Charles Robert Redford Jr. (b. August 18, 1937) is a famous American actor. Known for his roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, The Sting, and The Great Gatsby, Redford has also directed the films Quiz Show, The Milagro Beanfield War , and others. Redford also is responsible for starting the Sundance Film Festival, named after his character in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The festival caters to independent filmmakers in the United States and has received some recognition from the industry as a place to option films.

In 1981, the first film Redford directed, Ordinary People, won the Academy Award for Directing; his 1994 film Quiz Show was nominated for the award but lost to Forrest Gump.

Redford owns a celebrated[1] http://travel.guardian.co.uk/saturdaysection/story/0,8922,442036,00.html restaurant called Zoom, located on Main Street in the former mining town of Park City, Utah. It has both indoor and outdoor seating[2] http://www.kidzmusic.com/travel/utah/ . Redford also owns a ski resort called Sundance Resort [3] http://www.sundanceresort.com .

Partial Filmography

The Clearing (2004)

Spy Game (2001)

The Last Castle (2001)

The Horse Whisperer (1998)

(TV, 1997)

Up Close & Personal (1996)

Indecent Proposal (1993)

Sneakers (1992)

Havana (1990)

Legal Eagles (1986)

Out of Africa (1985)

The Natural (1984)

Brubaker (1980)

The Electric Horseman (1979)

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

All the President's Men (1976)

Three Days of the Condor (1975)

The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

The Great Gatsby (1974)

The Sting (1973)

The Way We Were (1973)

Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

The Candidate (1972)

The Hot Rock (1972)

Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)

Downhill Racer (1969)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Barefoot in the Park (1967)

This Property Is Condemned (1966)

The Chase (1966)

Inside Daisy Clover (1965)

Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965)

War Hunt (1962)

The Iceman Cometh (TV, 1960)

Web Links

• Robert Redford at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/Name?Redford,+Robert
• The Sundance Film Institute http://institute.sundance.org/
• Sundance Ski Resort http://www.sundanceresort.com