Burt Reynolds
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 11, 1936
- Died
- September 6, 2018 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch
Movie · as B.L. Stryker
Norwood, Where Legends Were Born
Movie · as Himself
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
My Life As Roger Moore
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · as (archive footage)
Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview
Movie · as Self
Commitment to Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Movie Money Confidential
Movie · as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Defining Moments
Movie · as Chester
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
I Am Burt Reynolds
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
An Innocent Kiss
Movie · as Grandpa Barnes
The Last Movie Star
Movie · as Vic Edwards
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Movie · as Self
Apple of My Eye
Movie · as Charlie
The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football
Movie · as Self
Miami Love Affair
Movie · as Robert
Shadow Fighter
Movie · as Paddy Grier
Henri
Movie · as George Duncan
In Sanity, Florida
TV · as Burt Reynolds, retired movie star · 1 ep
Steve
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hollow Creek
Movie · as Seagrass Lambert
Pocket Listing
Movie · as Ron Glass
The Bandit
Movie · as Self
Shangri-La Suite
Movie · as Narrator
The American West
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Listen to Me Marlon
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Category 5
Movie · as Pops
A Magic Christmas
Movie · as Buster the Dog (voice)
Hamlet & Hutch
Movie · as Papa Hutch
Fast N' Loud
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Not Another Not Another Movie
Movie · as C.J. Waters
Reel Love
Movie · as Wade Whitman
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Movie · as (archive footage)
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
Movie · as Self
According to Dom
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
Movie · as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Archer
TV · as Burt Reynolds (voice) · 1 ep
30 for 30
TV · 1 ep
Delgo
Movie · as Delgo's Father (voice)
Deal
Movie · as Tommy Vinson
A Bunch of Amateurs
Movie · as Jefferson Steel
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Movie · as King Konreid
Randy & the Mob
Movie · as Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)
Burn Notice
TV · as Paul Anderson · 1 ep
Grilled
Movie · as Goldbluth
End Game
Movie · as General Montgomery
Broken Bridges
Movie · as Jake Delton
Cloud 9
Movie · as Billy Cole
Forget About It
Movie · as Sam LeFleur
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Movie · as Self
The Dukes of Hazzard
Movie · as Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
The Longest Yard
Movie · as Nate Scarborough
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie · as Self - Actor
The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Freddie
TV · as Carl · 1 ep
American Dad!
TV · as Senator Buckingham (voice) · 1 ep
Robot Chicken
TV · as J.J. McClure / Burt Reynolds (voice) · 1 ep
My Name Is Earl
TV · as Chubby · 1 ep
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Librarians
Movie · as Irish
Without a Paddle
Movie · as Del Knox
Gumball 3000: The Movie
Movie · as Self (voice)
Hard Ground
Movie · as John 'Chill' McKay
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Movie · as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Duck Dodgers
TV · as Royal Serpenti (voice) · 1 ep
Time of the Wolf
Movie · as Archie McGregor
Johnson County War
Movie · as Hunt Lawton
The Hollywood Sign
Movie · as Kage Mulligan
Snapshots
Movie · as Larry Goldberg
Miss Lettie and Me
Movie · as Samuel Madison
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
Movie · as Narrator
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Driven
Movie · as Carl Henry
Tempted
Movie · as Charlie LeBlanc
Hotel
Movie · as The Flamenco Manager
Auf Herz und Nieren
Movie · as Banko
The Great Escape: Heroes Underground
Movie · as Narrator
History vs. Hollywood
TV · as Narrator, Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Emeril
TV · 1 ep
Waterproof
Movie · as Eli Zeal
The Crew
Movie · as Joey 'Bats' Pistella
The Last Producer
Movie · as Sonny Wexler
Ed
TV · as Russ Burton · 2 eps
Medal of Honor
TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps
Founding Fathers
TV · as Patrick Henry (voice) · 4 eps
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
Movie · as Det. Logan McQueen
Mystery, Alaska
Movie · as Judge Walter Burns
Pups
Movie · as Daniel Bender
Stringer
Movie · as Wolko
The Hunter's Moon
Movie · as Clayton Samuels
Hard Time: The Premonition
Movie · as Det. Logan McQueen
Hard Time
Movie · as Det. Logan McQueen
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
Movie · as Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
Movie · as Mentor
The King of Queens
TV · as Coach Walcott · 1 ep
Bean
Movie · as General Newton
Boogie Nights
Movie · as Jack Horner
Meet Wally Sparks
Movie · as Lenny Spencer
Raven
Movie · as Jerome 'Raven' Katz
Big City Blues
Movie · as Connor
Crazy Six
Movie · as Dakota
The Story of Bean
Movie · as Self
King of the Hill
TV · as M.F. Thatherton (voice) · 1 ep
Taff
TV · as self · 1 ep
Frankenstein and Me
Movie · as Les Williams
Striptease
Movie · as David Dilbeck
Citizen Ruth
Movie · as Blaine Gibbons
Mad Dog Time
Movie · as 'Wacky' Jacky Jackson
Love in Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Cherokee Kid
Movie · as Otter Bob the Mountain Man
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Ruby Wax Meets
TV · 1 ep
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
The Maddening
Movie · as Scudder
Cybill
TV · as Burt Reynolds · 1 ep
Amazing Grace
TV · as Josiah Carey · 5 eps
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Hope and Gloria
TV · as Burt Reynolds · 1 ep
WWE WrestleMania X
Movie · as Ring Announcer
Basic Football
Movie · as Self-Host
A Century of Cinema
Movie · as Self
Duckman
TV · as Judge Keaton (voice) · 1 ep
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cop & ½
Movie · as Nick McKenna
The Man from Left Field
Movie · as Jack Robinson
Wind in the Wire
Movie
The X-Files
TV · as Mr. Burt · 1 ep
Raw
TV · as Burt Reynolds · 1 ep
The Player
Movie · as Burt Reynolds
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
The Larry Sanders Show
TV · as Burt Reynolds · 1 ep
Picture This
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Party For Richard Pryor
Movie · as Self
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
TV · 1 ep
