Editing Robert Duvall (section)

== Career ==

=== Early career: 1952–1969 ===

====Theater====
Duvall began his professional acting career with the [[Gateway Playhouse]], an [[Actors' Equity Association|Equity]] summer theater based in [[Bellport, New York|Bellport]], [[Long Island]], New York. Arguably his stage debut was in its 1952 season when he played the Pilot in ''Laughter in the Stars'', an adaptation of ''[[The Little Prince]]'', at what was then the Gateway Theatre.<ref>Program booklet for {{cite web | url = http://gatewayplayhouse.com/Archive/Playbill/1952/1952_Playbill_LaughterInTheStars.pdf%27 | title = ''Laughter in the Stars'' | date = 1952 | publisher = [[Gateway Playhouse|Gateway Theatre]] | access-date = December 9, 2012 | archive-date = January 21, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230121033354/https://gatewayplayhouse.com/Online/default.asp | url-status = live }}</ref>

After a year's absence when he was with the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] (1953–1954), Duvall returned to Gateway in its 1955 summer season, playing: Eddie Davis in [[Ronald Alexander (playwright)|Ronald Alexander]]'s ''[[Time Out for Ginger]]'' (July 1955), Hal Carter in [[William Inge]]'s ''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'' (July 1955), Charles Wilder in [[John Willard (playwright)|John Willard]]'s ''[[The Cat and the Canary (play)|The Cat and the Canary]]'' (August 1955), Parris in [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[The Crucible]]'' (August 1955), and John the Witchboy in William Berney and [[Howard Richardson (playwright)|Howard Richardson]]'s ''[[Dark of the Moon (play)|Dark of the Moon]]'' (September 1955). The playbill of ''Dark of the Moon'' indicated that he had portrayed the Witchboy before and that he would "repeat his famous portrayal" of this character for the 1955 season's revival of this play.

For Gateway's 1956 season (his third season with the Gateway Players), he played the role of Max Halliday in [[Frederick Knott]]'s ''Dial M for Murder'' (July 1956), Virgil Blessing in Inge's ''[[Bus Stop (play)|Bus Stop]]'' (August 1956), and Clive Mortimer in [[John Van Druten]]'s ''[[I Am a Camera]]'' (August 1956). The playbills for the 1956 season described him as "an audience favorite" in the last season and as having "appeared at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and studied acting with Sandy Meisner this past winter".

In its 1957 season, Duvall appeared as Mr. Mayher in [[Agatha Christie]]'s ''[[Witness for the Prosecution (play)|Witness for the Prosecution]]'' (July 1957), as Hector in [[Jean Anouilh]]'s ''[[Thieves' Carnival]]l'' (July 1957), and the role which he once described as the "catalyst of his career": Eddie Carbone in [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'', from July 30 to August 3, 1957, and directed by [[Ulu Grosbard]], who was by then a regular director at the Gateway Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gatewayplayhouse.com/Archive/Playbill/1952/1955/1956/1957. |title=Retrieved January 2–3, 2012. |access-date=April 19, 2013 |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121033352/https://gatewayplayhouse.com/Online/default.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> Miller himself attended one of Duvall's performances as Eddie, and during that performance he met important people which allowed him, in two months, to land a "spectacular lead" in the ''Naked City'' television series.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

While appearing at the Gateway Theatre in the second half of the 1950s, Duvall was also appearing at the Augusta Civic Theatre, the McLean Theatre in [[Virginia]] and the [[Arena Stage]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The 1957 playbills also described him as "a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse" (indicating that he had completed his studies there by the summer of 1957), "a member of Sanford Meisner's professional workshop" and as having worked with Alvin Epstein, a [[Mime artist|mime]] and a member of [[Marcel Marceau]]'s company. By this time, also July 1957, his theatrical credits included performances as Jimmy in ''[[The Rainmaker (play)|The Rainmaker]]'' and as Harvey Weems in [[Horton Foote]]'s ''[[The Midnight Caller (play)|The Midnight Caller]]''.<ref name="Playbill_ThievesCarnival 1957">Duvall biography at program booklet for {{cite web | title = ''Thieves' Carnival'' | url = http://gatewayplayhouse.com/Archive/Playbill/1957/1957_Playbill_ThievesCarnival.pdf | date = July 23–27, 1957 | publisher = [[Gateway Playhouse|Gateway Theatre]] | access-date = January 3, 2012 | archive-date = December 16, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101216002051/http://gatewayplayhouse.com/Archive/Playbill/1957/1957_Playbill_ThievesCarnival.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Playbill_WitnessFortheProsecution 1957">1957_Playbill_WitnessFortheProsecution.pdf at gatewayplayhouse.com/Archive/Playbill/1957. Retrieved January 3, 2012.</ref>

Already receiving top-billing at the Gateway Playhouse, in the 1959 season, he appeared in lead roles as Stanley Kowalski in [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' (July–August 1959), Maxwell Archer in ''Once More with Feeling'', Igor Romanoff in [[Peter Ustinov]]'s ''[[Romanoff and Juliet (play)|Romanoff and Juliet]]'', and Joe Mancuso in Kyle Crichton's ''The Happiest Millionaire'' (all in August 1959).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gatewayplayhouse.com/Archive/Playbill/1959. |title=Retrieved January 3, 2012. |access-date=April 19, 2013 |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121033350/https://gatewayplayhouse.com/Online/default.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the Neighborhood Playhouse, Meisner cast him in Tennessee Williams' ''Camino Real'' and the title role of Harvey Weems in Foote's [[one-act play]] ''The Midnight Caller''. The latter was already part of Duvall's performance credits by mid-July 1957.<ref name="Playbill_ThievesCarnival 1957" /><ref name="Playbill_WitnessFortheProsecution 1957" /><ref>Horton Foote, ''Genesis of an American Playwright'' (Longview, Texas: Markham Press Fund of Baylor University Press, 2004): p. 103. Retrieved from Google Books, December 31, 2011.</ref><ref>Roy M. Anker, ''Catching Light: Looking for God in the Movies'' (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004): p. 138. Retrieved from Google Books, December 31, 2011.</ref><ref>William Esper, Remembrance of Sanford Meisner at The [[William Esper Studio]], esperstudio.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.</ref><ref>Robert Feinberg, ''Interview: Robert Duvall Reflects on 50 Years of Great Screen Roles'' (Friday, July 30, 2010) at scottfeinberg.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.</ref><ref>Robert Duvall Biography in ''Journal of Religion and Film'' (1998). Retrieved at robertduvall.net23.net, January 2, 2012.</ref>

Duvall made his [[off-Broadway]] debut at the [[Gate Theatre (New York City)|Gate Theater]] as Frank Gardner in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Mrs. Warren's Profession]]'' on June 25, 1958. This play closed three days later (June 28) after five performances. His other early off-Broadway credits include the role of Doug in the premiere of [[Michael Shurtleff]]'s ''[[Call Me by My Rightful Name]]'' on January 31, 1961, at One Sheridan Square and the role of Bob Smith in the premiere of [[William Snyder (playwright)|William Snyder]]'s ''[[The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker]]'' on September 17, 1962, until June 9, 1963, at the [[Sheridan Square Playhouse]].

His most notable off-Broadway performance, for which he won an [[Obie Award]] in 1965 and which he considers his "[[Othello]]", was as Eddie Carbone, again, in Miller's ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'' at the [[Sheridan Square Playhouse]] from January 28, 1965, to December 11, 1966. It was directed again by Ulu Grosbard with Dustin Hoffman. On February 2, 1966, he made his [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] debut as Harry Roat, Jr in [[Frederick Knott]]'s ''[[Wait Until Dark]]'' at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]]. This played at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] and [[George Abbott Theatre]] and closed on December 31, 1966, at the [[Music Box Theatre]]. His other Broadway performance was as Walter Cole in [[David Mamet]]'s ''American Buffalo'', which opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on February 16, 1977, and closed at the [[Belasco Theatre]] on June 11, 1977.<ref>Lortel Archives: The Internet Off-Broadway Database at www.lortel.org. Retrieved January 1, 2012.</ref><ref>"Robert Duvall" at IBDB (Internet Broadway Database), www.ibdb.com. Retrieved January 1, 2012.</ref><ref>Robert Duvall in Broadwayworld International Database at broadwayworld.com. Retrieved January 2, 2012.</ref>

====Television====
In 1959, Duvall made his first television appearance on ''[[Armstrong Circle Theater]]'' in the episode "The Jailbreak". He appeared regularly on television as a guest actor during the 1960s, often in action, suspense, detective, or crime dramas. His appearances during this time include performances on ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]'', ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'', ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', ''[[Combat! (TV series)|Combat!]]'', ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'', ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', ''[[T.H.E. Cat]]'', ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'', ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'', ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'', and ''[[The Mod Squad]]''.

