Robert Redford

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Credits: U.S. Embassy photographer JP Evans
Full Name
Charles Robert Redford Jr
Born
August 18th, 1936
Height
5ft 10in
Hometown
Los Angeles, California, USA
Net Worth
Estimated $200 million
Partner
Sibylle Szaggars
Family
Robert Redford was born to Charles Robert Redford Sr, a milkman and accountant, and Martha W Hart Redford in Santa Monica, California. He married Lola Van Wagenen in 1958, and they had four children: Scott, Shauna, James and Amy. Scott died in infancy in 1959. Following their divorce in 1985, Redford married German artist Sibylle Szaggars in 2009.
Top Movies
'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'The Sting', 'All the President's Men', 'The Way We Were', 'Jeremiah Johnson'
Top Shows
'The Twilight Zone', 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents', 'Maverick', 'Perry Mason'
Awards
Academy Award for 'Best Director', Honorary Academy Award, Cecil B DeMille Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom
Fun Facts
Robert Redford founded the Sundance Institute in 1981 to support independent filmmakers. ### He won his only competitive Academy Award for directing 'Ordinary People', rather than for acting. ### Redford announced his retirement from acting in 2018, although he has made occasional screen appearances since.
Related Actors
Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Jane Fonda, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty

Robert Redford is an American actor, director, producer and environmental activist whose career has spanned more than six decades.

Rising to prominence during the 1960s, Redford became one of Hollywood’s defining leading men through acclaimed performances in films including ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’, ‘The Sting’, ‘All the President’s Men’ and ‘The Way We Were’. Beyond acting, he established himself as an acclaimed filmmaker, winning the Academy Award for ‘Best Director’ for ‘Ordinary People’ in 1981. Redford also founded the Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival, creating one of the world’s most influential platforms for independent cinema. His contributions to film and the arts have earned him numerous honours, including an Honorary Academy Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Robert Redford is an American actor, director and producer best known for films including 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'The Sting' and 'All the President's Men', as well as founding the Sundance Film Festival. Did Robert Redford win an Academy Award? => Yes. Robert Redford won the Academy Award for 'Best Director' for 'Ordinary People' and later received an Honorary Academy Award for his contributions to cinema. What is Robert Redford famous for? => Robert Redford is famous for his acclaimed acting career, his award-winning work as a director and for founding the Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival.
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