Politics aside, he’s an overrated actor. There are plenty of actors, who I know are extremely liberal, that I feel are brilliant at their work. Redford is not one of them. He’s always been mediocre.
He wouldn’t even attempt an English accent in “Out of Africa” to represent the Denys Finch-Hatton character authentically. Even Ryan O’Neal gave an Irish accent a go in “Barry Lyndon.”