Robert Duvall

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Robert Duvall
Duvall in 2007
Born
Robert Selden Duvall

(1931-01-05) January 5, 1931 (age 93)
San Diego, California, U.S.
EducationPrincipia College (BA)
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • producer
Years active1952–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
Barbara Benjamin Marcus
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(m. 1964; div. 1981)​
Gail Youngs
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(m. 1982; div. 1986)​
Sharon Brophy
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(m. 1991; div. 1995)​
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(m. 2005)​
AwardsFull list

Robert Selden Duvall[1] (/duːˈvɔːl/; born January 5, 1931)[2][3] is an American actor. With a career spanning seven decades, he is regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time.[4] 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 his career on TV with minor roles in the 1960s on The Defenders, Playhouse 90 and Armstrong Circle Theatre.[5] He made his Broadway debut in the play Wait Until Dark in 1966. He returned to the stage in David Mamet's play American Buffalo in 1977, earning a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play nomination. He made his feature film acting debut portraying Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Other early roles include Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), Bullitt (1968), True Grit (1969), M*A*S*H (1970), THX 1138 (1971), Joe Kidd (1972), and Tomorrow (1972), the last of which was developed at the Actors Studio and is his personal favorite.[1]

Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as an alcoholic former country music star in the film Tender Mercies (1983). His other Oscar-nominated films include The Godfather (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Great Santini (1979), The Apostle (1997), A Civil Action (1998), and The Judge (2014). Other notable roles include The Outfit (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), True Confessions (1981), The Natural (1984), Days of Thunder (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Falling Down (1993), The Paper (1994), Sling Blade (1996), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Open Range (2003), Crazy Heart (2009), Get Low (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), and Widows (2018).

Throughout his career, Duvall has starred on numerous television programs. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for the AMC limited series Broken Trail (2007). His other Emmy-nominated roles are in the CBS miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), the HBO film Stalin (1992), and the TNT film The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996).

  1. ^ a b "Robert Duvall is Staying Put on Broadway". The Baltimore Sun. February 22, 1977. Retrieved December 9, 2012.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Famous birthdays for Jan. 5: January Jones, Robert Duvall". United Press International. January 5, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Jerome, Jim (April 14, 2003). "Dance Fever". People. Vol. 59, no. 14. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  4. ^ "At 90, Robert Duvall Looks Back At A Legendary Career". WBUR-FM. April 14, 2021. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "Robert Duvall". IMDb. Retrieved September 7, 2023.