Burt Reynolds

Born

February 11, 1936

Died

September 6, 2018 (82 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Lansing, Michigan, USA

IMDb

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.

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Known For

6.7

American Dad!

Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview

Self

8.0

2023

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Self (archive footage)

7.4

2022

Movie Money Confidential

Self

5.5

2022

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

Self

6.8

2017

Pocket Listing

Ron Glass

6.4

2016

Hollow Creek

Seagrass Lambert

4.2

2016

A Magic Christmas

Buster the Dog (voice)

4.9

2014

Category 5

Pops

5.5

2014

Reel Love

Wade Whitman

5.6

2011

Not Another Not Another Movie

C.J. Waters

3.2

2011

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

(archive footage)

6.4

2010

Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

Self

7.0

2009

Delgo

Delgo's Father (voice)

4.5

2008

A Bunch of Amateurs

Jefferson Steel

5.4

2008

Deal

Tommy Vinson

5.3

2008

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

King Konreid

4.8

2007

Randy & the Mob

Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)

4.7

2007

Forget About It

Sam LeFleur

4.8

2006

Broken Bridges

Jake Delton

7.4

2006

End Game

General Montgomery

5.4

2006

Grilled

Goldbluth

5.0

2006

Cloud 9

Billy Cole

5.1

2006

The Dukes of Hazzard

Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg

5.6

2005

The Longest Yard

Coach Nate Scarborough

6.7

2005

Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May

Self - Narrator (voice)

6.8

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self - Actor

7.8

2005

Without a Paddle

Del Knox

5.6

2004

The Librarians

Irish

5.4

2003

Hard Ground

John 'Chill' McKay

4.1

2003

Gumball 3000: The Movie

Self (voice)

6.4

2003

The Hollywood Sign

Kage Mulligan

4.5

2002

Johnson County War

Hunt Lawton

5.5

2002

Time of the Wolf

Archie McGregor

7.3

2002

Snapshots

Larry Goldberg

4.1

2002

Auf Herz und Nieren

Banko

3.0

2001

Hotel

The Flamenco Manager

3.3

2001

Driven

Carl Henry

5.1

2001

Tempted

Charlie LeBlanc

4.6

2001

The Last Producer

Sonny Wexler

4.2

2000

The Crew

Joey 'Bats' Pistella

5.5

2000

Waterproof

Eli Zeal

6.2

2000

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

Det. Logan McQueen

6.7

1999

The Hunter's Moon

Clayton Samuels

5.7

1999

Mystery, Alaska

Judge Walter Burns

6.3

1999

Stringer

Wolko

2.8

1999

Pups

Daniel Bender

5.9

1999

Hard Time: The Premonition

Det. Logan McQueen

4.8

1999

Hard Time

Det. Logan McQueen

5.3

1998

Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business

Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88

3.9

1998

Crazy Six

Dakota

4.3

1997

Boogie Nights

Jack Horner

7.6

1997

Big City Blues

Connor

4.1

1997

Bean

General Newton

6.5

1997

Meet Wally Sparks

Lenny Spencer

4.7

1997

The Cherokee Kid

Otter Bob the Mountain Man

5.2

1996

Raven

Jerome 'Raven' Katz

4.5

1996

Love in Hollywood

Self

0.0

1996

Citizen Ruth

Blaine Gibbons

6.6

1996

Mad Dog Time

'Wacky' Jacky Jackson

5.3

1996

Frankenstein and Me

Les Williams

5.2

1996

Striptease

David Dilbeck

5.5

1996

The Maddening

Scudder

4.6

1996

WWE WrestleMania X

Ring Announcer

8.0

1994

The Man from Left Field

Jack Robinson

6.2

1993

Wind in the Wire

7.0

1993

Cop & ½

Nick McKenna

4.5

1993

The Player

Burt Reynolds

7.2

1992

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

Self (archive footage)

9.0

1991

Modern Love

Colonel Frank Parker

4.2

1990

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Charlie B. Barkin (voice)

6.8

1989

Breaking In

Ernie Mullins

5.7

1989

1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular

Self

0.0

1989

The Final Season

Narrator

0.0

1989

Physical Evidence

Joe Paris

5.1

1989

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

Self - Bandit (archive footage)

8.0

1988

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Self (archive footage)

