Robert Redford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

154

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-08-18

Day of death

2025-09-16 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Santa Monica, California, USA

Robert Redford

Biography

Charles Robert Redford Jr. (August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025) was an American actor, director and activist. Throughout his career, he won several film awards, including the Academy Award for Best Director for his 1980 film Ordinary People. He also received an honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2002 and was also the founder of the Sundance Film Festival. In 2014, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2016 he was honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Appearing on stage in the late 1950s, Redford's television career began in 1960, including an appearance on The Twilight Zone in 1962. He earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont (1962). His greatest Broadway success was as the stuffy newlywed husband of co-star Elizabeth Ashley's character in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1963). Redford made his film debut in War Hunt (1962). His role in Inside Daisy Clover (1965) won him a Golden Globe for the best new star. He starred alongside Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), which was a huge success and made him a major star. He had a critical and box office hit with Jeremiah Johnson (1972), and in 1973 he had the greatest hit of his career, the blockbuster crime caper The Sting, a re-union with Paul Newman, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award; that same year, he also starred opposite Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were. The popular and acclaimed All the President's Men (1976) was a landmark film for Redford. In the 1980s, Redford began his career as a director with Ordinary People (1980), which was one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade, winning four Oscars including Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director for Redford. He continued acting and starred in Brubaker (1980), as well as playing the male lead in Out of Africa (1985), which was an enormous box office success and won seven Oscars including Best Picture. He released his third film as a director, A River Runs Through It, in 1992. He went on to receive Best Director and Best Picture nominations in 1995 for Quiz Show. He received a second Academy Award—for Lifetime Achievement—in 2002. In 2010, he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur. He additionally won BAFTA, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards.

Known For

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Avengers: Endgame

    Avengers: Endgame

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • aspekte

    aspekte

  • Dark Winds

    Dark Winds

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    Captain America: The Winter Soldier

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

  • Sneakers

    Sneakers

  • Indecent Proposal

    Indecent Proposal

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

    The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

  • Charlotte's Web

    Charlotte's Web

  • Three Days of the Condor

    Three Days of the Condor

  • The Unforeseen

    The Unforeseen

  • Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

    Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

  • The New Breed

    The New Breed

  • The Way We Were

    The Way We Were

  • All the President's Men Revisited

    All the President's Men Revisited

  • A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too Far

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  • This Property Is Condemned

    This Property Is Condemned

  • Bus Stop

    Bus Stop

  • Lions for Lambs

    Lions for Lambs

  • A River Runs Through It

    A River Runs Through It

  • The Natural

    The Natural

  • Jeremiah Johnson

    Jeremiah Johnson

  • The Horse Whisperer

    The Horse Whisperer

  • Our Souls at Night

    Our Souls at Night

  • Pete's Dragon

    Pete's Dragon

  • You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

    You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

  • Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

    Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

  • Superpowered: The DC Story

    Superpowered: The DC Story

  • Jane Fonda in Five Acts

    Jane Fonda in Five Acts

  • Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

  • Spy Game

    Spy Game

  • The Last Castle

    The Last Castle

  • Up Close & Personal

    Up Close & Personal

  • The Chase

    The Chase

  • At Sundance

    At Sundance

  • Out of Africa

    Out of Africa

  • The Discovery

    The Discovery

  • Barefoot in the Park

    Barefoot in the Park

  • The Sting

    The Sting

  • Betty White: A Celebration

    Betty White: A Celebration

  • An Unfinished Life

    An Unfinished Life

  • Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

  • Anthem

    Anthem

  • Legal Eagles

    Legal Eagles

  • Iconoclasts

    Iconoclasts

  • The Clearing

    The Clearing

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • War Hunt

    War Hunt

  • Tall Story

    Tall Story

  • Truth

    Truth

  • Walden

    Walden

  • A Journey to Sundance

    A Journey to Sundance

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • Brubaker

    Brubaker

  • Havana

    Havana

  • All Is Lost

    All Is Lost

  • All the President's Men

    All the President's Men

  • Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

  • A Walk in the Woods

    A Walk in the Woods

  • The Electric Horseman

    The Electric Horseman

  • Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"

    Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • The Company You Keep

    The Company You Keep

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Tate

    Tate

  • Tate

    Tate

  • La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

  • Trudell

    Trudell

  • Play of the Week

    Play of the Week

  • Nature Is Speaking

    Nature Is Speaking

  • Earth: One Amazing Day

    Earth: One Amazing Day

  • Captain Brassbound's Conversion

    Captain Brassbound's Conversion

  • The Words That Built America

    The Words That Built America

  • Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

    Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

  • Smash His Camera

    Smash His Camera

  • Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

  • Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

    Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

  • National Parks Adventure

    National Parks Adventure

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time

  • The Old Man & the Gun

    The Old Man & the Gun

  • Something About Sydney Pollack

    Something About Sydney Pollack

  • The Iceman Cometh

    The Iceman Cometh

  • Downhill Racer

    Downhill Racer

  • Made in the USA

    Made in the USA

  • Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia

    Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia

  • In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    In the Presence of Mine Enemies

  • The Hot Rock

    The Hot Rock

  • Entangling Shadows

    Entangling Shadows

  • Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

    Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

  • Little Fauss and Big Halsy

    Little Fauss and Big Halsy

  • The Sun Dagger

    The Sun Dagger

  • Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

    Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

  • The Great Waldo Pepper

    The Great Waldo Pepper

  • American Epic

    American Epic

  • The Making of ‘Sneakers’

    The Making of ‘Sneakers’

  • Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution

    Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Inside Daisy Clover

    Inside Daisy Clover

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • The Art of 'The Sting'

    The Art of 'The Sting'

  • The Candidate

    The Candidate

  • Incident at Oglala

    Incident at Oglala

  • Moment of Fear

    Moment of Fear

  • Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'

    Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'

  • Buttons

    Buttons

  • Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

    Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

  • A Fierce Green Fire

    A Fierce Green Fire

  • Ted Williams

    Ted Williams

  • Robert Redford: The Life & Legacy of an American Icon

    Robert Redford: The Life & Legacy of an American Icon

  • Il était une fois... « Les trois jours du Condor »

    Il était une fois... « Les trois jours du Condor »

  • New York in the Fifties

    New York in the Fifties

  • Saving the Bay

    Saving the Bay

  • Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

    Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

  • Borsalino City

    Borsalino City

  • Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

    Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

  • Free Climb: The Northwest Face of Half Dome

    Free Climb: The Northwest Face of Half Dome

  • Buck

    Buck

  • Frank Sinatra: The Main Event

    Frank Sinatra: The Main Event

  • The Outlaw Trail with Robert Redford

    The Outlaw Trail with Robert Redford

  • More About the Condor

    More About the Condor

  • Sacred Planet

    Sacred Planet

  • The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

    The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

  • On the Set: Loews Theater

    On the Set: Loews Theater

  • The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

    The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

  • Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven

    Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven

  • All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

    All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

  • Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West

    Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West

  • Global Focus II: The New Environmentalists

    Global Focus II: The New Environmentalists

  • The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses

    The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses

  • Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.

    Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.

  • Words from a Bear

    Words from a Bear

  • Cosmic Collisions

    Cosmic Collisions

  • The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson

    The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson

  • Making a Scene | 11 Performances

    Making a Scene | 11 Performances