Robert Redford

American actor and director (1936–2025)

  • Fame69.4
  • Momentum3.5
  • Wikipedia367.8K
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Lived 1936–2025, aged 89United States
  • Wikipedia
    86 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1936–2025
    Aged 89
  • Known for
    Avengers: Endgame
    2019
Summary
Updated 2026-08-29

He was the golden-haired leading man who defined American cool in the 1970s — then walked away from easy stardom to build Sundance, the festival that reshaped independent film for everyone who came after.

Biography

About

Charles Robert Redford Jr. started on television in the late 1950s, moving through anthology shows before his Broadway debut in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park in 1963. Hollywood stardom arrived with the 1967 film version, then cemented with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969 and The Sting in 1973, which earned him an Oscar nomination. Through the mid-1980s he anchored major films — The Way We Were, All the President's Men, Out of Africa — before pivoting behind the camera: his directorial debut, Ordinary People, won Best Picture and Best Director in 1980. He co-founded the Sundance…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Robert Redford

Robert Redford
said
Sound and accurate journalism defends our democracy. It's one of the most effective weapons at our disposal to contain the power-hungry.
"Robert Redford: 45 years after Watergate, the truth is again in danger", The Washington Post (March 31, 2017).
Robert Redford
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There was a time during a period of national crisis when politicians from both sides of the aisle put partisan politics aside to uncover the truth.
"Robert Redford: 45 years after Watergate, the truth is again in danger", The Washington Post (March 31, 2017).
Robert Redford
said
The Gulf disaster is worse than a terrible oil leak. It’s the product of a failed energy policy that looked at profits before people and environment.
On the Deepwater Horizon oil rig environmental disaster. Quoted in "Robert Redford vs. U.S. Energy Policy", ilpost.it (June 4, 2010).
Robert Redford
said
I've always appreciated diversity. I believe that American culture is founded on diversity and for this reason it is still alive and inspiring.
Quoted in Dizionario degli attori: Gli attori del nostro tempo, edited by Gabriele Rifilato, Rai-Eri, Rome (2005) ISBN 8839712895)
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Filmography

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TV credits

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Awards

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  • Honorary César
  • Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Falling
69.4
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum3.5
Historical37.2
Now attention1.3
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence