Burt Reynolds
Acting
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.
Born: February 11, 1936
Place of Birth: Lansing, Michigan, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Chester
as Self (archive footage)
as Grandpa Barnes
as Vic Edwards
as Paddy Grier
as George Duncan
as Robert
as Burt Reynolds, retired movie star
as Charlie
as Narrator
as Self
as Ron Glass
as Self
as Seagrass Lambert
as Buster the Dog (voice)
as Pops
as Papa Hutch
as Wade Whitman
as C.J. Waters
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Burt Reynolds (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Delgo's Father (voice)
as Jefferson Steel
as Tommy Vinson
as King Konreid
as Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)
as Paul Anderson
as Sam LeFleur
as Jake Delton
as General Montgomery
as Goldbluth
as Billy Cole
as Self - Guest
as Narrator (voice)
as Carl
as Chubby
as Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
as Coach Nate Scarborough
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Actor
as J.J. McClure / Burt Reynolds (voice)
as Senator Buckingham (voice)
as Irish
as Del Knox
as Self
as Self
as Royal Serpenti (voice)
as John 'Chill' McKay
as Self (voice)
as Samuel Madison
as Kage Mulligan
as Hunt Lawton
as Self
as Archie McGregor
as Larry Goldberg
as Banko
as Narrator
as The Flamenco Manager
as Carl Henry
as Narrator
as Charlie LeBlanc
as Patrick Henry (voice)
as Self - Host
as Russ Burton
as Sonny Wexler
as Joey 'Bats' Pistella
as Eli Zeal
as Det. Logan McQueen
as Clayton Samuels
as Judge Walter Burns
as Wolko
as Daniel Bender
as Det. Logan McQueen
as Det. Logan McQueen
as Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88
as Coach Walcott
as Dakota
as Jack Horner
as Connor
as Self
as General Newton
as self
as Lenny Spencer
as M.F. Thatherton (voice)
as Otter Bob the Mountain Man
as Jerome 'Raven' Katz
as Self
as Blaine Gibbons
as 'Wacky' Jacky Jackson
as Self
as Les Williams
as David Dilbeck
as Scudder
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Burt Reynolds
as Burt Reynolds
as Self
as Ring Announcer
as Judge Keaton (voice)
as Jack Robinson
as Mr. Burt
as Nick McKenna
as Burt Reynolds
as Burt Reynolds
as Burt Reynolds
as Self (archive footage)
as Wood Newton
as Colonel Frank Parker
as Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
as Ernie Mullins
as Narrator
as B.L. Stryker
as Joe Paris
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as John L. Sullivan IV
as Self
as Tony Church
as Self
as Troy Garland
as Richard Malone
as Self - (Visitor in Town)
as Nick 'Mex' Escalante
as Gambler (uncredited)
as Self
as Burt Reynolds (uncredited)
as Stick
as Mike Murphy
as J.J. McClure
as David Fowler
as The Real Bandit
as self
as Stroker Ace
as Richard Babson
as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
as Tom Sharky
as Buddy Evans
as Self
as J.J. McClure
as Bandit
as Jack Rhodes
as Lt. Dan August
as Phil Potter
as Self
as Self
as Sonny Hooper
as Wendell Sonny Lawson
as Himself
as Billy Clyde Puckett
as Self (uncredited)
as Bo 'Bandit' Darville
as Buck Greenway
as Gator McKlusky
as Self
as Lt. Phil Gaines
as Walker
as Self - Host
as W.W. Bright
as Michael Oliver Pritchard III
as Self
as Paul Crewe
as Rob
as Bobby "Gator" McKlusky
as Jay Grobart
as Shamus McCoy
as narrator
as Lewis Medlock
as Det. Steve Carella
as Self
as Self
as Simon Zuniga
as Det. Lt. Dan August
as Self
as L. G. Floran
as Douglas Temple
as Caine
as Stanley Dunbar
as Pat Morrison
as Sam Whiskey
as Yaqui Joe Herrera
as Self - Guest
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
as Pilot
as Joe
as Detective Lt. John Hawk
as Michael Murtaugh
as John Duquesne
as Mark Andrews, CIA
as Red Hand
as Al Bardeman
as Tech. Sgt. Vern Chapman
as Self - Guest Host
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Skee
as Hoke Adams
as Tommy
as Abelard
as Jimmy
as Rocky Rhodes
as Tad Stuart
as Ben Frazer
as The Actor
as Young Man
as Chuck Blair
as Branch Taylor
as Ace
as Bill Davis
as Quint
as Self
as Self
as Self - Nominee