Robert Redford - Biography - IMDb Robert Redford Biography Showing all 106 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (61) | Personal Quotes (29) | Salary (7) Overview (4) 5' 10½" (1.79 m) Mini Bio (1) Charles Robert Redford, Jr. was born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Martha (Hart), from Texas, and Charles Robert Redford, an accountant for Standard Oil, who was originally from Connecticut. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Robert's mother died in 1955, the year after he graduated from high school. Robert was a scrappy kid who stole hubcaps in school and lost his college baseball scholarship at the University of Colorado because of drunkenness. After leaving UoC, he spent some time drifting across America, spending a time working in the California oil fields. Having saved enough he moved to Europe studying art in Paris and Florence.Back in the States he decided on a career as a theatrical designer in New York.

Enrolling at the American Academy of Dramatic Art he turned to acting making his stage debut in 'Tall Story'. In 1962 he was signed for the stage production of 'Barefoot in the Park' which was a smash hit but it wasn't until 5 years later when it was filmed that he became an important star. Television and stage experience coupled with all-American good looks led to movies and television roles. His breakthrough role was "The Sundance Kid" in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), when the actor was 32. The Way We Were (1973) and The Sting (1973), both in 1973, made Redford the number one box office star for the next three years. Redford used his clout to advance environmental causes and his riches to acquire Utah property, which he transformed into a ranch and the Sundance ski resort. In 1980, he established the Sundance Institute for aspiring filmmakers. Its annual film festival has become one of the world's most influential. Redford's directorial debut, Ordinary People (1980), won him the Academy Award as Best Director in 1981.

He waited eight years before getting behind the camera again, this time for the screen version of John Nichols ' acclaimed novel of the Southwest, The Milagro Beanfield War (1988). He scored with critics and fans in 1992 with the Brad Pitt film A River Runs Through It (1992), and again, in 1994, with Quiz Show (1994), which earned him yet another Best Director nomination. Lola Van Wagenen (consumer activist), born in 1940, dropped out of college to marry Redford on September 12, 1958. They divorced in 1985 after having four children, one of whom died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Daughter Shauna Redford, born November 15, 1960, is a painter who married Eric Schlosser on October 5, 1985, in Provo, UT. Her first child, born in January 1991, made Redford a grandfather. Son James Redford (aka Jamie Redford), a screenwriter, was born May 5, 1962.

Daughter Amy Redford , an actress; was born October 22, 1970. Redford also has a brother named William. Often worked with Sydney Pollack Trivia (61) 10/97: Ranked #29 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. 1995: Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#4). Father of Shauna Redford (born on 15 November 1960), James Redford (born on 15 May 1962) and Amy Redford (born on 22 October 1970). His oldest son Scott was born in 1959 and died shortly after from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. German painter Sibylle Szaggars has been his longtime companion since 1996. Was considered for the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972). He received a chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (knight) for his work through the Sundance Institute, promoting independent film.

Mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s TV hit The Fall Guy (1981). Lost out on the role of Ben Braddock in The Graduate (1967) because director Mike Nichols didn't think anyone would believe Redford would have trouble getting "the girl". In the early 1970s Paramount had plans to remake Double Indemnity (1944) with Redford in the Fred MacMurray role. The project never got off the ground. He is a national member of Kappa Sigma, the fraternity he was member of while attending the University of Colorado. He was pitcher on the University of Colorado baseball team, before losing his scholarship due to drinking. Has done 11 period pieces, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), The Natural (1984) and Out of Africa (1985). He is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, which he named after his character from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

He and famed Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale were in the same high school graduating class (Van Nuys High School, Class of 1954). Has appeared in seven movies dealing with adultery in some form or another: The Way We Were (1973), The Great Gatsby (1974), Out of Africa (1985), Havana (1990), Indecent Proposal (1993), The Horse Whisperer (1998), and The Clearing (2004). 2004: In addition to being the graduation speaker for Bard College's 144th Commencement, he also received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the college. Was given a fishing rod in lieu of the agreed $75 payment for his first professional acting appearance, on a TV game show. He was voted the 30th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Alumni of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA). Is of Irish, Scottish and English descent. Was originally attached to The Verdict (1982), but dropped out prior to production because he didn't want the character to be "such a loser".

Director Sidney Lumet was dismayed by Redford's demands to change the script. The role of Frank Galvin was taken over by his friend Paul Newman , who won an Oscar nomination. After his suggestions of Warren Beatty , Alain Delon and Burt Reynolds to play the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972) were rejected by Francis Ford Coppola , Paramount production chief Robert Evans suggested Redford. When Coppola demurred, preferring his first choice of Tony Awar-winning Broadway actor Al Pacino , Evans explained that Redford could fit the role as he could be perceived as "northern Italian." Evans lost the struggle, Pacino was cast and a star was born. Dislikes watching his own films. The only film in which he was completely satisfied with his own performance was The Sting (1973). 2005: Premiere Magazine ranked him as #17 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature. He is an environmental conservationist and often advocates and supports natural causes.

