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Robert Redford

Actor, producer and director · Died September 16, 2025, aged 89 · Santa Monica, California, USA

2 Oscars · 6 Golden Globes · BAFTA Award winner · 7 other major award bodies

Charles Robert Redford Jr. (August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025) was an American actor, director and activist. Throughout his career, he won several film awards, including the Academy Award for Best Director for his 1980 film Ordinary People. He also received an honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2002 and was also the founder of the Sundance Film Festival. In 2014, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2016 he was honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Appearing on stage in the late 1950s, Redford's television career began in 1960, including an appearance on The Twilight Zone in 1962. He earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont (1962). His greatest Broadway success was as the stuffy newlywed husband of co-star Elizabeth Ashley's character in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1963). Redford made his film debut in War Hunt (1962). His role in Inside Daisy Clover (1965) won him a Golden Globe for the best new star. He starred alongside Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), which was a huge success and made him a major star. He had a critical and box office hit with Jeremiah Johnson (1972), and in 1973 he had the greatest hit of his career, the blockbuster crime caper The Sting, a re-union with Paul Newman, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award; that same year, he also starred opposite Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were. The popular and acclaimed All the President's Men (1976) was a landmark film for Redford. In the 1980s, Redford began his career as a director with Ordinary People (1980), which was one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade, winning four Oscars including Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director for Redford. He continued acting and starred in Brubaker (1980), as well as playing the male lead in Out of Africa (1985), which was an enormous box office success and won seven Oscars including Best Picture. He released his third film as a director, A River Runs Through It, in 1992. He went on to receive Best Director and Best Picture nominations in 1995 for Quiz Show. He received a second Academy Award—for Lifetime Achievement—in 2002. In 2010, he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur. He additionally won BAFTA, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 18, 1936
Died
September 16, 2025 (aged 89)
From
Santa Monica, California, USA
Works as
Actor, producer and director
Titles
104 on MovieCove · 140 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 1% in 30 days

What are Robert Redford's films like?

Across their 101 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama31 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
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Documentary26 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Comedy14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
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Crime9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Adventure6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile
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Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
22%
Bonds
19%
Self
19%
Society
12%
Ideas
11%
Power
10%
Survival
8%
Justice23 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds16 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love13 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose11 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy12 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity13 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth10 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 98 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 39 · Serious 25 · Dark 34

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 64 · Stylized 27 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 32 · Charged 47 · Intense 19

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 61 · Shifting 36 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 69 · Some laughs 23 · Funny 6

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 67 · Even-paced 27 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 37 · Engaged 43 · Full focus 18

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 34 · Affecting 39 · Heavy 25

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 62 · Open-ended 32 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

44 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 22 of 44 analyzed roles.

Hero
22 of 44
Mentor
12 of 44
Shapeshifter
6 of 44
Trickster
1 of 44
Threshold guardian
1 of 44
Herald
1 of 44
Ally
1 of 44
Show the 44 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
45
Contemplative
47
Melancholic
39
Warm
25
Hopeful
32
Other
86

How their films linger

Hopeful41 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet44 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking29 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy16
  • Bittersweet55
  • Tragic10
  • Ambiguous17
  • Cyclical3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Robert Redford's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 54 of their 104 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Robert Redford's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

140 credits, 104 with a MovieCove page; 65 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Madison(2026)

    Show 1 episode · In Memory Of

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • All Illusions Must Be Broken(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • White House Plumbers(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Bob Woodward (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Dark Winds(2022)

    Show 28 episodes · Executive Producer · In Memory Of · as Robert (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer · as Narrator (voice)

  • Public Trust(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia(2020)

    as Lokia the Dolphin Monster (voice)

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Endgame(2019)

    as Alexander Pierce

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Mustang(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Buttons, A New Musical Film(2018)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Old Man & the Gun(2018)

    Producer · as Forrest Tucker

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Momentum Generation(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Walden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Narrator

  • Our Souls at Night(2017)

