Robert Redford, one of the greatest movie stars who ever lived, has died. According to Deadline, he passed away in his sleep, a peaceful end that only comes to the lucky among us, an eternal rest at the end of a life well-lived. Many actors would consider themselves lucky to have one great performance under their belt, something that both critics and audiences see as genuinely legendary. Robert Redford had more than one of these every few years for the vast majority of his life.
With his chiseled jawline and kind, but piercing gaze, Redford started out as a TV actor on shows like Naked City and The Twilight Zone before scoring supporting roles in movies like Inside Daisy Clover and This Property is Condemned. However, it was the one-two punch of The Chase and Barefoot in the Park (the latter of which saw him reprise his role from the stage play) that made him a movie star, and his follow-up performance in 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid that made him a generational icon.
In the years that followed, Redford became a key figure in the 1970s era of filmmaking, with controversial, politically-charged movies like All the President’s Men, The Candidate, and Three Days of the Condor, as well as crowd-pleasing his like The Sting, The Great Gatsby, and Jeremiah Johnson, among plenty of others.
Redford made his directorial debut in 1980 with Ordinary People, which was a box office success and went on to win four Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture. He would go on to direct eight more feature films while maintaining his position as a leading man and box office draw. He also co-created the Sundance Film festival in 1978. Today, it is the largest film festival in the world.
Today’s younger viewers know him best for his role in 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, where he brought his elder statesman gravitas to the role of Alexander Pierce, a SHIELD boss with a dark secret. Redford would reprise the role in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, his final onscreen film role, though he did make uncredited cameos on television, in both The White House Plumbers (reprising his true-life role from All the President’s Men in a voiceover cameo) and Dark Winds, on which he served as Executive Producer.
Robert Redford leaves behind a tremendous legacy that spans over five decades of film and television, as well as political activism. He was an avid environmentalist and, like the characters in some of his movies, used his position to criticize the people in power and implore them to do better. While Redford has passed on his filmography of classic performances will live on forever.
Related: Stephen King, James Gunn Among Many to Remember Robert Redford’s Legendary Career
‘ The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties ’
‘ Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com ’
