Burt Reynolds
Acting • Born 1936-02-11 – Died 2018-09-06
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
268 credits
Bean
Movie • 1997
General Newton
First Aid Action
Movie • 1973
narrator
Frankenstein and Me
Movie • 1996
Les Williams
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Movie • 2007
King Konreid
Deliverance
Movie • 1972
Lewis Medlock
The Player
Movie • 1992
Burt Reynolds
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
Movie • 1988
Self - Bandit (archive footage)
Driven
Movie • 2001
Carl Henry
At Long Last Love
Movie • 1975
Michael Oliver Pritchard III
Silent Movie
Movie • 1976
Self
Smokey and the Bandit
Movie • 1977
Bo 'Bandit' Darville
Fuzz
Movie • 1972
Det. Steve Carella
Semi-Tough
Movie • 1977
Billy Clyde Puckett
Run, Simon, Run
Movie • 1970
Simon Zuniga
White Lightning
Movie • 1973
Bobby "Gator" McKlusky
The Longest Yard
Movie • 1974
Paul Crewe
Boogie Nights
Movie • 1997
Jack Horner
Shark
Movie • 1969
Caine
Shamus
Movie • 1973
Shamus McCoy
Hustle
Movie • 1975
Lt. Phil Gaines
Delgo
Movie • 2008
Delgo's Father (voice)
Gator
Movie • 1976
Gator McKlusky
Deal
Movie • 2008
Tommy Vinson
WWE WrestleMania X
Movie • 1994
Ring Announcer
Superstunt II
Movie • 1979
Self
Navajo Joe
Movie • 1966
Joe
The Cannonball Run
Movie • 1981
J.J. McClure
The Dukes of Hazzard
Movie • 2005
Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
Grilled
Movie • 2006
Goldbluth
Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview
Movie • 2023
Self
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Movie • 1972
Switchboard
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
Movie • 1980
Dan August
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Movie • 1989
Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
Cannonball Run II
Movie • 1984
J.J. McClure
Sam Whiskey
Movie • 1969
Sam Whiskey
Stick
Movie • 1985
Stick
Cop & ½
Movie • 1993
Nick McKenna
End Game
Movie • 2006
General Montgomery
The Longest Yard
Movie • 2005
Coach Nate Scarborough
Smokey and the Bandit II
Movie • 1980
Bandit
Switching Channels
Movie • 1988
John L. Sullivan IV
Striptease
Movie • 1996
David Dilbeck
Malone
Movie • 1987
Richard Malone
Broken Bridges
Movie • 2006
Jake Delton
Meet Wally Sparks
Movie • 1997
Lenny Spencer
Citizen Ruth
Movie • 1996
Blaine Gibbons
Gumball 3000: The Movie
Movie • 2003
Self (voice)
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
Movie • 2005
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hard Ground
Movie • 2003
John 'Chill' McKay
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
Movie • 1999
Det. Logan McQueen
The End
Movie • 1978
Wendell Sonny Lawson
Physical Evidence
Movie • 1989
Joe Paris
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Movie • 1973
Jay Grobart
Heat
Movie • 1986
Nick 'Mex' Escalante
Sharky's Machine
Movie • 1981
Tom Sharky
Raven
Movie • 1996
Jerome 'Raven' Katz
100 Rifles
Movie • 1969
Yaqui Joe Herrera
Mystery, Alaska
Movie • 1999
Judge Walter Burns
Hooper
Movie • 1978
Sonny Hooper
Best Friends
Movie • 1982
Richard Babson
City Heat
Movie • 1984
Mike Murphy
Mad Dog Time
Movie • 1996
'Wacky' Jacky Jackson
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Movie • 1975
W.W. Bright
Cloud 9
Movie • 2006
Billy Cole
A Bunch of Amateurs
Movie • 2008
Jefferson Steel
Love in Hollywood
Movie • 1996
Self
Waterproof
Movie • 2000
Eli Zeal
Big City Blues
Movie • 1997
Connor
Rough Cut
Movie • 1980
Jack Rhodes
Rent-a-Cop
Movie • 1987
Tony Church
Breaking In
Movie • 1989
Ernie Mullins
Tempted
Movie • 2001
Charlie LeBlanc
Time of the Wolf
Movie • 2002
Archie McGregor
The Crew
Movie • 2000
Joey 'Bats' Pistella
Picture This
Movie • 1991
Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Loved Women
Movie • 1983
David Fowler
Stroker Ace
Movie • 1983
Stroker Ace
Paternity
Movie • 1981
Buddy Evans
Starting Over
Movie • 1979
Phil Potter
Johnson County War
Movie • 2002
Hunt Lawton
Not Another Not Another Movie
Movie • 2011
C.J. Waters
Pups
Movie • 1999
Daniel Bender
Fade In
Movie • 1973
Rob
Reel Love
Movie • 2011
Wade Whitman
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Movie • 1984
Self
Lucky Lady
Movie • 1975
Walker
The Man from Left Field
Movie • 1993
Jack Robinson
Nickelodeon
Movie • 1976
Buck Greenway
Impasse
Movie • 1969
Pat Morrison
Operation C.I.A.
