Robert Redford Photos

Redford & Hoffman in "All the Presidents Men"

"The Sting"

Robert Redford nowadays is celebrated as a film impresario. And, undoubtedly, there has always been more to Redford than his handsomeness; try a sly charm, an evident conscience, and the reputation for diverse and thoughtful roles. In college Robert was a baseball player, and a vagabond painter in Europe. That was, however, before he turned to full-time acting. Notsurprisingly, it took him less than ten years to make the transition from Broadway fledgling to Hollywood superstar in wild roles, like that in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), costarring Paul Newman. Shortly thereafter, a reunion with Newman led to 1973's "The Sting". Ironically, Newman helped Redford bypass his own success. In the following year, Robert would deliver spectacular performances in films, such as "The Candidate" (1972), "The Way We Were" (1973), "Three Days Of The Condor" (1975), and "All The President's Men" (1976). He won his only Oscar , not for being an actor, but a director for 1980's , "Ordinary People". He mesmerized people with those eyes, and made women swoon for him , as he portrayed a hard-covered hopeless romantic in future films, and won the respect from many male actors as seen in the quote by Brad Pitt: "I'm drawn to his strength, his classiness, his introspectiveness, and his sadness."  (CD)

"The Candidate" "The Way We Were"