Robert Redford

About Robert Redford

Sundance Film Festival founder and actor/director. All the President's Men, The Sting, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were among his many film roles. Ordinary People, his directorial debut, won the Academy Award for Best Picture and he was nominated for Best Director.

Charles Robert Redford Jr. is an American actor, director and activist. He is the recipient of various awards including; two Oscars, a British Academy Film Award, three Golden Globe Awards, the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2014, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Appearing on stage in the late 1950s, Redford's television career began in 1960, including an appearance in The Twilight Zone in 1962. He won an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont. Her biggest Broadway success was her role as her character Elizabeth Ashley's sultry new husband in Neil Simon's film Barefoot in the Park. Redford made his film debut in War Hunt. He started out with Natalie Wood in Inside Daisy Clover, the film that won him the Golden Globe for Best New Star.

Alma mater	University of Colorado Boulder, Pratt Institute, American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Children	4, including James and Amy Redford
Born	Charles Robert Redford Jr, August 18, 1936, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, director, producer
Education	Van Nuys High School
Years active	1958–2020

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Trivia

He kickstarted his acting career with guest starring roles on such TV shows as Perry Mason, The Untouchables and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Robert Redford before fame

After being ordered to leave the University of Colorado, he went to the Pratt Institute to study painting and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts to study acting.

Achievement of Robert Redford

His acting career began with guest appearances on shows like Perry Mason, The Untouchables, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$170 Million

Robert Redford family life

On September 12, 1958, he married Lola Van Wagenen, and on July 11, 2009, he married Sibylle Szaggars. Shauna and Amy are his daughters, and Scott and James are his sons. In October of 2020, James passed away.

Associations of Robert Redford

In both The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, he co-starred with the legendary Paul Newman.

Robert Redford Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	179 cm
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