Robert Duvall Biography

Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career.

A veteran actor, Duvall has starred in some of the most acclaimed and popular films and TV shows of all time, among them The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, To Kill a Mockingbird, THX 1138, Joe Kidd, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, MASH, Network, The Apostle, True Grit, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, Falling Down, Tender Mercies, The Natural and Lonesome Dove.

He began appearing in theater during the late 1950s, moving into television and film roles during the early 1960s in such works as To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (as Boo Radley) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). He landed many of his most famous roles during the early 1970s with films like the blockbuster comedy MASH (1970) (as Major Frank Burns) and the lead in George Lucas' THX 1138 (1971), as well as Duvall's own favorite, Horton Foote's adaptation of William Faulkner's Tomorrow (1972), a project developed at The Actors Studio. This was followed by a series of critically lauded performances in films which were also commercial successes.

Since then Duvall has continued to act in both film and television with such productions as Tender Mercies (1983) (for which he won an Academy Award), The Natural (1984), Colors (1988), the television mini-series Lonesome Dove (1989), Stalin (1992), The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996), A Family Thing (1996), The Apostle (1997) (which he also wrote and directed), A Civil Action (1998), Gods and Generals (2003), Broken Trail (2006) and Get Low (2010).

Early life

Robert Selden Duvall was born in San Diego, California, the son of Mildred Virginia (née Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a Virginia-born U.S. Navy admiral. He has English, as well as German, Swiss-German, French Huguenot, Welsh, and Scottish, ancestry. His mother was a relative of American Civil War General Robert E. Lee and as such, of the Lee Family of Virginia, while his father was a descendant of settler Mareen Duvall.

Duvall was raised in the Christian Science religion and has stated that while it is his belief, he does not attend church. He grew up primarily on the East Coast, mainly in Annapolis, Maryland, the home of the United States Naval Academy. He recalled, "I was a Navy brat. My father started at the Academy when he was 16, made captain at 39 and retired as a rear admiral." He attended Severn School in Severna Park, Maryland, and The Principia in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated, in 1953, from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. He served in the United States Army from August 19, 1953, to August 20, 1954, leaving as Private First Class. While stationed at Camp Gordon (later renamed Fort Gordon) in Georgia, Duvall acted in an amateur production of the comedy "Room Service" in nearby Augusta Duvall served two years in the US Army during the Korean War. He explained in 1984, "That's led to some confusion in the press. Some stories have me shooting it out with the Commies from a foxhole over in Frozen Chosen. Pork Chop Hill stuff. Hell, I barely qualified with the M-1 rifle in basic [training]. He then attended Principia College in Elsah, Illinois.

In winter 1955 he began studies at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York, under Sanford Meisner, on the G.I. Bill. He was there for two years. Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman and James Caan were among his classmates. He was there in 1957 attending Meisner's classes. While working to become an actor, he worked as a Manhattan post office clerk. Duvall is friends with actors Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman whom he knew during their years as struggling actors. In 1955, Duvall roomed with Hoffman in a New York City apartment while they were studying at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Around this time he also roomed with Hackman, while working odd jobs such as clerking at Macy's, sorting mail at the post office and driving a truck.

Career

Early career in theatre, television and film: 1952"1969

Duvall began his professional acting career with the Gateway Playhouse, an Equity summer theatre based in 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.

After a two-year absence when he was with the U.S. Army (1953"1954), he returned to Gateway in its 1955 summer season, playing: Eddie Davis in Ronald Alexander's Time Out For Ginger (July 1955), Hal Carter in William Inge's Picnic (July 1955), Charles Wilder in John Willard's The Cat And The Canary (August 1955), Paris in Arthur Miller's The Crucible (August 1955), and John the Witchboy in William Berney and Howard Richardson's Dark Of The Moon (September 1955). The playbill of Dark Of The Moon indicated that he had portrayed the Witch Boy before and that he will "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 (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, he appeared as Mr. Mayher in Agatha Christie's Witness For The Prosecution (July 1957), as Hector in Jean Anouilh's Thieves' Carnivall (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). Miller himself attended one of Duvall's performances as Eddie and also during this performance he met important people that allowed him to, in two months, land a "spectacular lead" in the Naked City television series.