Along with Warren Beatty , Clint Eastwood , Mel Gibson , Richard Attenborough and Kevin Costner one of six people to win and Academy Award for Best Director, though they are mainly known as actors. During his senior year at Van Nuys High School, he met 15-year old sophomore Natalie Wood , who was already a star. Later in life, they starred together in Inside Daisy Clover (1965) and This Property Is Condemned (1966) and became good friends. She also played herself in a cameo in his film The Candidate (1972). 2005: Recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. Other recipients were Tina Turner , Tony Bennett , Suzanne Farrell and Julie Harris . 1996: Awarded the American National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, DC. His performance as the Sundance Kid in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) is ranked #20 on the American Film Institute's 100 Heroes & Villains. This is a ranking he shares with Paul Newman , who portrayed Butch Cassidy.

His performance as Bob Woodward in All the President's Men (1976) is ranked #27 on the American Film Institute's 100 Heroes & Villains. This is a ranking he shares with Dustin Hoffman , who portrayed Carl Bernstein . In Germany he shares his dubbing voice with Patrick Stewart and Sir Anthony Hopkins . 1970s: Considered running for the U.S. Senate seat in his home state of Utah. He often did his own stunts in action sequences but made sure the stunt men who were hired for it were paid, so as not to put anyone out of work. Turned down the leading roles in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Graduate (1967), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Love Story (1970) and The Day of the Jackal (1973). He set up the Sundance Film Institute in Utah for independent filmmakers and in 1997 announced the creation of Sundance Cinemas, a venture with a major distributer to set up a chain of theaters for the screening of independent films. As of 2011, at least two are open.

2002: Awarded an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement as the creator of Sundance, an inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere. Lifelong friends with Sydney Pollack both men having made their feature film acting debuts in War Hunt (1962). 1960: He spent his last $500 on two acres of land in Utah, an investment that would ultimately grow to 5,000 acres becoming home to his Sundance Institute. Redford purchase Timp Haven (ski resort) in 1969 and changed the name to Sundance Ski Resort which began operating under Redford's environmentally friendly policies. Sundance is located at the base of Utah's picturesque Mt. Timpanogos and in 1981 Redford formed the Sundance Institute and later the Sundance Film Festival which became too large for Sundance Ski Resort and was moved primarily to Park City, Utah. Turned down the role in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969). Born to Charles Robert Redford Sr., an accountant, and his wife Martha W. Hart. Ranked #53 in Empire Magazines 100 Sexiest Movie Stars of all time.

Appeared in 7 movies that were directed by Sydney Pollack : This Property Is Condemned (1966), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Electric Horseman (1979), Out of Africa (1985) and Havana (1990). They also both appeared in War Hunt (1962). Directed 4 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Mary Tyler Moore , Judd Hirsch and Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People, and Paul Scofield in Quiz Show. Hutton won for his performance in Ordinary People (1980). Lyrics to Mel Tillis ' song "Coca Cola Cowboy" refer to "an Eastwood smile and Robert Redford hair". Married his longtime girlfriend, 51-year-old Sibylle Szaggars in Germany on July 11, 2009 at Louis C. Jacob hotel. Father-in-law of Eric Schlosser . As a guest on Inside the Actors Studio (1994) (30 Jan.

2005), Redford confessed to host James Lipton that his favorite and least favorite words were, respectively, "Possible" and "Whatever". Robert Young , who was a star at MGM in the 1930s and starred in the TV series "Father Knows Best" and "Marcus Welby MD", was a cousin of his mother. Like his dear friend Paul Newman , both men had firstborn sons named Scott who predeceased their fathers. Grandfather of Anna Michaela Schlosser (born 1991) and Conor James Schlosser (born July 29, 1992) (children of daughter Shauna Redford and Eric Schlosser ), Dylan Larson Redford (born 1991) and Lena Redford (born 1996) (children of son James Redford and Kyle Smith) and Eden Hart August (born 2008) (daughter of daughter Amy Redford and Matt August).

As of 2014, has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), All the President's Men (1976) and Out of Africa (1985). Of those, The Sting (1973) and Out of Africa (1985) are winners in the category. And in addition, directed two more films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Quiz Show (1994) and the winner Ordinary People (1980). One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014]. He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners, The Sting (1973) and Out of Africa (1985), and directed another, Ordinary People (1980). His daughter, Shauna, was in a relationship with Sid Wells for three years until he was murdered on August 1, 1983. The suspect, roommate Thayne Smika, has been on the run since 1986 over theft charges.

The first grand jury did not issue an indictment for murder believed to be a result of misconduct by the district attorney. After a cold case investigation in December 2010 an arrest warrant for the murder was issued. This was featured on The Hunt With John Walsh, which aired on August 10, 2014. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) is his favorite film. He and his A Bridge Too Far (1977) co-star Laurence Olivier are the only people to act in and direct different Academy Award for Best Picture winners: (1) Olivier played Maximilian de Winter in Rebecca (1940) and directed Hamlet (1948), in which he also played the title role and (2) Redford played Johnny Hooker in The Sting (1973) and Denys Finch Hatton in Out of Africa (1985) and directed Ordinary People (1980). Along with Delbert Mann , Jerome Robbins , James L.

Brooks , Kevin Costner and Sam Mendes , he is one of only six people to win the Academy Award for Best Director for their directorial debut: Mann for Marty (1955), Robbins for West Side Story (1961) (which he co-directed with Robert Wise ), Redford for Ordinary People (1980), Brooks for Terms of Endearment (1983), Costner for Dances with Wolves (1990) and Mendes for American Beauty (1999). Redford and his films were spoofed in "Cracked" magazine as "Rollicking with Redford," which was reproduced in the mass-market paperback "Half-Crackd" by Dell in 1974. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, by President Barack Obama , in a live televised ceremony held in the East Room of the White House, on November 22, 2016, along with twenty other recipients, the the largest, and final Medal of Freedom ceremony of Obama's presidency.

