Burt Reynolds
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-02-11
Day of Death
2018-09-06 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Burt Reynolds
Biography
Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. 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.
Acting
With Friends Like These
as Jackson Hammond
(2023)
(2022)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Movie Money Confidential
as Self
(2021)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Defining Moments
as Chester
(2020)
I Am Burt Reynolds
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
An Innocent Kiss
as Grandpa Barnes
(2018)
The Last Movie Star
as Vic Edwards
(2017)
Apple of My Eye
as Charlie
(2017)
Henri
as George Duncan
(2017)
Miami Love Affair
as Robert
(2017)
(2017)
Shadow Fighter
as Paddy Grier
(2017)
(2016)
Shangri-La Suite
as Narrator
(2016)
Pocket Listing
as Ron Glass
(2016)
Hollow Creek
as Seagrass Lambert
(2016)
The Bandit
as Self
(2014)
Category 5
as Pops
(2014)
A Magic Christmas
as Buster the Dog (voice)
(2014)
Hamlet & Hutch
as Papa Hutch
(2011)
Paul Williams Still Alive
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Reel Love
as Wade Whitman
(2011)
Not Another Not Another Movie
as C.J. Waters
(2010)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
(2009)
(2008)
Deal
as Tommy Vinson
(2008)
Delgo
as Delgo's Father (voice)
(2008)
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Jefferson Steel
(2007)
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
as King Konreid
(2007)
Randy & the Mob
as Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)
(2006)
End Game
as General Montgomery
(2006)
Grilled
as Goldbluth
(2006)
Forget About It
as Sam LeFleur
(2006)
Cloud 9
as Billy Cole
(2006)
Broken Bridges
as Jake Delton
(2005)
The Longest Yard
as Coach Nate Scarborough
(2005)
The Dukes of Hazzard
as Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
(2005)
The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2005)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self - Actor
(2004)
Without a Paddle
as Del Knox
(2003)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self
(2003)
The Librarians
as Irish
(2003)
Hard Ground
as John 'Chill' McKay
(2003)
Gumball 3000: The Movie
as Self (voice)
(2002)
(2002)
Johnson County War
as Hunt Lawton
(2002)
Time of the Wolf
as Archie McGregor
(2002)
The Hollywood Sign
as Kage Mulligan
(2002)
Snapshots
as Larry Goldberg
(2002)
Miss Lettie and Me
as Samuel Madison
(2001)
Driven
as Carl Henry
(2001)
Tempted
as Charlie LeBlanc
(2001)
Hotel
as The Flamenco Manager
(2001)
Auf Herz und Nieren
as Banko
(2001)
The Great Escape: Heroes Underground
as Narrator
(2000)
The Crew
as Joey 'Bats' Pistella
(2000)
The Last Producer
as Sonny Wexler
(2000)
Waterproof
as Eli Zeal
(1999)
Mystery, Alaska
as Judge Walter Burns
(1999)
Pups
as Daniel Bender
(1999)
Stringer
as Wolko
(1999)
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
as Det. Logan McQueen
(1999)
The Hunter's Moon
as Clayton Samuels
(1999)
Hard Time: The Premonition
as Det. Logan McQueen
(1998)
Jackie Chan: My Story
as (archive footage)
(1998)
(1998)
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
as Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88
(1998)
Hard Time
as Det. Logan McQueen
(1997)
Boogie Nights
as Jack Horner
(1997)
Bean
as General Newton
(1997)
The Story of Bean
as Self
(1997)
Big City Blues
as Connor
(1997)
Meet Wally Sparks
as Lenny Spencer
(1997)
Crazy Six
as Dakota
(1996)
Striptease
as David Dilbeck
(1996)
Raven
as Jerome 'Raven' Katz
(1996)
The Cherokee Kid
as Otter Bob the Mountain Man
(1996)
Mad Dog Time
as 'Wacky' Jacky Jackson
(1996)
Citizen Ruth
as Blaine Gibbons
(1996)
The Maddening
as Scudder
(1996)
Frankenstein and Me
