Burt Reynolds
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Reynolds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
281
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-02-11 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Acting

2022

Clint Eastwood: The Last 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

In Sanity, Florida as Burt Reynolds, retired movie star

2017

Henri as George Duncan

2017

Apple of My Eye as Charlie

2017

Shadow Fighter as Paddy Grier

2017

Miami Love Affair as Robert

2016

The American West as Self

2016

Pocket Listing as Ron Glass

2016

Shangri-La Suite as Narrator

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

Archer as Burt Reynolds (voice)

2009

30 for 30 as Not available

2008

Deal as Tommy Vinson

2008

Delgo as Delgo's Father (voice)

2008

A Bunch of Amateurs as Jefferson Steel

2007

Burn Notice as Paul Anderson

2007

Randy & the Mob as Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)

2006

End Game as General Montgomery

2006

Grilled as Goldbluth

2006

Broken Bridges as Jake Delton

2006

Forget About It as Sam LeFleur

2006

Cloud 9 as Billy Cole

2005

American Dad! as Senator Buckingham (voice)

2005

Robot Chicken as Not available

2005

Robot Chicken as J.J. McClure / Burt Reynolds (voice)

2005

My Name Is Earl as Chubby

2005

The Reichen Show as Self - Guest

2005

Freddie as Carl

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

The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self - Actor

2005

Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May as Self - Narrator (voice)

2004

Without a Paddle as Del Knox

2003

Duck Dodgers as Royal Serpenti (voice)

2003

The Librarians as Irish

2003

Hard Ground as John 'Chill' McKay

2003

Gumball 3000: The Movie as Self (voice)

2002

V Graham Norton as Self

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

2001

History vs. Hollywood as Narrator

2001

Emeril as Not available

2001

Driven as Carl Henry

2001

Tempted as Charlie LeBlanc

2001

Hotel as The Flamenco Manager

2001

Auf Herz und Nieren as Banko

2000

Ed as Russ Burton

2000

Medal of Honor as Self - Host

2000

Founding Fathers as Patrick Henry (voice)

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

The Hunter's Moon as Clayton Samuels

1999

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel as Det. Logan McQueen

1999

Pups as Daniel Bender

1999

Stringer as Wolko

1999

Hard Time: The Premonition as Det. Logan McQueen

1998

The King of Queens as Coach Walcott

1998

Jackie Chan: My Story as (archive footage)

1998

Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business as Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88

1998

Hard Time as Det. Logan McQueen

1997

King of the Hill as M.F. Thatherton (voice)

1997

Taff as self

1997

Bean as General Newton

1997

Boogie Nights as Jack Horner

1997

Meet Wally Sparks as Lenny Spencer

1997

Big City Blues as Connor

1997

Crazy Six as Dakota

1997

The Story of Bean as himself

1996

The Daily Show as Self

1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest

1996

Ruby Wax Meets as Not available

1996

E! True Hollywood Story as Not available

1996

Striptease as David Dilbeck

1996

Mad Dog Time as 'Wacky' Jacky Jackson

1996

Raven as Jerome 'Raven' Katz

1996

The Cherokee Kid as Otter Bob the Mountain Man

1996

Citizen Ruth as Blaine Gibbons

1996

The Maddening as Scudder

1996

Frankenstein and Me as Les Williams

1996

Love in Hollywood as Self

1995

Hope and Gloria as Burt Reynolds

1995

Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self - Guest

1995

Cybill as Burt Reynolds

1995

Amazing Grace as Josiah Carey

1994

Duckman as Judge Keaton (voice)

1994

WWE WrestleMania X as Ring Announcer

1994

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular as Self (archive footage)

1993

Raw as Burt Reynolds

1993

The X-Files as Mr. Burt

1993

Cop & ½ as Nick McKenna

1993

The Man from Left Field as Jack Robinson

1993

Wind in the Wire as Not available

1992

The Larry Sanders Show as Burt Reynolds

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Not available

1992

The Player as Burt Reynolds

1991

The New WKRP in Cincinnati as Not available

1990

Beverly Hills, 90210 as Not available

1990

Evening Shade as Wood Newton

1990

Modern Love as Colonel Frank Parker

1989

B.L. Stryker as B.L. Stryker

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

1988

Switching Channels as John L. Sullivan IV

1988

Jackie Gleason: The Great One as Self - Bandit (archive footage)

