Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 11, 1936
Place of Birth:
Lansing, Michigan, USA
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | In Sanity, Florida | Burt Reynolds, retired movie star |
| 2016 | The American West | Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Archer | Burt Reynolds (voice) |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 | |
| 2007 | Burn Notice | Paul Anderson |
| 2005 | Freddie | Carl |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Senator Buckingham (voice) |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken | |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl | Chubby |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show | Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken | J.J. McClure / Burt Reynolds (voice) |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Duck Dodgers | Royal Serpenti (voice) |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self |
| 2001 | History vs. Hollywood | Narrator |
| 2001 | Emeril | |
| 2000 | Ed | Russ Burton |
| 2000 | Medal of Honor | Self - Host |
| 2000 | Founding Fathers | Patrick Henry (voice) |
| 1998 | The King of Queens | Coach Walcott |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | M.F. Thatherton (voice) |
| 1997 | Taff | self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Ruby Wax Meets | |
| 1995 | Cybill | Burt Reynolds |
| 1995 | Amazing Grace | Josiah Carey |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self - Guest |
| 1995 | Hope and Gloria | Burt Reynolds |
| 1994 | Duckman | Judge Keaton (voice) |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Mr. Burt |
| 1993 | Raw | Burt Reynolds |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Burt Reynolds |
| 1991 | The New WKRP in Cincinnati | |
| 1991 | Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... | Self - Host |
| 1990 | Evening Shade | Wood Newton |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | |
| 1989 | B.L. Stryker | B.L. Stryker |
| 1987 | Out of This World | Troy Garland |
| 1987 | Dolly | Self |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Burt Reynolds (uncredited) |
| 1983 | The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour | self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self |
| 1977 | CHiPs | Self (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self |
| 1971 | The Pet Set | Self |
| 1970 | Dan August | Det. Lt. Dan August |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Stanley Dunbar |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Gentle Ben | Pilot |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Various Characters |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest / Various Characters |
| 1966 | Hawk | Detective Lt. John Hawk |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Michael Murtaugh |
| 1965 | Branded | Red Hand |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | John Duquesne |
| 1964 | Flipper | Al Bardeman |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Tech. Sgt. Vern Chapman |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self - Guest Host |
| 1961 | Everglades | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Tommy |
| 1960 | The Aquanauts | Jimmy |
| 1960 | The Blue Angels | Corman |
| 1960 | The Blue Angels | Chuck |
| 1960 | Pony Express | |
| 1960 | The Brothers Brannagan | Abelard |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Rocky Rhodes |
| 1959 | Lock-Up | |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Ben Frazer |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Tad Stuart |
| 1958 | Naked City | Young Man |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Chuck Blair |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Branch Taylor |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Ace |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Quint |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Bill Davis |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |