Robert Redford
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.
TV Shows(39)
Superpowered: The DC Story
Self (archive footage)
2023
White House Plumbers
Bob Woodward (voice) (uncredited)
2023
Dark Winds
Robert (uncredited)
2022
American Epic
Narrator (voice)
2017
Nature Is Speaking
The Redwood
2015
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013
Saving the Bay
Narrator
2009
Iconoclasts
Self
2005
Tanner on Tanner
Self
2004
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
2004
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
American Experience
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
aspekte
Self
1965
Breaking Point
Roger Morton
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Chuck Marsden
1962
The Virginian
Matthew Cordell
1962
The New Breed
Arthur Honniger - Hitchhiker
1961
Bus Stop
Art Ellison
1961
Dr. Kildare
Mark Hadley
1961
The Defenders
Gary Degan
1961
The Americans
George Harrod
1961
The Iceman Cometh
Don Parritt
1960
Route 66
Janosh
1960
Moment of Fear
Stranger
1960
Tate
Torsett
1960
The Untouchables
Jackson Emmit Parker
1959
Play of the Week
Don Parritt
1959
The Twilight Zone
Harold Beldon
1959
Naked City
Baldwin Larne
1958
Maverick
Jimmy Coleman
1957
Perry Mason
Dick Hart
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Charlie Marx
1955
The Oscars
Self
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Blue Jacket
1951
Golden Globe Awards
Self (uncredited)
1944
Movies(122)
Robert Redford: The Life & Legacy of an American Icon
Self (archive footage)
2025
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
2025
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
Betty White: A Celebration
Self
2022
The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses
Narrator (voice)
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
Lokia the Dolphin Monster (voice)
2020
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
Robert Redford: The Golden Look
Self (archive footage)
2019
Avengers: Endgame
Alexander Pierce
2019
Words from a Bear
Self
2019
Buttons
Narrator (voice)
2018
The Old Man & the Gun
Forrest Tucker
2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Self - (archive footage)
2018
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Self
2017
Walden
Narrator
2017
Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution
Self
2017
Our Souls at Night
Louis Waters
2017
Earth: One Amazing Day
Narrator (voice)
2017
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
The Discovery
Dr. Thomas Harbor
2017
Pete's Dragon
Mr. Meacham
2016
Borsalino City
Self
2016
National Parks Adventure
Narrator
2016
Truth
Dan Rather
2015
A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson
2015
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Self
2015
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Alexander Pierce
2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Self
2014
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
All Is Lost
Our Man
2013
All the President's Men Revisited
Self - Narrator
2013
A Fierce Green Fire
Narrator (voice)
2013
The Company You Keep
Jim Grant
2012
Il était une fois... « Les trois jours du Condor »
Self
2012
Casting By
Self
2012
Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West
Narrator (voice)
2012
Buck
Self
2011
Smash His Camera
Self
2010
Ted Williams
Self
2009
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
2008
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Narrator
2008
Lions for Lambs
Dr. Stephen Malley
2007
The Unforeseen
Self
2007
Charlotte's Web
Ike the Horse (voice)
2006
Cosmic Collisions
Narrator (voice)
2006
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Self
2006
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'
Self
2006
An Unfinished Life
Einar Gilkyson
2005
The Art of 'The Sting'
Self
2005
Trudell
Self - Filmmaker, Activist
2005
Global Focus II: The New Environmentalists
Narrator
2005
On the Set: Loews Theater
Self
2004
The Clearing
Wayne Hayes
2004
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
2004
Sacred Planet
Narrator (voice)
2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
2003
More About the Condor
Self
2003
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
Self
2002
Sundance 20
Himself
2002
Spy Game
Nathan Muir
2001
The Last Castle
Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin
2001
New York in the Fifties
Self
2001
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
Narrator (voice)
1999
Forever Hollywood
Self
1999
Entangling Shadows
Self
1998
The Horse Whisperer
Tom Booker
1998
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self / Jeremiah Johnson
1997
Anthem
Self
1997
Up Close & Personal
Warren Justice
1996
At Sundance
Self
1995
La Classe américaine
Steven (archive footage)
1993
Made in the USA
Self
1993
Indecent Proposal
John Gage
1993
A River Runs Through It
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1992
Sneakers
Bishop
1992
Incident at Oglala
Narrator (voice)
1992
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Self
1991
Havana
Jack Weil
1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
1990
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Self
1990
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
Narrator (voice)
1989
Legal Eagles
Tom Logan
1986
Out of Africa
Denys George Finch Hatton
1985
The Natural
Roy Hobbs
1984
The Sun Dagger
Narrator (voice)
1983
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Brubaker
Brubaker
1980
The Electric Horseman
Sonny
1979
The Outlaw Trail with Robert Redford
1978
Free Climb: The Northwest Face of Half Dome
Narrator
1978
A Bridge Too Far
Maj. Julian Cook
1977
All the President's Men
Bob Woodward
1976
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Self
1976
Following the Tundra Wolf
Narrator
1975
Three Days of the Condor
Joseph Turner
1975
The Great Waldo Pepper
Waldo Pepper
1975
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1974
Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain
Self / Narrator (voice)
1974
The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby
1974
The Sting
Johnny Hooker
1973
The Way We Were
Hubbell Gardner
1973
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson
1972
The Candidate
Bill McKay
1972
The Hot Rock
John Dortmunder
1972
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
Self
1970
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Big Halsy
1970
Downhill Racer
David Chappellet
1969
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Cooper
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Sundance Kid
1969
Barefoot in the Park
Paul Bratter
1967
This Property Is Condemned
Owen Legate
1966
The Chase
Charlie 'Bubber' Reeves
1966
Inside Daisy Clover
Wade Lewis / Lewis Wade
1966
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Captain Hank Wilson
1965
War Hunt
Pvt. Roy Loomis
1962
The Iceman Cometh
Don Parritt
1960
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Sergeant Lott
1960
Tall Story
Basketball Player (uncredited)
1960
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Blue Jacket
1960