Overview
- Reports on February 15, 2026 confirmed the Oscar-winning actor’s death at age 95, with accounts noting he passed at his Virginia home.
- His final screen credit is The Pale Blue Eye, which had a limited theatrical run in December 2022 before debuting on Netflix on January 6, 2023.
- In a short but pivotal appearance, Duvall plays Jean-Pepe, an expert in the occult whose knowledge helps direct the investigation.
- The film follows Christian Bale’s retired detective Augustus Landor as he teams with a young Edgar Allan Poe, portrayed by Harry Melling, at West Point in 1830.
- Coverage describes the movie’s reception as lukewarm to mostly positive, noting a visual-effects nomination and early-2023 inclusion among Netflix’s most-watched English-language titles.