2013Jayne Mansfield's Car MovieJim Caldwell5.7
2013Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around MovieSelf7.4
2012Jack Reacher MovieMartin Cash6.7
2012Casting By MovieSelf6.9
2012Hemingway & Gellhorn MovieRussian General (uncredited)6.1
2011Seven Days in Utopia MovieJohnny Crawford5.7
2011Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides MovieSelf6.7
2010Get Low MovieFelix Bush6.7
2010Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself MovieSelf
2009Crazy Heart MovieWayne6.9
2009The Road MovieOld Man - Eli7.0
2008Four Christmases MovieHoward McVie5.8
2007We Own the Night MovieBurt Grusinsky6.7
2007Lucky You MovieL.C. Cheever5.7
2007Brando MovieSelf6.8
2007The Graham Norton Show TVSelf7.2
2007Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience MovieTaking Chance (voice)6.6
2006Broken Trail TVPrentice Ritter6.9
2006Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western Movieself7.5
2006The Making of 'Network' MovieSelf (archive footage)
2005Thank You for Smoking MovieThe Captain7.2
2005Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood MovieSelf7.0
2005The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken MovieSelf
2005Kicking & Screaming MovieBuck Weston5.8
2004A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope MovieSelf7.6
2004Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' MovieSelf7.0
2004Beyond the 'Open Range' MovieSelf8.0
2003Secondhand Lions MovieHub7.2
2003Open Range MovieBoss Spearman7.2
2003Assassination Tango MovieJohn J. Anderson5.5
2003Gods and Generals MovieGen. Robert E. Lee6.4
2002Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' MovieSelf
2002John Q MovieLt. Frank Grimes7.2
2000The 6th Day MovieDr. Griffin Weir6.0
2000Gone in Sixty Seconds MovieOtto Halliwell6.5
2000A Shot at Glory MovieGordon McCloud5.7
1998A Civil Action MovieJerome Facher6.5
1998Deep Impact MovieCapt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner6.3
1998The Gingerbread Man MovieDixon Doss5.6
1998Fearful Symmetry MovieSelf5.2
1997The Apostle MovieEuliss Dewey6.3
1996The Man Who Captured Eichmann MovieAdolf Eichmann6.2
1996Sling Blade MovieKarl's Father7.5
1996The Daily Show TVSelf6.4
1996Phenomenon MovieDoc6.5
1996A Family Thing MovieEarl Pilcher Jr.6.6
1995The Scarlet Letter MovieRoger Chillingworth6.1
1995The Stars Fell on Henrietta MovieMr. Cox6.0
1995Something to Talk About MovieWyly King5.6
1994The Paper MovieBernie White6.6
1993Wrestling Ernest Hemingway MovieWalter6.3
1993Geronimo: An American Legend MovieChief of Scouts Al Sieber6.3
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVSelf - Guest7.3
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf - Guest6.5
1993Falling Down MoviePrendergast7.4
1992Stalin MovieJosef Stalin5.3
1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 MovieTom Hagen8.9
1992The Plague MovieJoseph Grand5.8
1992The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live! MovieSelf (uncredited)7.0
1992Newsies MovieJoseph Pulitzer6.7
1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse MovieSelf7.9
1991Rambling Rose MovieMr. Hillyer6.2
1991Convicts MovieSoll Gautier5.7
1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret MovieSelf
1990The Godfather Family: A Look Inside MovieSelf / Tom Hagen7.8
1990Days of Thunder MovieHarry Hogge6.4
1990A Show of Force MovieHoward5.3
1990The Handmaid's Tale MovieCommander6.1
1989Lonesome Dove TVAugustus "Gus" McCrae7.9
1988American Experience TVNarrator (voice)6.5
1988Tango: Our Dance MovieEntrevistado7.8
1988Colors MovieBob Hodges6.5
1987Hotel Colonial MovieCarrasco5.4
1986Let's Get Harry MovieShrike6.2
1986Belizaire the Cajun MovieThe Preacher5.9
1985The Lightship MovieCalvin Caspary5.3
1984The Natural MovieMax Mercy6.9
1984The Stone Boy MovieJoe Hillerman7.0
1983The Terry Fox Story MovieBill Vigars6.2
1983Tender Mercies MovieMac Sledge6.8
1982Aliens From Another Planet MovieNimon5.5
1982American Playhouse TVJackson Fentry6.6
1982American Playhouse TVThe Preacher6.6
1981The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper MovieGruen5.4
1981True Confessions MovieDet. Tom Spellacy6.1
1979The Great Santini MovieBull Meechum6.8
1979Apocalypse Now MovieLieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore8.3
1979Ike TVGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower7.3
1979Ike MovieGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower6.8
1979CBS News Sunday Morning TVSelf6.8
1978Invasion of the Body Snatchers MoviePriest on Swing (uncredited)7.2
1978The Betsy MovieLoren Hardeman III4.8
1977Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television TVTom Hagen8.6
1977The Greatest MovieBill McDonald5.7
1976The Eagle Has Landed MovieCol. Max Radl6.6
1976Network MovieFrank Hackett7.8
1976The Seven-Per-Cent Solution MovieDr. John H. Watson6.2
1975The Killer Elite MovieGeorge Hansen5.8
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Various Characters6.9
1975Breakout MovieJay Wagner6.3
1974The Godfather Part II MovieTom Hagen8.6
1974The Conversation MovieThe Director (uncredited)7.5
1973The Outfit MovieEarl Macklin6.8
1973Badge 373 MovieEddie Ryan5.7
1973Lady Ice MovieFord Pierce5.0
1972Joe Kidd MovieFrank Harlan6.4
1972The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid MovieJesse James5.7
1972Tomorrow MovieJackson Fentry6.7
1972The Godfather MovieTom Hagen8.7
1971THX 1138 MovieTHX6.4
1971Lawman MovieVernon Adams6.5
1971Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' MovieSelf6.7
1971The Godfather: Behind the Scenes MovieSelf
1970The Revolutionary MovieDespard5.3
1970M*A*S*H MovieMaj. Frank Burns6.9
1969The Rain People MovieGordon6.6
1969True Grit MovieNed Pepper7.3
1968Filmmaker MovieSelf7.3
1968Bullitt MovieCabbie Weissberg7.2
1968The Mod Squad TVUnknown character6.1
1968The Detective MovieNestor5.9
1967Judd, for the Defense TVUnknown character7.7
1967Cimarron Strip TVJoe Wyman5.8
1967Countdown MovieChiz5.8
1966CBS Playhouse TVDr. Margolin7.0
1966Fame Is the Name of the Game MovieEddie Franchot7.0
1966Felony Squad TVUnknown character6.5
1966Shane TVTom Gary6.2
1966The Time Tunnel TVRaul Nimon7.7
1966The Chase MovieEdwin Stewart7.1
1965The F.B.I. TVJoseph Troy5.6
1965The F.B.I. TVGerald Wilson5.6
1965The F.B.I. TVJohnny Albin5.6
1965The F.B.I. TVJoseph Maurice Walker5.6
1965The F.B.I. TVErnie Milden5.6
1965The Wild Wild West TVDr. Horace Humphries7.6
1965Run for Your Life TVRichard Fletcher7.1
1965Nightmare in the Sun MovieMotorcyclist3.0
1963Captain Newman, M.D. MovieCapt. Paul Cabot Winston6.8
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre TVHarvey Farnsworth6.5
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TVUnknown character5.9
1963The Fugitive TVLeslie Sessions7.3
1963The Fugitive TVEric Christian7.3
1963The Outer Limits TVAdam Ballard7.8
1963The Outer Limits TVLouis Mace7.8
1963Arrest and Trial TVMorton Ware8.2
1962To Kill a Mockingbird MovieBoo Radley8.0
1962Combat! TVKarl7.9
1962Combat! TVPeter Halsman7.9
1962Combat! TVMichel7.9
1962The Merv Griffin Show TVSelf6.8
1962Stoney Burke TVJoby Pierce6.8
1962The Virginian TVJohnny Keel6.5
1961The Mike Douglas Show TVSelf5.8
1961Cain's Hundred TVTom Nugent5.2
1961The Defenders TVBill Andrews6.3
1961The Defenders TVLuke Jackson6.3
1961The Defenders TVAl Rogart6.3
1960John Brown's Raid MovieOliver Brown
1960Route 66 TVRoman6.7
1960Route 66 TVLee Winters6.7
1960Route 66 TVUnknown character6.7
1959The Untouchables TVEddie Moon8.0
1959The Twilight Zone TVCharley Parkes8.5
1958Naked City TVLewis Nunda5.7
1958Naked City TVL. Francis Childe5.7
1958Naked City TVJohnny Meigs5.7
1958Naked City TVBarney Sonners5.7
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents TVBart Collins7.8
1953The Oscars TVSelf7.1
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Winner7.0
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Nominee7.0
TBAThe Making of We Own the Night MovieSelf