At this ceremony, the twenty-one recipients, in alphabetical order, included: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Elouise Cobell (posthumous award given to her son), Ellen DeGeneres , Robert De Niro , Richard Garwin , Bill Gates , Melinda Gates , Frank Gehry , Margaret Hamilton (as Margaret H. Hamilton), Tom Hanks , Rear Admiral Grace Hopper (posthumous award given to her niece), Michael Jordan , Maya Lin , Lorne Michaels , Newton Minow , Eduardo Padron (as Eduardo Padrón), Robert Redford , Diana Ross , Vin Scully , Bruce Springsteen , and Cicely Tyson . Personal Quotes (29) [on his appearance in Havana (1990)] All everyone talked about was aging. It took me by surprise because I have not thought of myself that way. I assumed I would age naturally, as time went on. As a director, I wouldn't like me as an actor. As an actor, I wouldn't like me as a director. I am perhaps the best-looking grandfather around, apart from Marlon Brando , of course! Some people have analysis. I have Utah.

[on refusing the role of Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate (1967), the role that made Dustin Hoffman a star seven years before Redford obtained super-star status himself] I never did look like a 21-year-old just out of college who'd never been laid. by Robert Osborne , "Academy Awards 1974 Oscar Annual"] I used to feel competitive about a career, but now the only things I'm really passionate about are my family, the environment and Indians. I learned early that you'd better know what you're talking about. You'd better realize that certain issues are going to be so hot - no matter what reason, what logic you apply to it - you're going to be met with an opposition just because their viewpoint is different, and there's no way they're going to accept your reasoning. Furthermore, they're going to attack you because you will be portrayed as not being credible: "You're an actor. What do you know?" You should prepare when you go to a public event to be public. That's when I will sign autographs. But not when you're going about your normal business. I have to be human, of course, to be flattered by attention from the public.

How could you not be? But it gets pretty intense when people are going after your clothes, and mobbing you in the streets, and you have to hide. That's kind of amusing, and kind of mind-boggling when it happens - you kind of go with it and have fun with it. Then it gets tiring, and then it gets worse when you realize you're being robbed of a vital part of your life, which is your privacy. And you also know what's coming your way is artificial, because those people are reacting to something they saw on the screen, not you as a person. [on his relationship with Paul Newman ] When we made the movies nobody used the word "chemistry". Nobody used the word "bonding". It was just: "Get up there and do your job!" [on his friendship with Paul Newman ] There are certain friendships that are sometimes too good and too strong to talk about. I got a review when I was starting in live television. This guy Jack O'Brian called me "hammy and overwrought". Now I'm looking back on it, I'd like to hold on to those reviews. It keeps you in perspective. It really does.

Part of you says, "You know, I never ever really got over that." And what I think you learn very early on is not to believe your own press clippings, one way or another, just do your work. Because you're your own tough critic. If you focus on doing the work, you'll get to a place of refinement where those reviews which are often hyped up too much to the negative or the positive fall away. I've bought hundreds of acres around my home. That's why I moved here from the coast. There's plenty of room to roam and be alone with nature. That's living. The city life is merely existing. I often feel I'll just opt out of this rat race and buy another hunk of Utah. A lot of what acting is, is paying attention. All my life I've been dogged by guilt because I feel there is this difference between the way I look and the way I feel inside. [during his opening-night address at the Sundance Film Festival, claiming U.S. politicians exploited public support of invasions] We put all our concerns on hold to let the leaders lead. I think we're owed a big, massive apology.

[1972 comment on Paul Newman ] Paul is the most generous man with whom I've ever worked. We had a fantastic rapport shooting [ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)]. It was one of the happiest experiences of my life. [on working with Dustin Hoffman on All the President's Men (1976)] One of the joys of the movie was working with Dustin; he has one of the most wonderful acting minds I've ever worked with. They throw that word "star" at you loosely, and they take it away equally loosely. You take the responsibility for their crappy movie, that's what that means. [on the death of longtime friend Paul Newman ] I have lost a real friend. My life--and this country--is better for his being in it. [on the Sundance Film Festival] Political activism has been a part of my life and part of the films I try to make. But we don't focus on any one theme or another. We don't take any ideological stance. I'm anti-ideology. Our work tries to transcend politics.

Whatever side you're on, we try to show stories from every part of the country, and so 'red state, blue state' doesn't mean a whole lot to us. I am passionate. I am political about my country, about what it is, how strong it is, how strong it remains. Lions for Lambs (2007) got rough treatment, and I think it was because--and I don't want to sound defensive--but I think it was misperceived. I am not a left-wing person. I'm just a person interested in the sustainability of my country. Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us. [US President Barack Obama ] has just rejected a permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline--a project that promised riches for the oil giants and an environmental disaster for the rest of us. His decision represents a victory of historic proportions for people from throughout the pipeline path and all across America. I believe history has a habit of repeating itself, that's for sure, but one of things I'm critical of my country on is that we don't seem to take note of the lessons that history teaches us.

