Robert Duvall was born Jan. 5, 1931, in San Diego, Calif., the son of a Navy admiral. After military service, Duvall studied acting at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse and made off-Broadway appearances.His first screen role as the mute Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) left a lasting impression, and his visibility grew in such films as The Chase, Bullitt, True Grit, The Rain People and MASH. Duvall received his first Oscar nomination for The Godfather (1972); he scored another nomination for Apocalypse Now and a third for The Great Santini.
He finally earned a Best Actor Oscar for playing country singer Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies (1983) and was also nominated for The Apostle (which he also directed) and A Civil Action. Duvall has excelled in cowboy roles that have led to Emmy and Golden Globe recognition, including the miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989) and Broken Trail (2006), for which he won his first Emmy for Best Actor in a Miniseries.
AddTHX 1138: Special EditionGeorge Lucas based his first feature film -- a futuristic love story in which sexuality is banned, drugs are used to control people's minds and citizens are stripped of their individuality -- on an award-winning short he lensed in college. THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) and LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) rebel... Read More
Add AllBroken TrailNominated for six Emmys (with a win for Best Miniseries), this Western follows a pair of horse traders who rescue five Chinese girls sold into sexual slavery. While herding 500 horses to Wyoming, Prentice Ritter (Robert Duvall) and his nephew (Thomas Haden Church) cross paths with the quintet and... Read More
Add AllLonesome DoveIn one of director John Ford's greatest Westerns, Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae (Robert Duvall) and Woodrow F. Call (Tommy Lee Jones) saddle up for the cattle drive to end all cattle drives: a 2,500-mile journey from the Rio Grande to Montana. Larry McMurtry's novel comes to the screen as a six-hour... Read More
AddThe ApostleWhen charismatic but troubled Pentecostal preacher Euliss "Sonny" Dewey (Robert Duvall) discovers that his wife (Farrah Fawcett) is having an affair, he promptly puts the other man in a coma and flees his home state of Texas for Louisiana. Once there, he takes on a new name, renovates an old church... Read More
AddTender MerciesAlcoholic drifter Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall) comes into the life of a lonely widow (Tess Harper) and her young son (Allan Hubbard) in the barren flatlands of Texas. When Mac is revealed to be a once-famous country singer, he must face a painful past and an uncertain future -- but the new... Read More
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