While appearing at the Gateway Theatre in the second half of the 1950s, he was also appearing at the Augusta Civic Theatre, the McLean Theatre in Virginia and the Arena Theatre in Washington, D.C.. The 1957 playbills also described him as "a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse" (so he must have 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 and a member of Marcel Marceau's Company. By this time also (July 1957) his theatrical credits included performances as Jimmy in The Rainmaker and as Harvey Weems in Horton Foote's The Midnight Caller. Already receiving top-billing at the Gateway Playhouse, in the 1959 season he appeared in lead roles as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Streetcar Named Desire (July"August 1959), Maxwell Archer in Once More With Feeling, Igor Romanoff in Peter Ustinov's Romanoff and Juliet, and Joe Mancuso in Kyle Crichton's The Happiest Millionaire (all in August 1959).

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.

He made his Off-Broadway debut at the 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'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 debut as Harry Roat, Jr in Frederick Knott's Wait Until Dark at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. This played at the 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 Marnet's American Buffalo, which opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on February 16, 1977, and closed at the Belasco Theatre on June 11, 1977.

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, The Untouchables, Route 66, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The Fugitive, T.H.E. Cat, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel and The Mod Squad.

Duvall's screen debut was as Boo Radley in the critically acclaimed 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 would collaborate 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."

After To Kill a Mockingbird, Duvall appeared in a number of films during the 1960s, mostly in mid sized 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), and Gordon in The Rain People. Duvall has a small part as a cab driver who ferries McQueen around just before the chase scene in the film Bullitt (1969). He was the notorious malefactor "Lucky" Ned Pepper in True Grit (1969), in which he engaged in a climactic shootout with John Wayne's Rooster Cogburn on horseback.

Mid career: 1970"1989

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 Major Frank Burns in the film MASH and for his portrayal of the title role in the cult classic THX 1138 in 1971. His first major critical success came portraying Tom Hagen in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). The former film earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 1976 Duvall played supporting roles in The Eagle Has Landed and as Dr. Watson in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution opposite Nicol Williamson, Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave and Laurence Olivier.

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 as follows:

Duvall received a BAFTA Award nomination for his portrayal of detestable television executive Frank Hackett in the critically acclaimed film Network (1976) and garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in The Great Santini (1979) as the hard-boiled Marine LtCol. "Bull" Meechum. The latter role was loosely based on a Marine aviator, Colonel Donald Conroy, the father of the book's author Pat Conroy. He also portrayed United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the television miniseries Ike (1979).

In 1977 Duvall returned to Broadway to appear as Walter Cole in David Mamet's American Buffalo. For his performance he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Play.

Duvall continued to appear in films during the 1980s, including the roles of cynical sportswriter Max Mercy in The Natural (1984) and Los Angeles police officer Bob Hodges in Colors (1988). He won an Oscar for Best Actor as country western singer Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies (1983). Duvall was said to have written the music, but the actor said he wrote only a few "background, secondary songs." Duvall did do 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."

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." Nevertheless, 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.

In 1989, Duvall appeared in the miniseries Lonesome Dove in the role of Augustus "Gus" McCrae. He has stated in several forums, including CBS Sunday Morning, that this particular role was his personal favorite. He won a Golden Globe Award and earned an Emmy Award 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.

Later career: 1990"present

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 evangelical preacher Euliss "Sonny" Dewey in The Apostle (1997) "? a film he also wrote and directed "? and lawyer Jerome Facher in A Civil Action (1998).

He directed Assassination Tango (2002), a thriller about one of his favorite hobbies, tango. He portrayed General Robert E. Lee in Gods and Generals in 2003; he is a relative of the Confederate general.

Other roles during this period that displayed the actor's wide range included that of a crew chief in Days of Thunder (1990), a retiring cop in Falling Down (1992), a Hispanic barber in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993), a New York tabloid editor in The Paper (1994), a rural doctor in Phenomenon (1996), an abusive father in 1996's Slingblade, an astronaut in Deep Impact (1998), a trail boss in Open Range (2003), a soccer coach in the comedy Kicking & Screaming, an old free spirit in Secondhand Lions (2003), a Las Vegas poker champion in Lucky You and a New York police chief in We Own the Night (both 2007).

He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 18, 2003.

Duvall has periodically worked in television during from the 1990s on. He won a Golden Globe Award and garnered an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Joseph Stalin in the 1992 television 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.

Duvall founded a production company, Butcher's Run Films.

Personal life

Duvall has been married four times. He met his first wife, Barbara Benjamin, a former dancer on The Jackie Gleason Show, during the shooting of To Kill a Mockingbird. She had two daughters from her first marriage. The couple was married from 1964 until 1975. His second wife was Gail Youngs, to whom he was married from 1982 to 1986. His marriage to Youngs temporarily made him the brother-in-law of John Savage, Robin Young, and Jim Youngs. His third wife was Sharon Brophy, from 1991 to 1996.

In 2005, Duvall married his fourth wife, Luciana Pedraza, granddaughter of Argentine aviator pioneer Susana Ferrari Billinghurst. He met Pedraza in Argentina, recalling, "The flower shop was closed, so I went to the bakery. If the flower shop had been open, I never would've met her." They were both born on January 5, but Duvall is 41 years older. They have been together since 1997. He produced, directed, and acted with her in Assassination Tango, with the majority of filming in Buenos Aires. Robert Duvall is also known as a very prolific Argentine Tango dancer, having a Tango Studio in Argentina and in the United States.

Activism

Politics

Duvall's political views are variously described as libertarian or conservative. He was personally invited to Republican President George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001. In September 2007, he announced his support for Republican Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Duvall worked the floor at the GOP's 2008 national convention and, according to an August 29, 2008, MSNBC article, Duvall narrated most of the videos for the convention. In September 2008, he appeared on stage at a John McCain-Sarah Palin rally in New Mexico.

In 2012, Duvall endorsed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Charity work

In 2001, Pedraza and Duvall founded the Robert Duvall Children's Fund (RDCF) to assist families in Northern Argentina through renovations of homes, schools, and medical facilities. Duvall and Pedraza have been active supporters of Pro Mujer, a nonprofit charity organization dedicated to helping Latin America's poorest women (with Duvall and Pedraza concentrating on Pedraza's home of northern Argentina).

In May 2009 he spoke for historic preservation against Wal-Mart's proposal to build a store across the road from the entrance to the Wilderness Battlefield national park in Orange County, Virginia.

In 2011, Duvall appeared at the Texas Children's Cancer Center charity event "An Evening with a Texas Legend" in Houston, Texas, where he was interviewed by Bob Schieffer.