6.0

1988

Switching Channels

John L. Sullivan IV

6.1

1988

A Beverly Hills Christmas

Self

3.5

1987

Rent-a-Cop

Tony Church

4.7

1987

Malone

Richard Malone

6.0

1987

The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson

Self

0.0

1987

Heat

Nick 'Mex' Escalante

5.8

1986

Sherman's March

Himself

6.8

1985

Stick

5.3

1985

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

Self

6.0

1984

City Heat

Mike Murphy

5.5

1984

Cannonball Run II

J.J. McClure

5.4

1984

The Man Who Loved Women

David Fowler

4.8

1983

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

Himself

6.0

1983

Stroker Ace

5.0

1983

Best Friends

Richard Babson

5.1

1982

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter

Self

0.0

1982

Sharky's Machine

Tom Sharky

6.1

1981

Paternity

Buddy Evans

4.8

1981

The Cannonball Run

J.J. McClure

6.1

1981

Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

Dan August

2.0

1980

Smokey and the Bandit II

Bandit

5.5

1980

Rough Cut

Jack Rhodes

5.8

1980

Starting Over

Phil Potter

6.4

1979

Superstunt II

Self

0.0

1979

Hooper

Sonny Hooper

6.3

1978

The End

Wendell Sonny Lawson

5.5

1978

Semi-Tough

Billy Clyde Puckett

5.6

1977

Smokey and the Bandit

Bo 'Bandit' Darville

7.0

1977

Nickelodeon

Buck Greenway

6.1

1976

Gator

Gator McKlusky

5.2

1976

Silent Movie

Self

6.5

1976

Hustle

Lt. Phil Gaines

5.7

1975

Lucky Lady

Walker

5.2

1975

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

W.W. Bright

5.9

1975

At Long Last Love

Michael Oliver Pritchard III

5.1

1975

The Longest Yard

Paul Crewe

6.7

1974

Fade In

Rob

3.6

1973

White Lightning

Bobby "Gator" McKlusky

6.2

1973

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

Jay Grobart

5.8

1973

Shamus

Shamus McCoy

6.4

1973

First Aid Action

narrator

0.0

1973

Deliverance

Lewis Medlock

7.3

1972

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

Switchboard

6.5

1972

Fuzz

Det. Steve Carella

5.5

1972

Run, Simon, Run

Simon Zuniga

5.2

1970

Hunters Are for Killing

L. G. Floran

4.5

1970

Skullduggery

Douglas Temple

4.5

1970

Shark

Caine

4.2

1969

Impasse

Pat Morrison

4.7

1969

Sam Whiskey

5.6

1969

100 Rifles

Yaqui Joe Herrera

5.9

1969

Navajo Joe

Joe

6.3

1966

Operation C.I.A.

Mark Andrews, CIA

5.0

1965

Armored Command

Skee

4.8

1961

Angel Baby

Hoke Adams

6.0

1961

Escape to Sonoita

Bill Davis

7.0

1960

Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit

Self

0.0

Defining Moments

Chester

5.0

2021

I Am Burt Reynolds

Self (archive footage)

6.9

2020

An Innocent Kiss

Grandpa Barnes

6.0

2019

The Last Movie Star

Vic Edwards

6.5

2018

Shadow Fighter

Paddy Grier

5.3

2017

Henri

George Duncan

2.0

2017

Miami Love Affair

Robert

0.0

2017

In Sanity, Florida

Burt Reynolds, retired movie star · (1 episode)

0.0

2017

Apple of My Eye

Charlie

6.8

2017

The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football

Self

0.0

2017

Shangri-La Suite

Narrator

5.8

2016

The American West

Self · (8 episodes)

6.7

2016

The Bandit

Self

7.8

2016

Hamlet & Hutch

Papa Hutch

10.0

2014

Paul Williams Still Alive

Self (archive footage)

6.8

2011

30 for 30

(1 episode)

7.4

2009

Archer

Burt Reynolds (voice) · (1 episode)

8.0

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

5.1

2009

The Reichen Show

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

4.8

2005

The Legend of Frosty the Snowman

Narrator (voice)

5.4

2005

Robot Chicken

J.J. McClure / Burt Reynolds (voice) · (1 episode)

7.6

2005

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Self

5.2

2003

Duck Dodgers

Royal Serpenti (voice) · (1 episode)

7.4

2003

Miss Lettie and Me

Samuel Madison

7.0

2002

V Graham Norton

Self · (1 episode)

5.0

2002

The Great Escape: Heroes Underground

Narrator

0.0

2001

Emeril

(1 episode)

0.0

2001

Founding Fathers

Patrick Henry (voice) · (4 episodes)

0.0

2000

Medal of Honor

Self - Host · (3 episodes)

10.0

2000

Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms

Mentor

4.0

1998

The Story of Bean

himself

7.1

1997

Taff

self · (1 episode)

3.2

1997

King of the Hill

M.F. Thatherton (voice) · (1 episode)

7.3

1997

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

3.9

1996

Ruby Wax Meets

(1 episode)

6.0

1996

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

7.0

1995

Amazing Grace

Josiah Carey · (5 episodes)

0.0

1995

Hope and Gloria

Burt Reynolds · (1 episode)

5.0

1995

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

Self (archive footage)

9.5

1994

Raw

Burt Reynolds · (1 episode)

6.8

1993

The Larry Sanders Show

Burt Reynolds · (1 episode)

7.7

1992

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

(1 episode)

7.0

1991

Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

Self - Host · (4 episodes)

6.0

1991

B.L. Stryker

B.L. Stryker · (12 episodes)

6.0

1989

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Self

6.8

1988

Dolly

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1987

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Self

8.0

1986

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

Burt Reynolds

3.0

1986

Uphill All the Way

Gambler (uncredited)

4.3

1986

The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour

self · (1 episode)

0.0

1983

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Self

5.0

1983

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd

6.2

1982

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

Self

6.0

1981

Entertainment Tonight

Self · (1 episode)

4.3

1981

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

Lt. Dan August

4.0

1980

The Orson Welles Show

Self

0.0

1979

CHiPs

Himself (uncredited) · (1 episode)

6.8

1977

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host · (1 episode)

7.0

1975

Dinah!

