Redford (Jr.), (Charles) Robert
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born Aug. 18, 1937, Santa Monica, Calif., U.S.
U.S. film actor and director.
He made his Broadway debut in 1959 and won acclaim in
Barefoot in the Park (1963; film, 1967). The blond, appealing Redford began acting in films in the mid-1960s. He appeared with
Paul Newman in the hits
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and
The Sting (1973) and also starred in
The Candidate (1972),
Jeremiah Johnson (1972),
All the President's Men (1976),
The Natural (1984),
Out of Africa (1985), and
Indecent Proposal (1993). His directorial debut,
Ordinary People (1980, Academy Award), was followed by
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988),
A River Runs Through It (1992),
Quiz Show (1994),
The Horse Whisperer (1998), and
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000). He received an honorary Academy Award in 2001. In 1980 he founded the Sundance Institute to sponsor young filmmakers' works, and by the 1990s its film festival was the major showcase for U.S. independent films.
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