Robert Redford, the handsome screen idol known for his golden-boy look and an inspiration for independent filmmakers worldwide, has died, media reports said.

The actor, who slowly shifted to the world of direction and founded the Sundance Film Institute, died in Utah, his publicist Cindi Berger, Chairman and CEO of Rogers and Cowan PMK said.

“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. He will be missed greatly,” Berger said in a statement to CNN.

“The family requests privacy," he said.

In his glorious career that spanned decades, he received numerous accolades such as an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Honorary César in 2019.

Appearing onstage in the late 1950s, Redford's television career began in 1960, with appearances on Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1961 and The Twilight Zone in 1962.

His greatest Broadway success was as the stuffy newlywed husband in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1963).

Redford made his film debut in War Hunt (1962).

He gained success as a leading man in films such as Barefoot in the Park (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), and The Candidate (1972).

He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the crime caper The Sting (1973).

He continued to star in such films as The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975), All the President's Men (1976), and The Electric Horseman (1979).

Redford made his directorial film debut with Ordinary People (1980), which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

During this time, he starred in films such as Brubaker (1980), The Natural (1984), Out of Africa (1985) and Sneakers (1992).

He released his third film as a director, A River Runs Through It, in 1992.

He went on to receive Best Director and Best Picture nominations in 1995 for Quiz Show. In 1981, Redford cofounded the Sundance Resort and Film Institute.