RECENT CREDITS
The Road (FILM)  Nov. 25, 2009
Four Christmases (FILM)  Nov. 26, 2008
We Own the Night (FILM)  Oct. 12, 2007
Lucky You (FILM)  May. 4, 2007
Operation Homecoming (FILM)  Feb. 9, 2007


HIGHLIGHTS
2009 Cast as an old, dying man in the feature adaptation of Joe Penhall's novel, "The Road"
2007 Co-starred as Eric Bana's father in "Lucky You" directed by Curtis Hanson
2007 Co-starred with Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg in "We Own the Night"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Crazy Heart  2009 -Wayne Kramer
Producer, Actor
Film


Get Low   -Cast
Actor
Film


Glad All Over   -Cast
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Line   -Cast
Director, Actor
TV


Executive Producer
Film


The Last Full Measure   -Frank Pitsenbarger
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Road  2009 -Old Man
Actor
Film


Four Christmases  2008 -Howard
Actor
Film


We Own the Night  2007 -Burt Grusinsky
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Lucky You  2007 -LC Cheever
Actor
Film


Brando  2007 -Cast
Actor
TV


Narrator
Film


Broken Trail  2006 -Prentiss "Print" Ritter
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


Thank You for Smoking  2006 -The Captain
Actor
Film


Kicking & Screaming  2005 -Buck Weston
Actor
Film


Secondhand Lions  2003 -Hub
Actor
Film


Open Range  2003 -Boss Spearman
Actor
Film


Assassination Tango  2003 -John J
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Gods and Generals  2003 -General Robert E Lee
Actor
Film


A Shot at Glory  2002 -Gordon McLeod
Producer, Screenplay, Actor
Film


John Q.  2002 -Lieutenant Frank Grimes
Actor
Film


James Caan: Making a Scene  2001 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The 6th Day  2000 -Dr Griffin Weir
Actor
Film


Gone in 60 Seconds  2000 -Otto Halliwell
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


A Civil Action  1998 -Jerome Facher
Actor
Film


Deep Impact  1998 -Spurgen Tanner
Actor
Film


The Apostle  1998 -Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey
Director, Screenplay, Actor, Executive Producer, Song Performer
Film


The Gingerbread Man  1998 -Dixon Doss
Actor
Film


Sling Blade  1997 -Karl's Father
Actor
Film


The Man Who Captured Eichmann  1996 -Adolf Eichmann
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


Phenomenon  1996 -Doc
Actor
Film


A Family Thing  1996 -Earl Pilcher, Jr
Producer, Actor
Film


The Scarlet Letter  1995 -Roger Prynne
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Something to Talk About  1995 -Wyly King
Actor
Film


The Paper  1994 -Bernie White
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Falling Down  1993 -Prendergast
Actor
Film


Geronimo: An American Legend  1993 -Al Sieber
Actor
Film


Stalin  1992 -Stalin
Actor
TV


Newsies  1992 -Joseph Pulitzer
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Convicts  1991 -Soll Gautier
Actor
Film


Rambling Rose  1991 -Daddy Hillyer
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Days of Thunder  1990 -Harry Hogge
Actor
Film


A Show of Force  1990 -Howard Baslin
Actor
Film


The Handmaid's Tale  1990 -Commander
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Lonesome Dove  1989 -Gus McCrae
Actor
TV


Colors  1988 -Bob Hodges
Actor
Film


Hotel Colonial  1987 -Carrasco
Actor
Film


Let's Get Harry  1986 -Norman Shike
Actor
Film


The Lightship  1986 -Calvin Caspary
Actor
Film


Belizaire the Cajun  1986 -Preacher
Actor, Creative Consultant
Film


1918  1985
Song Performer
Film


The Natural  1984 -Max Mercy
Actor
Film


The Terry Fox Story  1983 -Bill Vigars
Actor
TV


Tender Mercies  1983 -Mac Sledge, songs
Actor, Associate Producer, Song, Song Performer
Film


