Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 11, 1936
Died
Sep 06, 2018
Place of Birth
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Credits
281 titles
Burt Reynolds
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
Norwood, Where Legends Were Born
Himself
Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage)
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Self (archive footage)
Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview
Self
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
Movie Money Confidential
Self
Defining Moments
Chester
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
I Am Burt Reynolds
Self (archive footage)
An Innocent Kiss
Grandpa Barnes
The Last Movie Star
Vic Edwards
Shadow Fighter
Paddy Grier
Henri
George Duncan
Miami Love Affair
Robert
Steve
Self
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
In Sanity, Florida
Burt Reynolds, retired movie star
Apple of My Eye
Charlie
The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football
Self
Shangri-La Suite
Narrator
The American West
Self
Pocket Listing
Ron Glass
The Bandit
Self
Hollow Creek
Seagrass Lambert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Listen to Me Marlon
Self (archive footage)
A Magic Christmas
Buster the Dog (voice)
Category 5
Pops
Hamlet & Hutch
Papa Hutch
Fast N' Loud
Self
Reel Love
Wade Whitman
Not Another Not Another Movie
C.J. Waters
Conan
Self
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
According to Dom
Self
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
Self
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
Self
30 for 30
Archer
Burt Reynolds (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Delgo
Delgo's Father (voice)
A Bunch of Amateurs
Jefferson Steel
Deal
Tommy Vinson
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
King Konreid
Randy & the Mob
Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)
Burn Notice
Paul Anderson
Forget About It
Sam LeFleur
Broken Bridges
Jake Delton
End Game
General Montgomery