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