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. (1936-2018) 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
Acting
With Friends Like These
as Jackson Hammond
(2025)
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
(2022)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Movie Money Confidential
as Self
(2021)
Defining Moments
as Chester
(2021)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
Henri
as George Duncan
(2017)
Shadow Fighter
as Paddy Grier
(2017)
Apple of My Eye
as Charlie
(2017)
Miami Love Affair
as Robert
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
Pocket Listing
as Ron Glass
(2016)
Shangri-La Suite
as Narrator
(2016)
Hollow Creek
as Seagrass Lambert
(2016)
The Bandit
as Self
(2014)
A Magic Christmas
as Buster the Dog (voice)
(2014)
Hamlet & Hutch
as Papa Hutch
(2014)
Category 5
as Pops
(2011)
Not Another Not Another Movie
as C.J. Waters
(2011)
Reel Love
as Wade Whitman
(2010)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
(2009)
(2009)
According to Dom
as Self
(2008)
Delgo
as Delgo's Father (voice)
(2008)
Deal
as Tommy Vinson
(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)
Cloud 9
as Billy Cole
(2006)
Grilled
as Goldbluth
(2006)
Broken Bridges
as Jake Delton
(2006)
End Game
as General Montgomery
(2006)
Forget About It
as Sam LeFleur
(2005)
The Longest Yard
as Coach Nate Scarborough
(2005)
The Dukes of Hazzard
as Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
(2005)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self - Actor
(2005)
The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2004)
Without a Paddle
as Del Knox
(2003)
Hard Ground
as John 'Chill' McKay
(2003)
The Librarians
as Irish
(2003)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self
(2003)
Gumball 3000: The Movie
as Self (voice)
(2002)
Time of the Wolf
as Archie McGregor
(2002)
Johnson County War
as Hunt Lawton
(2002)
Snapshots
as Larry Goldberg
(2002)
The Hollywood Sign
as Kage Mulligan
(2002)
Miss Lettie and Me
as Samuel Madison
(2002)
(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 Last Producer
as Sonny Wexler
(2000)
The Crew
as Joey 'Bats' Pistella
(2000)
Waterproof
as Eli Zeal
(1999)
The Hunter's Moon
as Clayton Samuels
(1999)
Hard Time: The Premonition
as Det. Logan McQueen
(1999)
Mystery, Alaska
as Judge Walter Burns
(1999)
Pups
as Daniel Bender
(1999)
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
as Det. Logan McQueen
(1999)
Stringer
as Wolko
(1998)
(1998)
Hard Time
as Det. Logan McQueen
(1998)
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
as Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88
(1997)
Boogie Nights
as Jack Horner
(1997)
Crazy Six
as Dakota
(1997)
Bean
as General Newton
(1997)
Meet Wally Sparks
as Lenny Spencer
(1997)
Big City Blues
as Connor
(1997)
The Story of Bean
as Self
(1996)
Raven
as Jerome 'Raven' Katz
(1996)
The Maddening
as Scudder
(1996)
Striptease
as David Dilbeck
(1996)
The Cherokee Kid
as Otter Bob the Mountain Man
(1996)
Citizen Ruth
as Blaine Gibbons
(1996)
Frankenstein and Me
as Les Williams
(1996)
Mad Dog Time
as 'Wacky' Jacky Jackson
(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)
The Man from Left Field
as Jack Robinson
(1993)
(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)
(1989)
Breaking In
as Ernie Mullins
(1989)
The Final Season
as Narrator
(1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Self
(1988)
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
as Self - Bandit (archive footage)
(1988)
Switching Channels
as John L. Sullivan IV
(1987)
Rent-a-Cop
as Tony Church
(1987)
Malone
as Richard Malone
(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 Self - (Visitor in Town)
(1985)
Stick
as Stick
(1985)
Sherman's March
as Self
(1984)
Cannonball Run II
as J.J. McClure
(1984)
City Heat
as Mike Murphy
(1984)
(1983)
(1983)
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
as The Real Bandit
(1983)
Stroker Ace
as Stroker Ace
(1983)
The Man Who Loved Women
as David Fowler
(1983)
(1982)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
(1982)
(1982)
Best Friends
as Richard Babson
(1981)
The Cannonball Run
as J.J. McClure
(1981)
Paternity
as Buddy Evans
(1981)
Sharky's Machine
as Tom Sharky
(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)
Superstunt II
as Self
(1979)
The Orson Welles Show
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)
Nickelodeon
as Buck Greenway
(1976)
Silent Movie
as Self
(1976)
Gator
as Gator McKlusky
(1975)
Hustle
as Lt. Phil Gaines
(1975)
At Long Last Love
as Michael Oliver Pritchard III
(1975)
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
as W.W. Bright
(1975)
Lucky Lady
as Walker
(1974)
The Longest Yard
as Paul Crewe
(1973)
Fade In
as Rob
(1973)
White Lightning
as Bobby "Gator" McKlusky
(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)
Fuzz
as Det. Steve Carella
(1972)
(1970)
Skullduggery
as Douglas Temple
(1970)
Run, Simon, Run
as Simon Zuniga
(1970)
Hunters Are for Killing
as L. G. Floran
(1969)
Sam Whiskey
as Sam Whiskey
(1969)
100 Rifles
as Yaqui Joe Herrera
(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