Director, Producer, Screenplay
Film


Actor
Film


True Confessions  1981 -Tom Spellacy
Actor
Film


The Great Santini  1979 -Bull Meechum
Actor
Film


Ike  1979 -General Dwight D Eisenhower
Actor
TV


Apocalypse Now  1979 -LieutenantColonel Bill Kilgore
Actor, Song
Film


Invasion of the Body Snatchers  1978 -Priest on a Swing
Actor
Film


The Greatest  1977 -Bill McDonald
Actor
Film


The Seven Per-Cent Solution  1976 -Dr Watson
Actor
Film


Network  1976 -Frank Hackett
Actor
Film


Director
Film


Breakout  1975 -Ray Wagner
Actor
Film


The Godfather, Part II  1974 -Tom Hagen
Actor
Film


The Conversation  1974 -Director
Actor
Film


The Outfit  1974 -Earl Macklin
Actor
Film


The Godfather  1972 -Tom Hagen
Actor
Film


Tomorrow  1972 -Jackson Fentry
Actor
Film


Joe Kidd  1972 -Frank Harlan
Actor
Film


THX 1138  1971 -THX 1138
Actor
Film


Lawman  1971
Actor
Film


The Revolutionary  1970 -Despard
Actor
Film


M*A*S*H  1970 -Major Frank Burns
Actor
Film


True Grit  1969 -Ned Pepper
Actor
Film


The Rain People  1969 -Gordon
Actor
Film


Bullitt  1968 -Weissberg
Actor
Film


Countdown  1968 -Chiz
Actor
Film


Flesh and Blood  1968 -Howard
Actor
TV


The Detective  1968 -Nestor
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


The Chase  1966 -Edwin Stewart
Actor
Film


The Wild Wild West  1965 -Dr Horace Humphries
Actor
TV


Actor
Film


Actor
TV


To Kill a Mockingbird  1962 -Arthur "Boo" Radley
Actor
Film


The Twilight Zone  1959 -Charley Parkes
Actor
TV


Captain Newman, M.D.   -Captain Paul Cabot Winston
Actor
Film


Badge 373   -Eddie Ryan
Actor
Film


Lady Ice   -Ford Pierce
Actor
Film


Executive Producer
Film


The Stone Boy   -Joe Hillerman
Actor
Film


The Plague   -Joseph Grand
Actor
Film


The Betsy   -Loren Hardeman III
Actor
Film


The Eagle Has Landed   -LieutenantColonel Max Radl
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Killer Elite   -George Hansen
Actor
Film




