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Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

Acting · Directing · Production

Born February 11, 1936, Lansing, Michigan, USA

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (87)
  • 2026Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2026Norwood, Where Legends Were Born — Himself
  • 2025Breakdown: 1975 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2025Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview — Self
  • 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Movie Money Confidential — Self
  • 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020I Am Burt Reynolds — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs — Self
  • Steve — Self
  • 2017The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football — Self
  • The American West — Self
  • 2016The Bandit — Self
  • 2015Listen to Me Marlon — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
  • Fast N' Loud — Self
  • Conan — Self
  • 2009According to Dom — Self
  • 2009Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales — Self
  • 2009Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? — Self
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
  • 2006Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit — Self
  • 2005Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2005The Adventures of Errol Flynn — Self - Actor
  • The Reichen Show — Self - Guest
  • 2003Gumball 3000: The Movie — Self (voice)
  • 2003Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second — Self
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
  • V Graham Norton — Self
  • Medal of Honor — Self - Host
  • Taff — self
  • 1997The Story of Bean — Self
  • 1996Love in Hollywood — Self
  • The Daily Show — Self
  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
  • Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self - Guest
  • 1994A Century of Cinema — Self
  • 1994Basic Football — Self-Host
  • Inside the Actors Studio — Self
  • 1991A Party For Richard Pryor — Self
  • Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... — Self - Host
  • 1991Picture This — Self (archive footage)
  • 19891989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular — Self
  • 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1988Jackie Gleason: The Great One — Self - Bandit (archive footage)
  • 1988Mickey's 60th Birthday — Self
  • 1987A Beverly Hills Christmas — Self
  • Dolly — Self
  • 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
  • 1987The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson — Self
  • 1986Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs — Self - (Visitor in Town)
  • 1986Sherman's March — Self
  • 1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn — Self
  • 1985All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan — Self
  • 1984All Star Party for Lucille Ball — Self
  • 1983All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra — Self
  • 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Self
  • The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour — self
  • 1982Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter — Self
  • 1981All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds — Self
  • Entertainment Tonight — Self
  • 1980Don Siegel: Last of the Independents — Self
  • 1979Superstunt II — Self
  • 1979The Orson Welles Show — Self
  • Ciné regards — Self
  • 1978Mickey's 50 — Self
  • 1978The Greatest Stuntman Alive — Himself
  • CHiPs — Self (uncredited)
  • People's Choice Awards — Self - Host
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
  • Dinah! — Self
  • 1972The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance' — Self
  • Film '72 — Self
  • The Pet Set — Self
  • V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
  • The Flip Wilson Show — Self
  • The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
  • The Carol Burnett Show — Self - Various Characters, Self - Guest / Various Characters
  • The Merv Griffin Show — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self, Self - Guest Host
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host, Self - Guest
  • The Wonderful World of Disney — Self
  • The Oscars — Self
  • The Bob Hope Show — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self
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