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.
Filmography (39)
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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
End Game
The Longest Yard
The Dukes of Hazzard
Without a Paddle
Driven
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
Boogie Nights
Bean
Striptease
Citizen Ruth
Cop & ½
The Player
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Switching Channels
Malone
Uphill All the Way
Stick
Cannonball Run II
City Heat
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Cannonball Run
Sharky's Machine
Smokey and the Bandit II
Rough Cut
Starting Over
Hooper
Smokey and the Bandit
Silent Movie
Nickelodeon
Gator
The Longest Yard
White Lightning
Shamus
Deliverance
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
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