My country is pretty prone to everything wanting to be black and white, or red, white and blue. And in my experience of life, nothing was ever that simple. No one was dealing with the grey areas. So I decided to become a filmmaker so I could deal with that. [on choosing Jackie Evancho to play his daughter in The Company You Keep (2012)] I have a big thing about child actors who "act" as opposed to child actors who can be natural, who can be real. Scarlett Johansson was a kid when we did The Horse Whisperer (1998), and I was concerned if a child looked like they were acting it would be like fingernails on a blackboard. So I'm depressed and I go back to my room and I do something I don't usually do and that's surf. And suddenly I'm skipping across these channels and there's this angelic face..singing. And there's a close-up and I think: 'Who's that?' and she was singing Puccini's opera. [on filming All Is Lost (2013)] It was a bold and pure cinematic experience. It was stripped to the bone and I found that very appealing..

Being wet all day was the hardest thing. You get depressed being wet all the time. [on Michelle Pfeiffer ] She has a great sense of humor. There's a scene after the first time we have a tryst in Up Close & Personal (1996); she says goodbye to me and hands me a gift. I was just supposed to look at it and smile. I unwrapped it and inside was a picture frame, and Michelle had slipped in a photo of herself in a bathing suit winning the Miss Orange County beauty contest. I still have the photo. Salary (7) Robert Redford | Biography and Filmography | 1936 2015 Starred as author Bill Bryson opposite Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson in "A Walk in the Woods" 2014 Appeared as Alexander Pierce in Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" 2013 Was the only on-screen presence in J.C.

Chandor's "All Is Lost," the story of an unnamed sailor's fight against the elements 2012 Produced, directed, and starred in thriller "The Company You Keep" 2010 Directed historical drama "The Conspirator," starring James McAvoy and Robin Wright 2007 Directed first film in seven years "Lions for Lambs," about America’s role in Afghanistan; also acted opposite Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep 2006 Voiced Ike the Horse in feature adaptation of E.B.

White's classic novel "Charlotte's Web" 2005 Co-starred with Jennifer Lopez and Morgan Freeman in Lasse Hallström drama "An Unfinished Life" 2004 Cast opposite Helen Mirren in thriller "The Clearing" 2001 Co-starred with Brad Pitt in "Spy Game" 2001 Played leading role in "The Last Castle" 2000 Directed sixth motion picture "The Legend of Bagger Vance," a period drama about a Southern golfer and his mysterious caddy; starred Will Smith and Matt Damon 2000 Executive produced well-received "How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog" 1998 Directed himself for the first time in "The Horse Whisperer"; also produced 1998 Served as producer on "A Civil Action" 1998 Executive produced Edward Burns' "No Looking Back" 1997 Announced formation of Sundance Cinemas, a chain of movie theaters showing independent films; venture was a joint effort with GC Companies, which operated the General Cinema movie theaters 1996 Played a veteran newsman who mentors and romances Michelle Pfeiffer in "Up Close and Personal" 1

996 Served as executive producer of Edward Burns' second film "She's the One" 1995 Signed with Showtime Networks to form The Sundance Film Channel, a 24-hour pay cable station featuring independent films 1994 Helmed period drama "Quiz Show," about the 1950s TV quiz show scandals 1993 Starred in "Indecent Proposal" as a wealthy man who offers $1 million to a couple (Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson) for one night with the wife 1993 Executive produced Steven Soderbergh's "King of the Hill" 1992 Directed third feature, an adaptation of Norman MacLean's autobiographical novella "A River Runs Through It"; also produced and gave uncredited narration 1992 Executive produced and narrated documentary "Incident at Ogala," directed by Michael Apted 1990 Experienced box office failure with big-budget romance "Havana," helmed by Pollack 1989 Assumed control of U.S.

Film Festival and renamed it Sundance Film Festival 1988 Helmed second film "The Milagro Beanfield War" 1987 Served as executive producer on "Promised Land," which was fostered by Sundance Institute 1987 Formed second production company South Fork Films to produce modestly-budgeted films 1986 Returned to screen comedy as a lawyer in "Legal Eagles" 1985 Portrayed Denys Finch Hatton, a British adventurer who romances author Isak Dinesen (Meryl Streep) in the Oscar-winning Best Picture "Out of Africa"; Sydney Pollack directed 1984 Starred as baseball player Roy Hobbs in screen adaptation of "The Natural" 1983 Founded environmental organization Institute for Resource Management 1980 Made directorial debut with "Ordinary People"; film won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director 1980 Founded Sundance Institute and its film and theater development lab 1979 Reteamed with Jane Fonda in romantic comedy "The Electric Horseman" 1976 Portrayed Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward (to Dustin Hoffman's Carl Bernstein) in political drama "

All the President's Men," written by William Goldman 1975 Reunited with director George Roy Hill and screenwriter William Goldman for period comedy-drama "The Great Waldo Pepper"; played a barnstorming pilot 1974 Starred as F.