Crew (16)

YearTitleRoleRating
2015Wild Horses MovieWriter · Writing4.8
2015Wild Horses MovieDirector · Directing4.8
2013A Night in Old Mexico MovieProducer · Production5.7
2009Crazy Heart MovieProducer · Production6.9
2006Broken Trail TVExecutive Producer · Production6.9
Show 11 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
2003Assassination Tango MovieWriter · Writing5.5
2003Assassination Tango MovieDirector · Directing5.5
2003Assassination Tango MovieProducer · Production5.5
1997The Apostle MovieDirector · Directing6.3
1997The Apostle MovieWriter · Writing6.3
1997The Apostle MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.3
1996A Family Thing MovieProducer · Production6.6
1983Angelo My Love MovieDirector · Directing6.4
1983Angelo My Love MovieWriter · Writing6.4
1983Tender Mercies MovieCo-Producer · Production6.8
1977We're Not the Jet Set MovieDirector · Directing10.0

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Questions about Robert Duvall

What are Robert Duvall's most successful films?

Some of Robert Duvall's most successful films include 'The Godfather', 'Apocalypse Now', and 'The Natural'. These films have received critical acclaim and commercial success.

Has Robert Duvall won any Oscars?

Yes, Robert Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 'Tender Mercies' in 1984. He has been nominated for several other Oscars throughout his career.

What was Robert Duvall's first film?

Robert Duvall's first film was 'To Kill a Mockingbird' released in 1962, where he played the character Boo Radley, marking the start of his successful film career.

What is Robert Duvall's estimated net worth?

Robert Duvall's estimated net worth is around $70 million, reflecting his successful career in acting, directing, and producing.

What notable roles has Robert Duvall played?

Robert Duvall is best known for his roles as Tom Hagen in 'The Godfather', Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in 'Apocalypse Now', and Mac Sledge in 'Tender Mercies'.

What awards has Robert Duvall received?

In addition to his Oscar win, Robert Duvall has received several Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and multiple nominations for his outstanding performances.

How many children does Robert Duvall have?

Robert Duvall has one daughter named Gina Duvall, who has pursued a career in acting as well.

What is Robert Duvall's acting style?

Robert Duvall is known for his naturalistic acting style, often bringing depth and authenticity to his characters. His performances are marked by a strong emotional range and a distinctive voice.