Movie • 1965
Mark Andrews, CIA
The Hollywood Sign
Movie • 2002
Kage Mulligan
Snapshots
Movie • 2002
Larry Goldberg
Angel Baby
Movie • 1961
Hoke Adams
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie • 2005
Self - Actor
The Maddening
Movie • 1996
Scudder
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Movie • 1982
Self
Stringer
Movie • 1999
Wolko
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
The Hunter's Moon
Movie • 1999
Clayton Samuels
Movie Money Confidential
Movie • 2022
Self
The Librarians
Movie • 2004
Irish
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
Movie • 1989
Self
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
Movie • 1987
Self
Crazy Six
Movie • 1997
Dakota
Hard Time
Movie • 1998
Det. Logan McQueen
The Final Season
Movie • 1989
Narrator
Hotel
Movie • 2001
The Flamenco Manager
Skullduggery
Movie • 1970
Douglas Temple
Hunters Are for Killing
Movie • 1970
L. G. Floran
The Last Producer
Movie • 2000
Sonny Wexler
A Beverly Hills Christmas
Movie • 1987
Self
Auf Herz und Nieren
Movie • 2001
Banko
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
Movie • 1998
Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88
Escape to Sonoita
Movie • 1960
Bill Davis
Category 5
Movie • 2014
Pops
Modern Love
Movie • 1990
Colonel Frank Parker
A Magic Christmas
Movie • 2014
Buster the Dog (voice)
Forget About It
Movie • 2006
Sam LeFleur
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Movie • 1983
Self
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
Movie • 2009
Self
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Armored Command
Movie • 1961
Skee
Hard Time: The Premonition
Movie • 1999
Det. Logan McQueen
Without a Paddle
Movie • 2004
Del Knox
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Movie • 2017
Self
The Cherokee Kid
Movie • 1996
Otter Bob the Mountain Man
Hollow Creek
Movie • 2016
Seagrass Lambert
Pocket Listing
Movie • 2016
Ron Glass
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Movie • 2010
(archive footage)
Wind in the Wire
Movie • 1993
Sherman's March
Movie • 1985
Self
Randy & the Mob
Movie • 2007
Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Movie
Self
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Movie • 1988
Self
Apple of My Eye
Movie • 2017
Charlie
The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football
Movie • 2017
Self
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
Movie • 1998
Mentor
Miami Love Affair
Movie • 2017
Robert
Miss Lettie and Me
Movie • 2002
Samuel Madison
The Last Movie Star
Movie • 2018
Vic Edwards
The Velvet Alley
Movie • 1959
The Actor
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
Movie • 1986
Self - (Visitor in Town)
Uphill All the Way
Movie • 1986
Gambler (uncredited)
The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)
The Orson Welles Show
Movie • 1979
Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Movie • 1986
Self
Shadow Fighter
Movie • 2017
Paddy Grier
The Bandit
Movie • 2016
Self
Hamlet & Hutch
Movie • 2014
Papa Hutch
Shangri-La Suite
Movie • 2016
Narrator
With Friends Like These
Movie
Jackson Hammond
Henri
Movie • 2017
George Duncan
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Movie • 1980
Lt. Dan August
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Movie • 2003
Self
Mickey's 50
Movie • 1978
Self
An Innocent Kiss
Movie • 2019
Grandpa Barnes
The Story of Bean
Movie • 1997
Self
The Great Escape: Heroes Underground
Movie • 2001
Narrator
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Movie • 1982
Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Movie • 1981
Self
I Am Burt Reynolds
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
Self
Defining Moments
Movie • 2021
Chester
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Movie • 1983
The Real Bandit
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
Movie • 2002
Narrator
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
Movie • 1978
Himself
According to Dom
Movie • 2009
Self
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch
Movie
B.L. Stryker
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
Movie • 2009
Self
Basic Football
Movie • 1994
Self-Host
Superstunt
Movie • 1977
Duckman
TV • 1994
Judge Keaton (voice)
Freddie
TV • 2005
Carl
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Evening Shade
TV • 1990
Wood Newton
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Senator Buckingham (voice)
Robot Chicken
TV • 2005
Out of This World
TV • 1987
Troy Garland
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV • 1990
Burt Reynolds
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Michael Murtaugh
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Burt Reynolds (uncredited)
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Chubby
Ed
TV • 2000
Russ Burton
Route 66
TV • 1960
Tommy
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Cybill
TV • 1995
Burt Reynolds
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Naked City
TV • 1958
Young Man
History vs. Hollywood
TV • 2001
Narrator
Burn Notice
TV • 2007
Paul Anderson
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Chuck Blair
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Quint
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Mr. Burt
The King of Queens
TV • 1998
Coach Walcott
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Rocky Rhodes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Bill Davis
Everglades
TV • 1961
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1991
Dan August
TV • 1970
Det. Lt. Dan August
The Aquanauts
TV • 1960
Jimmy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
The Flip Wilson Show
TV • 1970
Self
Branded
TV • 1965
Red Hand
Lock-Up
TV • 1959
Riverboat
TV • 1959
Ben Frazer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Branch Taylor
Johnny Ringo
TV • 1959
Tad Stuart
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
The Blue Angels
TV • 1960
Corman
The Blue Angels
TV • 1960
Chuck
Amazing Grace
TV • 1995
Josiah Carey
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Pony Express
TV • 1960
The Brothers Brannagan
TV • 1960
Abelard
Hawk
TV • 1966
Detective Lt. John Hawk
Gentle Ben
TV • 1967
Pilot
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
B.L. Stryker
TV • 1989
B.L. Stryker
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Burt Reynolds
Raw
TV • 1993
Burt Reynolds
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV • 1995
Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
Duck Dodgers
TV • 2003
Royal Serpenti (voice)
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
John Duquesne
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self - Guest Host
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
TV • 1991
Self - Host
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Guest
Flipper
TV • 1964
Al Bardeman
The American West
TV • 2016
Self
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
Medal of Honor
TV • 2000
Self - Host
In Sanity, Florida
TV • 2017
Burt Reynolds, retired movie star
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Ace
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Archer
TV • 2009
Burt Reynolds (voice)
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
12 O'Clock High
TV • 1964
Tech. Sgt. Vern Chapman
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Various Characters
Hope and Gloria
TV • 1995
Burt Reynolds
Founding Fathers
TV • 2000
Patrick Henry (voice)
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
M.F. Thatherton (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Self (uncredited)
The Pet Set
TV • 1971
Self
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Stanley Dunbar
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Self
Ruby Wax Meets
TV • 1996
Emeril
TV • 2001
30 for 30
TV • 2009
Taff
TV • 1997
self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self
Dolly
TV • 1987
Self
Robot Chicken
TV • 2005
J.J. McClure / Burt Reynolds (voice)
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
TV • 1983
self
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self