Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and indie patriarch, dies at 89

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who turned an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for impartial cinema beneath the title of one in all his best-loved characters, died Tuesday (September 16, 2025) at 89.

Redford died “at his dwelling at Sundance within the mountains of Utah — the place he beloved, surrounded by these he beloved,” publicist Cindi Berger stated in a press release. No explanation for loss of life was supplied.

After rising to stardom within the Nineteen Sixties, Redford was one of many greatest stars of the ’70s with such movies as “The Candidate,” “All the President’s Men” and “The Way We Were,” capping that decade with the most effective director Oscar for 1980’s “Ordinary People,” which additionally gained finest image in 1980.

His wavy blond hair and boyish grin made him probably the most desired of main males, however he labored onerous to transcend his appears — whether or not via his political advocacy, his willingness to tackle unglamorous roles or his dedication to offering a platform for low-budget motion pictures.

His roles ranged from Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward to a mountain man in “Jeremiah Johnson” to a double agent within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and his co-stars included Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise. But his most well-known display screen companion was his previous pal and fellow activist and sensible joker Paul Newman, their movies a variation of their heat, teasing relationship off display screen. Redford performed the wily outlaw reverse Newman in 1969’s “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” a box-office smash from which Redford’s Sundance Institute and pageant acquired its title. He additionally teamed with Newman on 1973’s best-picture Oscar winner, “The Sting,” which earned Redford a best-actor nomination as a younger con artist in Thirties Chicago.