Robert Duvall Biography

Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American film actor and directo
Duval was born in San Diego, California to parents of French and English descent. He 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 Theatre in New York under Sanford Meisner.
He is close friends with Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman, both of whom he's known since their struggling actor days.
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Duvall has been married three times:

Barbara Benjamin (1964 - 1975)
Gail Youngs (1982 - 1986)
Sharon Brophy (1991 - 1996)
He now lives with his partner Luciana Pedraza.

Film Career

Duval starred in two of Francis Ford Copola's acclaimed works: The Godfather Series and Apocalypse Now. Here is a screen capture from Apocalypse Now when he recites his most famous line, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." This quote was rated the most popular in cinema by a poll conducted by the British Broadcasting Company (see external links).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. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2005.

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