Self · (6 episodes)

6.7

1974

V.I.P. Schaukel

Self · (1 episode)

6.0

1971

The Pet Set

Self · (1 episode)

5.5

1971

Dan August

Det. Lt. Dan August · (26 episodes)

6.8

1970

The Flip Wilson Show

Self · (1 episode)

4.8

1970

Love, American Style

Stanley Dunbar · (1 episode)

6.1

1969

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

6.8

1968

The Carol Burnett Show

Self - Various Characters · (1 episode)

7.7

1967

The Carol Burnett Show

Self - Guest / Various Characters · (1 episode)

7.7

1967

Gentle Ben

Pilot · (56 episodes)

6.3

1967

Hawk

Detective Lt. John Hawk · (17 episodes)

0.0

1966

The F.B.I.

John Duquesne · (1 episode)

5.5

1965

Branded

Red Hand · (1 episode)

6.4

1965

Flipper

Al Bardeman · (2 episodes)

6.1

1964

12 O'Clock High

Tech. Sgt. Vern Chapman · (2 episodes)

7.3

1964

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · (42 episodes)

7.5

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self - Guest Host · (20 episodes)

7.5

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Co-Host · (19 episodes)

5.4

1961

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · (25 episodes)

5.4

1961

Everglades

(2 episodes)

8.5

1961

The Blue Angels

Corman · (39 episodes)

0.0

1960

The Blue Angels

Chuck · (39 episodes)

0.0

1960

The Brothers Brannagan

Abelard · (12 episodes)

0.0

1960

The Aquanauts

Jimmy · (1 episode)

5.5

1960

Pony Express

(1 episode)

6.5

1960

Johnny Ringo

Tad Stuart · (1 episode)

5.7

1959

Lock-Up

(1 episode)

6.2

1959

Riverboat

Ben Frazer · (44 episodes)

6.2

1959

The Velvet Alley

The Actor

0.0

1959

With Friends Like These

Jackson Hammond

0.0

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Self (archive footage)

5.0

2021

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self · (1 episode)

6.4

2015

Burn Notice

Paul Anderson · (1 episode)

7.5

2007

Freddie

Carl · (1 episode)

4.9

2005

My Name Is Earl

Chubby · (1 episode)

7.7

2005

Robot Chicken

(1 episode)

7.6

2005

American Dad!

Senator Buckingham (voice) · (1 episode)

7.0

2005

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self · (1 episode)

5.7

2003

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time

Narrator

6.0

2002

History vs. Hollywood

Narrator · (1 episode)

7.7

2001

Ed

Russ Burton · (2 episodes)

7.7

2000

The King of Queens

Coach Walcott · (1 episode)

7.1

1998

Jackie Chan: My Story

(archive footage)

6.2

1998

E! True Hollywood Story

(1 episode)

8.1

1996

The Daily Show

Self · (1 episode)

6.4

1996

Cybill

Burt Reynolds · (1 episode)

5.8

1995

Inside the Actors Studio

Self · (1 episode)

7.5

1994

Duckman

Judge Keaton (voice) · (1 episode)

7.2

1994

The X-Files

Mr. Burt · (1 episode)

8.4

1993

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

(1 episode)

5.5

1992

Beverly Hills, 90210

(1 episode)

7.4

1990

Evening Shade

Wood Newton · (100 episodes)

5.6

1990

Out of This World

Troy Garland · (96 episodes)

7.3

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

5.7

1987

The Golden Girls

Burt Reynolds (uncredited) · (1 episode)

7.5

1985

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

The Real Bandit

4.4

1983

Mickey's 50

Self

0.0

1978

The F.B.I.

Michael Murtaugh · (1 episode)

5.5

1965

Route 66

Tommy · (1 episode)

6.3

1960

The Twilight Zone

Rocky Rhodes · (1 episode)

8.4

1959

Naked City

Young Man · (1 episode)

5.5

1958

Perry Mason

Chuck Blair · (1 episode)

7.7

1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Branch Taylor · (1 episode)

5.5

1956

Playhouse 90

Ace · (1 episode)

7.6

1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Bill Davis · (1 episode)

7.7

1955

Gunsmoke

Quint · (50 episodes)

6.6

1955

The Wonderful World of Disney

Self · (1 episode)

7.8

1954

The Oscars

Self · (2 episodes)

7.1

1953

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

(1 episode)

7.3

1951

The Bob Hope Show

Self · (1 episode)

7.0

1950

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Winner · (2 episodes)

7.2

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee · (3 episodes)

7.2

1944