Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936), better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, model, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime Achievement in 2002. His popular films include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Candidate (1972), The Sting (1973), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975), All the President's Men (1976), The Natural (1984), Out of Africa (1985), and Sneakers (1992). As a filmmaker, his notable films include Ordinary People (1980), A River Runs Through It (1992), Quiz Show (1994), The Horse Whisperer (1998), and The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000). Redford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Martha W. (née Hart) and Charles Robert Redford Sr. (November 19, 1914 – April 2, 1991), a milkman-turned-accountant from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He has a half-brother, William, from his father's re-marriage. Redford is of English and Scots-Irish ancestry.
Robert Redford will always be the Sundance kid.Here's the 44-year-old Oscar winner back in 1981(left) -- and 31 years later, the 75-year-old at an event in London on Thursday (right).He really is… READ MORE >
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Here's 72-year-old Hollywood legend Robert Redford (left) at a screening at his Sundance Film Festival on Thursday -- and fabulous 82-year-old actress/comedian/spitfire Elaine Stritch (right).One… READ MORE >
Robert Redford, 70, celebrated the 25th anniversary of Sundance Institute yesterday, and apparently had a henna rinse before the party. We think he's starting to resemble legendary… READ MORE >
