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Robert Redford

Acting 89 (deceased) years old Santa Monica, California, USA ★ 3.6
Born: August 18, 1936
Died: September 16, 2025

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.

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Known For

Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame Alexander Pierce 2019
Our Souls at Night
Our Souls at Night Louis Waters 2017
Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal John Gage 1993
Sneakers
Sneakers Bishop 1992
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Sundance Kid 1969

Jimmy's Seen (3)

Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame Alexander Pierce 2019
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Alexander Pierce 2014
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame Alexander Pierce 2019

Filmography

Acting Credits (161)

Robert Redford: The Life & Legacy of an American Icon
Robert Redford: The Life & Legacy of an American Icon Self (archive footage) 2025
Henry Fonda for President
Henry Fonda for President Self (archive footage) 2025
Superpowered: The DC Story
Superpowered: The DC Story Self (archive footage) 2023
White House Plumbers
White House Plumbers Bob Woodward (voice) (uncredited) 2023
A Journey to Sundance
A Journey to Sundance Self 2023
Dark Winds
Dark Winds Robert (uncredited) 2022
Betty White: A Celebration
Betty White: A Celebration Self 2022
The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses
The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses Narrator (voice) 2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Self 2021
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia Lokia the Dolphin Monster (voice) 2020
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Self 2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth Self 2019
Robert Redford: The Golden Look
Robert Redford: The Golden Look Self (archive footage) 2019
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame Alexander Pierce 2019
Words from a Bear
Words from a Bear Self 2019
Buttons
Buttons Narrator (voice) 2018
The Old Man & the Gun
The Old Man & the Gun Forrest Tucker 2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Jane Fonda in Five Acts Self - (archive footage) 2018
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee Self 2017
Walden
Walden Narrator 2017
Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution
Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution Self 2017
Our Souls at Night
Our Souls at Night Louis Waters 2017
Earth: One Amazing Day
Earth: One Amazing Day Narrator (voice) 2017
The Words That Built America
The Words That Built America Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence 2017
American Epic
American Epic Narrator (voice) 2017
The Discovery
The Discovery Dr. Thomas Harbor 2017
Pete's Dragon
Pete's Dragon Mr. Meacham 2016
Borsalino City
Borsalino City Self 2016
National Parks Adventure
National Parks Adventure Narrator 2016
Truth
Truth Dan Rather 2015
A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson 2015
Nature Is Speaking
Nature Is Speaking The Redwood 2015
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman Self 2015
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Alexander Pierce 2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe Self 2014
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Making a Scene | 11 Performances 2013
All Is Lost
All Is Lost Our Man 2013
All the President's Men Revisited
All the President's Men Revisited Self - Narrator 2013
A Fierce Green Fire
A Fierce Green Fire Narrator (voice) 2013
Talking Pictures
Talking Pictures Self (archive footage) 2013
The Company You Keep
The Company You Keep Jim Grant 2012
Il était une fois... « Les trois jours du Condor »
Il était une fois... « Les trois jours du Condor » Self 2012
Casting By
Casting By Self 2012
Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West
Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West Narrator (voice) 2012
Buck
Buck Self 2011
Smash His Camera
Smash His Camera Self 2010
Saving the Bay
Saving the Bay Narrator 2009
Ted Williams
Ted Williams Self 2009
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story Self 2008
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk Narrator 2008
Lions for Lambs
Lions for Lambs Dr. Stephen Malley 2007
The Unforeseen
The Unforeseen Self 2007
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web Ike the Horse (voice) 2006
Cosmic Collisions
Cosmic Collisions Narrator (voice) 2006
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire Self 2006
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" Self 2006
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' Self 2006
Iconoclasts
Iconoclasts Self 2005
An Unfinished Life
An Unfinished Life Einar Gilkyson 2005
The Art of 'The Sting'
The Art of 'The Sting' Self 2005
Trudell
Trudell Self - Filmmaker, Activist 2005
Global Focus II: The New Environmentalists
Global Focus II: The New Environmentalists Narrator 2005
On the Set: Loews Theater
On the Set: Loews Theater Self 2004
The Clearing
The Clearing Wayne Hayes 2004
Something About Sydney Pollack
Something About Sydney Pollack Self 2004
Sacred Planet
Sacred Planet Narrator (voice) 2004
Leçon de Cinéma
Leçon de Cinéma Self 2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ Self 2003
More About the Condor
More About the Condor Self 2003
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time Self 2002
