Burt Reynolds
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.
270 acting credits · 14 directing credits
Acting · 270
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
American Dad!
2005
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The X-Files
1993
Raw
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Perry Mason
1957
King of the Hill
1997
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Love, American Style
1969
The King of Queens
1998
Burn Notice
2007
Robot Chicken
2005
Archer
2009
The Twilight Zone
1959
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
The Golden Girls
1985
My Name Is Earl
2005
Naked City
1958
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
The F.B.I.
1965
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Route 66
1960
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
CHiPs
1977
Duckman
1994
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
The Oscars
1953
Gunsmoke
1955
People's Choice Awards
1975
Cybill
1995
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Reichen Show
2005
Ed
2000
Taff
1997
V Graham Norton
2002
Dinah!
1974
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Duck Dodgers
2003
Playhouse 90
1956
Branded
1965
Film '72
1971
30 for 30
2009
12 O'Clock High
1964
Lock-Up
1959
Riverboat
1959
Johnny Ringo
1959
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
Flipper
1964
Evening Shade
1990
Entertainment Tonight
1981
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Hope and Gloria
1995
Steve
2017
Out of This World
1987
Gentle Ben
1967
The Longest Yard
2005
The Pet Set
1971
Boogie Nights
1997
Bean
1997
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Striptease
1996
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989
Dan August
1970
Freddie
2005
The Aquanauts
1960
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
Dolly
1987
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
2007
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991
The Player
1992
Driven
2001
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
B.L. Stryker
1989
The Cannonball Run
1981
The Longest Yard
1974
Emeril
2001
Everglades
1961
The American West
2016
The Brothers Brannagan
1960
Deliverance
1972
Cannonball Run II
1984
Hawk
1966
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
Ruby Wax Meets
1996
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
Without a Paddle
2004
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Hooper
1978
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
History vs. Hollywood
2001
Mystery, Alaska
1999
100 Rifles
1969
Sharky's Machine
1981
Founding Fathers
2000
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
1983
The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
2005
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
Gator
1976
White Lightning
1973
Malone
1987
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
The Crew
2000
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The Blue Angels
1960
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
1998
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
1998
Citizen Ruth
1996
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Skullduggery
1970
Hotel
2001
Medal of Honor
2000
End Game
2006
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
Mad Dog Time
1996
Silent Movie
1976
Fuzz
1972
City Heat
1984
Cop & ½
1993
Delgo
2008
The End
1978
Semi-Tough
1977
Starting Over
1979
Grilled
2006
Stick
1985
Shangri-La Suite
2016
Deal
2008
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Hustle
1975
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
Navajo Joe
1966
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
Mickey's 50
1978
Category 5
2014
Raven
1996
Shark
1969
Lucky Lady
1975
Sam Whiskey
1969
Pocket Listing
2016
Shamus
1973
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
Tempted
2001
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
The Man Who Loved Women
1983
The Cherokee Kid
1996
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
Apple of My Eye
2017
Physical Evidence
1989
Meet Wally Sparks
1997
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991
Stroker Ace
1983
Broken Bridges
2006
Amazing Grace
1995
Heat
1986
Crazy Six
1997
Nickelodeon
1976
Pups
1999
Best Friends
1982
Cloud 9
2006
Rough Cut
1980
Hard Time
1998
Angel Baby
1961
Hard Ground
2003
Switching Channels
1988
Pony Express
1960
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
1975
Rent-a-Cop
1987
At Long Last Love
1975
Commitment to Life
2023
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Paternity
1981
Armored Command
1961
Frankenstein and Me
1996
The Hunter's Moon
1999
Listen to Me Marlon
2015
The Maddening
1996
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
1986
The Last Producer
2000
The Librarians
2004
WWE WrestleMania X
1994
Picture This
1991
Johnson County War
2002
Randy & the Mob
2007
I Am Burt Reynolds
2020
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
Fade In
1973
In Sanity, Florida
2017
Big City Blues
1997
The Last Movie Star
2018
Run, Simon, Run
1970
Time of the Wolf
2002
The Hollywood Sign
2002
The Velvet Alley
1959
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
The Orson Welles Show
1979
With Friends Like These
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The Bandit
2016
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984
Forget About It
2006
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
1987
The Man from Left Field
1993
Impasse
1969
Modern Love
1990
The Story of Bean
1997
Breaking In
1989
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
1989
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
1988
Wind in the Wire
1993
A Magic Christmas
2014
Escape to Sonoita
1960
Waterproof
2000
Uphill All the Way
1986
Reel Love
2011
Gumball 3000: The Movie
2003
Hollow Creek
2016
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
2005
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
Defining Moments
2021
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
2002
Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview
2023
A Beverly Hills Christmas
1987
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
Auf Herz und Nieren
2001
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
1978
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025
Snapshots
2002
Superstunt
1977
Shadow Fighter
2017
Henri
2017
Hamlet & Hutch
2014
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981
Stringer
1999
Operation C.I.A.
1965
Miami Love Affair
2017
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
2009
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
1983
Miss Lettie and Me
2002
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
2006
Sherman's March
1985
Hard Time: The Premonition
1999
Movie Money Confidential
2022
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
2009
Love in Hollywood
1996
An Innocent Kiss
2019
Superstunt II
1979
The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football
2017
The Great Escape: Heroes Underground
2001
The Final Season
1989
According to Dom
2009
First Aid Action
1973
The Best Little Special In Texas
1982
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'
1972
B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch
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Basic Football
1994
Directing · 14
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Amazing Stories
1985
Evening Shade
1990
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991
B.L. Stryker
1989
Hawk
1966
Sharky's Machine
1981
Gator
1976
The End
1978
Stick
1985
Hard Time
1998
The Last Producer
2000
The Man from Left Field
1993
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
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