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Robert Redford

Robert Redford

56 movies on Netflix

Biography

Robert Redford was an American actor, director and producer who became a leading man of the American New Wave. Born in Santa Monica, California, in 1936, he began on television in the late 1950s and made his screen debut in Tall Story (1960). His biggest Broadway success was in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1963), and he starred in the film version (1967). Stardom came with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973), the latter earning his only Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He starred in All the President's Men (1976) and Out of Africa (1985). Later films included All Is Lost (2013) and The Old Man & the Gun (2018). His directing debut, Ordinary People (1980), won four Academy Awards, including Best Director for him and Best Picture. He later directed A River Runs Through It (1992) and Quiz Show (1994), and co-founded both the Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival.

89years old at death

  • Born Santa Monica
  • Died Provo
  • Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
  • Charles Robert Redford (birth name)Also credited as Charles Redford Jr., The Legend of Hollywood and Charles Redford

Movie Career

Films
56
Career span
64 years1960 to 2024

Genres

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  1. A role that slipped away

    Redford turned down the lead roles in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate because he worried about being typecast as a blond male stereotype.

  2. First role

    Redford's screen debut came in the 1960 film adaptation of Tall Story, where he reprised his Broadway role but went uncredited.

  3. A first

    In 1974, Redford had three films among the year's top-ten-grossing titles, the first performer to do so since Bing Crosby in 1946.

  4. A first

    Redford was the only cast member of All Is Lost, which had almost no dialogue, and the role won him his first New York Film Critics Circle acting award.

Robert Redford movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Alexander Pierce

    IMDb rating 7.7990K votes

  2. The Sting1973 Comedy, Crime, Dramaas Johnny Hooker

    IMDb rating 8.2306K votes

  3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969as The Sundance Kid

    IMDb rating 8.0240K votes

  4. Spy Game2001as Nathan D. Muir

    IMDb rating 7.1179K votes

  5. All the President's Men1976as Bob Woodward

    IMDb rating 7.9139K votes

  6. Out of Africa1985as Denys

    IMDb rating 7.294K votes

  7. The Last Castle2001as Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin

    IMDb rating 7.092K votes

  8. All Is Lost2013as Our Man

    IMDb rating 6.988K votes

Most often with

Sydney Pollack directed seven of these films, George Roy Hill three and David Lowery two. Jane Fonda appears in eight of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Robert Redford's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$3.1 billion

40 of the 56 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 56 films: 40 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 11 figure not found.

  • 40Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 11Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 64% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $715M23.0% of the total
  2. 2
    Indecent Proposal1993as John Gage
    $267M8.6% of the total
  3. 3
    Out of Africa1985as Denys
    $228M7.3% of the total
  4. 4
    The Horse Whisperer1998as Tom Booker
    $187M6.0% of the total
  5. 5
    The Sting1973as Johnny Hooker
    $160M5.1% of the total
  6. 6
    Charlotte's Web2006as Ike the Horse (voice)
    $149M4.8% of the total
  7. 7
    Pete's Dragon2016as Mr. Meacham
    $144M4.6% of the total
  8. 8
    Spy Game2001as Nathan D. Muir
    $143M4.6% of the total
Sneakers (1992), $105 millionButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), $102 millionUp Close & Personal (1996), $101 millionLegal Eagles (1986), $93.2 millionAll the President's Men (1976), $70.6 millionLions for Lambs (2007), $64.8 millionThe Electric Horseman (1979), $61.8 millionA Bridge Too Far (1977), $50.8 millionThe Way We Were (1973), $50.0 millionThe Natural (1984), $48.0 millionJeremiah Johnson (1972), $44.7 millionThree Days of the Condor (1975), $41.5 millionA Walk in the Woods (2015), $37.5 millionBrubaker (1980), $37.1 millionBarefoot in the Park (1967), $30.0 millionThe Last Castle (2001), $27.6 million

$1.1 billionfrom the other 32 films with a worldwide figure, 36% of the total

Awards

Twelve awards and honors from 1981 to 2019, six of them major.

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Robert Redford's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Academy Awards
2002Honorary AwardHonorary
1981Best DirectorOrdinary PeopleWon
Golden Globes
1994Cecil B. DeMille AwardWon
BAFTA
Best Actor in a Leading RoleWon
SAG Awards
1995Life Achievement AwardWon
Venice Film Festival
2017Golden Lion for Lifetime AchievementWon
Other honors
2019Honorary CésarHonorary
2016Presidential Medal of FreedomWon
2008Honorary doctorate of Trinity College, DublinHonorary
2008The Dorothy and Lillian Gish PrizeWon
1996National Medal of ArtsWon
Kennedy Center HonorsWon

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