1987

Out of This World as Troy Garland

1987

Dolly as Self

1987

Malone as Richard Malone

1987

Rent-a-Cop as Tony Church

1986

Heat as Nick 'Mex' Escalante

1986

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs as Burt Reynolds

1986

Uphill All the Way as Gambler (uncredited)

1985

The Golden Girls as Burt Reynolds (uncredited)

1985

Stick as Stick

1985

Sherman's March as Himself

1984

Cannonball Run II as J.J. McClure

1984

City Heat as Mike Murphy

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

1982

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd

1982

Best Friends as Richard Babson

1981

The Cannonball Run as J.J. McClure

1981

Sharky's Machine as Tom Sharky

1981

Paternity as Buddy Evans

1980

Rough Cut as Jack Rhodes

1980

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Lt. Dan August

1979

Starting Over as Phil Potter

1979

Superstunt II as Self

1978

Hooper as Sonny Hooper

1978

The End as Wendell Sonny Lawson

1978

Mickey's 50 as Self

1977

CHiPs as Himself (uncredited)

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

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1975

Hustle as Lt. Phil Gaines

1975

At Long Last Love as Michael Oliver Pritchard III

1975

Lucky Lady as Walker

1975

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings as W.W. Bright

1974

Dinah! as Self

1974

The Longest Yard as Paul Crewe

1973

White Lightning as Bobby "Gator" McKlusky

1973

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing as Jay Grobart

1973

Shamus as Shamus McCoy

1973

Fade In as Rob

1973

First Aid Action as narrator

1972

Deliverance as Lewis Medlock

1972

Fuzz as Det. Steve Carella

1971

The Pet Set as Self

1971

V.I.P. Schaukel as Self

1970

Dan August as Det. Lt. Dan August

1970

Skullduggery as Douglas Temple

1970

Hunters Are for Killing as L. G. Floran

1970

Run, Simon, Run as Simon Zuniga

1969

Love, American Style as Stanley Dunbar

1969

100 Rifles as Yaqui Joe Herrera

1969

Sam Whiskey as Sam Whiskey

1969

Shark as Caine

1969

Impasse as Pat Morrison

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1967

The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Various Characters

1967

The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters

1967

Gentle Ben as Pilot

1966

Hawk as Detective Lt. John Hawk

1966

Navajo Joe as Joe

1965

The F.B.I. as Michael Murtaugh

1965

The F.B.I. as John Duquesne

1965

Branded as Red Hand

1965

Operation C.I.A. as Mark Andrews, CIA

1964

Flipper as Al Bardeman

1964

12 O'Clock High as Tech. Sgt. Vern Chapman

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self - Guest Host

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1961

Everglades as Not available

1961

Angel Baby as Hoke Adams

1961

Armored Command as Skee

1960

Route 66 as Tommy

1960

The Aquanauts as Jimmy

1960

The Brothers Brannagan as Abelard

1960

The Blue Angels as Corman

1960

The Blue Angels as Chuck

1960

Pony Express as Not available

1960

Escape to Sonoita as Bill Davis

1959

Johnny Ringo as Tad Stuart

1959

The Twilight Zone as Rocky Rhodes

1959

Lock-Up as Not available

1959

Riverboat as Ben Frazer

1959

The Velvet Alley as The Actor

1958

Naked City as Young Man

1957

Perry Mason as Chuck Blair

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Branch Taylor

1956

Playhouse 90 as Ace

1955

Gunsmoke as Quint

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bill Davis

1953

The Oscars as Self

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Not available

1950

The Bob Hope Show as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

NaN

With Friends Like These as Jackson Hammond
Crew

2000

The Last Producer Director

1998

Hard Time Director

1993

The Man from Left Field Executive Producer

1992

The Man Upstairs Executive Producer

1990

Evening Shade Director

1989

B.L. Stryker Director

1985

Stick Director

1985

Amazing Stories Director

1981

Sharky's Machine Director

1978

The End Director

1978

Hooper Producer

1976

Gator Director

1975

Hustle Executive Producer

1966

Hawk Director