Robert Duvall (1931-2026)
85.2 TOPICAL actor score · #62 of 1,977 actors
Robert Duvall (1931-2026) has a TOPICAL actor score of 85.2 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are prime and acting honours. They've won 3 acting honours from 4 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1968-1977. Best films: The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather (1972), Network (1976).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours93
Prime97
Their movies82
Credits92
Career standing93
- Acting honours3 wins, 4 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Prime1968-1977
- Credits106 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 32 scored films (12 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 93 languages
“Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as an alcoholic former country music star in Tender Mercies (1983).”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
Robert Duvall's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Godfather | 1972 | 4 |
| 4 | The Godfather Part II | 1974 | 2 |
| 12 | Apocalypse Now | 1979 | 7 |
| 97 | Network | 1976 | 4 |
| 485 | M*A*S*H | 1970 | 5 |
| 959 | Bullitt | 1968 | 5 |
| 1,076 | Sling Blade | 1996 | 8 |
| 1,135 | Crazy Heart | 2009 | 3 |
| 1,230 | True Grit | 1969 | 5 |
| 1,489 | Tender Mercies | 1983 | 1 |
| 1,712 | The Natural | 1984 | 2 |
| 1,803 | Falling Down | 1993 | 2 |
| 1,883 | The Judge | 2014 | 2 |
| 2,004 | The Road | 2009 | 4 |
| 2,549 | Rambling Rose | 1991 | 2 |
| 2,695 | The Great Santini | 1979 | 1 |
| 3,025 | John Q | 2002 | 4 |
| 3,041 | The Apostle | 1997 | 1 |
| 3,138 | The Eagle Has Landed | 1976 | 3 |
| 3,162 | Widows | 2018 | 6 |
| 3,266 | A Civil Action | 1998 | 2 |
| 3,293 | Jack Reacher | 2012 | 7 |
| 3,376 | THX 1138 | 1971 | 1 |
| 3,398 | Days of Thunder | 1990 | 2 |
| 3,503 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1976 | 3 |
| 3,531 | Captain Newman, M.D. | 1963 | 7 |
| 4,109 | Deep Impact | 1998 | 1 |
| 4,208 | Geronimo: An American Legend | 1993 | 3 |
| 4,326 | Gone in Sixty Seconds | 2000 | 4 |
| 4,862 | Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience | 2007 | 4 |
| 5,539 | Four Christmases | 2008 | 3 |
| 5,593 | The 6th Day | 2000 | 5 |