American actor, director, and producer Robert Duvall has had an extensive career in film and television since he first appeared in an episode of Armstrong Circle Theatre in 1959. His television work during the 1960s includes Route 66 (1961), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962), The Twilight Zone (1963), The Outer Limits (1964), The F.B.I. (1965–1969), and The Mod Squad (1969). He was then cast as General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1979 miniseries Ike . In 1989, he played Augustus "Gus" McCrae alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the epic Western adventure television miniseries Lonesome Dove . The role earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. [1] Three years later, he portrayed Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader Joseph Stalin in the television film Stalin (1992), which earned him another Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Film. [2]
Duvall's first film role was as Boo Radley in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck. His other roles in the 1960s included Bullitt with Steve McQueen (1968) and True Grit with John Wayne (1969). In the 1970s, he played Major Frank Burns in M*A*S*H (1970), Tom Hagen in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), Jesse James in The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972), Dr. Watson in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), Bull Meechum in The Great Santini (1979) and as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now (1979).
In 1983, Duvall was cast as Mac Sledge in the drama film Tender Mercies , which earned him an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actor. [3] [4] He went on to co-star in the films The Natural with Robert Redford (1984), Days of Thunder with Tom Cruise (1990), as Joseph Pulitzer in Newsies with Christian Bale (1992), Falling Down with Michael Douglas (1993), Something to Talk About with Julia Roberts (1995), Sling Blade with Billy Bob Thornton (1996), A Family Thing with James Earl Jones (1996), Phenomenon with John Travolta (1996), and Deep Impact with Téa Leoni (1998). For his role in the 1998 film A Civil Action again with Travolta, he won a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. [5]
In the 2000s, Duvall had notable roles in the films Gone in 60 Seconds opposite Nicolas Cage (2000), Secondhand Lions co-starring with Michael Caine (2003), Open Range co-starring with Kevin Costner (2003) and in the comedy film Four Christmases opposite Vince Vaughn (2008). He starred in and executive produced the 2006 Western television miniseries, Broken Trail . For that, he won two Emmy Awards, one for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie and the other for Outstanding Miniseries which he shared with the other producers. [6] [7] In 2012, he reunited with Tom Cruise after 22 years in the action thriller film Jack Reacher where he played the character Cash. In 2014, he co-starred with Robert Downey Jr. in the legal drama film The Judge where he played Judge Joseph Palmer, the father of Downey's character.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Boo Radley | [8] | |
1963 | Captain Newman, M.D. | Capt. Paul Cabot Winston | [9] | |
1965 | Nightmare in the Sun | Motorcyclist | [10] | |
1966 | The Chase | Edwin Stewart | [11] | |
1968 | The Detective | Nestor | [12] | |
1968 | Countdown | Chiz | [13] | |
1968 | Bullitt | Weissberg | [14] | |
1969 | True Grit | Ned Pepper | [15] | |
1969 | The Rain People | Gordon | [16] | |
1970 | M*A*S*H | Maj. Frank Burns | [17] | |
1970 | The Revolutionary | Despard | [18] | |
1971 | THX 1138 | THX | [19] | |
1971 | Lawman | Vernon Adams | [20] | |
1972 | The Godfather | Tom Hagen | [21] | |
1972 | The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid | Jesse James | [22] | |
