Robert Redford
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Perry Mason
Dick Hart
1957
Film
Avengers: Endgame
Alexander Pierce
2019
Series
Dark Winds
Robert (uncredited)
2022
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self (uncredited)
1944
Series
Maverick
Jimmy Coleman
1957
Series
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Chuck Marsden
1962
Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
David Chesterman
1962
Series
The Twilight Zone
Harold Beldon
1959
Series
The Virginian
Matthew Cordell
1962
Series
Dr. Kildare
Mark Hadley
1961
Series
American Experience
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
The Untouchables
Jackson Emmit Parker
1959
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Naked City
Baldwin Larne
1958
Film
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Alexander Pierce
2014
Series
The Defenders
Gary Degan
1961
Series
Route 66
Janosh
1960
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Charlie Marx
1955
Film
The Sting
Johnny Hooker
1973
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Film
Sneakers
Bishop
1992
Series
Superpowered: The DC Story
Self (archive footage)
2023
Series
White House Plumbers
Bob Woodward (voice) (uncredited)
2023
Film
Out of Africa
Denys George Finch Hatton
1985
Film
Indecent Proposal
John Gage
1993
Film
Pete's Dragon
Mr. Meacham
2016
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Film
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Sundance Kid
1969
Film
Spy Game
Nathan Muir
2001
Film
A Bridge Too Far
Maj. Julian Cook
1977
Film
Charlotte's Web
Ike the Horse (voice)
2006
Film
All the President's Men
Bob Woodward
1976
Series
The New Breed
Arthur Honniger - Hitchhiker
1961
Film
The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby
1974
Film
The Last Castle
Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin
2001
Series
Bus Stop
Art Ellison
1961
Series
Iconoclasts
Self
2005
Series
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
2004
Film
A River Runs Through It
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1992
Film
The Natural
Roy Hobbs
1984
aspekte
Self
1965
Film
Lions for Lambs
Dr. Stephen Malley
2007
Film
The Chase
Charlie 'Bubber' Reeves
1966
Film
Three Days of the Condor
Joseph Turner
1975
Film
The Way We Were
Hubbell Gardner
1973
Series
Play of the Week
Don Parritt
1959
Film
The Horse Whisperer
Tom Booker
1998
Series
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
All Is Lost
Our Man
2013
Film
Buttons
Narrator (voice)
2018
Series
Breaking Point
Roger Morton
1963
Film
An Unfinished Life
Einar Gilkyson
2005
Film
Legal Eagles
Tom Logan
1986
Film
The Discovery
Dr. Thomas Harbor
2017
Film
The Company You Keep
Jim Grant
2012
Series
The Americans
George Harrod
1961
Film
Truth
Dan Rather
2015
Film
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson
1972
Film
Brubaker
Brubaker
1980
Series
Tanner on Tanner
Self
2004
Film
The Clearing
Wayne Hayes
2004
Film
Earth: One Amazing Day
Narrator (voice)
2017
Series
Tate
Torsett
1960
Series
Tate
Tad Dundee
1960
Film
Downhill Racer
David Chappellet
1969
Film
The Old Man & the Gun
Forrest Tucker
2018
Series
Nature Is Speaking
The Redwood
2015
Film
A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson
2015
Film
Up Close & Personal
Warren Justice
1996
Film
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
2019
Film
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Self
2014
Film
The Candidate
Bill McKay
1972
Film
Ted Williams
Self
2009
Film
The Hot Rock
John Dortmunder
1972
Film
Borsalino City
Self
2016
Film
Barefoot in the Park
Paul Bratter
1967
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Blue Jacket
1951
Film
Tall Story
Basketball Player (uncredited)
1960
Film
This Property Is Condemned
Owen Legate
1966
Film
Forever Hollywood
Self
1999
Film
La Classe américaine
Steven (archive footage)
1993
Film
The Electric Horseman
Sonny
1979
Film
Betty White: A Celebration
Self
2022
Film
Our Souls at Night
Louis Waters
2017
Film
The Great Waldo Pepper
Waldo Pepper
1975
Film
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Cooper
1969
Series
Soccer's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
Sacred Planet
Narrator (voice)
2004
Film
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
Film
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self
2023
Film
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Film
Havana
Jack Weil
1990
Film
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Film
Sundance 20
Himself
2002
Film
The Art of 'The Sting'
Self
2005
Series
American Epic
Narrator (voice)
2017
Film
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
Film
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
2008
Film
Inside Daisy Clover
Wade Lewis / Lewis Wade
1966
Film
Trudell
Self - Filmmaker, Activist
2005
Film
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
Narrator (voice)
1989
Film
War Hunt
Pvt. Roy Loomis
1962
Film
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
Film
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
Lokia the Dolphin Monster (voice)
2020
Film
All the President's Men Revisited
Self - Narrator
2013
Film
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Big Halsy
1970
Film
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Self
2015
Film
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Self
1991
Film
Casting By
Self
2012
Film
National Parks Adventure
Narrator
2016
Film
Buck
Self
2011
Film
Smash His Camera
Self
2010
Film
At Sundance
Self
1995
Film
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
2003
Film
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Self - (archive footage)
2018
Film
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Cosmic Collisions
Narrator (voice)
2006
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Blue Jacket
1960
Film
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Captain Hank Wilson
1965
Film
Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution
Self
2017
Film
Walden
Narrator
2017
Film
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Film
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1974
Film
The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses
Narrator (voice)
2021
Film
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Self
1990
Series
The Iceman Cometh
Don Parritt
1960
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Sergeant Lott
1960
New York in the Fifties
Self
2001
On the Set: Loews Theater
Self
2004
Film
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
self
2026
Film
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Self
2006
Film
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Self
2006
Film
Made in the USA
Self
1993
Film
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
2004
Film
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Narrator
2008
Film
Robert Redford: The Golden Look
Self (archive footage)
2019
Following the Tundra Wolf
Narrator
1975
Film
Free Climb: The Northwest Face of Half Dome
Narrator
1978
Film
The Iceman Cometh
Don Parritt
1960
Film
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self / Jeremiah Johnson
1997
Film
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
1990
Film
Incident at Oglala
Narrator (voice)
1992
Film
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Self
1976
Film
A Fierce Green Fire
Narrator (voice)
2013
Moment of Fear
Stranger
1960
Film
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
Narrator (voice)
1999
More About the Condor
Self
2003
Film
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
Self
2002
Film
All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
Self
2006
Film
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Self
2017
Saving the Bay
Narrator
2009
Film
The Outlaw Trail with Robert Redford
1978
Film
Anthem
Self
1997
Film
Words from a Bear
Self
2019
Film
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
Self
1970
Global Focus II: The New Environmentalists
Narrator
2005
Film
The Unforeseen
Self
2007
Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain
Self / Narrator (voice)
1974
Film
The Sun Dagger
Narrator (voice)
1983
Film
Entangling Shadows
Self
1998
Film
Robert Redford: The Life & Legacy of an American Icon
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West
Narrator (voice)
2012
Film
Il était une fois... « Les trois jours du Condor »
Self
2012