Biography and filmography of Robert Redford

The filmography of Robert Redford at the moment consists of approximately two hundred paintings, in the shooting of which he took part as an actor or director. Behind the 79-year-old Hollywood actor, many brilliant characters have been played, honorable awards, the title of a sex symbol, which he managed to preserve for many years. What are his works worthy of close attention, what is known about the past and the present of the star?

Actor Robert Redford: Biography

The birthplace of the celebrity is the state of Santa Monica, where he was born in 1937. Actor Robert Redford does not belong to the number of people who chose the profession, looking at the creative activity of parents. The mother and father of the boy are in no way connected with the sphere of cinema. Under the influence of his father-accountant, the future star goes through a short training at the University of Colorado. However, the desire for art, which made itself felt in school days, wins.

Throwing the institute, the future actor and director Robert Redford devotes some time to exploring Europe, the lessons of painting. Then, having decided on the profession of his dreams, he begins to study acting skills, choosing for this the Academy of Dramatic Art, located in New York. With the right choice, the ascent to fame begins, but its path to fame can not be called short.

First successes

Robert Redford's filmography is actively replenished since the early 60's, but the first works do not give him the status of a celebrity. Initially, the filmmakers see him as only a potential performer of passing roles in telenovelas, not trusting more serious tasks. The actor's track record includes one after another series: "Theater 90 days", "Maverick", "Deputy", "Twilight Zone" and others.

The debut in the big movie brings the actor not so much fame as a useful acquaintance with the director Sidney Pollack, who in the future will play a landmark role in his career. In 1962, the filmography of Robert Redford acquires the tape "Military Hunt", the plot of which is related to the fighting in Korea.

The actor continues to actively seek out interesting roles, trying on a variety of images. Of the most memorable works of the mid-60's, one can mention a character named Babber Reeves, played by him in the film project "Pursuit". Also, critics approve of the picture "In the park barefoot" with his participation, which became a screen version of the famous play.

Rise in career

The desired popularity of the audience gives a charming western artist "Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid", released in 1969. The audience in memory of a charming character, presented by Redford as a "noble criminal" is postponed. The picture, telling about the adventures of two heroes of the Wild West, who really lived at that time, making robbery of trains and banks, becomes cult. Robert Redford's filmography finally acquires a tape that makes him a star.

The actor, endowed with a charming smile, the figure of an athlete, seems to be the perfect performer of roles in romantic paintings, westerns. However, the obsession with this or that image is something Robert Redford stubbornly avoids. The best films with a star are those where he surprises the audience with unexpected characters of his characters. As an example, you can bring the movie "Candidate", who saw the light in 1972. The hero of the actor is a young lawyer who confidently builds a political career.

In the same year, the picture "Jeremiah Johnson" with his participation. The character of Redford practices unity with nature, speaking out against the shortcomings of living in a "civilized world".

The most striking roles

It is difficult to list all the memorable images that Robert Redford embodied on screen. Films with his participation like fans primarily because of their dissimilarity against each other. Great success was achieved by the criminal comedy Afera, created in 1973. The action takes place in the 30 years of the last century, in the center of the plot are experienced fraudsters intending to repay for the death of their friend the leader of the criminal group.

It was possible for the star to try on himself and the image of a journalist raising important political questions. This happened thanks to the film "The whole royal army", shooting in which forced the actor to seriously become interested in world events, nature conservation issues.

It is impossible not to recall the joint work of the Hollywood star with Meryl Streep. This film starring Robert Redford was one of the best films filmed by Sidney Pollack. The title of the tape, which earned several "Oscars" and gave the performers the main roles of new fans - "From Africa".

Director's work

Robert Redford is known to the public not only as a Hollywood actor. His debut as a director was the film project "Ordinary People", released in 1980. The psychological drama shot by the star was marked by an "Oscar", which confirmed the versatility of talent. The story tells about the life of a rich American family, whose members face a terrible tragedy.

The next directorial experience of Redford dates back to 1988, but the tape "War on the Milagro Bean Field", almost did not remember the audience.

What else to see

Often the films, in which Robert participates, are negatively evaluated by critics, but they are met with a friendly audience. There was it and with a picture "the Indecent offer" in which the actor has got the image of the impudent, unprincipled and rich person.

It is worth paying attention to a more "fresh" tape with Redford, which was "Unfinished Life", filmed in 2007. "Lions for Lambs" is a story collected from three political novels.

Personal life

The first wife of the actor was Lola Redford, a marriage that took place when he was at a young age - in 1958. The couple spent more than 20 years together, breaking up in 1985 in connection with Robert's betrayal, unnecessarily carried away by the Brazilian star Sonia Braga. The first wife gave him four children, two of whom also linked their lives with creativity.

Of course, it is impossible to imagine alone the American sex symbol, which for a long time remained Robert Redford. The personal life of the actor at the moment is a relationship with Sybilha Saggarsh, lasting for several years.

We wish him new bright works in the cinema!