Redford, (Charles) Robert (1937– )
US actor and film director. His boyish good looks and versatility earned him his first starring role in Barefoot in the Park (1967), followed by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973), both with Paul Newman.
| His other films as an actor include The Way We Were (1973), All the President's Men (1976), Out of Africa (1985), Havana (1991), Sneakers (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), and The Horse Whisperer (1998; also directed by Redford). He directed Ordinary People (1980), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), A River Runs Through It (1992), and Quiz Show (1994), and The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000). He established the Sundance Institute in Utah in 1981 for the development of theatrical talent. The institute sponsors the annual Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. |