====Film====
His film debut was as [[Boo Radley]] in the critically acclaimed ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' (1962). He was cast in the film on the recommendation of screenwriter [[Horton Foote]], who met Duvall at [[Neighborhood Playhouse]] during a 1957 production of Foote's play, ''The Midnight Caller''. Foote, who collaborated with Duvall many more times over the course of their careers, said he believed Duvall had a particular love of common people and ability to infuse fascinating revelations into his roles. Foote has described Duvall as "our number one actor".<ref name="Miracles">{{cite video |people = [[Bruce Beresford]] (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), [[Horton Foote]] (actor), Gary Hertz (director), [[Tess Harper]] (actress) |date = April 16, 2002 |title = Miracles & Mercies |url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383509/ |medium = Documentary |publisher = [[Blue Underground]] |location = [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]], California |access-date = January 28, 2008 |archive-date = October 2, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181002123343/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383509/ |url-status = live }}</ref>

After ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', Duvall appeared in a number of films during the 1960s, mostly in midsized parts, but also in a few larger supporting roles. Some of his more notable appearances include the role of Capt. Paul Cabot Winston in ''[[Captain Newman, M.D.]]'' (1963), Chiz in ''[[Countdown (1968 film)|Countdown]]'' (1968), and Gordon in ''[[The Rain People]]''. Duvall had a small part as a cab driver who ferries McQueen around just before the chase scene in the film ''[[Bullitt]]'' (1968). He was the notorious malefactor "Lucky" Ned Pepper in ''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]'' (1969), in which he engaged in a climactic shootout with [[John Wayne]]'s [[Rooster Cogburn (character)|Rooster Cogburn]] on horseback.

=== Mid-career: 1970–1989 ===
[[File:President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan greet Robert Duvall.jpg|thumb|left|Duvall with President [[Ronald Reagan]] and First Lady [[Nancy Reagan]], 1985]]
[[File:Robert Duvall Diane Lane 1989.jpg|thumb|upright|Duvall with [[Diane Lane]] at the 41st [[Emmy Awards]], September 1989]]
[[File:Stella Robert Duvall - Hollywood Walk of Fame - Agosto 2011.jpg|thumb|Duvall's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]

Duvall became an important presence in American films beginning in the 1970s. He drew a considerable amount of attention in 1970 for his portrayal of the malevolent Major [[Frank Burns (M*A*S*H)|Frank Burns]] in the film ''[[MASH (film)|MASH]]'' and for his portrayal of the title role in ''[[THX 1138]]'' in 1971 where he plays a fugitive trying to escape a society controlled by robots. His first major critical success came portraying [[Tom Hagen]] in ''[[The Godfather]]'' (1972) and ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (1974), the 1972 film earning him an Academy Award nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]. Also in 1974, Duvall played a corporate director (uncredited) in [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s thriller ''[[The Conversation]]''. In 1976, Duvall played supporting roles in ''[[The Eagle Has Landed (film)|The Eagle Has Landed]]'', and as Dr. Watson in ''[[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (film)|The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]]'' with [[Nicol Williamson]], [[Alan Arkin]], [[Vanessa Redgrave]] and [[Laurence Olivier]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075194/ |title=The Seven-Per-Cent Solution |publisher=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>

By the mid-1970s Duvall was a top [[character actor]]; ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' described him as "Hollywood's No. 1 No. 2 lead".<ref name=stevenson19770905>{{cite news |title=Robert Duvall, Hollywood's No. 1 Second Lead, Breaks for Starlight |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20067777,00.html |first=Laura |last=Stevenson |magazine=[[People (American magazine)|People]] |access-date=December 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104213721/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20067777%2C00.html |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |date=September 5, 1977}}</ref> Duvall received another Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor and won both a BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award 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 regarded as iconic in cinema history. The full text is:

{{blockquote|You smell that? Do you smell that? [[Napalm]], son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. But the smell! You know – that gasoline smell... the whole hill! Smelled like... victory. (Pause) Some day this war is going to end...}}

Duvall received a BAFTA Award nomination for his portrayal of television executive Frank Hackett in the critically acclaimed film ''[[Network (1976 film)|Network]]'' (1976) and garnered an Oscar nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] in ''[[The Great Santini]]'' (1979) as the hard-boiled [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] Lt. Col. "Bull" Meechum. The latter role was based on a Marine [[Naval aviator|aviator]], Colonel [[Donald Conroy]], the father of the book's author [[Pat Conroy]]. He also co-starred with Laurence Olivier and [[Tommy Lee Jones]] in ''[[The Betsy]]'' (1978) and portrayed United States President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in the television miniseries ''[[Ike (TV miniseries)|Ike]]'' (1979).

[[Francis Ford Coppola]] praised Duvall as "one of the four or five best actors in the world". Wanting [[billing (performing arts)|top billing]] in films, in 1977 Duvall returned to Broadway to appear as Walter Cole in [[David Mamet]]'s ''American Buffalo'', stating "I hope this will get me better film roles".{{r|stevenson19770905}} He received a [[Drama Desk Award]] nomination for [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play|Outstanding Actor in a Play]].
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Duvall continued appearing in films during the 1980s, including the roles of a detective in ''[[True Confessions (film)|True Confessions]]'' (1981), a disillusioned sportswriter Max Mercy in ''[[The Natural (film)|The Natural]]'' (1984) and Los Angeles police officer Bob Hodges in ''[[Colors (film)|Colors]]'' (1988). He won an Oscar for [[Academy award for best actor|Best Actor]] as [[Country music|country western]] singer Mac Sledge in ''[[Tender Mercies]]'' (1983). Duvall did his own singing, insisting it be added to his contract that he sing the songs himself. Duvall said, "What's the point if you're not going to do your own [singing]? They're just going to dub somebody else? I mean, there's no point to that."<ref name="Miracles" />

Actress [[Tess Harper]], who co-starred, said Duvall inhabited the character so fully that she only got to know Mac Sledge and not Duvall himself. Director [[Bruce Beresford]], too, said the transformation was so believable to him that he could feel his skin crawling up the back of his neck the first day of filming with Duvall. Beresford said of the actor, "Duvall has the ability to completely inhabit the person he's acting. He totally and utterly becomes that person to a degree which is uncanny."<ref name="Miracles" /> Duvall and Beresford did not get along well during the production and often clashed during filming, including one day in which Beresford walked off the set in frustration.<ref name="Miracles" />

In 1989, Duvall appeared in the miniseries ''[[Lonesome Dove (TV miniseries)|Lonesome Dove]]'' in the role of Captain [[Augustus "Gus" McCrae]], Texas Rangers (retired). He has considered this particular role to be his personal favorite.<ref>{{cite news|last=Appleford|first=Steve|title=Robert Duvall goes back to Texas for his latest role|date=March 20, 2014|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-robert-duvall-20140320-story.html|access-date=June 16, 2015|archive-date=June 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617020543/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/20/entertainment/la-et-mn-robert-duvall-20140320|url-status=live}}</ref> He won a Golden Globe Award and earned an Emmy Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/robert-duvall|title=Robert Duvall|work=Television Academy|access-date=November 28, 2011|archive-date=September 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930054542/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/robert-duvall|url-status=live}}</ref> nomination. For his role as a former Texas Ranger peace officer, Duvall was trained in the use of Walker revolvers by the Texas [[marksman]] [[Joe Bowman (marksman)|Joe Bowman]].

=== Later career: 1990–present ===
[[File:Robert Duvall and Gregory Dayton.png|thumb|upright|Duvall (right) on the set of ''[[The Man Who Captured Eichmann]]'', 1996]]
[[File:2005 National Medal of Arts winners.jpg|thumb|upright=1.13|President [[George W. Bush]] stands with recipients of the 2005 [[National Medal of Arts]], from left: [[Leonard Garment]], [[Louis Auchincloss]], [[Paquito D'Rivera]], [[James DePreist]], [[Tina Ramirez]], Robert Duvall, and [[Ollie Johnston]]]]

For ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' (1990), Duvall declined to reprise the part of Tom Hagen, unless he was paid a salary comparable to [[Al Pacino]]'s. In 2004, Duvall said on ''[[60 Minutes]]'', "if they paid Pacino twice what they paid me, that's fine, but not three or four times, which is what they did."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-duvall-does-the-tango-06-01-2004/|title=Robert Duvall Does The Tango|publisher=cbcnews.com|date=January 6, 2004|access-date=December 28, 2019|archive-date=December 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228010634/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-duvall-does-the-tango-06-01-2004/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1992, Duvall founded the production company Butcher's Run Films.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Robert Duvall| work = NEA| access-date = May 9, 2019| date = May 30, 2013| url = https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/robert-duvall| archive-date = May 9, 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190509142221/https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/robert-duvall| url-status = live}}</ref> Duvall has maintained a busy film career, sometimes appearing in as many as four in one year. He received Oscar nominations for his portrayals of [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] preacher Euliss "Sonny" Dewey in ''[[The Apostle]]'' (1997)—a film he also wrote and directed—and lawyer Jerome Facher in ''[[A Civil Action (film)|A Civil Action]]'' (1998).

He directed ''[[Assassination Tango]]'' (2002), a thriller about one of his favorite hobbies, [[tango (dance)|tango]]. He portrayed General [[Robert E. Lee]] in ''[[Gods and Generals (film)|Gods and Generals]]'' in 2003.

Other roles during this period that displayed the actor's wide range included that of a crew chief in ''[[Days of Thunder]]'' (1990), the father of an upper-class Southern family in ''[[Rambling Rose (film)|Rambling Rose]]'' (1991), Joseph Pulitzer a newspaper publisher in the Disney musical'' [[Newsies]]'' (1992), a retiring cop in ''[[Falling Down]]'' (1993), a Hispanic barber in ''[[Wrestling Ernest Hemingway]]'' (1993), a New York tabloid editor in ''[[The Paper (film)|The Paper]]'' (1994), a rural doctor in ''[[Phenomenon (film)|Phenomenon]]'' (1996), a father who owns a jumper horse farm in ''[[Something to Talk About (film)|Something to Talk About]]'' (1995), an abusive father in 1996's ''[[Sling Blade]]'', and an astronaut in ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'' (1998).

He continued his film roles by appearing as a mechanic in ''[[Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)|Gone in 60 Seconds]]'' (2000), a soccer coach in ''[[A Shot at Glory]]'' (2000), a scientist in ''[[The 6th Day]]'' (2000), a police officer in ''[[John Q.]]'' (2002), a trail boss in ''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]'' (2003), an old free spirit in ''[[Secondhand Lions]]'' (2003), another soccer coach in the comedy ''[[Kicking & Screaming (2005 film)|Kicking & Screaming]]'' (2005), a Las Vegas poker champion in ''[[Lucky You (film)|Lucky You]]'' (2007), a [[New York City police]] chief in ''[[We Own the Night (film)|We Own the Night]]'' (2007), the father of a dysfunctional family in ''[[Four Christmases]]'' (2008), a man who throws his own funeral party while still alive in ''[[Get Low (film)|Get Low]]'' (2010), and a retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who owns a shooting range in ''[[Jack Reacher (film)|Jack Reacher]]'' (2012).

He has his own star on the [[St. Louis Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/?view=achievement|title=St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees|last=St. Louis Walk of Fame|publisher=stlouiswalkoffame.org|access-date=April 25, 2013|archive-date=October 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031162946/http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/?view=achievement|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Duvall has periodically worked in television from the 1990s on. He won a Golden Globe Award and garnered an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Soviet Premier [[Joseph Stalin]] in the 1992 television film ''[[Stalin (1992 film)|Stalin]]''. He was nominated for an Emmy again in 1997 for portraying [[Adolf Eichmann]] in ''[[The Man Who Captured Eichmann]]''. In 2006, he won an Emmy for the role of Prentice "Print" Ritter in the [[revisionist Western]] miniseries ''[[Broken Trail]]''.

In 2005, Duvall was awarded a [[National Medal of Arts]] by President [[George W. Bush]] at the [[White House]].<ref>[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/11/images/20051110-2_d-0221-1-515h.html "Home > News & Policies > November 2005."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210015547/https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/11/images/20051110-2_d-0221-1-515h.html |date=December 10, 2017 }} George W. Bush White House Archives. November 10, 2005.</ref> In 2014, he starred in ''[[The Judge (2014 film)|The Judge]]'' alongside [[Robert Downey Jr.]] While the movie itself received mixed reviews,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_judge_2014/|title=The Judge (2014)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=October 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027191451/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_judge_2014/|url-status=live}}</ref> Duvall's performance was praised. He was nominated for a Golden Globe, [[Screen Actors Guild]], and Academy Award for his supporting role. In 2015, at age 84, Duvall became the oldest actor ever nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his role in the film ''The Judge'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/oscars-robert-duvall-becomes-oldest-supporting-actor-nominee-050005183.html|title=Oscars: Robert Duvall Becomes Oldest Supporting Actor Nominee Ever|date=January 15, 2015|work=Yahoo News|access-date=January 15, 2017|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002246/http://news.yahoo.com/oscars-robert-duvall-becomes-oldest-supporting-actor-nominee-050005183.html|url-status=live}}</ref> a record that has since been surpassed by [[Christopher Plummer]].

In 2018, Duvall appeared in the [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]]-directed heist thriller ''[[Widows (2018 film)|Widows]]'' as a corrupt power broker. The film earned critical acclaim. In 2022, he appeared in the [[Netflix]] films ''[[Hustle (2022 film)|Hustle]]'' and ''[[The Pale Blue Eye]]''.