Robert 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:
He now lives with his partner Luciana Pedraza .
Partial filmography
External link
Robert Duvall http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000380/ at the Internet Movie Database
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