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Highlights

2009 Cast as an old, dying man in the feature adaptation of Joe Penhall's novel, "The Road"
2007 Co-starred as Eric Bana's father in "Lucky You" directed by Curtis Hanson
2007 Co-starred with Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg in "We Own the Night"
2006 Portrayed a tobacco tycoon opposite Aaron Eckhart in Jason Reitman's satirical comedy "Thank You for Smoking"
2006 Played an aging cowboy in "Broken Trail," the first original movie to air on American Movie Classics; received Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
2005 Played Will Ferrell's father in the comedy "Kicking & Screaming"
2005 Cast in Andy Garcia's independent film "The Lost City," centered around a club owner in Havana, Cuba, during the 50's
2003 Co-starred, along with Kevin Costner, in the compelling western drama "Open Range"
2002 Wrote, produced, directed and starred in the drama "Assassination Tango"
2002 Portrayed General Robert E. Lee in the Civil War drama "Gods and Generals"
2000 Had supporting role in the remake of "Gone in 60 Seconds"
2000 Produced, co-wrote and co-starred in "A Shot at Glory", about an aging Scottish coach
1998 Acted in Altman's "The Gingerbread Man", Mimi Leder's "Deep Impact" and "A Civil Action", garnering the best notices for stealing the latter from John Travolta as the opposing counsel and earning sixt
1997 Earned acclaim for writing (finished script in 1984) directing and starring in "The Apostle"; received Oscar nomination for Best Actor; as the film's executive producer he put up the money, earning it
1996 Made cameo appearance as Karl Childers' father in "Sling Blade", written by and starring Thornton
1996 Portrayed Adolph Eichmann in the TNT movie "The Man Who Captured Eichmann"
1996 Produced and starred opposite James Earl Jones in "A Family Thing" as a white man who looks up his black half-brother when he discovers his birth mother was black; Thornton co-scripted with writing pa
1995 First creative association with Billy Bob Thornton, "The Stars Fell on Henrietta"
1995 Appeared as Wyly King, Julia Roberts' straying father in "Something to Talk About"
1993 Acted with Hackman in "Geronimo: An American Legend"
1992 Played title role in HBO biopic "Stalin"; again nominated for an Emmy Award
1989 Turned down $1 million to reprise Hagan for "The Godfather, Part III" (1990); reportedly wanted a salary on par with co-stars Al Pacino and Diane Keaton who received $3 million and $1.5 million respec
1989 Starred as Gus McRae in CBS miniseries, "Lonesome Dove"; nominated for an Emmy Award
1988 Was well-matched with Sean Penn as Los Angeles street cops assigned to a gang detail in Dennis Hopper's "Colors"
1983 Feature producing debut "Tender Mercies"; also starred and contributed songs; won Best Actor Oscar; first credit as song performer; Horton Foote wrote the Oscar-winning script
1983 Fiction feature directing and screenwriting debut, "Angelo, My Love"; worked with a large group of nonprofessional actors
1981 Reteamed with director Grosbard for feature, "True Confessions", co-starring Robert De Niro
1980 Earned first Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a hard-nosed military man in "The Great Santini"
1979 Had featured role as the gung ho Lt. Col. Kilgore ("I love the smell of napalm in the morning") in Coppola's Vietnam epic "Apocalypse Now"; nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar; first feature "so
1979 Played Dwight D. Eisenhower in the ABC miniseries "Ike"; project reteamed him with Remick
1977 Last stage performance (to date) the Broadway run of David Mamet's "American Buffalo"
1976 Second movie with Sturges, "The Eagle Has Landed"
1975 Last film to date with Caan, Sam Peckinpah's "The Killer Elite"
1975 Documentary film directing debut, "We're Not the Jet Set"
1974 Acted in Coppola's "The Conversation", first film with friend Gene Hackman
1974 Reprised role of Tom Hagen in "The Godfather, Part II"
1972 Supported Clint Eastwood in John Sturges' "Joe Kidd"
1972 Cast as Tom Hagen in Coppola's "The Godfather"; received first Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor; third film with Caan, second with Brando
1972 Offered an astonishingly good turn as a handyman who falls in love with an abandoned pregnant woman in "Tomorrow"; adapted from the William Faulkner story by Foote
1971 Played the title role in George Lucas' feature directing debut, "THX 1138"; Coppola was executive producer
1970 Portrayed Major Frank Burns in Altman's "M*A*S*H"
1969 Initial screen collaboration with director Francis Ford Coppola, "The Rain People"; second film with Caan
1968 Played old nemesis of John Wayne's Marshall 'Rooster' Cogburn in "True Grit"; Duvall has said of film's director: "Henry Hathaway was an a--hole"
1968 First movie with director Robert Altman and actor James Caan, "Countdown"
1968 Reteamed with Penn for NBC-movie "Flesh and Blood", originally intended for Broadway
1966 First film with Marlon Brando, Arthur Penn's "The Chase"; Lillian Hellman wrote screenplay from Foote story and play
1966 Starred in original Broadway production of "Wait Until Dark" with Lee Remick
1965 Gained notice Off-Broadway for "A View from the Bridge", directed by Ulu Grosbard; assistant director was Dustin Hoffman
1963 Began appearing on episodic TV, including "The Twilight Zone" and "The Outer Limits"
1962 Film acting debut in "To Kill a Mockingbird"; Oscar-winning screenplay by Foote
1958 Off-Broadway debut, "Mrs. Warren's Profession"
1958 Fist association with playwright Horton Foote, NYC production of "The Midnight Caller"
1955 Moved to NYC to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse
1941 Moved to Annapolis, Maryland when he was 10
Served two years in US Army
Introduced to Dustin Hoffman by Gene Hackman
Shared a railroad apartment on 107th Street and Broadway with his younger brother, Hoffman and three other struggling actors
Formed Butchers Run Films production company


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