Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
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 MAS*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).
Acted in 129
2020s
- 2022
- 2021
2010s
- 2018
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
A Night in Old Mexico
Red
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Taking Chance (voice)
- 2006
- 2005
- 2003
- 2002
- 2000
1990s
- 1998
The Gingerbread Man
Dixon Doss
- 1997
- 1996
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Walter
- 1992
Stalin
Josef Stalin
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Tom Hagen
The Plague
Joseph Grand
- 1991
- 1990
A Show of Force
Howard
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Tango: Our Dance
Entrevistado
- 1987
Hotel Colonial
Carrasco
- 1986
Let's Get Harry
Shrike
Belizaire the Cajun
The Preacher
- 1985
The Lightship
Calvin Caspary
- 1984
The Stone Boy
Joe Hillerman
- 1983
- 1982
Aliens From Another Planet
Nimon
- 1981
1970s
- 1979
Ike
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower · 3 episodes
- 1978
- 1977
The Greatest
Bill McDonald
- 1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Dr. John H. Watson
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
Badge 373
Eddie Ryan
- 1972
Tomorrow
Jackson Fentry
- 1971
- 1970
The Revolutionary
Despard
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
Countdown
Chiz
- 1966
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Eddie Franchot
Shane
Tom Gary · 1 episode
- 1965
Nightmare in the Sun
Motorcyclist
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
John Brown's Raid
Oliver Brown
Produced 7
2010s
- 2013
A Night in Old Mexico
Producer
2000s
- 2009
- 2006
- 2003
1990s
- 1997
- 1996
1980s
- 1983
Directed 5
2010s
- 2015
2000s
- 2003
1990s
- 1997
1980s
- 1983
Angelo My Love
Director
1970s
- 1977
We're Not the Jet Set
Director
Wrote 4
2010s
- 2015
2000s
- 2003
1990s
- 1997
1980s
- 1983
Angelo My Love
Writer
Appearances38
2020s
- 2023
- 2020
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Self
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor
- 2013
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Self
- 2012
Casting By
Self
- 2011
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Self
- 2010
Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself
Self
2000s
- 2007
Brando
Self
- 2006
Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western
self
- 2005
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Self
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Self
- 2004
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
- 2002
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Self
1990s
- 1998
Fearful Symmetry
Self
- 1996
- 1993
- 1992
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
Self (uncredited)
- 1991
- 1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Tom Hagen
1970s
- 1979
- 1975
- 1971
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
1960s
- 1968
Filmmaker
Self
- 1962
- 1961
1950s
- 1953
