Burt Reynolds
Born: 1936-02-11 in Lansing, Michigan, USA
Died: 2018-09-06
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special as Self (archive footage)
2023
2022
- Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
- Movie Money Confidential as Self
2021
- Defining Moments as Chester
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
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
- Apple of My Eye as Charlie
- Miami Love Affair as Robert
- In Sanity, Florida as Burt Reynolds, retired movie star
- John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
- Shadow Fighter as Paddy Grier
- Henri as George Duncan
- The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football as Self
2016
- Pocket Listing as Ron Glass
- Hollow Creek as Seagrass Lambert
- Shangri-La Suite as Narrator
- The Bandit as Self
- The American West as Self
2015
2014
- Hamlet & Hutch as Papa Hutch
- Category 5 as Pops
- A Magic Christmas as Buster the Dog (voice)
2011
- Reel Love as Wade Whitman
- Not Another Not Another Movie as C.J. Waters
2010
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Archer as Burt Reynolds (voice)
- 30 for 30
- Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? as Self
- According to Dom as Self
2008
- Delgo as Delgo's Father (voice)
- A Bunch of Amateurs as Jefferson Steel
- Deal as Tommy Vinson
2007
- Burn Notice as Paul Anderson
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale as King Konreid
- Randy & the Mob as Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)
2006
- Cloud 9 as Billy Cole
- Grilled as Goldbluth
- End Game as General Montgomery
- Broken Bridges as Jake Delton
- Forget About It as Sam LeFleur
2005
- American Dad! as Senator Buckingham (voice)
- Robot Chicken
- My Name Is Earl as Chubby
- The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- The Longest Yard as Coach Nate Scarborough
- The Dukes of Hazzard as Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
- Freddie as Carl
- The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self - Actor
- The Legend of Frosty the Snowman as Narrator (voice)
- Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May as Self - Narrator (voice)
2004
- The Librarians as Irish
- Without a Paddle as Del Knox
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Duck Dodgers as Royal Serpenti (voice)
- Hard Ground as John 'Chill' McKay
- Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
- Gumball 3000: The Movie as Self (voice)
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
- Snapshots as Larry Goldberg
- Miss Lettie and Me as Samuel Madison
- The Hollywood Sign as Kage Mulligan
- Johnson County War as Hunt Lawton
- Time of the Wolf as Archie McGregor
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time as Narrator
2001
- Driven as Carl Henry
- Hotel as The Flamenco Manager
- Tempted as Charlie LeBlanc
- Emeril
- History vs. Hollywood as Narrator
- Auf Herz und Nieren as Banko
- The Great Escape: Heroes Underground as Narrator
2000
- Ed as Russ Burton
- Waterproof as Eli Zeal
- The Crew as Joey 'Bats' Pistella
- The Last Producer as Sonny Wexler
- Founding Fathers as Patrick Henry (voice)
- Medal of Honor as Self - Host
1999
- Stringer as Wolko
- Pups as Daniel Bender
- Mystery, Alaska as Judge Walter Burns
- Hard Time: Hostage Hotel as Det. Logan McQueen
- Hard Time: The Premonition as Det. Logan McQueen
- The Hunter's Moon as Clayton Samuels
1998
- The King of Queens as Coach Walcott
- Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms as Mentor
- Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business as Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88
- Hard Time as Det. Logan McQueen
1997
- King of the Hill as M.F. Thatherton (voice)
- Taff as self
- Boogie Nights as Jack Horner
- Bean as General Newton
- Crazy Six as Dakota
- Meet Wally Sparks as Lenny Spencer
- The Story of Bean as Self
- Big City Blues as Connor
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Raven as Jerome 'Raven' Katz
- Citizen Ruth as Blaine Gibbons
- Striptease as David Dilbeck
- The Maddening as Scudder
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- The Cherokee Kid as Otter Bob the Mountain Man
- Frankenstein and Me as Les Williams
- Mad Dog Time as 'Wacky' Jacky Jackson
- Love in Hollywood as Self
- Ruby Wax Meets
- E! True Hollywood Story
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self - Guest
- Cybill as Burt Reynolds
- Hope and Gloria as Burt Reynolds
- Amazing Grace as Josiah Carey
1994
- Duckman as Judge Keaton (voice)
- WWE WrestleMania X as Ring Announcer
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- The X-Files as Mr. Burt
- Raw as Burt Reynolds
- Cop & ½ as Nick McKenna
- The Man from Left Field as Jack Robinson
- Wind in the Wire
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- The Larry Sanders Show as Burt Reynolds
- The Player as Burt Reynolds
- The Man Upstairs ... (Executive Producer)
1991
- The New WKRP in Cincinnati
- Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... as Self - Host
- Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas as Self (archive footage)
1990
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Evening Shade as Wood Newton
- Modern Love as Colonel Frank Parker
1989
- All Dogs Go to Heaven as Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
- Breaking In as Ernie Mullins
- Physical Evidence as Joe Paris
- B.L. Stryker as B.L. Stryker
- 1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular as Self
- The Final Season as Narrator
1988
- Switching Channels as John L. Sullivan IV
- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage)
- Jackie Gleason: The Great One as Self - Bandit (archive footage)
- Mickey's 60th Birthday as Self
1987
- Out of This World as Troy Garland
- Rent-a-Cop as Tony Church
- Malone as Richard Malone
- The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson as Self
- Dolly as Self
- A Beverly Hills Christmas as Self
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1986
- Heat as Nick 'Mex' Escalante
- Uphill All the Way as Gambler (uncredited)
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self
- Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs as Self - (Visitor in Town)
1985
- The Golden Girls as Burt Reynolds (uncredited)
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ... (Director)
- Amazing Stories ... (Director)
- Stick as Stick
- Sherman's March as Self
1984
- City Heat as Mike Murphy
- Cannonball Run II as J.J. McClure
- All Star Party for Lucille Ball as Self
1983
- Stroker Ace as Stroker Ace
- Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 as The Real Bandit
- James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra as Self
- The Man Who Loved Women as David Fowler
- The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour as self
1982
- Best Friends as Richard Babson
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
- Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter as Self
1981
- The Cannonball Run as J.J. McClure
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
- Paternity as Buddy Evans
- Sharky's Machine as Tom Sharky
- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
1980
- Rough Cut as Jack Rhodes
- Smokey and the Bandit II as Bandit
- Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Lt. Dan August
- Dan August: The Jealousy Factor as Dan August
1979
- Superstunt II as Self
- Starting Over as Phil Potter
- The Orson Welles Show as Self
1978
- The End as Wendell Sonny Lawson
- Hooper as Sonny Hooper
- Mickey's 50 as Self
- The Greatest Stuntman Alive as Himself
1977
- CHiPs as Self (uncredited)
- Semi-Tough as Billy Clyde Puckett
- Smokey and the Bandit as Bo 'Bandit' Darville
1976
- Gator as Gator McKlusky
- Silent Movie as Self
- Nickelodeon as Buck Greenway
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Hustle as Lt. Phil Gaines
- Lucky Lady as Walker
- At Long Last Love as Michael Oliver Pritchard III
- W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings as W.W. Bright
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- The Longest Yard as Paul Crewe
1973
- Fade In as Rob
- Shamus as Shamus McCoy
- The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing as Jay Grobart
- White Lightning as Bobby "Gator" McKlusky
- First Aid Action as narrator
1972
- Fuzz as Det. Steve Carella
- Deliverance as Lewis Medlock
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask as Switchboard
1971
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- The Pet Set as Self
1970
- The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- Dan August as Det. Lt. Dan August
- Skullduggery as Douglas Temple
- Run, Simon, Run as Simon Zuniga
- Hunters Are for Killing as L. G. Floran
1969
- Love, American Style as Stanley Dunbar
- Sam Whiskey as Sam Whiskey
- 100 Rifles as Yaqui Joe Herrera
- Impasse as Pat Morrison
- Shark as Caine
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Various Characters
- Gentle Ben as Pilot
1966
- Navajo Joe as Joe
- Hawk as Detective Lt. John Hawk
1965
- The F.B.I. as Michael Murtaugh
- Branded as Red Hand
- Operation C.I.A. as Mark Andrews, CIA
1964
- 12 O'Clock High as Tech. Sgt. Vern Chapman
- Flipper as Al Bardeman
1962
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- Armored Command as Skee
- Angel Baby as Hoke Adams
- Everglades
1960
- Route 66 as Tommy
- The Aquanauts as Jimmy
- The Blue Angels as Chuck
- The Brothers Brannagan as Abelard
- Escape to Sonoita as Bill Davis
- Pony Express
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Rocky Rhodes
- Johnny Ringo as Tad Stuart
- Lock-Up
- Riverboat as Ben Frazer
- 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
- Playhouse 90 as Ace
1955
- Gunsmoke as Quint
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bill Davis
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1950
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self