Burt Reynolds
Born February 11, 1936 (Age: 90)
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Lansing, Michigan, USA
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.
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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Filmography
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 84
Shangri-La Suite
2016
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as Narrator
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Age: 80
According to Dom
2009
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as Self
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Age: 73
Delgo
2008
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as Delgo's Father (voice)
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Age: 72
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
2007
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as King Konreid
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Age: 71
Broken Bridges
2006
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as Jake Delton
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Age: 70
End Game
2006
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as General Montgomery
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Age: 70
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
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as Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
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Age: 69
The Longest Yard
2005
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as Coach Nate Scarborough
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Age: 69
Without a Paddle
2004
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as Del Knox
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Age: 68
Driven
2001
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as Carl Henry
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Age: 65
The Last Producer
2000
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as Sonny Wexler
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Age: 64
The Crew
2000
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as Joey 'Bats' Pistella
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Age: 64
Waterproof
2000
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as Eli Zeal
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Age: 63
Mystery, Alaska
1999
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as Judge Walter Burns
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Age: 63
Boogie Nights
1997
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as Jack Horner
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Age: 61
Bean
1997
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as General Newton
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Age: 61
Meet Wally Sparks
1997
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as Lenny Spencer
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Age: 60
Love in Hollywood
1996
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as Self
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Age: 60
Citizen Ruth
1996
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as Blaine Gibbons
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Age: 60
Mad Dog Time
1996
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as 'Wacky' Jacky Jackson
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Age: 60
Striptease
1996
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as David Dilbeck
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Age: 60
Basic Football
1994
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as Self-Host
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Age: 57
Cop & ½
1993
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as Nick McKenna
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Age: 57
The Player
1992
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as Burt Reynolds
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Age: 56
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989
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as Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
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Age: 53
Physical Evidence
1989
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as Joe Paris
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Age: 52
Switching Channels
1988
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as John L. Sullivan IV
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Age: 52
Heat
1986
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as Nick 'Mex' Escalante
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Age: 50
City Heat
1984
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as Mike Murphy
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Age: 48
Cannonball Run II
1984
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as J.J. McClure
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Age: 48
The Man Who Loved Women
1983
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as David Fowler
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Age: 47
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
1983
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as The Real Bandit
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Age: 47
Stroker Ace
1983
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as Stroker Ace
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Age: 47
Best Friends
1982
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as Richard Babson
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Age: 46
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
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as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
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Age: 46
Sharky's Machine
1981
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as Tom Sharky
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Age: 45
Paternity
1981
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as Buddy Evans
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Age: 45
The Cannonball Run
1981
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as J.J. McClure
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Age: 45
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
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as Bandit
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Age: 44
Rough Cut
1980
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as Jack Rhodes
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Age: 44
Starting Over
1979
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as Phil Potter
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Age: 43
Mickey's 50
1978
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as Self
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Age: 42
Hooper
1978
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as Sonny Hooper
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Age: 42
The End
1978
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as Wendell Sonny Lawson
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Age: 42
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
1978
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as Himself
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Age: 41
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Superstunt
1977
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as
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Age: 41
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
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as Bo 'Bandit' Darville
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Age: 41
Gator
1976
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as Gator McKlusky
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Age: 40
Silent Movie
1976
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as Self
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Age: 40
Lucky Lady
1975
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as Walker
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Age: 39
Hustle
1975
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as Lt. Phil Gaines
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Age: 39
At Long Last Love
1975
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as Michael Oliver Pritchard III
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Age: 39
The Longest Yard
1974
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as Paul Crewe
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Age: 38
Deliverance
1972
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as Lewis Medlock
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Age: 36
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
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as Switchboard
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Age: 36
Armored Command
1961
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as Skee
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Age: 25
Angel Baby
1961
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as Hoke Adams
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Age: 25
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Escape to Sonoita
1960
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as Bill Davis
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Age: 24
The Velvet Alley
1959
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as The Actor
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Age: 22