Scott Fitzgerald's anti-hero Jay Gatsby in lavish film remake "The Great Gatsby" 1973 Starred opposite Barbra Streisand in romantic drama "The Way We Were," directed by Sydney Pollack 1973 Reteamed with Paul Newman and director George Roy Hill for period caper comedy "The Sting" 1972 Starred as frontiersman "Jeremiah Johnson"; directed by Sydney Pollack 1972 Played a jewel thief in comedy "The Hot Rock," scripted by William Goldman 1972 Cast as a Kennedy-esque politician in "The Candidate," scripted by Oscar-winner Jeremy Larner 1968 Produced first film under Wildwood banner, "Downhill Racer" 1968 Landed breakthrough screen role as Harry Longbaugh aka The Sundance Kid in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," co-starring Paul Newman 1968 Formed production company Wildwood International (later renamed Wildwood Enterprises) 1967 Recreated stage role of uptight newlywed Paul Bratter in film version of "Barefoot in the Park" opposite Jane Fonda 1966 Reteamed with Natalie Wood in "This Property

 Is Condemned," directed by Sydney Pollack 1966 Co-starred with Jane Fonda in "The Chase" 1965 Portrayed a bisexual movie star in "Inside Daisy Clover" opposite Natalie Wood 1963 Received Emmy nomination for supporting role in "The Voice of Charlie Pont"; aired on "Alcoa Premiere" (ABC) 1962 Made film acting debut in "War Hunt"; Sydney Pollack co-starred 1961 Landed first major role on Broadway in "Sunday in New York" 1960 Landed breakthrough TV role playing a Nazi soldier opposite Charles Laughton in "In the Presence of Mine Enemies," the final installment of "Playhouse 90" (CBS) 1959 Made Broadway debut with minor role in comedy "Tall Story" 1958 Robert Redford | Biography, News, Photos and Videos | Contactmusic.com News Pictures Video Film Footage Press Comments Quotes RSS Biography Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr., 18.08.1936) Robert Redford is an actor and film director possibly best known for his role in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance

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Childhood: Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. His parents were Martha and Charles Robert Redford, Sr. who was a milkman then an accountant. After moving to Van Nuys, California, he attended Van Nuys High School where he was more interested in art and sports than academic achievement. He attended the University of Colorado and was part of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity before being asked to leave. He earned cash through bar work at The Sink. He then went travelling around Europe before studying painting at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute and attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Film career: Robert Redford made his TV debut in 1959 and among his first appearances were 'The Untouchables', 'The Americans', 'Whispering Smith', 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents', 'Route 66', 'Dr. Kildare' and 'The Twilight Zone'. He earned his first Emmy nomination for his appearance in 'The Voice of Charlie Pont' in 1962 and his TV career soon ended with one of his last performances being on ABC medical drama 'Breaking Point' in 1963.

He was also a Broadway actor with his biggest part being as Elizabeth Ashley's husband in Neil Simon's 'Barefoot in the Park' in 1963. He made his film debut with 1962's 'War Hunt' alongside John Saxon. In 1965, he joined Alec Guinness in comedy Situation 'Hopeless ... But Not Serious'. In the same year he won a Golden Globe for 'Inside Daisy Clover' opposite Natalie Wood who he also starred with in 'This Property Is Condemned' in 1966. In 1966, he also appeared in Arthur Penn's 'The Chase' with Jane Fonda and Marlon Brando. He appeared with Fonda yet again in 1967's 'Barefoot in the Park' and 1979's 'The Electric Horseman'. His major break as an actor came with George Roy Hill's 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' in 1969 opposite Paul Newman. The role won him a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 1972 he achieved massive success again as the lead role in the western 'Jeremiah Johnson' opposite Will Geer.

That year's political comedy 'The Candidate' and 1973's period drama 'The Way We Were' also achieved great success and 1973's 'The Sting' earned him his first Oscar nomination. The remainder of the seventies saw him star in 'The Great Gatsby', 'The Great Waldo Pepper', 'All the President's Men' and 'A Bridge Too Far' before he took to directing in 1980. His directorial debut was with the multiple Oscar winning 'Ordinary People', for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director. In 1985, he starred opposite Meryl Streep in Sydney Pollack's 'Out of Africa' which also won many Oscars. His third directing stint was with 'A River Runs Through It' in 1992 which brought Brad Pitt into prominence as an actor. One of Redford's most popular roles was a millionaire who used bribery to test people in 'Indecent Proposal'. In 2001, he teamed up with Brad Pitt once again for 'Spy Game'. Redford produced the Che Guevera biopic 'The Motorcycle Diaries' in 2004.

Redford has received numerous honours for his film ventures including an Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize and a French Knighthood known as the Légion d'honneur. Other career: ventures Robert Redford founded the popular independent film event, the Sundance Film Festival. He also founded the Sundance Institute, Sundance Cinemas, Sundance Catalog and the Sundance Channel which are all situated in Park City, Utah near a ski area on Mount Timpanogos which he bought and renamed Sundance. Personal life: Robert Redford married Lola Van Wagenen in 1958 and had four children: Scott Anthony, David James, Shauna and Amy. Their first child died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in 1959. They divorced in 1985. In 2009, he married Sibylle Szaggars who he had lived with since the nineties. His political affiliations are noted as liberal and he is a strong environmentalist; a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council. However, he has openly criticised Barack Obama for failing to act on his promises of environment improvement.

Biography by Contactmusic.com Robert Redford - Environmental Activist, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer - Biography.com » quotes “People think it's been easy for me. That's hard to live with. It's so untrue. The hardest thing in the world is when your children have problems. There have been so many hits on our family that no one knows about, and I don't want them to, for my family's sake. I've made some interesting movies, and I've been very satisfied with the work, but if someone wrapped it all up and said to me, 'What's your greatest achievement?' I'd say, 'The children. They're the best thing in my life.'” “I'm not afraid of aging. It's a fact of life, unless you go to some length to arrest it, and that's not me. ... Nobody is swooning over someone my age.

