 Redford was nominated for a Golden Globe, his first Best Actor nomination for a Golden Globe, and won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, his first time winning an acting honour from that group (he had been nominated in 1969 for "Downhill Racer").In April 2014, Redford appeared in the Marvel Studios superhero film "" playing Alexander Pierce, the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.and leader of the Hydra cell operating the Triskelion.