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Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award and four-time Golden Globe winning American film actor and director.

Early life

Duvall was born in San Diego, California. His father, William Howard Duvall, was a retired U.S. Navy admiral with French Huguenot roots; his mother was an amateur actress and a descendant of American Civil War General Robert E. Lee. His father was a Methodist and his mother was a Christian Scientist; he was raised in the Christian Science religion, which he claims to follow today despite many years living a decidedly un-Christian Scientist lifestyle (as he states in a 2006 article in Vanity Fair).

Duvall grew up in a military family, living for a time in Annapolis, Maryland near the United States Naval Academy. He was expelled from Severn School in Annapolis. He served in the United States Army (service number 52 346 646) from 19 August 1953 to 20 August 1954, achieving the rank of Private First Class and receiving the National Defense Service Medal.

Duvall studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York under Sanford Meisner. While struggling as an actor, he worked at a Manhattan post office as a clerk but quit after six months.

Film career

His screen debut was as Boo Radley in the critically acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Duvall later played the notorious malefactor Ned Pepper in True Grit (1969), and Major Frank Burns in the film version of MASH 1970, 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 Lt. Colonel Kilgore in Apocalypse Now (1979). His line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" from Apocalypse Now is now regarded as iconic in cinema history.

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. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2005. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 18, 2003.

Duvall portrayed General Robert E. Lee in Gods and Generals in 2003 and is actually a relative of the historical figure.

As Duvall has stated in several publications such as "CBS Sunday Morning", his favorite character to play was Gus McCrae, in "Lonesome Dove". A strong and whitty character that he has mirrored in "Open Range" and "Broken Trail".

Academy Awards

Wins:

* 1983 - Best Actor in Tender Mercies

Nominations:

1972 - Best Supporting Actor in The Godfather
* 1979 - Best Supporting Actor in Apocalypse Now
* 1980 - Best Actor in The Great Santini
* 1997 - Best Actor in The Apostle
* 1998 - Best Supporting Actor in A Civil Action

Personal life

Duvall is close friends with Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman, both of whom he has known since their struggling actor days.

Duvall has been married four times:

* Barbara Benjamin (1964 - 1975)
* Gail Youngs (1982 - 1986)
* Sharon Brophy (1991 - 1996)
* Luciana Pedraza (2005 - present)

He met Pedraza on a street in Buenos Aires. They were both born on January 5, but Duvall is 40 years older. They have been together since 1997.

Duvall speaks fluent Spanish and maintains a farm in The Plains, Virginia in Fauquier County, Virginia. He has the same birthday as Godfather co-star Diane Keaton who is born 1946. His favorite city is Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an avid Tango dancer and soccer fan.

Though Duvall is actually a staunch Libertarian, he has Republican sympathies and was personally invited to George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001. He attended the event. He is currently actively involved in a legal battle against a local power company's plans to put high-voltage power lines through his local area.

Partial filmography

* To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) .... Arthur 'Boo' Radley
* The Twilight Zone, episode #110 \"Miniature\" (1963) .... Charley Parkes
* Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) .... Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
* The Chase (1966) .... Edwin Stewart
* The Detective (1968) .... Nestor
* Countdown (1968) .... Chiz
* Bullitt (1968) .... Weissberg
* True Grit (1969) .... Ned Pepper
* The Rain People (1969) .... Gordon
* M*A*S*H (1970) .... Frank Burns
* The Revolutionary (1970) .... Despard
* THX 1138 (1971) .... THX 1138
* Lawman (1971) .... Vernon Adams
* The Godfather (1972) .... Tom Hagen
* Tomorrow (1972) .... Jackson Fentry
* Joe Kidd (1972) .... Frank Harlan
* The Outfit (1973) .... Earl Macklin
* The Conversation (1974) (uncredited) .... The Director
* The Godfather: Part II (1974) .... Tom Hagen
* Breakout (1975)
* The Eagle Has Landed (1976) .... Oberst Max Radl
* Apocalypse Now (1979) .... Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
* The Great Santini (1979)....Bull Meechum
* True Confessions....Thomas Spellacy
* Tender Mercies (1983) .... Max Sledge
* The Natural (1984) .... Max Mercy
* The lightship (1986) ....Calvin Caspary
* Colors (1988) ... Officer Bob Hodges
* Lonesome Dove (1989) (TV) .... Augustus McCrae
* Days of Thunder (1990) .... Harry Hogge
* The Handmaid's Tale (1990) .... The Commander
* Stalin (1992) (TV) .... Josef Stalin
* Newsies (1992) .... Joseph Pulitzer
* Falling Down (1993) .... Prendergast
* Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
* Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) ... Al Sieber
* Sling Blade (1994)... Karl's father
* The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) .... Mr. Cox
* The Scarlet Letter (1995) .... Roger Chillingworth
* The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) .... Adolf Eichmann
* A Family Thing (1996) .... Earl Pilcher Jr.
* Phenomenon (1996) .... Doc Brunder
* The Apostle (1997) .... Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey - The Apostle E.F.
* The Gingerbread Man (1998) .... Dixon Doss
* Deep Impact (1998) .... Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
* Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) .... Otto Halliwell
* The 6th Day (2000) .... Dr. Griffin Weir
* A Shot at Glory (2000) .... Gordon McLeod
* John Q (2002) .... Lt. Frank Grimes
* Assassination Tango (2002) .... John J. Anderson
* Gods and Generals (2003) .... Gen. Robert E. Lee
* Secondhand Lions (2003) .... Hub
* Open Range (2003) .... Boss Spearman
* Kicking & Screaming (2005) .... Buck Weston
* The Godfather: The Game (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Tom Hagen
* Thank You for Smoking (2006) .... Doak \"The Captain\" Boykin
* Broken Trail (2006) .... Prentice \"Print\" Ritter
* Lucky You (2007) (post-production) .... Mr. Cheever
* Bee Movie (2007) (filming) (voice)
* A Night in Old Mexico (2006) (in production)

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