They see me, and they're more likely to say, 'Oh, is he still around?'” “Sundance is an arts community, a recreational community, a community of people who appreciate the beauty of nature and feel the responsibility to preserve it.” “I grew up in a Spanish-speaking part of Santa Monica, in a crackerbox home with a teeny strip of grass for a backyard. When I had a paper route, I'd finish and just take off. I'd ride some more and lie in the grass somewhere and stare, and I'd think about being someplace else, living a different life. You need to create your own solitude.” Robert Redford Robert Redford - Early Life (TV-14; 3:15) Watch a short video about the early life of Hollywood legend Robert Redford. Synopsis Born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, Robert Redford has proved to be one of the great talents in American film, starring in classics such as The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Candidate and The Way We Were.

Redford also helped start the Sundance Film Festival, which has grown into one of the movie industry's most prestigious events and a great boon for indie filmmakers. The actor has also moved successfully into producing and directing, winning an Oscar for Ordinary People and receiving both directing and best picture nods for Quiz Show. Early Life Born Charles Robert Redford Jr. on August 18, 1936, in a multicultural neighborhood in Santa Monica, California, actor and director Robert Redford has proven to be one of the great talents in American film. He is equally at home behind the scenes as he is in front of the cameras. In addition to his own career, Redford has helped advance others in his field through the Sundance Institute and its related film festival. Redford's father was a milk man who later worked as an oil company accountant, while his outgoing mother had a passion for literature and films. Taking after his uncle, Redford excelled at sports during his youth, running track and playing tennis and football while also having a robust romantic life. In other arenas, however, Redford said he floundered. "Actually, I was a failure at everything I tried. I worked as a box boy at a supermarket and got fired.

Then my dad got me a job at Standard Oil—fired again," he explained to Success magazine in 1980. Redford said he also had a few run-ins with the law for purloining hubcaps and sneaking onto other people's property to use their pools. In 1954, Redford graduated from Van Nuys High School. But his mother died in 1955 from septicemia, and a deeply grieving Redford felt lost emotionally. Artist's Life Abroad Redford won a baseball scholarship to the University of Colorado, but he did not distinguish himself as an athlete there. Instead, "I became the campus drunk and blew out before I could ever get going," he told People magazine in a 1998 interview. Some reports say he dropped out, while others say that Redford was expelled from the university. In either case, he soon decided to move to Europe and become an artist. His time overseas was an eye-opening experience for the young Redford, who lived the life of a bohemian and learned about art, culture and international affairs. Redford's interactions with students in Paris proved to be very significant.

"We all lived in a kind of communal way and I was challenged politically. I didn't have a clue," he said in a 2007 New Statesman article. "They would ask me questions—the Algerian War was going on, it was very big in France at the time, this was the late 1950s—I was humiliated. I was ashamed that I didn't know much about my country's politics. When I returned to America a year and a half later, I was much more focused on my country culturally and politically." Career Beginnings After returning to the United States, Redford met Lola Van Wagenan in Los Angeles. The couple married in 1958 and lived in New York City, soon welcoming their first child. Redford studied first at the Pratt Institute and then the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, switching from design to acting. Then in 1959, he and his wife experienced a terrible loss when the couple's five-month-old son Scott died of sudden infant death syndrome. A devastated Redford, who had not been raised to openly express emotional trauma, poured himself into his acting and started out his career in the theater.

He first appeared on Broadway in the 1959 comedy Tall Story, followed by The Highest Tree later that year. He landed a substantial part in the 1960 drama Little Moon of Alban with Julie Harris , and then co-starred with Conrad Janis in another humorous outing, 1961's Sunday in the Park. But perhaps his biggest breakthrough came in 1963 with a leading role in Neil Simon 's Barefoot in the Park, directed by Mike Nichols . In the romantic comedy, Redford played Paul Bratter, a newlywed lawyer who establishes a Greenwich Village home with his wife Corie (Elizabeth Ashley). 'Sundance Kid' and 'Way We Were' Redford did a good amount of TV work for a time and made his big-screen debut in 1962's War Hunt. Still, the actor's film career didn't really take off until 1967 when he reprised his stage role as Paul in the film adaptation of Barefoot in the Park, opposite Jane Fonda . Redford then gave an iconic, star-making turn in the 1969 western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

In the film, he played the outlaw known as the Sundance Kid while co-star Paul Newman portrayed Butch Cassidy . The two proved to be a dynamic duo onscreen and forged a lasting friendship, with the movie enjoying both critical and commercial success. Not one to be typecast as a "pretty boy" and quite particular about the tone of his projects, Redford sought out more challenging fare and avoided trading on his sex appeal. He tackled the sports drama Downhill Racer and the western Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, both released in 1969. Another important film for Redford was the 1972 political drama The Candidate, a dark, satirical look at campaigning. As his career thrived, Redford sought refuge from the Hollywood scene. He had bought land in Utah in the 1960s, and he continued to add to his holdings there over the years. His love of land encouraged him to become active in environmental causes. In the 1970s, Redford even received death threats for his efforts to stop certain developments in Utah. Redford had a banner year in 1973 with two major hit films—The Way We Were and The Sting.

