Burt Reynolds

from Lansing, Michigan, USA

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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.

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2023Aged 87

  • Poster for Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview

    Himself

2022Aged 86

  • Poster for Movie Money Confidential

    Self

  • Poster for Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

    Self (archive footage)

2021Aged 85

  • Poster for Defining Moments

    Chester

2020Aged 84

  • Poster for I Am Burt Reynolds

    Self (archive footage)

2019Aged 83

  • Poster for An Innocent Kiss

    Grandpa Barnes

2018Aged 82

  • Poster for The Last Movie Star

    Vic Edwards

2017Aged 81

  • Poster for The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football

    Himself

  • Poster for Apple of My Eye

    Charlie

  • Poster for John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

    Self

  • Poster for Miami Love Affair

    Robert

  • Poster for Henri

    George Duncan

  • Poster for Shadow Fighter

    Paddy Grier

2016Aged 80

  • Poster for Hollow Creek

    Seagrass Lambert

  • Poster for The Bandit

    Self

  • Poster for Pocket Listing

    Ron Glass

  • Poster for Shangri-La Suite

    Narrator

2014Aged 78

  • Poster for Hamlet & Hutch

    Papa Hutch

  • Poster for Category 5

    Pops

  • Poster for A Magic Christmas

    Buster (voice)

2011Aged 75

  • Poster for Paul Williams Still Alive

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Not Another Not Another Movie

    C.J. Waters

  • Poster for Reel Love

    Wade Whitman

2009Aged 73

  • Poster for Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

    Himself

2008Aged 72

  • Poster for Deal

    Tommy Vinson

  • Poster for A Bunch of Amateurs

    Jefferson Steel

  • Poster for Delgo

    Delgo's Father (voice)

2007Aged 71

  • Poster for Randy & the Mob

    Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)

  • Poster for In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

    King Konreid

2006Aged 70

  • Poster for Cloud 9

    Billy Cole

  • Poster for End Game

    General Montgomery

  • Poster for Grilled

    Goldbluth

  • Poster for Broken Bridges

    Jake Delton

  • Poster for Forget About It

    Sam LeFleur

2005Aged 69

  • Poster for The Adventures of Errol Flynn

    Self - Actor

  • Poster for Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for The Longest Yard

    Coach Nate Scarborough

  • Poster for The Dukes of Hazzard

    Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg

  • Poster for The Legend of Frosty the Snowman

    Narrator (voice)

2004Aged 68

  • Poster for Without a Paddle

    Del Knox

  • Poster for The Librarians

    Irish

2003Aged 67

  • Poster for Gumball 3000: The Movie

    Self (voice)

  • Poster for Hard Ground

    John 'Chill' McKay

  • Poster for Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

    Self

2002Aged 66

  • Poster for Snapshots

    Larry Goldberg

  • Poster for Time of the Wolf

    Archie McGregor

  • Poster for Johnson County War

    Hunt Lawton

  • Poster for Miss Lettie and Me

    Samuel Madison

2001Aged 65

  • Poster for Tempted

    Charlie LeBlanc

  • Poster for Driven

    Carl Henry

  • Poster for Hotel

    The Flamenco Manager

  • Poster for The Hollywood Sign

    Kage Mulligan

  • Poster for The Great Escape: Heroes Underground

    Narrator

  • Poster for Auf Herz und Nieren

    Banko

2000Aged 64

  • Poster for Waterproof

    Eli Zeal

  • Poster for The Crew

    Joey 'Bats' Pistella

  • Poster for The Last Producer

    Sonny Wexler

1999Aged 63

  • Poster for Hard Time: The Premonition

    Det. Logan McQueen

  • Poster for Pups

    Daniel Bender

  • Poster for Stringer

    Wolko

  • Poster for Mystery, Alaska

    Judge Walter Burns

  • Poster for The Hunter's Moon

    Clayton Samuels

  • Poster for Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

    Det. Logan McQueen

1998Aged 62

  • Poster for Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms

    Mentor

  • Poster for Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business

    Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88

  • Poster for Hard Time

    Det. Logan McQueen

1997Aged 61

  • Poster for Big City Blues

    Connor

  • Poster for Meet Wally Sparks

    Lenny Spencer

  • Poster for Bean

    General Newton

  • Poster for The Story of Bean

    himself

  • Poster for Boogie Nights

    Jack Horner

  • Poster for Crazy Six

    Dakota

1996Aged 60

  • Poster for The Maddening

    Scudder

  • Poster for Striptease

    David Dilbeck

  • Poster for Frankenstein and Me

    Les Williams

  • Poster for Mad Dog Time

    'Wacky' Jacky Jackson

  • Poster for Citizen Ruth

    Blaine Gibbons

  • Poster for Love in Hollywood

    Self

  • Poster for Raven

    Jerome 'Raven' Katz

  • Poster for The Cherokee Kid

    Otter Bob the Mountain Man

1994Aged 58

  • Poster for WWE WrestleMania X

    Ring Announcer

  • Poster for Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

    Self (archive footage)

1993Aged 57

  • Poster for Cop and ½

    Nick McKenna

  • Poster for Wind in the Wire

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Man from Left Field

    Jack Robinson

1992Aged 56

  • Poster for The Player

    Burt Reynolds

1991Aged 55

  • Poster for Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

    Self (archive footage)

1990Aged 54

  • Poster for Modern Love

    Colonel Frank Parker

1989Aged 53

1988Aged 52

1987Aged 51

  • Poster for The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson

    Self

  • Poster for Hunters Are for Killing

    L. G. Floran

  • Poster for Malone

    Richard Malone

  • Poster for Rent-a-Cop

    Tony Church

  • Poster for A Beverly Hills Christmas

    Self

1986Aged 50

  • Poster for Uphill All the Way

    Gambler (uncredited)

  • Poster for Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

    Burt Reynolds

  • Poster for The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    Self

  • Poster for Heat

    Nick 'Mex' Escalante

1985Aged 49

  • Poster for Stick

    Stick

  • Poster for Sherman's March

    Himself

1984Aged 48

1983Aged 47

  • Poster for James Bond: The First 21 Years

    Self

  • Poster for Stroker Ace

    Stroker Ace

  • Poster for Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

    The Real Bandit

  • Poster for All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

    Himself

  • Poster for The Man Who Loved Women

    David Fowler

1982Aged 46

  • Poster for Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter

    Self

  • Poster for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

    Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd

  • Poster for Best Friends

    Richard Babson

1981Aged 45

1980Aged 44

  • Poster for Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

    Lt. Dan August

  • Poster for Rough Cut

    Jack Rhodes

  • Poster for Smokey and the Bandit II

    Bandit

1979Aged 43

1978Aged 42

1977Aged 41

  • Poster for Smokey and the Bandit

    Bo 'Bandit' Darville

  • Poster for Semi-Tough

    Billy Clyde Puckett

1976Aged 40

  • Poster for Silent Movie

    Self

  • Poster for Gator

    Gator McKlusky

  • Poster for Nickelodeon

    Buck Greenway

1975Aged 39

  • Poster for At Long Last Love

    Michael Oliver Pritchard III

  • Poster for W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

    W.W. Bright

  • Poster for Lucky Lady

    Walker

  • Poster for Hustle

    Lt. Phil Gaines

1974Aged 38

  • Poster for The Longest Yard

    Paul Crewe

1973Aged 37

1972Aged 36

  • Poster for Fuzz

    Det. Steve Carella

  • Poster for Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

    Switchboard

  • Poster for Deliverance

    Lewis Medlock

1970Aged 34

  • Poster for Skullduggery

    Douglas Temple

  • Poster for Run, Simon, Run

    Simon Zuniga

1969Aged 33

  • Poster for 100 Rifles

    Yaqui Joe Herrera

  • Poster for Sam Whiskey

    Sam Whiskey

  • Poster for Impasse

    Pat Morrison

  • Poster for Shark

    Caine

1966Aged 30

  • Poster for Navajo Joe

    Joe

1965Aged 29

  • Poster for Operation C.I.A.

    Mark Andrews, CIA

1961Aged 25

  • Poster for Angel Baby

    Hoke Adams

  • Poster for Armored Command

    Skee

1960Aged 24

  • Poster for Escape to Sonoita

    Bill Davis

1959Aged 23

  • Poster for The Velvet Alley

    The Actor

Year unknown