Editing Robert Redford (section)

== Career ==
=== 1959–1966: Early roles ===
Redford's career began in New York City, where he worked both on stage and in television. His Broadway debut was in a small role in ''Tall Story'' (1959), followed by parts in ''The Highest Tree'' (1959) and ''Sunday in New York'' (1961). His biggest Broadway success was as the stuffy [[newlywed]] husband of [[Elizabeth Ashley]] in the original 1963 cast of [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]''.<ref>Drew Casper, ''Hollywood Film 1963–1976: Years of Revolution and Reaction'' (2011), p. xlv</ref> Starting in 1960, Redford appeared as a guest star on numerous television drama programs, including ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]'', ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'', ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'', ''[[The Americans (1961 TV series)|The Americans]]'', ''[[Whispering Smith (TV series)|Whispering Smith]]'', ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]'', ''[[Playhouse 90]]'', ''[[Tate (TV series)|Tate]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', and ''[[Captain Brassbound's Conversion]]'', among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metv.com/stories/watch-for-robert-redfords-first-role-ever-he-took-a-punch-on-maverick|title=Watch: For Robert Redford's first role ever, he took a punch on Maverick|website=Me-TV Network|access-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2012/8/23/20505827/chris-hicks-robert-redford-cut-his-teeth-on-60s-tv/|title=Chris Hicks: Robert Redford cut his teeth on '60s TV|date=August 23, 2012|website=Deseret News|access-date=June 19, 2019|archive-date=July 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716082116/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865561117/Robert-Redford-cut-his-teeth-on-760s-TV.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Redford made his screen debut in ''[[Tall Story]]'' (1960), reprising his Broadway role. The film's stars were [[Anthony Perkins]], [[Jane Fonda]] (her debut), and [[Ray Walston]]. After his Broadway success, he was cast in larger feature roles in movies. In 1960, Redford was cast as Danny Tilford, a mentally disturbed young man trapped in the wreckage of his family garage, in "Breakdown", one of the last episodes of the [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] adventure series, ''[[Rescue 8]]'', starring [[Jim Davis (actor)|Jim Davis]] and [[Lang Jeffries]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Breakdown |date=March 31, 1960 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074035/ |series=Rescue 8 |access-date=August 9, 2022}}</ref> Redford earned an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]] nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''The Voice of Charlie Pont'' (ABC, 1962). One of his last television appearances until 2019 was on October 7, 1963, on ''[[Breaking Point (1963 TV series)|Breaking Point]],'' an ABC medical drama about psychiatry.<ref name=callan/> In 1962 Redford got his second film role in ''[[War Hunt]],'' and was soon after cast alongside screen legend [[Alec Guinness]] in the war comedy ''[[Situation Hopeless ... But Not Serious]]'', in which he played a US soldier falsely imprisoned by a German civilian even after the war has ended. In ''[[Inside Daisy Clover]]'' (1965), which won him a [[Golden Globe]] for best new star, he played a [[bisexual]] movie star who marries starlet [[Natalie Wood]], and rejoined her along with [[Charles Bronson]] for [[Sydney Pollack]]'s ''[[This Property Is Condemned]]'' (1966) — again, as her lover, though this time in a film which achieved even greater success. The same year saw his first teaming (on equal footing) with [[Jane Fonda]], in [[Arthur Penn]]'s ''[[The Chase (1966 film)|The Chase]]''. This film marked the only time Redford would star with [[Marlon Brando]].

=== 1967–1979: Career stardom ===
[[File:Robert Redford Barefoot in the park.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Redford in ''[[Barefoot in the Park (film)|Barefoot in the Park]]'' (1967)]]
Fonda and Redford were paired again in the popular big-screen version of ''[[Barefoot in the Park (film)|Barefoot in the Park]]'' (1967)<ref name="tca" /> and were again co-stars many years later in Pollack's ''[[The Electric Horseman]]'' (1979), followed 38 years later with a Netflix feature, ''[[Our Souls at Night (film)|Our Souls at Night]]''. After this initial success, Redford became concerned about his blond male stereotype image<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3622923/Robert-Redford-acts-his-age.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3622923/Robert-Redford-acts-his-age.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Robert Redford acts his age|last=Gritten|first=David|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=August 27, 2004|access-date=June 19, 2019|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and refused roles in ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' and ''[[The Graduate]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/beginners-guide-to-robert-redford/|title=A Beginner's Guide to Robert Redford|date=September 24, 2018|website=Film School Rejects|access-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref> Redford found the niche he was seeking in [[George Roy Hill]]'s ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' (1969), scripted by [[William Goldman]], in which he was paired for the first time with [[Paul Newman]]. The film was a huge success and made him a major bankable star,<ref name=tca/> cementing his screen image as an intelligent, reliable, sometimes sardonic good guy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/robert-redford-career-highlights-391831.html|title=Robert Redford's Career Highlights|date=December 22, 2013|website=femalefirst.co.uk|access-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref>

While Redford did not receive an Academy Award or Golden Globe nomination for playing the Sundance Kid, he won a British Academy of Film and Television Award (BAFTA) for that role and his parts in ''[[Downhill Racer]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/interview-with-robert-redford|author=Ebert, Roger|work=Chicago Sun-Times|title=Interview With Robert Redford|date=June 15, 1969|access-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329054458/https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/interview-with-robert-redford|archive-date=March 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> (1969) and ''[[Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here]]'' (1969). The latter two films and the subsequent ''[[Little Fauss and Big Halsy]]'' (1970), and ''[[The Hot Rock (film)|The Hot Rock]]'' (1972) were not commercially successful. Redford had long harbored ambitions to work on both sides of the camera. As early as 1969, Redford had served as the executive producer for ''[[Downhill Racer]]''.<ref name=tca/> The political satire ''[[The Candidate (1972 film)|The Candidate]]'' (1972) was a moderate box office and critical success.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/candidate-review-1972-movie-1123602/|title= 'The Candidate': THR's 1972 Review|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date= June 29, 2018|accessdate= August 18, 2023}}</ref>
[[Image:Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here – Robert Redford photo.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Redford in a [[publicity still]] for ''[[Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here]]'' (1969)]]

Starting in 1973, Redford experienced an almost-unparalleled four-year run of box office success. The western ''[[Jeremiah Johnson (film)|Jeremiah Johnson]]''{{'}}s (1972) box office earnings from early 1973 until its second re-release in 1975 would have placed it as the No. 2 highest-grossing film of 1973.<ref name="Michael Gebert 1996, pg. 305">Michael Gebert, ''The Encyclopedia of Movie Awards'', St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, 1996, p. 305.</ref> The romantic period drama with [[Barbra Streisand]], ''[[The Way We Were]]'' (1973), was the 5th highest-grossing film of 1973.<ref name="Michael Gebert 1996, pg. 305"/> The crime caper reunion with Paul Newman, ''[[The Sting]]'' (1973), became the top-grossing film of 1974<ref name="Michael Gebert 1996, pg. 315">Michael Gebert, ''The Encyclopedia of Movie Awards'', St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, 1996, pg. 315.</ref> and one of the top 20 highest-grossing movies of all time when adjusted for inflation, plus landed Redford the lone nomination of his career for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref name=tca/> The following year he starred in the romantic drama ''[[The Great Gatsby (1974 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' (1974) starring [[Mia Farrow]], [[Sam Waterston]], and [[Bruce Dern]]. The film was the No. 8 highest-grossing film of 1974.<ref name="Michael Gebert 1996, pg. 315"/> ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969) placed as the No. 10 highest-grossing film for 1974 as it was re-released due to the popularity of ''The Sting.''<ref name="Michael Gebert 1996, pg. 315"/> In 1974 Redford became the first performer since [[Bing Crosby]] in 1946 to have three films in a year's top ten grossing titles. Each year between 1974 and 1976, movie exhibitors voted Redford Hollywood's top box-office star.<ref name=tca/>

In 1975, Redford's hit movies included 1920s aviation drama, ''[[The Great Waldo Pepper]]'' (1975), and the spy thriller ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]'' (1975), alongside [[Faye Dunaway]], which finished at Nos. 16 and 17 in box office grosses for 1975, respectively.<ref name="Michael Gebert 1996, pg. 321">Michael Gebert, ''The Encyclopedia of Movie Awards'', St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, 1996, pg. 321.</ref> In 1976 he co-starred with [[Dustin Hoffman]] in the No. 2 highest-grossing film for the year, the critically acclaimed ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''.<ref name="Michael Gebert 1996, pg. 328">Michael Gebert, ''The Encyclopedia of Movie Awards'', St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, 1996, pg. 328.</ref> In 1975, 1977 and 1978, Redford won the Golden Globe for Favorite World Film Star, a popularity-based award that is no longer awarded.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} In 1976, Robert Redford published ''The Outlaw Trail: A Journey Through Time''. Redford states, "The Outlaw Trail. It was a name that fascinated me - a geographical anchor in Western folklore. Whether real or imagined, it was a name that, for me, held a kind of magic, a freedom, a mystery. I wanted to see it in much the same way as the outlaws did, by horse and by foot, and document the adventure with text and photographs."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Redford |first1=Robert |title=The Outlaw Trail: A Journey Through Time |date=1976 |publisher=Grosset & Dunlap |location=New York |isbn=0448145901 |pages=8–13}}</ref>

''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' (1976), in which Redford and Hoffman play Washington Post reporters [[Bob Woodward]] and [[Carl Bernstein]], was a landmark film for Redford. Not only was he the executive producer and co-star, but the film's serious subject matter — the [[Watergate scandal]] — and its attempt to create a realistic portrayal of journalism also reflected the actor's offscreen concerns for political causes.<ref name=tca/> The film landed eight Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Director ([[Alan J. Pakula]]), while winning for the Best Screenplay (Goldman). It won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Picture and Best Director. In 1977, Redford appeared in a segment of the war film ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' (1977). Then he took a two-year hiatus from movies, before starring as past-his-prime rodeo star in the adventure-romance ''[[The Electric Horseman]]'' (1979). This film reunited him with [[Jane Fonda]], finishing at No. 9 in the box office for 1980.<ref name="Michael Gebert 1996, pg. 355">Michael Gebert, ''The Encyclopedia of Movie Awards'', St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, 1996, pg. 355.</ref>

=== 1980–1998: Directorial debut ===
His first film as director was the drama film ''[[Ordinary People]]'' (1980), a drama about the slow disintegration of an [[upper-middle class]] family after the death of a son. Redford was credited with obtaining a powerful dramatic performance from [[Mary Tyler Moore]], as well as superb work from [[Donald Sutherland]] and [[Timothy Hutton]], who also won the Oscar for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]. The film is one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade, winning four [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for Redford himself, and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/01/movies/ordinary-people-wins-the-academy-award-for-best-picture.html|title= 'ORDINARY PEOPLE' WINS THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE|work= The New York Times|date= April 1981|accessdate= August 18, 2023|last1= Harmetz|first1= Aljean}}</ref><ref name=tca/> Critic [[Roger Ebert]] declared it "an intelligent, perceptive, and deeply moving film."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ordinary-people-1980|title= Ordinary People movie review|website= Roger Ebert.com|accessdate= August 18, 2023}}</ref> Later that year he appeared in the prison drama ''[[Brubaker]]'' (1980), playing a [[prison warden]] attempting to reform the system.

[[File:Redford Milagro Cannes 1988.jpg|upright|thumb|left|190px|Redford with [[Melanie Griffith]] and [[Sônia Braga]], promoting ''[[The Milagro Beanfield War]]'' at the [[1988 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Soon after that, he starred in the baseball drama ''[[The Natural (film)|The Natural]]'' (1984).<ref name=tca/> Sydney Pollack's ''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]'' (1985), with Redford in the male lead role opposite [[Meryl Streep]], became a large box office success (combined 1985 and 1986 grosses placed it at No. 5 for 1986),<ref name="Michael Gebert 1996, pg. 401">Michael Gebert, ''The Encyclopedia of Movie Awards'', St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, 1996, pg. 401.</ref> won a Golden Globe for Best Picture,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/bohemian-rhapsody-worst-reviewed-golden-globes-winner-since-80s-2429215 | title='Bohemian Rhapsody' is the worst-reviewed Golden Globes winner in 33 years | work=[[NME]] | date=January 10, 2019 | access-date=January 14, 2019 | first=John | last=Earls | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110151752/https://www.nme.com/news/bohemian-rhapsody-worst-reviewed-golden-globes-winner-since-80s-2429215 | archive-date=January 10, 2019 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and won seven [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], including Best Picture. Streep was nominated for Best Actress but Redford did not receive a nomination. The movie proved to be Redford's biggest success of the decade and Redford and Pollack's most successful of their seven movies together.<ref name=tca/> Redford's next film, ''[[Legal Eagles]]'' (1986) alongside [[Debra Winger]], was only a minor success at the box office.

Redford did not direct again until ''[[The Milagro Beanfield War]]'' (1988), a well-crafted, though not commercially successful, screen version of [[John Nichols (American writer)|John Nichols]]'s acclaimed novel of the Southwest. ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' is the story of the people of Milagro, New Mexico (based on the real town of [[Truchas, New Mexico|Truchas]] in northern New Mexico), overcoming big developers who set about to ruin their community and force them out with tax increases. Other directorial projects have included the period drama ''[[A River Runs Through It (film)|A River Runs Through It]]'' (1992), based on [[Norman Maclean]]'s novella starring [[Craig Sheffer]], [[Brad Pitt]], and [[Tom Skerritt]]. Redford received a nomination for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director]]. In 1994 he directed the exposé ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]'' about the quiz show scandal of the late 1950s.<ref name=tca/> In the latter film, Redford worked from a screenplay by [[Paul Attanasio]] with noted cinematographer [[Michael Ballhaus]] and a strong cast that featured [[Paul Scofield]], [[John Turturro]], [[Rob Morrow]], and [[Ralph Fiennes]]. [[David Ansen]] of ''[[Newsweek]]'' wrote, "Robert Redford may have become a more complacent movie star in the last decade, but he has become a more daring and accomplished filmmaker. 'Quiz Show' is his best movie since 'Ordinary People'".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.newsweek.com/when-america-lost-its-innocence-maybe-188338|title= When America Lost Its Innocence--Maybe|website= Newsweek|date= September 18, 1994|accessdate= August 18, 2023|last1=Ansen|first1=David|author-link=David Ansen}}</ref>

Redford continued as a major star throughout the 1990s and 2000s. He released his third film as a director, ''[[A River Runs Through It (film)|A River Runs Through It]]'', in 1992, which was a return to mainstream success for Redford as a director and brought a young [[Brad Pitt]] to greater prominence. In 1993, he played what became one of his most popular and recognized roles, starring in ''[[Indecent Proposal]]'' as a billionaire businessman who tests a couple's morals; the film became one of the year's biggest hits. He co-starred with [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] in the newsroom romance ''[[Up Close and Personal (film)|Up Close & Personal]]'' (1996), and with [[Kristin Scott Thomas]] and a young [[Scarlett Johansson]] in ''[[The Horse Whisperer (film)|The Horse Whisperer]]'' (1998), which he also directed.<ref name=tca/> Redford also continued work in films with political contexts, such as ''[[Havana (film)|Havana]]'' (1990), playing Jack Weil, a professional gambler in 1959 Cuba during the Revolution, as well as ''[[Sneakers (1992 film)|Sneakers]]'' (1992), in which he co-starred with [[River Phoenix]] and [[Sidney Poitier]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/dec/20/sneakers-robert-redford-and-river-phoenix-nerd-out-in-1992s-prescient-high-tech-caper|title= Sneakers: Robert Redford and River Phoenix nerd out in 1992's prescient, high-tech caper|website= Guardian|date= December 19, 2021|accessdate= August 18, 2023|last1= Cryer|first1= Vanessa}}</ref>

=== 1999–2012 ===
[[File:Robert Redford 2005.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Redford in 2005]]
Redford also directed [[Matt Damon]] and [[Will Smith]] in ''[[The Legend of Bagger Vance]]'' (2000). He appeared as a disgraced Army general sent to prison in the prison drama ''[[The Last Castle]]'' (2001), directed by Rod Lurie. In the same year, Redford reteamed with [[Brad Pitt]] for ''[[Spy Game]]'', another success for the pair but with Redford switching this time from director to actor. During that time, he planned to direct and star in a sequel of ''The Candidate''<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/10/24/robert-redford-plans-candidate-sequel/|title=Robert Redford plans ''Candidate'' sequel|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233514/https://ew.com/article/2002/10/24/robert-redford-plans-candidate-sequel/|archive-date=December 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> but the project never happened.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/09/the-candidate-and-the-sequel-that-never-was/502301/|title=The Candidate and the Sequel That Never Was – The Atlantic|last=Garber|first=Megan|website=The Atlantic|date=September 29, 2016 |access-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230181344/https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/09/the-candidate-and-the-sequel-that-never-was/502301/|archive-date=December 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Redford, a leading environmental activist, narrated the IMAX documentary ''[[Sacred Planet]]'' (2004), a sweeping journey across the globe to some of its most exotic and endangered places. In ''[[The Clearing (film)|The Clearing]]'' (2004), a thriller co-starring Helen Mirren, Redford was a successful businessman whose kidnapping unearths the secrets and inadequacies that led to his achieving the American Dream.

Redford stepped back into producing with ''[[The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|The Motorcycle Diaries]]'' (2004), a coming-of-age road film about a young medical student, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and his friend Alberto Granado. It also explored the political and social issues of South America that influenced Guevara and shaped his future. With five years spent on the film's making, Redford was credited by director Walter Salles for being instrumental in getting it made and released. Back in front of the camera, Redford received good notices for his role in director [[Lasse Hallström]]'s ''[[An Unfinished Life]]'' (2005) as a cantankerous rancher who is forced to take in his estranged daughter-in-law (Jennifer Lopez)—whom he blames for his son's death—and the granddaughter he never knew he had when they fled an abusive relationship. The film, which sat on the shelf for many months while its distributor Miramax was restructured, was generally dismissed as clichéd and overly sentimental.

Meanwhile, Redford returned to familiar territory when he reteamed with [[Meryl Streep]] 22 years after they starred in ''Out of Africa'', for his personal project ''[[Lions for Lambs]]'' (2007), which also starred [[Tom Cruise]]. After a great deal of hype, the film opened to mixed reviews and disappointing box office. Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote, "Lions for Lambs is so square it's like something out of the gray twilight glow of the golden age of television. Even the military plot, which clunks, seems to be taking place on stage."<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2007/11/07/lions-lambs-2/|title= Lions for Lambs|magazine= Entertainment Weekly|accessdate= August 18, 2023}}</ref> In 2010, Redford released ''[[The Conspirator]]'', a period drama revolving around the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]]. Redford appeared in the 2011 documentary ''[[Buck (film)|Buck]]'' by [[Cindy Meehl]], where he discussed his experiences with title subject [[Buck Brannaman]] during the production of ''[[The Horse Whisperer (film)|The Horse Whisperer]]''. In 2012, Redford directed ''[[The Company You Keep (film)|The Company You Keep]]'', in which he starred as a former Weather Underground activist who goes on the run after a journalist discovers his identity. The film starred himself, [[Shia LaBeouf]] and [[Julie Christie]].

=== 2013–present ===
[[File:Redford e LaBeouf - 69th Venice International Film Festival (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Redford and [[Shia LaBeouf]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]] in 2012]]
In 2013, Redford starred in ''[[All Is Lost]]'', directed by [[J.C. Chandor]], about a man lost at sea. He received acclaim for his performance in the film, in which he is its only cast member and there is almost no dialogue. Redford was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]] and won the [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]], his first time winning an acting honour from that group (he had been nominated in 1969 for ''Downhill Racer''). Ali Arikan wrote in ''[[Roger Ebert|RogerEbert.com]]'', "Chandor plays to Redford's strengths: his battered visage, calm determination, and detachment from the vagaries of a "normal" existence. In return, Redford gives the performance of the latter half of his career in a role that is not just physically, but also psychologically demanding".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/all-is-lost-2013|title= All is Lost movie review & film summary|website= Rogerebert.com|accessdate= August 18, 2023}}</ref>

