Hollywood icon Robert Redford has died at the age of 89, six years after his final on-screen appearance in a record-breaking film.
Redford passed away on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at his home in Sundance, Utah, according to a statement from his representative. “Robert Redford passed away at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah – the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” said Cindi Berger, chairman and CEO of Rogers & Cowan PMK. “He will be missed greatly. The family requests privacy.”
Tributes have poured in from fans and celebrities, honoring Redford’s unforgettable performances, including his role in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and celebrating his enduring legacy as the founder of the Sundance Film Festival.
Redford’s last film role was in Avengers: Endgame, reprising Alexander Pierce, the disgraced former director of S.H.I.E.L.D. first seen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Although Pierce died in Winter Soldier, Redford returned for a cameo in Endgame thanks to the movie’s time-travel storyline.
Endgame marked Redford’s final feature film appearance and went on to gross nearly $2.8 billion worldwide, ranking among the highest-grossing films of all time. He also voiced Lokia the Dolphin Monster in the 2020 animated film Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia, but had not appeared in any other films or television shows since.
Co-writer Christopher Markus revealed that Redford told the cast and crew during filming that Endgame would be his last role. “And this is, as declared by the man himself on set, Robert Redford’s last movie role,” Markus said, with co-director Joe Russo adding, “That was his last day of acting… ever.”
Redford explained his decision to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in an interview with Entertainment Weekly: “One of the reasons that I did it was I wanted to experience this new form of filmmaking that’s taken over, where you have kind of cartoon characters brought to life through high technology. The Avengers series is a product of high technology playing a major role in the new order of filmmaking, so I wanted to experience that – I just wanted to know what that was like.”