Sundance 20
Sundance 20 Himself 2002
Spy Game
Spy Game Nathan Muir 2001
The Last Castle
The Last Castle Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin 2001
New York in the Fifties
New York in the Fifties Self 2001
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon Narrator (voice) 1999
Forever Hollywood
Forever Hollywood Self 1999
Entangling Shadows
Entangling Shadows Self 1998
The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer Tom Booker 1998
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson Self / Jeremiah Johnson 1997
Anthem
Anthem Self 1997
Up Close & Personal
Up Close & Personal Warren Justice 1996
At Sundance
At Sundance Self 1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine Steven (archive footage) 1993
Made in the USA
Made in the USA Self 1993
Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal John Gage 1993
A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1992
Sneakers
Sneakers Bishop 1992
Incident at Oglala
Incident at Oglala Narrator (voice) 1992
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. Self 1991
Havana
Havana Jack Weil 1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies Self 1990
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey Self 1990
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven Narrator (voice) 1989
American Experience
American Experience Self - Narrator (voice) 1988
Legal Eagles
Legal Eagles Tom Logan 1986
Out of Africa
Out of Africa Denys George Finch Hatton 1985
The Natural
The Natural Roy Hobbs 1984
The Sun Dagger
The Sun Dagger Narrator (voice) 1983
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady 1982
Brubaker
Brubaker Brubaker 1980
The Electric Horseman
The Electric Horseman Sonny 1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
CBS News Sunday Morning Self 1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors Self 1978
The Outlaw Trail with Robert Redford
The Outlaw Trail with Robert Redford 1978
Free Climb: The Northwest Face of Half Dome
Free Climb: The Northwest Face of Half Dome Narrator 1978
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far Maj. Julian Cook 1977
All the President's Men
All the President's Men Bob Woodward 1976
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' Self 1976
Following the Tundra Wolf
Following the Tundra Wolf Narrator 1975
Three Days of the Condor
Three Days of the Condor Joseph Turner 1975
The Great Waldo Pepper
The Great Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper 1975
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event Self - Audience Member (uncredited) 1974
Spécial cinéma
Spécial cinéma Self 1974
Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain
Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain Self / Narrator (voice) 1974
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby 1974
The Sting
The Sting Johnny Hooker 1973
The Way We Were
The Way We Were Hubbell Gardner 1973
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson Jeremiah Johnson 1972
The Candidate
The Candidate Bill McKay 1972
The Hot Rock
The Hot Rock John Dortmunder 1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
V.I.P. Schaukel Self 1971
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Little Fauss and Big Halsy Big Halsy 1970
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' Self 1970
Downhill Racer
Downhill Racer David Chappellet 1969
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here Cooper 1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Sundance Kid 1969
Barefoot in the Park
Barefoot in the Park Paul Bratter 1967
This Property Is Condemned
This Property Is Condemned Owen Legate 1966
The Chase
The Chase Charlie 'Bubber' Reeves 1966
Inside Daisy Clover
Inside Daisy Clover Wade Lewis / Lewis Wade 1966
aspekte
aspekte Self 1965
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious Captain Hank Wilson 1965
Breaking Point
Breaking Point Roger Morton 1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Chuck Marsden 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour David Chesterman 1962
The Virginian
The Virginian Matthew Cordell 1962
War Hunt
War Hunt Pvt. Roy Loomis 1962
The New Breed
The New Breed Arthur Honniger - Hitchhiker 1961
Bus Stop
Bus Stop Art Ellison 1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare Mark Hadley 1961
The Defenders
The Defenders Gary Degan 1961
The Americans
The Americans George Harrod 1961
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh Don Parritt 1960
Route 66
Route 66 Janosh 1960
Moment of Fear
Moment of Fear Stranger 1960
Tate
Tate Torsett 1960
Tate
Tate Tad Dundee 1960
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
In the Presence of Mine Enemies Sergeant Lott 1960
Tall Story
Tall Story Basketball Player (uncredited) 1960
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Captain Brassbound's Conversion Blue Jacket 1960
The Untouchables
The Untouchables Jackson Emmit Parker 1959
Play of the Week
Play of the Week Don Parritt 1959
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone Harold Beldon 1959
Naked City
Naked City Baldwin Larne 1958
Maverick
Maverick Jimmy Coleman 1957
Perry Mason
Perry Mason Dick Hart 1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Charlie Marx 1955
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Blue Jacket 1951
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self (uncredited) 1944

Directing Credits (10)

Writing Credits (1)

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