1972 | Tomorrow | Jackson Fentry | [23] | |
1972 | Joe Kidd | Frank Harlan | [24] | |
1973 | The Outfit | Earl Macklin | [25] | |
1973 | Badge 373 | Eddie Ryan | [26] | |
1973 | Lady Ice | Ford Pierce | [27] | |
1974 | The Conversation | The Director | Uncredited | [28] |
1974 | The Godfather Part II | Tom Hagen | [21] | |
1975 | The Killer Elite | George Hansen | [29] | |
1975 | Breakout | Jay Wagner | [30] | |
1976 | The Eagle Has Landed | Colonel Radl | [31] | |
1976 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Dr. John H. Watson | [32] | |
1976 | Network | Frank Hackett | [33] | |
1977 | The Greatest | Bill McDonald | [34] | |
1977 | We're Not the Jet Set | N/A | Director only; documentary | [35] |
1978 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Priest on Swing | Uncredited | [36] |
1978 | The Betsy | Loren Hardeman III | [37] | |
1979 | Apocalypse Now | Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore | [38] | |
1979 | The Great Santini | Bull Meechum | [39] | |
1981 | True Confessions | Det. Sgt. Tom Spellacy | [40] | |
1981 | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | Gruen | [41] | |
1983 | Tender Mercies | Mac Sledge | Also co-producer | [42] [43] |
1983 | Angelo My Love | N/A | Director and producer only | [35] |
1984 | The Stone Boy | Joe Hillerman | [44] | |
1984 | The Natural | Max Mercy | [45] | |
1986 | Let's Get Harry | Norman Shrike | [46] | |
1986 | Belizaire the Cajun | The Preacher | [47] | |
1986 | The Lightship | Calvin Caspary | [48] | |
1987 | Hotel Colonial | Roberto Carrasco | [49] | |
1988 | Colors | Bob Hodges | [50] | |
1990 | A Show of Force | Howard | [51] | |
1990 | Days of Thunder | Harry Hogge | [52] | |
1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | Commander | [53] | |
1991 | Rambling Rose | Daddy | [54] | |
1991 | Convicts | Soll Gautier | [55] | |
1992 | Newsies | Joseph Pulitzer | [56] | |
1992 | The Plague | Joseph Grand | [57] | |
1993 | Falling Down | Prendergast | [58] | |
1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Walter | [59] | |
1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | Al Sieber | [60] | |
1994 | The Paper | Bernie White | [61] | |
1995 | Something to Talk About | Wyly King | [62] | |
1995 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Mr. Cox | [63] | |
1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Roger Chillingworth | [64] | |
1996 | Sling Blade | Karl's Father | [65] | |
1996 | A Family Thing | Earl Pilcher Jr. | Also producer | [66] |
1996 | Phenomenon | Doc | [67] | |
1997 | The Apostle | The Apostle E.F. | Also executive producer, writer and director | [68] |
1998 | The Gingerbread Man | Dixon Doss | [69] | |
1998 | A Civil Action | Jerome Facher | [70] | |
1998 | Deep Impact | Spurgeon Tanner | [71] | |
2000 | Gone in 60 Seconds | Otto Halliwell | [72] | |
2000 | The 6th Day | Dr. Griffin Weir | [73] | |
2000 | A Shot at Glory | Gordon McLeod | Also producer | [74] |
2002 | John Q. | Lt. Frank Grimes | [75] | |
2002 | Assassination Tango | John J. | Also producer, writer and director | [76] |
2003 | Gods and Generals | Gen. Robert E. Lee | [77] | |
2003 | Secondhand Lions | Hub | [78] | |
2003 | Open Range | Boss Spearman | [79] | |
2005 | Kicking & Screaming | Buck Weston | [80] | |
2005 | Thank You for Smoking | Captain | [81] | |
2007 | Lucky You | L. C. Cheever | [82] | |
2007 | We Own the Night | Burt Grusinsky | [83] | |
2008 | Four Christmases | Howard | [84] | |
2009 | Crazy Heart | Wayne | Also producer | [85] |
2009 | The Road | Old Man | [86] | |
2009 | Get Low | Felix Bush | Also producer | [87] |
2011 | Seven Days in Utopia | Johnny Crawford | [88] | |
2012 | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Jim Caldwell | [89] | |
2012 | Jack Reacher | Cash | [90] | |
2014 | A Night in Old Mexico | Red | [91] | |
2014 | The Judge | Joseph Palmer | [92] | |
