Robert Redford Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is a retired American actor, director, producer, and businessman. He is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival. Redford began acting on television in the early 1960s. He earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The Voice of Charlie Pont" (1962). His greatest Broadway success was as the stuffy newlywed husband of co-star Elizabeth Ashley's character in Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" (1963). Redford made his film debut in "War Hunt" (1962). His role in "Inside Daisy Clover" (1965) won him a Golden Globe
Robert Redford for best new star. He starred in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), which was a huge success and made him a major star. He had a critical and box office hit with "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972), and in 1973 he had the greatest hit of his career, the blockbuster crime caper "The Sting", for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. The popular and acclaimed "All the President's Men" (1976) was a landmark film for Redford. The first film that Redford directed, "Ordinary People" (1980), was one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade,