Hollywood legend Robert Redford dies at 89 at Utah home

Legendary actor Robert Redford has died. He was 89. 

“Robert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah – the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” his representative told Fox News Digital. “He will be missed greatly. The family requests privacy.”

The Hollywood icon was best known for classics like “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “The Sting.”

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Robert Redford has passed away. He was 89. (Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic)

During his illustrious career that spanned five decades of film, Redford became an Oscar-winning director as well as an activist. 

After skyrocketing to fame in the ’60s, Redford dominated the ’70s box office with back-to-back hits like “The Candidate,” “The Way We Were” and “All the President’s Men.” He capped off the decade with an Oscar win for best director in 1980 for “Ordinary People,” which also took home best picture.

Behind the camera, Redford elevated independent film. He took on gritty roles and built the Sundance Film Festival from the ground up.

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Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand filming “The Way We Were,” circa 1970, in New York. (Getty Images)

What began as a training ground for undiscovered filmmakers in the mountains of Park City, Utah – where Redford initially planned to open a ski resort – quickly transformed into the most important independent film festival in the world.

“For me, the word to be underscored is ‘independence,’” Redford told the Associated Press in 2018. “I’ve always believed in that word. That’s what led to me eventually wanting to create a category that supported independent artists who weren’t given a chance to be heard.

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“The industry was pretty well controlled by the mainstream, which I was a part of. But I saw other stories out there that weren’t having a chance to be told and I thought, ‘Well, maybe I can commit my energies to giving those people a chance.’ As I look back on it, I feel very good about that.”

By 2025, the festival had grown so large that organizers announced they would be relocating out of Park City.

Robert Redford and Meryl Streep seen during production for the film “Out Of Africa” in 1985. (Getty Images)

Meanwhile, during Redford’s acting career, he shared the screen with Hollywood icons including Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise and Paul Newman.

While Redford pulled back from acting in the ’80s and ’90s to focus on directing and building the indie film scene, he still starred in several popular films. He acted opposite Streep in the 1985 drama “Out of Africa,” and nearly 30 years later stunned critics in the survival film “All Is Lost” in 2013.

Sibylle Szaggars married husband Robert Redford in 2009 when he was 73 years old.  (Daniele Venturelli)

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Redford was married twice, most recently to Sibylle Szaggars. He had four children, two of whom have died – Scott Anthony, who died in infancy in 1959, and James Redford, an activist and filmmaker who died in 2020.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.