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Also Known As	Charles Robert Redford, Jr.
Born	August 18, 1936 • Santa Monica • California
Died	September 16, 2025 (aged 89) • Utah
Founder	Sundance Film Festival
Awards And Honors	Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016) • Kennedy Center Honors (2005) • Academy Award (2002) • Academy Award (1981) • Academy Award (1981): Directing • Honorary Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2002) • Cecil B. DeMille Award (1994) • Golden Globe Award (1981): Best Director - Motion Picture • Golden Globe Award (1978): World Film Favorites • Golden Globe Award (1977): World Film Favorites • Golden Globe Award (1975): World Film Favorites • Golden Globe Award (1966): New Star of the Year - Actor
Notable Works	“A River Runs Through It“ • “Lions for Lambs” • “Ordinary People” • “Quiz Show” • “The Conspirator” • “The Horse Whisperer” • “The Legend of Bagger Vance” • “The Milagro Beanfield War”
Married To	Lola Van Wagenen (1958–1985) • Sibylle Szaggars (2009–present)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Lions for Lambs" (2007) • "The Great Gatsby" (1974) • "Up Close & Personal" (1996) • "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" (1969) • "Out of Africa" (1985) • "Tate" (1960) • "Breaking Point" (1963) • "The Sting" (1973) • "Three Days of the Condor" (1975) • "Rescue 8" (1960) • "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1961) • "Perry Mason" (1960) • "The Electric Horseman" (1979) • "Alcoa Premiere" (1962) • "The Horse Whisperer" (1998) • "All the President's Men" (1976) • "Bus Stop" (1961) • "The New Breed" (1961) • "Play of the Week" (1960–1961) • "The Defenders" (1964) • "The Old Man & the Gun" (2018) • "The Americans" (1961) • "The Untouchables" (1963) • "Brubaker" (1980) • "The Candidate" (1972) • "The Dick Powell Show" (1963) • "Avengers: Endgame" (2019) • "Maverick" (1960) • "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1962–1963) • "Legal Eagles" (1986) • "Truth" (2015) • "A Bridge Too Far" (1977) • "Barefoot in the Park" (1967) • "Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia" (2020) • "Spy Game" (2001) • "Route 66" (1961) • "The Virginian" (1963) • "Pete's Dragon" (2016) • "Playhouse 90" (1960) • "Our American Heritage" (1960) • "Sneakers" (1992) • "Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious" (1965) • "All Is Lost" (2013) • "Our Souls at Night" (2017) • "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972) • "The Natural" (1984) • "Little Fauss and Big Halsy" (1970) • "The Deputy" (1960) • "Moment of Fear" (1960) • "The Last Castle" (2001) • "The Chase" (1966) • "Inside Daisy Clover" (1965) • "Havana" (1990) • "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014) • "The Discovery" (2017) • "The Company You Keep" (2012) • "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) • "Indecent Proposal" (1993) • "Downhill Racer" (1969) • "The Twilight Zone" (1962) • "The Clearing" (2004) • "Whispering Smith" (1961) • "Charlotte's Web" (2006) • "War Hunt" (1962) • "The Way We Were" (1973) • "Dr. Kildare" (1962) • "Buttons" (2018) • "A Walk in the Woods" (2015) • "The Hot Rock" (1972) • "This Property Is Condemned" (1966) • "An Unfinished Life" (2005) • "Naked City" (1961) • "The Great Waldo Pepper" (1975) • "Arena" (2017)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"The Milagro Beanfield War" (1988) • "The Legend of Bagger Vance" (2000) • "The Horse Whisperer" (1998) • "The Conspirator" (2010) • "Cathedrals of Culture" (2014) • "The Company You Keep" (2012) • "A River Runs Through It" (1992) • "Quiz Show" (1994) • "Ordinary People" (1980) • "Lions for Lambs" (2007)