In April 2014, Redford played the main antagonist of the [[Marvel Studios]] superhero film ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]],'' [[Alexander Pierce]], the head of [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] and leader of the [[Hydra (Marvel Comics)|Hydra]] cell operating the Triskelion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/robert-redford-confirms-captain-america-winter-soldier-role-153202834.html |title=Robert Redford Confirms Captain America: The Winter Soldier Role |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=April 3, 2013 |access-date=July 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504235253/http://news.yahoo.com/robert-redford-confirms-captain-america-winter-soldier-role-153202834.html |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Redford was a co-producer and, with [[Emma Thompson]] and [[Nick Nolte]], acted in the film [[A Walk in the Woods (film)|''A Walk in the Woods'']] (2015), based on [[Bill Bryson]]'s book of the same name. Redford had optioned the film rights for the book from Bryson after reading it more than a decade earlier, with the intent of costarring in it with Paul Newman but had shelved the project after his death.<ref name="Redford Walk In Woods">{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-walk-woods-director-robert-818321 |title='A Walk in the Woods' Director on Why Robert Redford Put Film on Shelf After Paul Newman's Death |last=Gajewski |first=Ryan |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 2, 2015 |access-date=June 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627204856/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-walk-woods-director-robert-818321 |archive-date=June 27, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The same year, he played news anchor [[Dan Rather]] in [[James Vanderbilt]]'s ''[[Truth (2015 film)|Truth]]'' alongside [[Cate Blanchett]]. The film received mixed reviews with Justin Chang of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' noting, "Redford, who bears a solid resemblance to Rather but not quite enough to make you forget whom you're watching, plays the veteran newsman with easy gravitas, inner strength and a gentle paternal twinkle, with little display of the anger and volatility for which he was often known over the course of his storied career."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/truth-review-cate-blanchett-robert-redford-toronto-film-festival-1201592326/|title= Toronto Film Review: 'Truth'|website= Variety|date= September 13, 2015|accessdate= August 18, 2023}}</ref> In 2016, he took the supporting role of Mr. Meacham in the Disney remake [[Pete's Dragon (2016 film)|'' Pete's Dragon'']]. The next year, Redford starred in [[The Discovery (film)|''The Discovery'']] and ''[[Our Souls at Night]]'', both released on [[Netflix]] streaming in 2017. The latter film, which was also produced by Redford, reunited him with co-star [[Jane Fonda]] for the fourth time and garnered positive reviews.<ref>{{Citation|title=Our Souls at Night (2017)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/our_souls_at_night|volume=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127051127/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/our_souls_at_night/|archive-date=November 27, 2017|url-status=live}},</ref>

Redford played bank robber [[Forrest Tucker (criminal)|Forrest Tucker]] in the [[David Lowery (director)|David Lowery]] directed drama film ''[[The Old Man & the Gun]]'', which was released in September 2018, and for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. Alissa Wikinson wrote in ''[[Vox (magazine)|Vox]]'', "In ''The Old Man & the Gun'', both Redford and Lowery are returning to their roots. For Redford, a role as a lifelong bank robber feels like a fitting cap to a career effectively launched half a century ago with his role alongside Paul Newman in ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.vox.com/2018/9/25/17887624/old-man-gun-review-robert-redford-retire-david-lowery-sissy-spacek|title= Robert Redford bids farewell to the silver screen in the pitch-perfect The Old Man & the Gun|website= Vox|date= September 25, 2018|accessdate= August 18, 2023}}</ref> In August 2018, Redford announced his retirement from acting after completion of the film,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/movies/2018/08/06/robert-redford-retiring-acting/|title=Exclusive: Robert Redford announces he's retiring from acting|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807093018/http://ew.com/movies/2018/08/06/robert-redford-retiring-acting/|archive-date=August 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/06/robert-redford-retires-the-old-man-and-the-gun|title=Robert Redford confirms retirement from acting|last=Pulver|first=Andrew|date=August 6, 2018|website=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806173031/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/06/robert-redford-retires-the-old-man-and-the-gun|archive-date=August 6, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> though the following month, Redford stated that he "regretted" announcing his retirement because "you never know".<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Redford Reveals He Never Should Have Said He Is Retiring: 'That Was a Mistake'|url=https://people.com/movies/robert-redford-admits-he-never-should-have-said-he-is-retiring-mistake/|date=September 21, 2018|access-date=April 17, 2021|website=People}}</ref>

He briefly reprised his role as Alexander Pierce for a [[cameo appearance]] in ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'', filmed in 2017 prior to the completion of the former film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2019/04/30/robert-redford-comes-out/ |title=Robert Redford comes out of retirement for a strategic cameo in (spoiler alert!) 'Avengers: Endgame' |work=Salt Lake Tribune |last=Means |first=Sean P. |date=April 30, 2019 |access-date=May 5, 2025}}</ref>

Redford, an executive producer of the series ''[[Dark Winds]]'' made a cameo alongside fellow executive producer [[George R. R. Martin]] portraying a detainee playing chess.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/dark-winds-season-3-premiere-robert-redford-george-rr-martin-cameo.html |title=How Dark Winds Scored Two Legends for a Premiere Cameo |work=Vulture |last=Chaney |first=Jen |date=March 9, 2025 |access-date=May 5, 2025}}</ref>