In Sydney Pollack 's Way We Were, Redford starred opposite Barbra Streisand in a drama that charts the ups and downs of one couple's relationship. For The Sting, Redford again joined forces with Newman to play con artists in 1930s Chicago. Redford received his first Academy Award nomination for the film. The middle of the decade saw the actor starring with Mia Farrow in the 1974 adaptation of The Great Gatsby and then teaming up with Faye Dunaway in the 1975 CIA thriller Three Days of the Condor, also directed by Pollack. Redford returned to political fare and scored another success with 1976's All the President's Men. He and Dustin Hoffman played reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in an acclaimed drama about the Watergate scandal. Oscar for 'Ordinary People' With 1980's Ordinary People, Redford showed that he was more than a movie idol, providing a heartbreaking look at a family torn apart by loss and grief. The film served as his directorial debut and starred Mary Tyler Moore , Donald Sutherland and Timothy Hutton . The drama brought Redford his first Academy Award—one for best director.

Around this time, Redford helped establish the Sundance Institute, created to help and support independent filmmakers through workshops and other means. The Sundance Film Festival (previously established under a different moniker) then became a related platform for indie works to be viewed and promoted, hence positioned as an industry cornerstone for decades. During the 1980s, Redford chose only a few acting roles. He starred in the baseball drama The Natural (1984) with Robert Duvall and Glenn Close as well as the romance Out of Africa (1985), opposite Meryl Streep . Again working behind the camera, Redford directed The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), starring Ruben Blades and Sonia Braga. The film showcases a group of local farmers struggling against a major development project in their area. Redford earned great accolades for his rural family drama A River Runs Through It (1992), which starred Brad Pitt and Tom Skerritt. Two years later, he explored the real-life corruption of 1950s game shows in Quiz Show, again earning strong praise for his work and two more Oscar nominations in the categories of directing and best picture.

Redford later became a triple threat in 1998's The Horse Whisperer, working as director, producer and star of the project. He'd also made a couple of high-profile acting appearances in the sexually charged Indecent Proposal (1993), a major hit, and the journalism drama Up Close & Personal (1996), with the latter co-starring Michelle Pfeiffer . Playing Dan Rather in 'Truth' In more recent years, Redford has been selective about his film work. After 2000's The Legend of Bagger Vance, he directed and starred in 2007's political drama Lions for Lambs with Tom Cruise and Streep, which proved to be a commercial and critical disappointment. His next directorial effort, The Conspirator, was released in 2011 and looks at the trial of Mary Surratt , the only woman charged in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln . The following year, Redford directed and starred in The Company You Keep, co-starring Shia LaBeouf and Julie Christie . The thriller tells the story of a 1960s radical who has been living underground and is discovered by a reporter.

Redford gave an impressive performance on the big screen in 2013's All Is Lost, playing a sailor caught in dire, life-threatening circumstances. After co-starring in the 2014 Marvel Comics outing Captain America: The Winter Soldier, he took on another kind of adventure in the adaptation of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods. The following year, Redford portrayed real-world journalist Dan Rather in Truth, a film that explores 60 Minutes' controversial coverage of George W. Bush 's military service. Redford has received numerous awards and honors. He has earned his place in film history not only for his own artistic endeavors, but for the opportunities he has provided others to advance their work. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his contributions to the medium in 2001 with an honorary award for serving as an "inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere." In 2016, Redford was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama . Robert Redford at the 66th Festival de Cannes in 2013 for the film All Is Lost.

(Photo: Featureflash / Shutterstock.com ) Personal Life Redford is currently married to Sibylle Szaggars, a German painter. The couple wed in 2009 in Hamburg after being together since the mid-1990s. His first marriage to wife Lola ended in 1985, and they had four children together—daughters Shauna and Amy and sons Scott and Jamie. Related Videos Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation Information Robert Redford - IMDb IMDb Producer | Actor | Director Charles Robert Redford, Jr. was born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Martha (Hart), from Texas, and Charles Robert Redford, an accountant for Standard Oil, who was originally from Connecticut. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Robert's mother died in 1955, the year after he graduated from high school. Robert was a...

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(executive producer) 2015 American Epic (TV Mini-Series documentary) (executive producer) 2014-2015 Death Row Stories (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 11 episodes) 2014 Drunktown's Finest (executive producer) 2013 The March (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer) 2013 All the President's Men Revisited (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer) 2005-2012 Iconoclasts (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 29 episodes) 2004 The Motorcycle Diaries (executive producer) 2003 Coyote Waits (TV Movie) (executive producer) 2002 Skinwalkers (TV Movie) (executive producer) 1996 She's the One (executive producer) 1996 Grand Avenue (TV Movie) (executive producer) 1972 The Candidate (executive producer - uncredited) Hide 2015 America: The Beautiful.

(TV Series) Narrator 2014 Nature Is Speaking (TV Series short) The Redwood 1964 The Defenders (TV Series) Gary Degan 1963 The Virginian (TV Series) Matthew Cordell 1963 Breaking Point (TV Series) Roger Morton 1963 The Untouchables (TV Series) Jackson Emmit Parker 1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) George Laurents 1962 Dr.

Kildare (TV Series) Mark Hadley 1962 The Twilight Zone (TV Series) Harold Beldon 1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) Charlie Marx 1961 The New Breed (TV Series) Arthur Honniger - Hitchhiker 1961 Bus Stop (TV Series) Art Ellison 1961 Route 66 (TV Series) Janosh 1961 Whispering Smith (TV Series) Johnny Gates 1961 The Americans (TV Series) George Harrod 1961 Naked City (TV Series) Baldwin Larne 1960 Perry Mason (TV Series) Dick Hart 1960 Moment of Fear (TV Series) Stranger 1960 Playhouse 90 (TV Series) Lieutenant Lott 1960 The Deputy (TV Series) Burt Johnson 1960 Rescue 8 (TV Series) Danny Tilford 1960 Captain Brassbound's Conversion (TV Movie) Blue Jacket - Iron Hand (1960) ...

Jimmy Coleman Hide 1972 Jeremiah Johnson (performer: "Shall We Gather at the River" - uncredited) Hide 2013 Night Moves (special thanks) 2012 Smashed (special thanks) 2011 Little Birds (very special thanks) 2011 Buck (Documentary) (very special thanks) 2011 Circumstance (very special thanks) 2011/I Here (our deepest gratitude) 2010 GasLand (Documentary) (special thanks) 2009 The Cove (Documentary) (special thanks) 2008/I Baggage (special thanks) 2008 The Waitlist (Documentary short) (special thanks) 2008 Lymelife (special thanks) 1979 Natural Enemies (special thanks) Hide 2016 Destiny's Bay (TV Movie documentary) ( completed ) Narrator (voice) 2016 The Insider (TV Series) Himself 2015-2016 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 1988-2016 Good Morning America (TV Series) Himself 

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(TV Series documentary) Himself 2012 Aspekte (TV Series documentary) Himself 2011 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2011 This Week (TV Series) Himself 2009 Saving the Bay (TV Movie documentary) Narrator 2009 Sundance Directors Lab (TV Series documentary) Himself 2009 Ted Williams (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1995-2008 American Masters (TV Series documentary) Himself - Interviewee / Himself 2008 Caiga quien caiga (TV Series) Himself 2007 Larry King Live (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2006 Dateline NBC (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Natural Heroes (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Cosmic Collisions (Documentary short) Narrator (voice) 2006 Greener Buildings/Bluer Skies (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2006 Corazón de...

(TV Series) Himself 2006 Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures (TV Series documentary) Narrator 2005 Iconoclasts (TV Series documentary) Himself 2005 20/20 (TV Series documentary) Himself 2005 Na plovárne (TV Series) Himself 2005 El Magacine (TV Series) Himself 2005 HARDtalk Extra (TV Series) Himself 2004 Tanner on Tanner (TV Series) Himself 2004 Film Trix 2004 (Documentary short) Himself 2004 Something About Sydney Pollack (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2004 Anatomy of a Scene (TV Series documentary) Himself 2004 Sacred Planet (Documentary short) Narrator (voice) 2004 Hollywood Greats (TV Series documentary) Himself 1995-2004 Biography (TV Series documentary) Himself 2003 More About the Condor (Video documentary short) Himself 2003 The Making of 'Sneakers' (Video documentary short) Himself 2002 OL Salt Lake City 

2002 (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2002 Festival Pass with Chris Gore (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 Leute heute (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 Corazón, corazón (TV Series) Himself 2002 Independent View (TV Series documentary) Himself 2000-2001 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself 2001 Bravo Profiles (TV Series documentary) Himself 2001 The Making of 'Spy Game' (Video documentary short) Himself 1999 Forever Hollywood (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1999 The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (TV Movie documentary) Narrator (voice) 1998 Ôsama no buranchi (TV Series) Himself 1998 Independent's Day (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1997 Wallace Stegner: A Writer's Life (TV Movie documentary) Narrator 1996 Jet 7 (TV Series) Himself (1998) 1995 Moving Pictures (TV Series documentary) Himself 1994 Siskel & Ebert (TV Series) Himself 199

4 CBS This Morning (TV Series) Himself 1993 Cinefile: Made in the USA (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1991 Naked Hollywood (TV Mini-Series) Himself 1989 Wolves (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Host 1988 American Experience (TV Series documentary) Himself - Narrator 1988 Grizzly & Man: Uneasy Truce (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Host 1986 Condor (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Host 1980 Stars en Campagne (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1980 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series documentary) Himself 1977 Nova (TV Series documentary) Narrator 1976 The Predators (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Narrator 1975 The American Sportsman (TV Series) Himself - Narrator 1974 Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Audience Member (uncredited) 2012-2013 3615 Usul (TV Mini-Series) Himself 2008-2012 Banda sonora (TV Series) Denys /

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True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Hollywood Science (TV Series documentary) Himself 2005 Corazón de... (TV Series) Himself 1995 Biography (TV Series documentary) The Sundance Kid 1994 100 Years at the Movies (TV Short documentary) Himself 1993 La classe américaine (TV Movie) Steven 1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV Movie documentary) Himself - The 53rd Annual Academy Awards 1975 Funny Girl to Funny Lady (TV Special documentary) Hubbell Gardner Personal Details Other Works: Stage Play: Sunday in New York. Written by Norman Krasna . Scenic Design by David Hays. Directed by Garson Kanin . Cort Theatre (moved to The John Golden Theatre from 1 Jan 1962- close): 27 Nov 1961- 12 May 1962 (188 performances + 2 previews). Cast: Pat Harrington Jr. (as "Man"), Conrad Janis (as "Adam Taylor"), Sondra Lee, Ron Nicholas, ...

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