as Les Williams
(1996)
Love in Hollywood
as Self
(1994)
WWE WrestleMania X
as Ring Announcer
(1994)
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
Cop & ½
as Nick McKenna
(1993)
(1993)
The Man from Left Field
as Jack Robinson
(1992)
The Player
as Burt Reynolds
(1991)
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
as Self (archive footage)
(1990)
Modern Love
as Colonel Frank Parker
(1989)
All Dogs Go to Heaven
as Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
(1989)
Physical Evidence
as Joe Paris
(1989)
Breaking In
as Ernie Mullins
(1989)
The Final Season
as Narrator
(1989)
(1988)
Switching Channels
as John L. Sullivan IV
(1988)
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Self
(1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
as Self - Bandit (archive footage)
(1987)
Malone
as Richard Malone
(1987)
Rent-a-Cop
as Tony Church
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
A Beverly Hills Christmas
as Self
(1986)
Heat
as Nick 'Mex' Escalante
(1986)
(1986)
Uphill All the Way
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1986)
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
as Burt Reynolds
(1985)
Sherman's March
as Self
(1985)
Stick
as Stick
(1984)
Cannonball Run II
as J.J. McClure
(1984)
City Heat
as Mike Murphy
(1984)
(1983)
(1983)
Stroker Ace
as Stroker Ace
(1983)
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
as The Real Bandit
(1983)
The Man Who Loved Women
as David Fowler
(1983)
(1982)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
(1982)
Best Friends
as Richard Babson
(1982)
(1981)
The Cannonball Run
as J.J. McClure
(1981)
Sharky's Machine
as Tom Sharky
(1981)
Paternity
as Buddy Evans
(1981)
(1980)
Smokey and the Bandit II
as Bandit
(1980)
Rough Cut
as Jack Rhodes
(1980)
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
as Lt. Dan August
(1980)
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
as Dan August
(1979)
Starting Over
as Phil Potter
(1979)
The Orson Welles Show
as Self
(1979)
Superstunt II
as Self
(1978)
Hooper
as Sonny Hooper
(1978)
The End
as Wendell Sonny Lawson
(1978)
Mickey's 50
as Self
(1978)
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
as Himself
(1977)
Smokey and the Bandit
as Bo 'Bandit' Darville
(1977)
Semi-Tough
as Billy Clyde Puckett
(1976)
Gator
as Gator McKlusky
(1976)
Silent Movie
as Self
(1976)
Nickelodeon
as Buck Greenway
(1975)
Hustle
as Lt. Phil Gaines
(1975)
Lucky Lady
as Walker
(1975)
At Long Last Love
as Michael Oliver Pritchard III
(1975)
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
as W.W. Bright
(1974)
The Longest Yard
as Paul Crewe
(1973)
White Lightning
as Bobby "Gator" McKlusky
(1973)
Fade In
as Rob
(1973)
Shamus
as Shamus McCoy
(1973)
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
as Jay Grobart
(1973)
First Aid Action
as narrator
(1972)
Deliverance
as Lewis Medlock
(1972)
(1972)
Fuzz
as Det. Steve Carella
(1970)
Skullduggery
as Douglas Temple
(1970)
Run, Simon, Run
as Simon Zuniga
(1970)
Hunters Are for Killing
as L. G. Floran
(1969)
100 Rifles
as Yaqui Joe Herrera
(1969)
Sam Whiskey
as Sam Whiskey
(1969)
Shark
as Caine
(1969)
Impasse
as Pat Morrison
(1966)
Navajo Joe
as Joe
(1965)
Operation C.I.A.
as Mark Andrews, CIA
(1961)
Angel Baby
as Hoke Adams
(1961)
Armored Command
as Skee
(1960)
Escape to Sonoita
as Bill Davis
(1959)
The Velvet Alley
as The Actor
Crew
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Director
(2000)
The Last Producer
Director
(1998)
Hard Time
Director
(1993)
The Man from Left Field
Executive Producer, Director
(1992)
The Man Upstairs
Executive Producer
(1985)
Stick
Director
(1981)
Sharky's Machine
Director
(1978)
The End
Director
(1978)
Hooper
Producer
(1976)
Gator
Director
(1975)
Hustle
Executive Producer