Profile of Robert Duvall on Famous Like Me

Robert Selden Duvall (born on January 5, 1931 in San Diego, California) is an American film actor and director. Duvall, of partially French Huguenot descent, grew up in a military family, living for a time in Annapolis, Maryland near the United States Naval Academy. He studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York under Sanford Meisner. He is also close friends with Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman, both of whom he's known since their struggling actor days. In a 2004 Vanity Fair article on the three, they looked out for each other both personally and financially while trying to establish a career in acting. 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

• A Night in Old Mexico (2006) (in production)
• The Berkeley Connection (2006) (announced)
• Bee Movie (2007) (filming) (voice)
• Lucky You (2006) (post-production) .... Mr. Cheever
• The Godfather: The Game (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Tom Hagen
• Open Range (2003) .... Boss Spearman
• Gods and Generals (2003) .... Gen. Robert E. Lee
• Assassination Tango (2002) .... John J. Anderson
• John Q (2002) .... Lt. Frank Grimes
• The 6th Day (2000) .... Dr. Griffin Weir
• Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) .... Otto Halliwell
• Deep Impact (1998) .... Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
• The Gingerbread Man (1998) .... Dixon Doss
• The Apostle (1997) .... Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey - The Apostle E.F.
• Phenomenon (1996) .... Doc Brunder
• A Family Thing (1996) .... Earl Pilcher Jr.
• The Scarlet Letter (1995) .... Roger Chillingworth
• The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) .... Mr. Cox
• Stalin (1992) (TV) .... Josef Stalin
• Lonesome Dove (1989) (TV) .... Augustus McCrae
• Apocalypse Now (1979) .... Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

... aka Apocalypse Now Redux (International: English title: longer version)

• The Godfather: Part II (1974) .... Tom Hagen

... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part II (USA: complete title)

• The Conversation (1974) (uncredited) .... The Director
• Joe Kid (1972) .... Frank Harlan
• Tomorrow (1972) .... Jackson Fentry
• The Godfather (1972) .... Tom Hagen

... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather (USA: complete title)

• Lawman (1971) .... Vernon Adams
• THX 1138 (1971) .... THX 1138
• The Revolutionary (1970) .... Despard
• M*A*S*H (1970) .... Maj. Frank Burns
• The Rain People (1969) .... Gordon
• True Grit (1969) .... Ned Pepper
• Bullitt (1968) .... Weissberg
• The Detective (1968) .... Nestor
• To Kill a Mockingbird(1962) .... Arthur 'Boo' Radley

Trivia

• He speaks fluent Spanish.
• While struggling as an actor, he worked at a Manhattan post office as a clerk but quit after six months. Duvall said he didn't want to be working at the same place twenty years from now.
• Has the same birthday as Godfather co-star Diane Keaton.
• His favorite city is Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an avid Tango dancer.
• His father was a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
• He is a descendant of American Civil War General Robert E. Lee.
• Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [18 September 2003]
• Served in the U.S. Army (serial #52 346 646) from 19 August 1953 to 20 August 1954, achieving rank of Private First Class and awarded the National Defense Service Medal.

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