Burt Reynolds
Acting
- Born:
- 1936-02-11
- Died:
- 2018-09-06
- Place of birth:
- Lansing, Michigan, USA
Biography
Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, director, and producer, considered a sex symbol and icon of American popular culture. Reynolds first rose to prominence when he starred in several different television series such as Gunsmoke (1962–1965), Hawk (1966), and Dan August (1970–1971). Although Reynolds had leading roles in such films as Navajo Joe (1966), his breakthrough role was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972). Reynolds played the leading role – often a lovable rogue – in a number of subsequent box office hits, such as The Longest Yard (1974), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Semi-Tough (1977), The End (1978), Hooper (1978), Starting Over (1979), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), The Cannonball Run (1981), Sharky's Machine (1981), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and Cannonball Run II (1984), several of which he directed himself. He was nominated twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Reynolds was voted the world's number one box office star for five consecutive years (from 1978 to 1982) in the annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll, a record he shares with Bing Crosby. After a number of box office failures, Reynolds returned to television, starring in the sitcom Evening Shade (1990–1994), which won him a Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. His performance as high-minded pornographer Jack Horner in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997) brought him renewed critical attention, earning him another Golden Globe (for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture), with nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Known For
Filmography
My Life As Roger Moore
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
Norwood, Where Legends Were Born
Breakdown: 1975
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview
Commitment to Life
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Movie Money Confidential
Defining Moments
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
I Am Burt Reynolds
An Innocent Kiss
The Last Movie Star
Shadow Fighter
Henri
Miami Love Affair
Steve
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
In Sanity, Florida
Apple of My Eye
The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football
Shangri-La Suite
The American West
Pocket Listing
The Bandit
Hollow Creek
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Listen to Me Marlon
A Magic Christmas
Category 5
Hamlet & Hutch
Fast N' Loud
Reel Love
Not Another Not Another Movie
Conan
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
According to Dom
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
30 for 30
Archer
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Delgo
A Bunch of Amateurs
Deal
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Randy & the Mob
Burn Notice
Forget About It
Broken Bridges
End Game
Grilled
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Cloud 9
The Reichen Show
The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
Freddie
My Name Is Earl
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Longest Yard
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Robot Chicken
American Dad!
The Librarians
Without a Paddle
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Duck Dodgers
Hard Ground
Gumball 3000: The Movie
Miss Lettie and Me
The Hollywood Sign
Johnson County War
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
V Graham Norton
Time of the Wolf
Snapshots
Auf Herz und Nieren
The Great Escape: Heroes Underground
Emeril
Hotel
Driven
History vs. Hollywood
Tempted
Founding Fathers
Medal of Honor
Ed
The Last Producer
The Crew
Waterproof
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
The Hunter's Moon
Mystery, Alaska
Stringer
Pups
Hard Time: The Premonition
Hard Time
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
The King of Queens
Crazy Six
Raven
Boogie Nights
Big City Blues
The Story of Bean
Bean
Taff
Meet Wally Sparks
King of the Hill
The Cherokee Kid
Love in Hollywood
Citizen Ruth
Mad Dog Time
E! True Hollywood Story
The Daily Show
Frankenstein and Me
Striptease
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TFI Friday
Ruby Wax Meets
Die Harald Schmidt Show
The Maddening
Amazing Grace
Hope and Gloria
Cybill
Inside the Actors Studio
WWE WrestleMania X
Duckman
Basic Football
A Century of Cinema
The Man from Left Field
The X-Files
Wind in the Wire
Cop & ½
Raw
The Larry Sanders Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Player
A Party For Richard Pryor
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
Picture This
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Beverly Hills, 90210
Evening Shade
The Word
Modern Love
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Breaking In
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
The Final Season
B.L. Stryker
Physical Evidence
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Switching Channels
A Beverly Hills Christmas
Rent-a-Cop
Dolly
Out of This World
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Malone
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
Heat
Sherman's March
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Uphill All the Way
All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
The Golden Girls
Stick
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
City Heat
Cannonball Run II
The Man Who Loved Women
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
Stroker Ace
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Best Friends
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Special In Texas
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Sharky's Machine
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Paternity
Entertainment Tonight
The Cannonball Run
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
Smokey and the Bandit II
Rough Cut
Don Siegel: Last of the Independents
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Starting Over
Superstunt II
The Orson Welles Show
Mickey's 50
Hooper
The End
Ciné regards
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
Semi-Tough
Superstunt
CHiPs
Smokey and the Bandit
Nickelodeon
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Gator
Silent Movie
Santo in the Mystery of the Black Pearl
Hustle
Lucky Lady
Saturday Night Live
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
People's Choice Awards
At Long Last Love
Dinah!
The Longest Yard
Fade In
White Lightning
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Shamus
First Aid Action
Deliverance
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Fuzz
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'
Film '72
V.I.P. Schaukel
The Pet Set
Run, Simon, Run
Dan August
The Flip Wilson Show
Hunters Are for Killing
Skullduggery
Shark
Love, American Style
Impasse
Sam Whiskey
100 Rifles
The Dick Cavett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
Gentle Ben
Navajo Joe
Hawk
Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations
The F.B.I.
Operation C.I.A.
Branded
Flipper
12 O'Clock High
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Mike Douglas Show
Everglades
Armored Command
Angel Baby
Route 66
The Blue Angels
The Brothers Brannagan
The Aquanauts
Escape to Sonoita
Pony Express
The Twilight Zone
Johnny Ringo
Lock-Up
Riverboat
The Velvet Alley
Naked City
Perry Mason
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Playhouse 90
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Gunsmoke
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Oscars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Bob Hope Show
Golden Globe Awards
B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch