Yes the nodding meme guy is Robert Redford not Zach Galifianakis

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Yes, the nodding meme guy is Robert Redford not Zach Galifianakis

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Large swaths of the internet were today years old when they learned the nodding GIF guy is actually Robert Redford.

The classic reaction GIF, which is generally used to convey approval, is sourced from the 1972 film Jeremiah Johnson, in which Redford plays the titular role. Turns out, though, a nonzero number of people thought the guy in the GIF was comedian Zach Galifianakis, who did not play the titular role in Jeremiah Johnson. (He was 3 years old when the movie was released.) 

We know this thanks to a post from Splinter called "Did You Know the Nodding Meme Guy Is Robert Freakin' Redford???" Judging by the response, a few people did not, and the people who did are ready to makes jokes and brag about it. 

Zack Galafinakis is going to be so flattered that you all think he looks like Robert Redford

— tom schwartz’s transition lenses (@rachelmillman) July 9, 2019

72% of children grades 4-6 can't identify robert redford on a map

— chelsea 'hungry sean penn' mazur (@Chelsolo) July 10, 2019

OK but it really doesn’t look like Robert Redford in that GIF? And I say that as someone with a boner for young Robert Redford. Like I obviously see it now, but the beard confuses things. Can everyone stop being such snotty little shits.

— Louis Peitzman (@LouisPeitzman) July 10, 2019

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July 10, 2019 at 10:00AM