Robert Redford

Charles Robert Redford Jr born August 18 1936 is an American actor director and activist Throughout his career he has won several film awards including an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2002 He is also the founder of the Sundance Film Festival In 2014 Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world In 2016 he was honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom Appearing on stage in the late 1950s Redfords television career began in 1960 including an appearance on The Twilight Zone in 1962 He earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont 1962 His greatest Broadway success was as the stuffy newlywed husband of costar Elizabeth Ashleys character in Neil Simons Barefoot in the Park 1963 Redford made his film debut in War Hunt 1962 His role in Inside Daisy Clover 1965 won him a Golden Globe for the best new star He starred alongside Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 which was a huge success and made him a major star He had a critical and box office hit with Jeremiah Johnson 1972 and in 1973 he had the greatest hit of his career the blockbuster crime caper The Sting a reunion with Paul Newman for which he was nominated for an Academy Award that same year he also starred opposite Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were The popular and acclaimed All the Presidents Men 1976 was a landmark film for Redford In the 1980s Redford began his career as a director with Ordinary People 1980 which was one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade winning four Oscars including Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director for Redford He continued acting and starred in Brubaker 1980 as well as playing the male lead in Out of Africa 1985 which was an enormous box office success and won seven Oscars including Best Picture He released his third film as a director A River Runs Through It in 1992 He went on to receive Best Director and Best Picture nominations in 1995 for Quiz Show He received a second Academy Awardfor Lifetime Achievementin 2002 In 2010 he was made a chevalier of the Légion dHonneur He has won BAFTA Directors Guild of America Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Redford licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia