Robert Redford

What I admire most about Robert Redford is how lightly he wore his stardom. He could have coasted on that golden-boy face forever, yet he kept choosing harder roads, directing his way to an Oscar in 1981 and then spending decades opening doors for independent filmmakers. To me, he represents the rare celebrity who used fame as infrastructure for other people's dreams rather than a monument to his own. His passing in 2025 closed a chapter of American cinema, but the ecosystem he built keeps producing the kind of thoughtful films he loved. That, more than any single award, is a legacy.

Name (English)

Robert Redford

Name (Japanese)

ロバート・レッドフォード

Reading

ろばーと・れっどふぉーど

Born

August 18, 1936 (age 89)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

Origin

Santa Monica, California, United States

Height

177 cm

Occupation

film actor / film director / film producer / stage actor / executive producer

High school

Van Nuys High School

University

University of Colorado Boulder

Awards & achievements

• 1996 National Medal of Arts
• Directors Guild of America Award
• Knight of the Legion of Honour
• 1981 Academy Award for Best Director
• 1962 Theatre World Award
• 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom
• 1995 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
• Kennedy Center Honors

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

Tags

• California
• film actor
• film director
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.