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Robert Duvall
has starred in some of America's most acclaimed films: The Godfather,
which earned him an Oscar nomination, and The Godfather, Part
II; he was nominated a second time for an Oscar for his performance
in Apocalypse Now; he was nominated a third time for The Great
Santini, and won an Academy Award as Best Actor for Tender Mercies.
Duvall wrote,
directed and starred in The Apostle, receiving an Academy Award
nomination for the title character. He co-starred in Deep Impact
and A Civil Action, which won him his sixth Academy Award nomination
and a Golden Globe nomination. He followed this with Gone in 60
Seconds. Duvall honed his craft in such 60's and 70's classics
as Bullitt, True Grit, M*A*S*H, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The
Eagle Has Landed, The Greatest and The Betsy. The 80's saw him
in The Stone Boy, The Natural, The Lightship, Let's Get Harry
and Colors as well as the popular mini-series Lonesome Dove. During
the 90's, Duvall starred in Days of Thunder, A Handmaid's Tale,
A Show of Force, Convicts, Rambling Rose, Falling Down, Geronimo
and Wrestling Ernest Hemingway.
Duvall formed
Butcher's Run Films in 1992, starring in A Family Thing, which
earned a Humanitas Award, followed by The Man Who Captured Eichmann.
In the last few years, Duvall has been seen in The Paper, The
Stars Fell on Henrietta, The Scarlet Letter, The Sixth Day and
A Shot at Glory.
Duvall's most
recent credits include Gods & Generals, the prequel to Gettysburg,
in which he stars as General Robert E. Lee, and John Q.. He also
directed, wrote, produced and starred in the acclaimed Assassination
Tango. He was most recently seen in director Kevin Costner's Open
Range.
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