Who is Robert Redford?
Robert Redford is an American actor, director, producer. He is also a businessman, environmentalist, and philanthropist.
Robert Redford is famous for his roles in films like ‘The Sting’ and ‘The Way We Were‘.
Robert Redford: Age, Parents, Ethnicity
Robert Redford was born Charles Robert Redford Jr. on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, United States.
His father, Charles Robert Redford Sr. was a milkman-turned-accountant, and his mother Martha W. was a homemaker.
Robert Redford is of English, Scottish, Irish, and Scots-Irish ethnic background.
His father remarried and has a son, William from that marriage.
In which school did Robert Redford attend?
His family moved to Van Nuys, California, where he studied at Van Nuys High School. He was never splendid scholastically and was occupied with expressions and games.
He enlisted in the University of Colorado and was a student of the Kappa Sigma society.
Robert Redford went around Europe and later contemplated painting at Pratt Institute and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Brooklyn and New York City separately.
Robert Redford: Profession, Career
Robert Redford gave a start to his acting career in the 50s and he featured in various shows including ‘Perry Mason, ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents, ‘Highway 66’, ‘Playhouse 90’, ‘The Twilight Zone and some more.
In 1960, he featured as a rationally insecure man in ‘Breakdown’, one of the scenes of ‘Safeguard 8’, a high-adrenaline arrangement. He made his film make a big appearance with ‘War Hunt’ in 1962, yet he didn’t pick up the acknowledgment he anticipated.
Furthermore, he backpedaled to representing TV programs and was most recently seen on TV in an ABC therapeutic show arrangement, ‘Limit‘ on the seventh of October, 1963.
His everything American great looks, combined with remarkable ability, landed him his initially significant part in the film adaption of ‘Unshod in the Park’, alongside eminent performing artist, Jane Fonda.
In 1969, Robert Redford was thrown in the western exemplary, ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’, which shot him to distinction and earned him huge acknowledgment. Not categorized in the ‘pretty-kid’ picture, he looked for all the more difficult ventures and overflowed gigantic sex advances on-screen in ‘Downhill Racer’ and ‘Disclose to Them Willie Boy Is Here, both of which were discharged in 1969.
He soon became to be to a great degree required in ecological activism and even got demise dangers for his ‘condition benevolent’ advancements in the United States.
Unflinching by such technicalities, he continued with his endeavors. In the meantime, his profession flourished with motion pictures like ‘The Way We Were’ and ‘The Sting’ both of which were discharged in 1973.
Robert Redford tried different things with all the more difficult parts and scored another hit in the cinema world with his execution in the political dramatization, ‘All the President’s Men’, in 1976.
In the mid-80s, he featured in films like ‘The Natural’ and ‘Out of Africa’ and furthermore worked behind the camera for ‘The Milagro Beanfield War’, which was discharged in 1988.
In 1992, he coordinated the widely praised family dramatization, ‘A River Runs Through It’, featuring Brad Pitt and Craig Sheffer.
Robert Redford additionally featured in the 2007 show, ‘Lions for Lambs’ and furthermore coordinated the film, ‘The Conspirator’ in 2011. The following year, he additionally showed up in and coordinated the Shia LaBeouf motion picture, ‘The Company You Keep’.
Awards and Achievements
Robert won an Academy Award for ‘Best Director for the film, ‘Normal People’, was discharged in 1980. In 2002, he has exhibited the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 74th Academy Awards. He was granted the prestigious ‘The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize’, in 2008.
On October 14, 2010, he was picked as the “Chevalier” of the ‘Legion d’honneur’. In April 2014, Time magazine included Redford in their yearly Time 100 as one of the “Most Influential People in the World”, proclaiming him the “Adoptive parent of Indie Film”.
In 2016, President Barack Obama respected Redford with a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Robert Redford: Net Worth, Salary
As of 2022, Robert Redford has a net worth of $200 million due to his acting career. His salary is unknown.
Is Robert Redford involved in any rumors and controversies?
Robert Redford refused to be drawn into the Oscars race controversy Thursday as the Sundance Film Festival he founded got underway in the mountains of Utah.
“I am not into Oscars, I am not into that,” Redford told reporters as he kicked off the annual gathering — a showcase for independent films — in the ski resort of Park City.
“For me, it’s about the work,” he said. “Whatever comes from it, whatever rewards come from it, that’s great but I don’t think about it.”
The festival opened amid a storm of controversy in Hollywood over the lack of black actors nominated for the Oscars for the second year in a row.
Filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Will Smith, as well as his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, have said they would not attend the Academy Awards on February 28 over this year’s all-white Oscar nominations.
Body Measurements: Height, Weight
Robert Redford has a height of 5′ 10½” (1.79 m) and weighs 73 kg. He has an athletic body with blond hair and blue eyes.
Social Media
Robert Redford has more than 25.1k followers on the Facebook account, he has over 10.4k followers on the Instagram account, and over 2.1k followers on the Twitter account.
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Robert Redford's Anniversary Dates
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| 2023 | July | Tuesday |
| 2024 | July | Thursday |
| 2025 | July | Friday |
| 2026 | July | Saturday |
| 2027 | July | Sunday |
Robert Redford's Birthday Dates
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| 2023 | August | Friday |
| 2024 | August | Sunday |
| 2025 | August | Monday |
| 2026 | August | Tuesday |
| 2027 | August | Wednesday |
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