(Charles) Robert Redford - Biography, Selected filmography

Actor and director, born in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He dropped out of college to study art and acting, and good performances on Broadway and on television led to engagements in Hollywood, but without great success until the film version of his stage role in Barefoot in the Park (1967). Major star parts soon followed, as in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), All the President's Men (1976), and Out of Africa (1985). Later films include Indecent Proposal (1993) and Up Close and Personal (1996). As a director he made the Olympics-based skiing film Downhill Racer in 1969, was awarded an Oscar for Ordinary People (1980), and directed A River Runs Through It (1993), acclaimed for its cinematography. In 1998 he directed and starred in The Horse Whisperer, and later appearances include Spy Game (2001), The Clearing (2003), and An Unfinished Life (2005). He established the Sundance Institute in 1981 to encourage new talent and the creation of independent feature films. He received an Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.

Robert Redford
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Birth name	Charles Robert Redford, Jr.
Born	August 18, 1936 Santa Monica, California, United States

Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. on August 18, 1936), is an award-winning American motion picture actor, director, producer, businessman, model, environmentalist, and philanthropist.

Biography

Early life

Redford was born in Santa Monica, California to Charles Robert Redford, Sr., a milkman turned accountant, and Texas-born Martha W.

Career

Redford is known for his roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, The Sting, The Natural, The Way We Were, Out of Africa, The Great Gatsby, and many others. Redford directed the films Ordinary People, Quiz Show, The Legend of Bagger Vance, The Horse Whisperer, The Milagro Beanfield War, and A River Runs Through It.

In 1980, Redford's directorial debut, Ordinary People, won him the Academy Award for Directing;

Redford made his screen debut in War Hunt (1962), co-starring with Tom Skerritt and Sydney Pollack in an anti-war film set during the Korean conflict. Downhill Racer (1969), on which he served as executive producer, was an interesting look at the world of competitive skiing, but Tell Them Willie Boy is Here (1969), Little Fauss and Big Halsey (1970), The Hot Rock (1972) and the underrated outdoors drama Jeremiah Johnson (both 1972) did little to augment Redford's stardom.

With the financial proceeds of his acting success, starting with his salary from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Downhill Racer, Redford purchased the ski resort just outside of Provo, Utah called Timphaven (south of Park City).

The year 1973 was a huge one for Redford, who starred in the high-profile The Way We Were and The Sting.

During the years 1974-76, exhibitors voted Redford Hollywood's top box office name—his hits included the glossy but impressive-looking The Great Gatsby (1974), The Great Waldo Pepper and Three Days of the Condor (both 1975). Continuing in the romantic vein, Redford directed and starred opposite Kristin Scott Thomas in a strong adaptation of Nicholas Evans' novel The Horse Whisperer (1998).

Since founding the nonprofit Sundance Institute in Park City, Utah, in 1981, Redford has been deeply involved with independent film. Redford stepped back into producing with The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), a coming-of-age road film about a young medical student, Ernesto Guevera—who later became celebrated Cuban revolutionary Che Guevera—and his friend Alberto Granado.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role
2006	Charlotte's Web	Ike
2005	An Unfinished Life	Einar Gilkyson
2004	The Clearing	Wayne Hayes
2001	Spy Game	Nathan D. Muir
	The Last Castle	Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin
1998	The Horse Whisperer	Tom Booker
1996	Up Close & Personal	Warren Justice
1993	Indecent Proposal	John Gage
1992	A River Runs Through It	Narrator
	Sneakers	Martin "Marty" Bishop
	Incident at Oglala	Narrator
1990	Havana	Jack Weil
1986	Legal Eagles	Tom Logan
1985	Out of Africa	Denys Finch Hatton
1984	The Natural	Roy Hobbs
1980	Brubaker	Henry Brubaker
1979	The Electric Horseman	Norman 'Sonny' Steele
1977	A Bridge Too Far	Major Julian Cook
1976	All the President's Men	Bob Woodward
1975	Three Days of the Condor	Joseph Turner/The Condor
	The Great Waldo Pepper	Waldo Pepper
1974	The Great Gatsby	Jay Gatsby
1973	The Sting	Johnny Hooker aka Kelly
	The Way We Were	Hubbell
1972	Jeremiah Johnson	Jeremiah Johnson
	The Candidate	Bill McKay
	The Hot Rock	John Archibald Dortmunder
1970	Little Fauss and Big Halsy	Halsy Knox
1969	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	The Sundance Kid
	Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here	Deputy Sheriff Christopher 'Coop' Cooper
	Downhill Racer	David Chappellet
1967	Barefoot in the Park	Paul Bratter
1966	This Property is Condemned	Owen Legate
	The Chase	Charlie 'Bubber' Reeves
1965	Inside Daisy Clover	Wade Lewis

Directing

Ordinary People (1980) The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) A River Runs Through It (1992) Quiz Show (1994) The Horse Whisperer (1998) The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

Preceded by: Robert Benton for Kramer vs. Kramer

Academy Award for Best Director 1980 for Ordinary People

Succeeded by: Warren Beatty for Reds