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
- Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview as Self
- Commitment to Life as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
- Movie Money Confidential as Self
2021
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- Defining Moments as Chester
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
- Steve as Self
- John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
- Apple of My Eye as Charlie
- In Sanity, Florida as Burt Reynolds, retired movie star
- Henri as George Duncan
- Shadow Fighter as Paddy Grier
- Miami Love Affair as Robert
- The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football as Self
2016
- The American West as Self
- Shangri-La Suite as Narrator
- Pocket Listing as Ron Glass
- Hollow Creek as Seagrass Lambert
- The Bandit as Self
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Listen to Me Marlon as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Category 5 as Pops
- A Magic Christmas as Buster the Dog (voice)
- Hamlet & Hutch as Papa Hutch
2011
- Not Another Not Another Movie as C.J. Waters
- Reel Love as Wade Whitman
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
- Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales as Self
2008
- Delgo as Delgo's Father (voice)
- Deal as Tommy Vinson
- A Bunch of Amateurs as Jefferson Steel
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
- End Game as General Montgomery
- Grilled as Goldbluth
- Cloud 9 as Billy Cole
- Broken Bridges as Jake Delton
- Forget About It as Sam LeFleur
- Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit as Self
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 Legend of Frosty the Snowman as Narrator (voice)
- The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self - Actor
- Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May as Self - Narrator (voice)
2004
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Bo 'Bandit' Darville (uncredited/archive footage)
- Without a Paddle as Del Knox
- The Librarians as Irish
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Duck Dodgers as Royal Serpenti (voice)
- Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
- Hard Ground as John 'Chill' McKay
- Gumball 3000: The Movie as Self (voice)
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
- Johnson County War as Hunt Lawton
- Time of the Wolf as Archie McGregor
- The Hollywood Sign as Kage Mulligan
- Snapshots as Larry Goldberg
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time as Narrator
- Miss Lettie and Me as Samuel Madison
2001
- Driven as Carl Henry
- Emeril
- Hotel as The Flamenco Manager
- History vs. Hollywood as Narrator
- Tempted as Charlie LeBlanc
- The Great Escape: Heroes Underground as Narrator
- Auf Herz und Nieren as Banko
2000
- Ed as Russ Burton
- Founding Fathers as Patrick Henry (voice)
- The Crew as Joey 'Bats' Pistella
- The Last Producer as Sonny Wexler
- Medal of Honor as Self - Host
- Waterproof as Eli Zeal
1999
- Mystery, Alaska as Judge Walter Burns
- Hard Time: Hostage Hotel as Det. Logan McQueen
- Pups as Daniel Bender
- Stringer as Wolko
- The Hunter's Moon as Clayton Samuels
- Hard Time: The Premonition as Det. Logan McQueen
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
- Meet Wally Sparks as Lenny Spencer
- Crazy Six as Dakota
- Big City Blues as Connor
- The Story of Bean as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Striptease as David Dilbeck
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- Raven as Jerome 'Raven' Katz
- Ruby Wax Meets
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Mad Dog Time as 'Wacky' Jacky Jackson
- Citizen Ruth as Blaine Gibbons
- The Cherokee Kid as Otter Bob the Mountain Man
- Frankenstein and Me as Les Williams
- The Maddening as Scudder
- Love in Hollywood as Self
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)
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- WWE WrestleMania X as Ring Announcer
- Basic Football as Self-Host
1993
- The X-Files as Mr. Burt
- Raw as Burt Reynolds
- Cop & ½ as Nick McKenna
- Wind in the Wire
- The Man from Left Field as Jack Robinson
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 as Self (archive footage)
1990
- Beverly Hills, 90210 as Burt Reynolds
- Evening Shade as Wood Newton
- Modern Love as Colonel Frank Parker
1989
- All Dogs Go to Heaven as Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
- B.L. Stryker as B.L. Stryker
- Physical Evidence as Joe Paris
- Breaking In as Ernie Mullins
- 1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular as Self
- The Final Season as Narrator
1988
- Switching Channels as John L. Sullivan IV
- Mickey's 60th Birthday as Self
- 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)
1987
- Out of This World as Troy Garland
- Dolly as Self
- Malone as Richard Malone
- Rent-a-Cop as Tony Church
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson as Self
- A Beverly Hills Christmas as Self
1986
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self
- Heat as Nick 'Mex' Escalante
- Uphill All the Way as Gambler (uncredited)
- Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs as Self - (Visitor in Town)
1985
- The Golden Girls as Burt Reynolds (uncredited)
- Amazing Stories ... (Director)
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ... (Director)
- Stick as Stick
- Sherman's March as Self
1984
- Cannonball Run II as J.J. McClure
- City Heat as Mike Murphy
- All Star Party for Lucille Ball as Self
1983
- Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 as The Real Bandit
- The Man Who Loved Women as David Fowler
- James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- Stroker Ace as Stroker Ace
- All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra as Self
- The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour as self
1982
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
- Best Friends as Richard Babson
- Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter as Self
- The Best Little Special In Texas
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
- The Cannonball Run as J.J. McClure
- Sharky's Machine as Tom Sharky
- Paternity as Buddy Evans
- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
1980
- Smokey and the Bandit II as Bandit
- Rough Cut as Jack Rhodes
- Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Lt. Dan August
- Dan August: The Jealousy Factor as Dan August
1979
- Starting Over as Phil Potter
- The Orson Welles Show as Self
- Superstunt II as Self
1978
- Hooper as Sonny Hooper
- The End as Wendell Sonny Lawson
- Mickey's 50 as Self
- The Greatest Stuntman Alive as Himself
1977
- CHiPs as Self (uncredited)
- Smokey and the Bandit as Bo 'Bandit' Darville
- Semi-Tough as Billy Clyde Puckett
- Superstunt
1976
- Silent Movie as Self
- Gator as Gator McKlusky
- Nickelodeon as Buck Greenway
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self (archive footage)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- People's Choice Awards 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
- White Lightning as Bobby "Gator" McKlusky
- Shamus as Shamus McCoy
- The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing as Jay Grobart
- Fade In as Rob
- First Aid Action as narrator
1972
- Deliverance as Lewis Medlock
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask as Switchboard
- Fuzz as Det. Steve Carella
- The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance' as Self
1971
- Film '72 as Self
- 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
- 100 Rifles as Yaqui Joe Herrera
- Sam Whiskey as Sam Whiskey
- Shark as Caine
- Impasse as Pat Morrison
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Various Characters
- Gentle Ben as Pilot
1966
- Hawk as Detective Lt. John Hawk
- Navajo Joe as Joe
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
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- Everglades
- Angel Baby as Hoke Adams
- Armored Command as Skee
1960
- Route 66 as Tommy
- The Aquanauts as Jimmy
- The Brothers Brannagan as Abelard
- The Blue Angels as Chuck
- Pony Express
- Escape to Sonoita as Bill Davis
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Rocky Rhodes
- Lock-Up
- Riverboat as Ben Frazer
- Johnny Ringo as Tad Stuart
- 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