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Robert Redford Mini-Bio

Robert Redford is an award-winning American motion picture actor, director, producer, businessman, model, environmentalist, and philanthropist. One of Hollywood's biggest superstars, famous for his blonde, perennially boyish handsomeness, Redford's appeal has lasted several decades. Television and stage experience coupled with all-American good looks led to movies and a breakthrough role as the Sundance Kid in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969, when the actor was 32. The Way We Were and The Sting, both in 1973, made Redford number 1 at the box office for the next three years.

Growing into his age gracefully, he branched out, wisely parlaying his acting fame into an Oscar-winning career as a director, and becoming a patron saint of sorts to independent filmmakers by establishing the Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Institute, as well as numerous critically acclaimed projects that supported original movie making outside the Hollywood system.

Robert Redford
Vital Stats


Full Name: Charles Robert Redford, Jr.
Date of Birth: August 18, 1936
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)
Nicknames: Bob
Nationality:
American
Heritage: Irish, Scottish, English
Star Sign: Leo
Notable features: Rugged Good Looks
Education:
  • High School: Van Nuys High School, California
  • University: University of Colorado
  • University: Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
  • University: American Academy of Dramatic Arts New York, NY
Family: Father: Charles Robert Redford
Mother: Martha Hart
Brother: William Redford
Ex-Wife: Lola Van Wagenen
Son: Scott (died from SIDS)
Daughter: Shauna Redford
Son: David James "Jamie" Redford
Daughter: Amy Hart Redford
Grandchildren: 4 grandchildren
Wife: Sibylle Szaggars (Married July 2009)
Resides in: Sundance, Utah USA
Napa Valley, California USA
Religious Affiliations:
Robert Redford on Religion:

"I've explored every religion, some very deeply, enough to know there's not one philosophy that can satisfy me. Problems can't be solved with one way of thinking. If anything is my guide, nature is. That's where my spirituality is. I don't believe in organized religion, because I don't believe people should be organized in how they think, in what they believe."
Political Affiliation: Redford is politically liberal.
Most of his political contributions have been to Democrats, however on occasion he also supports Republicans.
Interests/Hobbies: The Environment
Redford is a noted environmentalist and activist since the early 1970s and he has served for almost 30 years as a Trustee of the Board of The Natural Resources Defense Council. He has been involved with many pieces of environmental legislation including the Clean Air Act, The Energy Conservation and Production Act and the National Energy Policy Act.


Over the years he has received numerous awards for his environmental work.

  • 1987 United Nations Global 500 Award
  • 1989 Audubon Medal Award
  • 1993 Earth Day 5 International Award
  • 1994 Nature Conservancy Award
  • 2004 Forces of Nature Lifetime Achievement Award from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Charities/Causes:
Charities Supported:
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness

Causes Supported:
Animals, Organ Donation
Sundance History:
How Sundance Began

1961
Robert Redford buys 2 acres in the North Fork Canyon and builds a home as a retreat for his family.

1968
Redford purchases Timp Haven Resort from Stewart family to prevent over development and renames the resort Sundance, after the way the sun dances on the mountains.

1981
The Sundance Institute is established to further vision of an artistic community at Sundacne Institute for Resource Management is created.

1985
Sundance Film Festival is launched in Park City, Utah. Initial Sundance Village Development begins with construction of Mandan cottages.

1989
The Sundance Catalog is launched.

1996
The Sundance Channel premieres.

2006
The Sundance Preserve is established.


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Awards Won

Academy Award - Oscar
1981 Best Director - Ordinary People (1980)

flixster.actor.pane.162653875 - flixsterBritish Academy of Film, Television Arts
1971
Best Actor
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1969)
Best Actor Downhill Racer (1969)
Best Actor Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)

David di Donatello Award
1974 Best Foreign Actor
The Sting (1973)

Directors Guild of America
1980 Best Director
Ordinary People (1980)

flixster.actor.pane.162653875 - flixsterGolden Apple Award
1965 New Star of the Year - Male
Inside Daisy Clover (1966)

1973 Male Star of the Year
1975 World Film Favorite - Male
1977 World Film Favorite - Male
1978 World Film Favorite - Male

1981 Best Director - Motion Picture
Ordinary People (1980)

Hollywood Foreign Press Association
1965 New Star of the Year - Male
Inside Daisy Clover

1980 Best Director

flixster.actor.pane.162653875 - flixsterOrdinary People

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award
1981 Best Director
Ordinary People (1980)

Kinema Junpo Award
Readers' Choice Award

1994 Best Foreign Language Film
A River Runs Through It (1992)

Nashville Film Festival
2001 Freedom in Film Award

National Board of Review, USA
1980 Best Director
Ordinary People (1980)

Western Heritage Award
Bronze Wrangler

1973 Theatrical Motion Picture
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

Robert Redford Trivia/Fun Facts

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Redford serves on the National Council of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of the American Indian.

Redford owns a celebrated restaurant called Zoom, located on Main Street in the former mining town of Park City.

1995: Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#4).
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1996: Awarded the American National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, DC.

1997: Ranked #29 in Empire (UK) magazine`s "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

2002: Awarded an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement as the creator of Sundance, an flixster.actor.pane.162653875 - flixsterinspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere.

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.

2005: Recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors

Ranked #53 in Empire Magazines 100 Sexiest Movie flixster.actor.pane.162653875 - flixsterStars of all time.

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 flixster.actor.pane.162653875 - flixsterPresident`s Men (1976) is ranked #27 on the American Film Institute`s 100 Heroes & Villains.

He was voted the 30th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

Robert Redford is left-handed.

In the mid-1950s he was a pitcher on the University of Colorado baseball team.

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).

Dislikes watching his own films. The only film in which he was completely satisfied with his own performance was The Sting (1973).



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    posted 147 days ago
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    posted 155 days ago
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    He is a great actor and I really loved him in "The Way we Were," he was sexy then and is still ony of the sexiestolder men
    posted 240 days ago
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    LUVED HIM IN BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID. HE'S JUST SO KOOL.
    posted 260 days ago

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