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Burt Reynolds

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1936-02-11

Day of Death

2018-09-06

Place of Birth

Lansing, Michigan, USA

Burt Reynolds

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 (178)

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Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

2025
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview

2023
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Commitment to Life

2023
⭐ 7.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022
⭐ 5.5 Role: Self

Movie Money Confidential

2022
⭐ 5.0 Role: Chester

Defining Moments

2021
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021
⭐ 7.1 Role: Self (archive footage)

I Am Burt Reynolds

2020
⭐ 6.0 Role: Grandpa Barnes

An Innocent Kiss

2019
⭐ 6.5 Role: Vic Edwards

The Last Movie Star

2018
⭐ 4.6 Role: Paddy Grier

Shadow Fighter

2017
⭐ 2.0 Role: George Duncan

Henri

2017
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Miami Love Affair

2017
⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

2017
⭐ 6.8 Role: Charlie

Apple of My Eye

2017