Overview

• Redford died on Sept. 16, 2025 at age 89, according to obituary coverage and statements cited this week.
• He became a marquee actor with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and All the President’s Men, later appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• As a filmmaker, he won the Academy Award for directing Ordinary People and later earned an honorary Oscar in 2002, with acclaimed credits including A River Runs Through It and Quiz Show.
• He founded the Sundance Institute and helped build the Sundance Film Festival into a pipeline for emerging voices, credited with boosting careers such as Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, Steven Soderbergh, Wes Anderson and Ava DuVernay.
• Coverage also underscores his decades of environmental advocacy rooted in his Utah life and platform.