Robert Redford:
Is an American actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist
Birth Name: Charles Robert Redford jr

Born: August 18, 1936 (age 79), Santa Monica, California, United States 

Has proved to be one of the great talents in American film, starring in classics such as The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Candidate and The Way We Were. Redford also helped start the Sundance Film Festival, which has grown into one of the movie industry's most prestigious events and a great boon for indie filmmakers. The actor has also moved successfully into producing and directing, winning an Oscar for Ordinary People and receiving both directing and best picture nods for Quiz Show. He's career began in 1960 as a guest star on numerous TV programs, including The Untouchables, Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and The Twilight Zone, among others. He earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont (1962). He is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Academy Awards: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime Achievement in 2002. In 2010, he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur

Early Life:

In 1954, Redford graduated from Van Nuys High School. But his mother died in 1955 from septicemia, and a deeply grieving Redford felt lost emotionally. Is equally at home behind the scenes as he is in front of the cameras. In addition to his own career, Redford has helped advance others in his field through the Sundance Institute and its related film festival.

Artist's life  Abroad:

His time overseas was an eye-opening experience for the young Redford, who lived the life of a bohemian and learned about art, culture and international affairs. Redford's interactions with students in Paris proved to be very significant.

Career Beginnings:

Poured himself into his acting and started out his career in the theater. He first appeared on Broadway in the 1959 comedy Tall Story, followed by The Highest Tree later that year. He landed a substantial part in the 1960 drama Little Moon of Alban with Julie Harris, and then co-starred with Conrad Janis in another humorous outing, 1961's Sunday in the Park. But perhaps his biggest breakthrough came in 1963 with a leading role in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, directed by Mike Nichols.  In the romantic comedy, Redford played Paul Bratter, a newlywed lawyer who establishes a Greenwich Village home with his wife Corie (Elizabeth Ashley).

"Sundance Kid" and "Way We Were":

 Made his big-screen debut in 1962's War Hunt. Still, the actor's film career didn't really take off until 1967 when he reprised his stage role as Paul in the film adaptation of Barefoot in the Park, opposite Jane Fonda. His breakthrough role was "The Sundance Kid" in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), while co-star Paul Newman portrayed Butch Cassidy. tackled the sports drama Downhill Racer and the western Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, both released in 1969. Another important film for Redford was the 1972 political drama The Candidate, a dark, satirical look at campaigning.

Redford had a banner year in 1973 with two major hit films—The Way We Were and The Sting. In Sydney Pollack's Way We Were, starred opposite Barbra Streisand in a drama that charts the ups and downs of one couple's relationship. For The Sting, Redford again joined forces with Newman to play con artists in 1930s Chicago and then received his first Academy Award nomination for the film. 

In 1974 the actor starring with Mia Farrow the adaption of The Great Gatsby, El gran Gatsby, then teaming up with Faye Dunaway in the 1975 CIA thriller Three Days of the Condor, also directed by Pollack. Redford returned to political fare and scored another success with 1976's All the President's Men.  Turned down the leading roles in ¿Quién le teme a Virginia Woolf? (1966), El graduado (1967), El bebé de Rosemary (1968), Love Story (1970) and El día del chacal (1973). His role in Inside Daisy Clover (1965) won him a Golden Globe for best new star

Oscar for "Ordinary People"

Has appeared in seven movies dealing with adultery in some form or another: Nuestros años felices (1973), África mía, Out of Africa (1985),opposite Meryl Streep. , Havana (1990), Propuesta indecente, Indecent Proposal  (1993), El señor de los caballos (1998), and Secretos de un secuestro (2004). He starred in the baseball drama The Natural (1984) with Robert Duvall and Glenn Close.

Redford showed that he was more than a movie idol, providing a heartbreaking look at a family torn apart by loss and grief. The film served as his directorial debut and starred Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland and Timothy Hutton, the drama brought Redford his first Academy Award—one for best director.
Redford directed The Milagro Beanfield War,El secreto de Milagro  (1988), starring Ruben Blades and Sonia Braga. Redford earned great accolades for his rural family drama A River Runs Through It, Nada es para siempre   (1992), which starred Brad Pitt and Tom Skerritt.


Explored the real-life corruption of 1950s game shows in Quiz Show And in addition, directed two more films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Quiz Show - El dilema (1994) , again earning strong praise for his work and two more Oscar nominations in the categories of directing and best picture.  later became a triple threat in 1998's The Horse Whisperer, working as director, producer and star of the project. a major hit, and the journalism drama Up Close & Personal (1996), with the latter co-starring Michelle Pfeiffer.  

Appeared in 7 movies that were directed by Sydney Pollack: This Property Is Condemned (1966), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), Los tres días del cóndor, El jinete eléctrico (1979), They also both appeared in War Hunt (1962).

Playing Dan Rather in "Truth":

After 2000's The Legend of Bagger Vance, he directed and starred in 2007's political drama Lions for Lambs with Tom Cruise and Streep. His next directorial effort, The Conspirator, The following year, Redford directed and starred in The Company You Keep, co-starring Shia LaBeouf and Julie Christie.

Impressive performance on the big screen in 2013's All Is Lost,  After co-starring in the 2014 Marvel Comics outing Captain America: The Winter Soldier. took on another kind of adventure in the adaptation of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods. The following year, Redford portrayed real-world journalist Dan Rather in Truth, a film that explores 60 Minutes'.

Honors:

Redford attended the University of Colorado in the 1950s and received an honorary degree in 1988.
In 1989, the National Audubon Society awarded Redford its highest honor, the Audubon Medal.
In 1995, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bard College. He was a 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award/Honorary Oscar recipient at the 74th Academy Awards.
In 1996, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts
In December 2005, he received the Kennedy Center Honors for his contributions to American culture.


Personal Life:

On September 12, 1958, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Redford married Lola Van Wagenen, who dropped out of college to marry him. They had four children: Scott Anthony, Shauna Jean and the Lola and Redford divorced in 1985. In July 2009, Redford married his longtime partner, Sibylle Szaggars, at the Louis C. Jacob Hotel in Hamburg, Germany. She had moved in with Redford in the 1990s and shares his home in Sundance, Utah.