Filmography

List of film and television credits

Title	Year	Role	Medium	Notes
Armstrong Circle Theater	1959	Berks	TV series	Season 10, episode 2: "The Jailbreak"
Armstrong Circle Theater	1960		TV series	Season 10, episode 16: "Positive Identification"
Playhouse 90	1960		TV series	Season 4, episode 8: "John Brown's Raid"
'	1961	Al Rogart	TV series	Season 1, episode 12: "Perjury"
Great Ghost Tales	1961	William Wilson	TV series	Season 1, episode 1: "William Wilson"
Shannon	1961	Joey Nolan	TV series	Season 1, episode 10: "The Big Fish"
Cain's Hundred	1961	Tom Nugent	TV series	Season 1, episode 6: "King of the Mountain"
Route 66	1961	Roman	TV series	Season 1, episode 25: "The Newborn"
Route 66	1961	Arnie	TV series	Season 2, episode 4: "Birdcage on My Foot"
Naked City	1961	Lewis Nunda	TV series	Season 2, episode 13: "A Hole in the City"
To Kill a Mockingbird	1962	Arthur "Boo" Radley	Feature film
Naked City	1962	L. Francis 'Frank' Childe	TV series	Season 3, episode 23: "The One Marked Hot Gives Cold "
Naked City	1962	Johnny Meigs	TV series	Season 4, episode 6: "Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring"
Naked City	1962	Barney Sonners	TV series	Season 4, episode 8: "Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long "
'	1963	Eddie Moon	TV series	Season 4, Episode 17: "Blues for a Gone Goose"
'	1963	Luke Jackson	TV series	Season 2, episode 24: "Metamorphosis"
Route 66	1963	Lee Winters	TV series	Season 3, episode 18: "Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain"
'	1963	Charley Parkes	TV series	Season 4, episode 8: "Miniature"
'	1963	Johnny Keel	TV series	Season 1, episode 24: "The Golden Door"
Stoney Burke	1963	Joby Pierce	TV series	Season 1, episode 23: "Joby"
Arrest and Trial	1963	Morton Ware	TV series	Season 1, episode 10: "The Quality of Justice"
'	1963	Eric Christian	TV series	Season 1, episode 4: "Never Wave Goodbye"
Captain Newman, M.D.	1963	Capt. Paul Cabot Winston	Feature film
'	1964		TV series	Season 1, episode 25: "Man with an Edge"
Kraft Suspense Theater	1964	Harvey Farnsworth	TV series	Season 1, episode 22: "Portrait of an Unknown Man"
'	1964	Louis Mace	TV series	Episode 31: "The Chameleon"
'	1964	Adam Ballard	TV series	Episodes 42 and 43: "The Inheritors"
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	1965	Zar	TV series	Season 1, episode 20: "The Invaders"
Combat!	1965	Karl	TV series	Season 3, episode 16: "The Enemy"
'	1965	Bill Andrews	TV series	Season 4, episode 30: "Only a Child"
'	1965	Leslie Sessions	TV series	Season 2, episode 16: "Brass Ring"
Nightmare in the Sun	1965	Motorcyclist	Feature film
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	1966	Frank Reeser	TV series	Season 3, episode 15: "Guilty or Not Guilty"
'	1966	Johnny Albin	TV series	Season 2, episode 5: "The Scourge"
Combat!	1966	Peter Halsman	TV series	Season 5, episode 14: "Cry for Help"
Hawk	1966	Dick	TV series	Season 1, episode 6: "The Theory of the Innocent Bystander"
Felony Squad	1966	Albie Froehlich	TV series	Season 1, episode 8: "Death of a Dream"
Shane	1966	Tom Gary	TV series	Season 1, episode 9: "Poor Tom's A-Cold"
T.H.E. Cat	1966	Scorpio	TV series	Season 1, episode 9: "Crossing at Destino Bay"
Fame Is the Name of the Game	1966	Eddie Franchot	television film
'	1966	Edwin Stewart	Feature film
'	1967	Raul Nimon	TV series	Season 1, episode 24: "Chase Through Time"
Cimarron Strip	1967	Joe Wyman	TV series	Season 1, episode 18: "The Roarer"
'	1967	Dr. Horace Humphries	TV series	Season 3, episode 10: "The Night of the Falcon "
'	1967	Ernie Milden	TV series	Season 2, episodes 25 and 26: "The Executioners"
T.H.E. Cat	1967	Laurent	TV series	Season 1, episode 24: "The Long Chase"
Combat!	1967	Michel	TV series	Season 5, episode 25: "The Partisan"
Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI	1967	Ernie Milden	television film
Flesh and Blood	1968	Howard	television film
CBS Playhouse	1968	Dr. Margolin	TV series	Season 2, episode 1: "The People Next Door"
Run for Your Life	1968	Richard Fletcher	TV series	Season 3, episode 19: "The Killing Scene"
Judd, for the Defense	1968	Raymond Cane	TV series	Season 1, episode 24: "Square House"
'	1968	Joseph Troy	TV series	Season 4, episode 9: "The Harvest"
'	1968	Nestor	Feature film
Countdown	1968	Chiz	Feature film
Bullitt	1968	Cab driver	Feature film
'	1969	Matt Jenkins	TV series	Season 1, episode 23: "Keep the Faith, Baby"
'	1969	Gerald Wilson	TV series	Season 5, episode 2: "Nightmare Road"
True Grit	1969	Ned Pepper	Feature film
'	1969	Gordon	Feature film
MASH	1970	Frank Burns	Feature film
'	1970	Despard	Feature film
THX 1138	1971	THX 1138	Feature film
Lawman	1971	Vernon Adams	Feature film
'	1972	Tom Hagen	Feature film