    Producer · as Louis Waters

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Earth: One Amazing Day(2017)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • American Epic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer · as Narrator (voice)

  • The Discovery(2017)

    as Dr. Thomas Harbor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Pete's Dragon(2016)

    as Mr. Meacham

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The American West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Adderall Diaries(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • National Parks Adventure(2016)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Ocean Warriors(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Truth(2015)

    as Dan Rather

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • A Walk in the Woods(2015)

    Producer · as Bill Bryson

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Nature Is Speaking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as The Redwood

  • Cathedrals of Culture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer

  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier(2014)

    as Alexander Pierce

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Drunktown's Finest(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Making a Scene | 11 Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • All Is Lost(2013)

    as Our Man

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • All the President's Men Revisited(2013)

    Producer · as Self - Narrator

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for A Living Planet(2012)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Company You Keep(2012)

    Director · Producer · as Jim Grant

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington(2012)

    as Bill McKay

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Stories from the Gulf: Living with the Oil Disaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Presenter

  • The Conspirator(2010)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Saving the Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 4 episodes · as Narrator

  • The Cove(2009)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Narrator

  • Lions for Lambs(2007)

    Director · Producer · as Dr. Stephen Malley

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Unforeseen(2007)

    Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Charlotte's Web(2006)

    as Ike the Horse (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • An Inconvenient Truth(2006)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Cosmic Collisions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters(2006)

    as Johnny Hooker

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Iconoclasts(2005)

    Show 36 episodes · Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • An Unfinished Life(2005)

    as Einar Gilkyson

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Global Focus II: The New Environmentalists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Narrator

  • A Thief of Time(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Clearing(2004)

    as Wayne Hayes

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Sacred Planet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • The Motorcycle Diaries(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Coyote Waits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Executive Producer

  • Skinwalkers(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Love in the Time of Money(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog(2000)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • People I Know(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Spy Game(2001)

    as Nathan Muir

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Last Castle(2001)

    as Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Legend of Bagger Vance(2000)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Mystery of Chaco Canyon(1999)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • A Civil Action(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Slums of Beverly Hills(1998)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • No Looking Back(1998)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Horse Whisperer(1998)

    Director · Producer · as Tom Booker

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Central Station(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Eye of God(1997)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • She's the One(1996)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Up Close & Personal(1996)

    as Warren Justice

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Quiz Show(1994)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • La classe américaine(1993)

    as Steven (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Indecent Proposal(1993)

    as John Gage

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • A River Runs Through It(1992)

    Director · Producer · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Sneakers(1992)

    as Bishop

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Dark Wind(1991)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Incident at Oglala(1992)

    Executive Producer · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Havana(1990)

    as Jack Weil

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Executive Producer · as Narrator (voice)

  • Some Girls(1988)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Milagro Beanfield War(1988)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Promised Land(1987)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Legal Eagles(1986)

    as Tom Logan

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Out of Africa(1985)

    as Denys George Finch Hatton

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Natural(1984)

    as Roy Hobbs

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Sun Dagger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady(1982)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Solar Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Executive Producer

  • Ordinary People(1980)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Brubaker(1980)

    as Brubaker

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Electric Horseman(1979)

    as Sonny

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Outlaw Trail with Robert Redford (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Actor

  • Free Climb: The Northwest Face of Half Dome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Narrator

  • A Bridge Too Far(1977)

    as Maj. Julian Cook

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • All the President's Men(1976)

    as Bob Woodward

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Following the Tundra Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Narrator

  • Three Days of the Condor(1975)

    as Joseph Turner

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Great Waldo Pepper(1975)

    as Waldo Pepper

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Great Gatsby(1974)

    as Jay Gatsby

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Sting(1973)

    as Johnny Hooker

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Way We Were(1973)

    as Hubbell Gardner

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Jeremiah Johnson(1972)

    as Jeremiah Johnson

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Candidate(1972)

