Robert Redford about his blond male stereotype image and turned down roles in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "The Graduate". Redford found the niche he was looking for in George Roy Hill's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), scripted by William Goldman, in which he was paired for the first time with Paul Newman. The film was a huge success and made him a major bankable star, cementing his screen image as an intelligent, reliable, sometimes sardonic good guy. Redford suffered through a few films that did not achieve box office success during this time, including "Downhill Racer" (1969); "Tell
Robert Redford Lifetime Achievement—in 2002. In 2010, he was made a chevalier of the "Légion d'Honneur". He has won BAFTA, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards. In April 2014, "Time" magazine included Redford in their annual "Time" 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World", declaring him the "Godfather of Indie Film". In 2016, Redford was honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Redford was born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Martha W. ("née" Hart) and Charles Robert Redford Sr., a milkman-turned-accountant. He has a stepbrother, William, from his father's