'	1972	Jesse James	Feature film
Tomorrow	1972	Jackson Fentry	Feature film
Joe Kidd	1972	Frank Harlan	Feature film
'	1973	Earl Macklin	Feature film
Badge 373	1973	Eddie Ryan	Feature film
Lady Ice	1973	Ford Pierce	Feature film
'	1974	The Director	Feature film	Uncredited
'	1974	Tom Hagen	Feature film
'	1975	George Hanson	Feature film
Breakout	1975	Jay Wagner	Feature film
'	1976	Oberst Max Radl	Feature film
'	1976	Dr. Watson	Feature film
Network	1976	Frank Hackett	Feature film	Nominated"?BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
'	1977	Bill McDonald	Feature film
We're Not the Jet Set	1977	n/a	Documentary	Director
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	1978	Priest on swing	Feature film	Uncredited
'	1978	Loren Hardeman III	Feature film
Ike	1979	Dwight D. Eisenhower	TV mini-series
Apocalypse Now	1979	Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore	Feature film
'	1979	Lieutenant Colonel Bull Meechum, USMC	Feature film	Nominated"?Academy Award for Best Actor
Ike: The War Years	1980	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Television film
True Confessions	1981	Thomas Spellacy	Feature film	Venice Film Festival Pasinetti Cup for Best Actor
'	1981	Gruen	Feature film
Tender Mercies	1983	Mac Sledge	Feature film
'	1983	Bill Vigars	Television film	Nominated"?CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Presentation
Angelo My Love	1983	n/a	Feature film	Producer/Director
'	1984	Joe Hillerman	Feature film
'	1984	Max Mercy	Feature film
Let's Get Harry	1986	Norman Shrike	Feature film
Belizaire the Cajun	1986	The Preacher	Feature film
Waylon Jennings: America	1986	Doctor	Video short
The Lightship	1986	Calvin Caspary	Feature film	Venice Film Festival Pasinetti Cup for Best Actor
Hotel Colonial	1987	Roberto Carrasco	Feature film
Colors	1988	Officer Bob Hodges	Feature film
Lonesome Dove	1989	Augustus "Gus" McCrae	TV mini-series	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor " Miniseries or Television Film Nominated"?Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor " Miniseries or a Movie
'	1990	Howard	Feature film
Days of Thunder	1990	Harry Hogge	Feature film
'	1990	The Commander	Feature film
Rambling Rose	1991	Daddy Hilyer	Feature film	Nominated"?Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
Convicts	1991	Soll	Feature film
Stalin	1992	Joseph Stalin	television film
Newsies	1992	Joseph Pulitzer	Feature film
'	1992	Joseph Grand	Feature film
Falling Down	1993	Martin Prendergast	Feature film
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway	1993	Walter	Feature film
Geronimo: An American Legend	1993	Al Sieber	Feature film
'	1994	Bernie White	Feature film
Something to Talk About	1995	Wyly King	Feature film
'	1995	Mr. Cox	Feature film
'	1995	Roger Chillingworth	Feature film
Sling Blade	1996	Karl's father	Feature film	Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
'	1996	Adolf Eichmann	Television film
'	1996	Earl Pilcher Jr.	Feature film	Producer
Phenomenon	1996	Doc Brunder	Feature film
'	1997	Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey "? The Apostle E.F.	Feature film
'	1998	Dixon Doss	Feature film
'	1998	Jerome Facher	Feature film
Deep Impact	1998	Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner	Feature film
Saturday Night Live	1998	various	TV series	Season 23, episode 14, hosted by Garth Brooks
Gone in 60 Seconds	2000	Otto Halliwell	Feature film
'	2000	Dr. Griffin Weir	Feature film
'	2000	Gordon McLeod	Feature film	Producer
John Q	2002	Lt. Frank Grimes	Feature film
Assassination Tango	2002	John J. Anderson	Feature film	Producer/Writer/Director
Gods and Generals	2003	Gen. Robert E. Lee	Feature film
Secondhand Lions	2003	Hub	Feature film
Open Range	2003	Boss Spearman	Feature film
American Experience	2005	Narrator	TV series, documentary	Season 17, Episode 10: "The Carter Family: Will the Circle"
Kicking & Screaming	2005	Buck Weston	Feature film
Thank You for Smoking	2005	Doak "The Captain" Boykin	Feature film
Broken Trail	2006	Prentice "Print" Ritter	TV mini-series
Lucky You	2007	Mr. Cheever	Feature film
We Own the Night	2007	Albert Grusinsky	Feature film
Four Christmases	2008	Howard	Feature film
Crazy Heart	2009	Wayne Kramer	Feature film	Executive Producer
'	2009	Old Man (Ely)	Feature film
Get Low	2010	Felix Bush	Feature film
Seven Days in Utopia	2011	Johnny Crawford	Feature film
Hemingway & Gellhorn	2012	General Petrov	Television film	HBO released June 2012
Jayne Mansfield's Car	2012	Jim Caldwell	Feature film
Jack Reacher	2012	Martin Cash	Feature film
'	2013	Don Quixote	Feature film	pre-production
A Night In Old Mexico	2013	Grandfather	Feature film	filming
The Judge	2014		Feature film	filming