Robert Redford
Biography
Robert Redford was an American actor, director and activist born on August 18, 1936 in Santa Monica, California. He began appearing on stage in the late 1950s and started his television career in 1960, including a 1962 appearance on The Twilight Zone and earned an Emmy nomination. He amassed a substantial body of work, with 197 credited roles listed in the Movie Database. Redford earned the Academy Award for Best Director for the 1980 film Ordinary People and received an honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2002. He founded the Sundance Film Festival, was named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2014, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. He died on September 16, 2025 at age 89.
Career overview
Robert Redford was born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, and began his performance career on stage in the late 1950s. He transitioned to television in 1960, securing an early credit with an appearance on the anthology series The Twilight Zone in 1962. Over the ensuing decades Redford amassed a substantial body of work, accumulating 197 credited acting roles across film and television, a figure reflected in his professional profile.
In addition to his extensive screen presence, Redford’s contributions to the industry earned him recognition from the television academy, where he received an Emmy nomination. While primarily celebrated for his acting, his broader career included directing achievements, notably winning the Academy Award for Best Director for the 1980 film Ordinary People and receiving an honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2002. He also founded the Sundance Film Festival, an institution that has become a cornerstone of independent cinema.
Redford’s influence extended beyond performance and production. Time magazine listed him among its 100 most influential people in the world in 2014, and in 2016 he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He remained active in the entertainment field until his death on September 16, 2025, at the age of 89.
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- The Madison (2026) In Memory Of
- Soccer's American Dream (2026) as Self (archive footage)
- Henry Fonda for President (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Robert Redford: The Life & Legacy of an American Icon (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- All Illusions Must Be Broken (2024) Executive Producer
- Superpowered: The DC Story (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- White House Plumbers (2023) as Bob Woodward (voice) (uncredited)
- Paul Newman: The Restless (2023) as Self
- A Journey to Sundance (2023) as Self
- Dark Winds (2022) as Robert (uncredited)
- Dark Winds (2022) Executive Producer
- Dark Winds (2022) In Memory Of
- Betty White: A Celebration (2022) as Self
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021) as Self
- The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses (2021) as Narrator (voice)
- The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses (2021) Executive Producer
- Public Trust (2020) Executive Producer
- Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia (2020) as Lokia the Dolphin Monster (voice)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) as Alexander Pierce
- The Mustang (2019) Executive Producer
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019) as Self
- Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019) as Self
- Words from a Bear (2019) as Self
- Robert Redford: The Golden Look (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- The Old Man & the Gun (2018) as Forrest Tucker
- The Old Man & the Gun (2018) Producer
- Buttons (2018) as Narrator (voice)
- Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018) as Self - (archive footage)
- Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) Executive Producer
- Momentum Generation (2018) Executive Producer
- The Discovery (2017) as Dr. Thomas Harbor
- Our Souls at Night (2017) as Louis Waters
- Our Souls at Night (2017) Producer
- Earth: One Amazing Day (2017) as Narrator (voice)
- American Epic (2017) as Narrator (voice)
- American Epic (2017) Executive Producer
- Walden (2017) as Narrator
- The Words That Built America (2017) as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution (2017) as Self
- The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017) as Self
- Pete's Dragon (2016) as Mr. Meacham
- The American West (2016) Executive Producer
- Borsalino City (2016) as Self
- The Adderall Diaries (2016) Executive Producer
- National Parks Adventure (2016) as Narrator
- Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry (2016) Executive Producer
- A Walk in the Woods (2015) as Bill Bryson
- A Walk in the Woods (2015) Producer
- Nature Is Speaking (2015) as The Redwood
- Truth (2015) as Dan Rather
- Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015) as Self
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) as Alexander Pierce
- Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014) as Self
- Cathedrals of Culture (2014) Director
- Cathedrals of Culture (2014) Writer
- Drunktown's Finest (2014) Executive Producer
- Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- All Is Lost (2013) as Our Man
- Making a Scene | 11 Performances (2013)
- All the President's Men Revisited (2013) as Self - Narrator
- A Fierce Green Fire (2013) as Narrator (voice)
- The Company You Keep (2012) as Jim Grant
- The Company You Keep (2012) Director
- The Company You Keep (2012) Producer
- Casting By (2012) as Self
- Il était une fois... « Les trois jours du Condor » (2012) as Self
- Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West (2012) as Narrator (voice)
- The Conspirator (2011) Producer
- The Conspirator (2011) Director
- Buck (2011) as Self
- Stories from the Gulf: Living with the Oil Disaster (2011) Presenter
- Smash His Camera (2010) as Self
- Ted Williams (2009) as Self
- The Cove (2009) Thanks
- Saving the Bay (2009) as Narrator
- Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (2008) as Narrator
- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) as Self
- Lions for Lambs (2007) as Dr. Stephen Malley
- Lions for Lambs (2007) Director
- Lions for Lambs (2007) Producer
- The Unforeseen (2007) as Self
- The Unforeseen (2007) Executive Producer
- Charlotte's Web (2006) as Ike the Horse (voice)
- An Inconvenient Truth (2006) Thanks
- Cosmic Collisions (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" (2006) as Self
- All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006) as Self
- Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006) as Self
- Iconoclasts (2005) as Self
- Iconoclasts (2005) Producer
- An Unfinished Life (2005) as Einar Gilkyson
- Trudell (2005) as Self - Filmmaker, Activist
- The Art of 'The Sting' (2005) as Self
- Global Focus II: The New Environmentalists (2005) as Narrator
- Leçon de Cinéma (2004) as Self
- Sacred Planet (2004) as Narrator (voice)
- Tanner on Tanner (2004) as Self
- The Clearing (2004) as Wayne Hayes
- A Thief Of Time (2004) Executive Producer
- On the Set: Loews Theater (2004) as Self
- Something About Sydney Pollack (2004) as Self
- The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003) as Self
- More About the Condor (2003) as Self
- Coyote Waits (2003) Executive Producer
- Skinwalkers (2002) Executive Producer
- Love in the Time of Money (2002) Executive Producer
- Sundance 20 (2002) as Himself
- How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2002) Executive Producer
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time (2002) as Self
- The Last Castle (2001) as Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin
- Spy Game (2001) as Nathan Muir
- New York in the Fifties (2001) as Self
- The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) Producer
- The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) Director
- Forever Hollywood (1999) as Self
- The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (1999) as Narrator (voice)
- The Horse Whisperer (1998) as Tom Booker
- The Horse Whisperer (1998) Producer
- The Horse Whisperer (1998) Director
- Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) Executive Producer
- A Civil Action (1998) Producer
- No Looking Back (1998) Executive Producer
- Entangling Shadows (1998) as Self
- Eye of God (1997) Thanks
- The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson (1997) as Self / Jeremiah Johnson
- Anthem (1997) as Self
- She's the One (1996) Executive Producer
- Up Close & Personal (1996) as Warren Justice
- At Sundance (1995) as Self
- Quiz Show (1994) Director
- Quiz Show (1994) Producer
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- Indecent Proposal (1993) as John Gage
- La Classe américaine (1993) as Steven (archive footage)
- Made in the USA (1993) as Self
- Sneakers (1992) as Bishop
- A River Runs Through It (1992) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- A River Runs Through It (1992) Producer
- A River Runs Through It (1992) Director
- The Dark Wind (1992) Executive Producer
- Incident at Oglala (1992) as Narrator (voice)
- Incident at Oglala (1992) Executive Producer
- Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. (1991) as Self
- Havana (1990) as Jack Weil
- Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies (1990) as Self
- Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990) as Self
- Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven (1989) as Narrator (voice)
- Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven (1989) Executive Producer
- American Experience (1988) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Some Girls (1988) Executive Producer
- The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) Director
- The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) Producer
- Legal Eagles (1986) as Tom Logan
- Out of Africa (1985) as Denys George Finch Hatton
- The Natural (1984) as Roy Hobbs
- The Sun Dagger (1983) as Narrator (voice)
- Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
- Ordinary People (1980) Director
- Brubaker (1980) as Brubaker
- The Solar Film (1980) Executive Producer
- CBS News Sunday Morning (1979) as Self
- The Electric Horseman (1979) as Sonny
- The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
- Free Climb: The Northwest Face of Half Dome (1978) as Narrator
- The Outlaw Trail with Robert Redford (1978)
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) as Maj. Julian Cook
- All the President's Men (1976) as Bob Woodward
- Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' (1976) as Self
- Three Days of the Condor (1975) as Joseph Turner
- The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) as Waldo Pepper
- Following the Tundra Wolf (1975) as Narrator
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
- The Great Gatsby (1974) as Jay Gatsby
- Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (1974) as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain (1974) as Self / Narrator (voice)
- The Sting (1973) as Johnny Hooker
- The Way We Were (1973) as Hubbell Gardner
- Jeremiah Johnson (1972) as Jeremiah Johnson
- The Hot Rock (1972) as John Dortmunder
- The Candidate (1972) as Bill McKay
- The Candidate (1972) Executive Producer
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
- Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970) as Big Halsy
- The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970) as Self
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as Sundance Kid
- Downhill Racer (1969) as David Chappellet
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) as Cooper
- Barefoot in the Park (1967) as Paul Bratter
- The Chase (1966) as Charlie 'Bubber' Reeves
- This Property Is Condemned (1966) as Owen Legate
- Inside Daisy Clover (1966) as Wade Lewis / Lewis Wade
- aspekte (1965) as Self
- Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious (1965) as Captain Hank Wilson
- Breaking Point (1963) as Roger Morton
- The Virginian (1962) as Matthew Cordell
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Chuck Marsden
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as David Chesterman
- War Hunt (1962) as Pvt. Roy Loomis
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Mark Hadley
- The Defenders (1961) as Gary Degan
- The New Breed (1961) as Arthur Honniger - Hitchhiker
- Bus Stop (1961) as Art Ellison
- The Americans (1961) as George Harrod
- Route 66 (1960) as Janosh
- Tate (1960) as Torsett
- Tate (1960) as Tad Dundee
- The Iceman Cometh (1960) as Don Parritt
- Tall Story (1960) as Basketball Player (uncredited)
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1960) as Sergeant Lott
- The Iceman Cometh (1960) as Don Parritt
- Moment of Fear (1960) as Stranger
- Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1960) as Blue Jacket
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Harold Beldon
- The Untouchables (1959) as Jackson Emmit Parker
- Play of the Week (1959) as Don Parritt
- Naked City (1958) as Baldwin Larne
- Perry Mason (1957) as Dick Hart
- Maverick (1957) as Jimmy Coleman
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Charlie Marx
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Blue Jacket
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self (uncredited)