2015 | Wild Horses | Scott Briggs | Also writer and director | [93] |
2016 | In Dubious Battle | Bolton | [94] | |
2018 | Widows | Tom Mulligan | [95] | |
2021 | 12 Mighty Orphans | Mason Hawk | [96] | |
2022 | Hustle | Rex Merrick | [97] | |
2022 | The Pale Blue Eye | Jean-Pepe | [98] | |
TBA | The Ploughmen† | Gload | Filming | [99] |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
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1959–1960 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Various | 2 episodes | [100] |
1961–1965 | The Defenders | Various | 3 episodes | [101] |
1961 | Shannon | Joey Nolan | Episode: "Big Fish" | [102] |
1961 | Cain's Hundred | Tom Nugent | Episode: "King of the Mountain" | [103] |
1961 | Route 66 | Lee Winters / Arnie / Roman | 3 episodes | [104] |
1961–1962 | Naked City | Barney Sonners / Johnny Meigs / L. Francis Childe | 4 episodes | [104] |
1962 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Bart Conway | Episode: "Bad Actor" | [105] |
1963 | The Untouchables | Eddie Moon | Episode: "Blues for a Gone Goose" | [106] |
1963 | The Twilight Zone | Charley Parkes | Episode: "Miniature" | [107] |
1963 | The Virginian | Johnny Keel | Episode: "Golden Door" | [108] |
1963 | Stoney Burke | Joby Pierce | Episode: "Joby" | [109] |
1963 | Arrest and Trial | Morton Ware | Episode: "Quality of Justice" | [110] |
1963 | The Fugitive | Eric Christian / Leslie Sessions | 3 episodes | [104] [111] |
1964 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Harvey Farnsworth | Episode: "Portrait of an Unknown Man" | [112] |
1964 | The Outer Limits | Adam Ballard / Louis Mace | 3 episodes | [113] [114] |
1965 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Zar | Episode: "The Invaders" | [115] |
1965–1967 | Combat! | Michel / Peter Halsman / Karl | 3 episodes | [104] |
1965–1969 | The F.B.I. | Various | 5 episodes | [116] [117] |
1966 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Frank Reeser | Episode: "Guilty or Not Guilty" | [118] |
1966 | Hawk | Dick Olmstead | Episode: "Theory of the Innocent Bystander" | [119] |
1966 | Felony Squad | Allie Froelich | Episode: "Death of a Dream" | [120] |
1966 | Shane | Tom Gary | Episode: "Poor Tom's A-Cold" | [121] |
1966–1967 | T.H.E. Cat | Laurent / Scorpio | 2 episodes | [122] |
1966 | Fame Is the Name of the Game | Eddie Franchot | Television film | [123] |
1967 | The Time Tunnel | Raoul Nimon | Episode: "Chase Through Time" | [124] |
1967 | Cimarron Strip | Joe Wyman | Episode: "The Roarer" | [125] |
1967 | The Wild Wild West | Dr. Horace Humphries | Episode: "The Night of the Falcon" | [126] |
1968 | CBS Playhouse | Dr. Margolin | Episode: "The People Next Door" | [127] |
1968 | Run for Your Life | Richard Fletcher | Episode: "Killing Scene" | [128] |
1968 | Judd, for the Defense | Raymond Cane | Episode: "Square House" | [129] |
1968 | Flesh and Blood | Howard | Television film | [130] |
1969 | The Mod Squad | Matt Jenkins | Episode: "Keep the Faith, Baby" | [131] |
1979 | Ike | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower | Television miniseries; aka Ike: The War Years | [132] |
1983 | The Terry Fox Story | Bill Vigars | Television film | [133] |
1989 | Lonesome Dove | Augustus "Gus" McCrae | Miniseries | [134] |
1992 | Stalin | Joseph Stalin | Television film | [135] |
1996 | The Man Who Captured Eichmann | Adolf Eichmann | Television film | [136] |
1998 | Saturday Night Live | Various | Episode: "Garth Brooks" | [137] |
2005 | American Experience | Narrator | Episode: "Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | [138] |
2006 | Broken Trail | Prentice Ritter | Miniseries; also executive producer | [139] [6] |
2012 | Hemingway & Gellhorn | Russian General | Television film; uncredited cameo | [140] |
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