Robert Redford
American actor and filmmaker
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| 2022 | Becomes an executive producer on the television series Dark Winds. |
| July 2020 | Penned an op-ed criticizing President Trump's lack of a 'moral compass' and announced his intention to vote for Joe Biden in the presidential election. |
| 2019 | Received the Honorary César and appeared in Avengers: Endgame |
| 2019 | Wrote an op-ed criticizing the Trump administration, referring to it as a 'monarchy in disguise'. |
| February 22 2019 | Received the Honorary César at the 44th César Awards in Paris. |
| 2018 | Stars in The Old Man & the Gun. |
| September 2018 | Starred as bank robber Forrest Tucker in 'The Old Man & the Gun', directed by David Lowery, receiving a Golden Globe nomination. |
| August 2018 | Announced retirement from acting after completing 'The Old Man & the Gun', though he later stated he 'regretted' the announcement. |
| 2017 | Filmed a cameo appearance as Alexander Pierce in 'Avengers: Endgame'. |
| 2017 | Awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 74th Venice Film Festival. |
| 2017 | Starred in two Netflix films: 'The Discovery' and 'Our Souls at Night', the latter reuniting him with Jane Fonda for the fourth time. |
| May 2017 | Closed his Park City restaurant, Zoom. |
| 2016 | Took a supporting role as Mr. Meacham in the Disney remake of 'Pete's Dragon'. |
| November 22 2016 | Honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. |
| 2015 | Co-produced and acted in 'A Walk in the Woods' alongside Emma Thompson and Nick Nolte, based on Bill Bryson's book. The film was a project Redford had long intended to make with Paul Newman before Newman's death. |
| 2015 | Portrayed news anchor Dan Rather in the film 'Truth' alongside Cate Blanchett. |
| May 24 2015 | Delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree from Colby College in Maine. |
| April 2014 | Announced Pitzer College's divestment from fossil fuel stocks during a press conference at the LA Press Club, marking the largest endowment divestment in higher education at the time. |
| April 2014 | Played Alexander Pierce, the main antagonist in the Marvel Studios film 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier', serving as the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. and a leader of a Hydra cell. |
| 2013 | Identified by TransCanada Corporation's CEO Russ Girling as a leader of the anti-Keystone Pipeline protest movement. |
| 2013 | Starred in 'All Is Lost', a film about a man lost at sea, where he was the only cast member with almost no dialogue. Received critical acclaim and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor. |
| 2012 | Directed and starred in The Company You Keep, playing a former Weather Underground activist on the run, alongside Shia LaBeouf and Julie Christie. |
| 2012 | Endorsed Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election. |
| 2011 | Appeared in the documentary Buck, discussing his experiences with Buck Brannaman during the production of The Horse Whisperer. |
| May 2011 | Michael Feeney Callan published 'Robert Redford: The Biography' after fifteen years of work. |
| 2010 | Received the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. |
| 2010 | Released The Conspirator, a period drama about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
| October 14 2010 | Appointed chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by President Nicolas Sarkozy. |
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