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps
Modern Love
Movie · as Colonel Frank Parker
Evening Shade
TV · as Wood Newton · 100 eps
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Burt Reynolds · 1 ep
The Word
TV · 1 ep
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Movie · as Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
Physical Evidence
Movie · as Joe Paris
Breaking In
Movie · as Ernie Mullins
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
Movie · as Self
The Final Season
Movie · as Narrator
B.L. Stryker
TV · as B.L. Stryker · 12 eps
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
Movie · as Self - Bandit (archive footage)
Switching Channels
Movie · as John L. Sullivan IV
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Movie · as Self
Malone
Movie · as Richard Malone
Rent-a-Cop
Movie · as Tony Church
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
Movie · as Self
A Beverly Hills Christmas
Movie · as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Out of This World
TV · as Troy Garland · 96 eps
Dolly
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Heat
Movie · as Nick 'Mex' Escalante
Sherman's March
Movie · as Self
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
Movie · as Self - (Visitor in Town)
Uphill All the Way
Movie · as Gambler (uncredited)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Movie · as Self
Stick
Movie · as Stick
All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
Movie · as Self
The Golden Girls
TV · as Burt Reynolds (uncredited) · 1 ep
Cannonball Run II
Movie · as J.J. McClure
City Heat
Movie · as Mike Murphy
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Movie · as Self
The Man Who Loved Women
Movie · as David Fowler
Stroker Ace
Movie · as Stroker Ace
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Movie · as Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie · as Self
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Movie · as The Real Bandit
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
TV · as self · 1 ep
Best Friends
Movie · as Richard Babson
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Movie · as Self
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Movie · as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
The Best Little Special In Texas
Movie
The Cannonball Run
Movie · as J.J. McClure
Sharky's Machine
Movie · as Tom Sharky
Paternity
Movie · as Buddy Evans
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Movie · as Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
Movie · as Dan August
Smokey and the Bandit II
Movie · as Bandit
Rough Cut
Movie · as Jack Rhodes
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Movie · as Lt. Dan August
Don Siegel: Last of the Independents
Movie · as Self
Superstunt II
Movie · as Self
Starting Over
Movie · as Phil Potter
The Orson Welles Show
Movie · as Self
The End
Movie · as Wendell Sonny Lawson
Hooper
Movie · as Sonny Hooper
Mickey's 50
Movie · as Self
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
Movie · as Himself
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Smokey and the Bandit
Movie · as Bandit
Semi-Tough
Movie · as Billy Clyde Puckett
Superstunt
Movie
CHiPs
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
Silent Movie
Movie · as Burt Reynolds
Gator
Movie · as Gator McKlusky
Nickelodeon
Movie · as Buck Greenway
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)
Santo in the Mystery of the Black Pearl
Movie · as Caine
At Long Last Love
Movie · as Michael Oliver Pritchard III
Hustle
Movie · as Lt. Phil Gaines
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Movie · as W.W. Bright
Lucky Lady
Movie · as Walker
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Longest Yard
Movie · as Paul Crewe
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 6 eps
First Aid Action
Movie · as narrator
White Lightning
Movie · as Bobby "Gator" McKlusky
Shamus
Movie · as Shamus McCoy
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Movie · as Jay Grobart
Fade In
Movie · as Rob
Deliverance
Movie · as Lewis Medlock
Fuzz
Movie · as Det. Steve Carella
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Movie · as Switchboard
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'
Movie · as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Pet Set
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Run, Simon, Run
Movie · as Simon Zuniga
Skullduggery
Movie · as Douglas Temple
Hunters Are for Killing
Movie · as L. G. Floran
Dan August
TV · as Det. Lt. Dan August · 26 eps
The Flip Wilson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shark
Movie · as Caine
Sam Whiskey
Movie · as Sam Whiskey
100 Rifles
Movie · as Yaqui Joe Herrera
Impasse
Movie · as Pat Morrison
Love, American Style
TV · as Stanley Dunbar · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Gentle Ben
TV · as Pilot · 56 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self - Various Characters, Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 ep
Navajo Joe
Movie · as Joe
Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations
Movie · as Red Hand
Hawk
TV · as Detective Lt. John Hawk · 17 eps
Operation C.I.A.
Movie · as Mark Andrews, CIA
The F.B.I.
TV · as Michael Murtaugh, John Duquesne · 1 ep
Branded
TV · as Red Hand · 1 ep
Flipper
TV · as Al Bardeman · 2 eps
12 O'Clock High
TV · as Tech. Sgt. Vern Chapman · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self, Self - Guest Host · 40 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Angel Baby
Movie · as Hoke Adams
Armored Command
Movie · as Skee
Everglades
TV · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Host, Self - Guest · 19 eps
Escape to Sonoita
Movie · as Bill Davis
Route 66
TV · as Tommy · 1 ep
The Aquanauts
TV · as Jimmy · 1 ep
The Blue Angels
TV · as Corman, Chuck · 39 eps
Pony Express
TV · 1 ep
The Brothers Brannagan
TV · as Abelard · 12 eps
The Velvet Alley
Movie · as The Actor
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Rocky Rhodes · 1 ep
Lock-Up
TV · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Ben Frazer · 44 eps
Johnny Ringo
TV · as Tad Stuart · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · as Young Man · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Chuck Blair · 1 ep
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Branch Taylor · 1 ep
Playhouse 90
TV · as Ace · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Quint · 50 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Bill Davis · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · 1 ep
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self · 5 eps