    Executive Producer · as Bill McKay

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Hot Rock(1972)

    as John Dortmunder

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Little Fauss and Big Halsy(1970)

    as Big Halsy

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Downhill Racer(1969)

    as David Chappellet

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here(1969)

    as Cooper

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969)

    as Sundance Kid

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Barefoot in the Park(1967)

    as Paul Bratter

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • This Property Is Condemned(1966)

    as Owen Legate

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Chase(1966)

    as Charlie 'Bubber' Reeves

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Inside Daisy Clover(1965)

    as Wade Lewis / Lewis Wade

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious(1965)

    as Captain Hank Wilson

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Breaking Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 30 episodes · as Roger Morton

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Chuck Marsden · as David Chesterman

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Matthew Cordell

  • War Hunt(1962)

    as Pvt. Roy Loomis

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The New Breed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Arthur Honniger - Hitchhiker

  • Bus Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Art Ellison

  • Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Mark Hadley

  • The Defenders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Gary Degan

  • The Americans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as George Harrod

  • The Iceman Cometh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 2 episodes · as Don Parritt

  • Route 66(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Janosh

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Moment of Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 8 episodes · as Stranger

  • Tate(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Tad Dundee · as Torsett

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • In the Presence of Mine Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Sergeant Lott

  • Tall Story(1960)

    as Basketball Player (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Captain Brassbound's Conversion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Blue Jacket

  • The Untouchables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Jackson Emmit Parker

  • Play of the Week (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Don Parritt

  • The Twilight Zone(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Harold Beldon

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Naked City(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Baldwin Larne

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Maverick(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Jimmy Coleman

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Dick Hart

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Charlie Marx

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Blue Jacket

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 131 titles from 1951 to 2026; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

$714M worldwide

Highest rated

The Sting (1973)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Indecent Proposal (1993)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19512026

Peak 2018 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 37 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 4 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting97 of 131: 84 only acting, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score78thDirecting10 of 131: 1 only directing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdWriting1 of 131: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing40 of 131: 23 only producing, 17 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndOther crew6 of 131: 5 only other crew, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score86th

131 titles, 18 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 13 of them.

By decade

1950s8 · acting1960s24 · acting1970s15 · 15 acting · 1 crew1980s11 · 7 acting · 5 crew1990s16 · 9 acting · 10 crew2000s21 · 11 acting · 11 crew2010s29 · 19 acting · 15 crew2020s7 · 4 acting · 5 crew

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 66% of 47 roles
627277879707

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 Oscars, 6 Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 4 other major awards from 29 major nominations, 1963–2019.

WinNomination
  1. 2019
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
  2. 2017
    • Venice award, won
  3. 2014
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead
  4. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
  5. 2012
    • Venice award, won ×2
  6. 2002
    • Oscar, won
  7. 1999
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
  8. 1996
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won
Show 11 earlier years
  1. 1995
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Director
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Picture
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
  2. 1994
    • Golden Globe, won
  3. 1993
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
  4. 1981
    • Oscar, won · Best Director
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Director - Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
  5. 1978
    • Golden Globe, won · World Film Favorite - Male
  6. 1977
    • Golden Globe, won · World Film Favorite - Male
  7. 1975
    • Golden Globe, won · World Film Favorite - Male
  8. 1974
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actor in a Leading Role
  9. 1971
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Actor
  10. 1966
    • Golden Globe, won · Most Promising Newcomer - Male
  11. 1963
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Robert Redford's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 91; across their 97 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 97

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 97

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 97

Midcredits score across 104 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up56
  • 50th to 74th28
  • 25th to 49th16
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

50 of their 103 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved22
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser50
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia (2020)

97th percentile spread · 49% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Sting (1973)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 75 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Robert Redford's work okay for kids?

Across up to 45 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore36 titles14–68 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity45 titles6–52 · median 25 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity36 titles25–73 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs35 titles9–41 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense32 titles11–61 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Robert Redford work with?

People who share at least 2 of Robert Redford's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Nozik shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles