| Robert
Redford
(1937-) American
Actor, Director, Environmentalist, Philanthropist birthdate:
August 18
birthplace:
Santa
Monica, California |
If
you've ever seen Jeremiah Johnson or The Horse Whisperer at the
movies or on television, you can see how much Robert Redford loves the wonders
of the natural world. He has played the Sundance Kid, riding through the wide
open spaces and directed A River Runs Through It which brings to the screen
some of the most beautiful scenery in the United States. Early in his life, Robert
Redford wanted to be a painter and even studied the art in Europe. But when he
moved to New York, he started studying the art of acting, and from there went
on to play many characters on the stage, television and film. Since he became
one of the best known movie stars in the world in the 1960s, he has used his fame
and riches to support those less fortunate than himself and to open the movie
industry to deeper exploration of humanity through The Sundance Institute in Utah.
In the process, he has also been one of the biggest supporters of the movement
to save our environment, winning the United Nations Global 500 Award, the Audubon
Medal, the Earth Day International Award, the Nature Conservancy Award and many
others. Bio
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