Robert Duvall - Definition and Overview

Robert Duvall

Robert Selden Duvall is an actor, born on January 5, 1931 in San Diego, California. He studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York. His screen debut was as Boo Radley in the critically acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) but his breakout role was a decade later as Tom Hagen in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in A Civil Action and for his role as Colonel Kilgore in Apocalypse Now (1979). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for The Great Santini (1980) and The Apostle (1997) and won for his role in Tender Mercies (1983).

He directed the critically acclaimed The Apostle, about a preacher on the run from the law, and Assassination Tango (2002), a thriller about one of his favorite hobbies, tango.

Duvall has been married three times:

• Sharon Brophy (1991 - 1996)
• Gail Youngs (1982 - 1986)
• Barbara Benjamin (1964 - 1975)

He now lives with his partner Luciana Pedraza.

Partial filmography

• Apocalypse Now
• The Apostle
• Bullitt
• Falling Down
• The Godfather
• Lonesome Dove, a televised western saga.
• M*A*S*H
• Open Range
• Stalin
• THX 1138
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• The Eagle Has Landed
• The Conversation, (uncredited)

External link

Robert Duvall (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000380/) at the Internet Movie Database