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A direct descendent of Confederate General, Robert E. Lee, raised by an Admiral and having served in the Army in Korea, it may seem surprising that, upon his discharge from the military, Duvall moved to New York to study acting.

Working in theatre in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he also appeared on TV, before making his film debut in 1962, as Boo Radley, in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’.

During his long film career, in which he has worked with some of Hollywood's greatest directors, including a long association with Francis Ford Coppola, Duvall has frequently played troubled, lonely characters.

Probably Duvall’s most iconic moment was his performance as the crazed Colonel Kilgore, in Coppola’s sprawling jungle epic, ‘Apocalypse Now’, in which the actor delivered probably the most famous line in the movie – "I love the smell of napalm in the morning!”

Duvall's several Oscar nominations include one for his performance of a brutish military father, who victimises his family, in ‘The Great Santini’. For his portrayal of a has-been country singer, in ‘Tender Mercies’, he earned his first Academy Award for Best Actor.

One of Duvall's greatest personal triumphs was the production of ‘The Apostle’, the powerful tale of a fallen Southern preacher who finds redemption. Duvall wrote the script 15 years before and was unable to find a backer, so in the mid 1990s he financed the film himself. Directing and starring in the piece, Duvall earned considerable acclaim, including another Oscar-nomination for Best Actor.

During the 1990s his films, though not always successful, brought him steady work and a great variety of roles, while throughout, Duvall has continued to work on stage, and has recently done voice-over work for TV commercials.


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He was once a roommate of Dustin Hoffman while they were stage actors in New York, prior to either becoming famous.

He can speak Spanish fluently

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A Night in Old Mexico (2006)
Kicking & Screaming (2005)
Secondhand Lions (2003)
Open Range (2003)
Gods and Generals (2003)
Assassination Tango (2002)
John Q (2002)
A 6th Day (2000)
A Shot at Glory (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
A Civil Action (1998)
Deep Impact (1998)
The Gingerbread Man (1998)
The Apostle (1997)
Sling Blade (1996)
Phenomenon (1996)
A Family Thing (1996)
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
Something to Talk About (1995)
The Paper (1994)
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
Falling Down (1993)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
La Peste (1992)
Newsies (1992)
Rambling Rose (1991)
Convicts (1990)
Days of Thunder (1990)
A Show of Force (1990)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Colours (1988)
Hotel Colonial (1987)
Let's Get Harry (1986)
Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
The Lightship (1985)
The Stone Boy (1984)
The Natural (1984)
Tender Mercies (1983)
Aliens From Another Planet (1982)
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
True Confessions (1981)
The Great Santini (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Betsy (1978)
The Greatest (1977)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Network (1976)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
The Killer Elite (1975)
Breakout (1975)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Outfit (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
Badge 373 (1973)
Lady Ice (1973)
Joe Kidd (1972)
The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid (1972)
Tomorrow (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Lawman (1971)
THX 1138 (1971)
The Revolutionary (1970)
MASH (1970)
The Rain People (1969)
True Grit (1969)
Bullitt (1968)
The Detective (1968)
Countdown (1968)
Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI (1967)
Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966)
The Chase (1966)
Nightmare in the Sun (1965)
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

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