What is Robert Redford’s net worth? Who is Robert Redford’s wife?
Robert Redford is an American actor and filmmaker, and one of the founders of the Sundance Film Festival.
He’s known for his roles in The Sting, Indecent Proposal, All the President’s Men, Ordinary People, The Natural, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Biography
He was born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, as Charles Robert Redford Jr, to Charles Robert Redford Sr. and Martha Woodruff Redford (née Hart).
Redford inherited an interest in spiritual matters from his mother.
In 1954, he graduated from Van Nuys High School.
He won a baseball scholarship to the University of Colorado.
During college, he began drinking heavily. At some point, Redford lost his scholarship and was kicked out of school.
“I lost my scholarship pretty quick after I discovered drinking,” Redford said in 1990 in an interview.
Later, Robert worked as an oil worker and traveled to Europe, living in Italy, Spain, and France.
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In 1959, he made his first appearance on NYC’s Broadway stage in Tall Story.
In 1962, Redford made his film debut in Terry and Dennis Sanders’ drama “War Hunt.”
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
In 1969, he had his breakthrough role in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. At the time, Redford was 33.
Robert Redford and Paul Newman on the set of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – @Getty
The film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid grossed over $100 million in the US as wewll as over $45 million in rentals.
For his performance in The Sting (1973), Redford was nominated for an Academy Award. The film grossed more than $257 million worldwide.
In 1975, the American actor starred in the spy thriller Three Days of the Condor. The film was based on the 1974 novel Six Days of the Condor.
In 1976, he published “The Outlaw Trail: A Journey Through Time.” The book was his attempt to ride the Outlaw Trail through Utah and Wyoming.
In 1979, Redford, alongside Jane Fonda, played in the western comedy-drama film, The Electric Horseman. It was directed by Sydney Pollack.
Directorial debut
Scarlett Johansson and Robert Redford – 2003 – @Getty
He won an Oscar for directing Ordinary People (1980). The screenplay is based on the 1976 novel by Judith Guest. The film grossed $90 million on a $6.2 million budget.
In 1985, Redford and Meryl Streep performed in the romantic drama film, Out of Africa. The film was produced by Sydney Pollack, and it grossed $227 million worldwide.
In 1992, he directed the period drama film A River Runs Through It. It stars Brad Pitt and Craig Sheffer.
In 1997, Robert announced the creation of Sundance Cinemas.
In 2001, Redford played Lieutenant General Eugene Irwin in The Last Castle. The film also stars Delroy Lindo, Mark Ruffalo, and James Gandolfini.
Robert Redford onstage at “The Company You Keep” Premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival – @Getty
In 2002, Redford was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 2004, he narrated the IMAX documentary Sacred Planet, a documentary film directed by Hairul Salleh Askor and Jon Long.
In 2007, he directed and starred in the war drama film Lions for Lambs. Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise also starred in the film.
In 2014, Redford portrayed Alexander Pierce, the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. and leader of a Hydra cell, in the Marvel Comics outing Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
In 2015, he played in the biographical comedy-drama film A Walk in the Woods. The film was directed by Ken Kwapis and also stars Emma Thompson.
In 2016, the actor received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
In 2018, he played in The Old Man and the Gun.
In 2024, he narrated The Way of the Rain – Hope for Earth.
Wife
On August 9, 1958, Redford married his first wife, Lola Van Wagenen.
Lola Redford and Robert Redford during Mary Lasker’s Cocktail Party for Wayne Owens – @Getty
She is an American historian and activist who co-founded Consumer Action Now.
“I met him in California, where we happened to live in the same apartment building,” Lola Van Wagenen revealed in an interview. “He was an unknown, struggling young visual artist then.”
The pair married in a Mormon ceremony, which took place at her grandmother’s home.
Redford and Lola Van Wagenen have four children together:
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- Amy
- James
- Shauna
- Scott
Scott died at only 2 months old. James died of cancer in October 2020.
They divorced on November 12, 1985.
“It was mutual and it was right to move on,” he said in 2001.
In 2009, Robert Redford married Sibylle Szaggars, a German-born environmental artist. She is 20 years his junior.
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“She’s younger than I am, and European, which I like, so that’s a whole new life,” Redford confessed in an 2011 interview for AARP Magazine.
The couple first met in the late ’90s at his Sundance Mountain Resort.
Szaggars had come to ski and didn’t know much about Redford.
Height
Robert Redford is 5′ 9¾″ (1.77 m) tall.
Robert Redford – Net Worth
So, how much is Robert Redford worth?
Robert Redford and wife Sibylle Szaggars attend the 42nd Chaplin Award Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 27, 2015 in New York City – @Getty
Redford earned most of his wealth from performing in 86 movies and TV series, and directing 57.
He was paid $2 million for A Bridge Too Far, $3.5 million for The Electric Horseman, $6 million for Out of Africa, $8 million for Legal Eagles, $5 million and 15 percent of gross for Indecent Proposal, and $11 million for The Last Castle.
“As a director, I wouldn’t like me as an actor,” Redford once said. “As an actor, I wouldn’t like me as a director.” Therefore, Robert Redford has an estimated net worth of $200 million.
Real estate
Robert Redford attends the photocall for ‘All Is Lost’ at The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2013 in Cannes, France – @Getty
In 1968, Redford bought an area of over 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) in a ski resort located 13 miles northeast of Provo, Utah. In December 2020, he sold the Sundance Mountain Resort.
In 2001, the actor sold his property in Malibu’s Broad Beach for $6 million.
In early 2019, he sold his 10-acre wine country estate in St. Helena, California, for $7 million.
In 2020, Redford bought a four-bedroom house in Tiburon, California, for $3.1 million. In December 2024, Robert sold the home for $4.65 million.
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