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.
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Movies (189)
My Life As Roger Moore
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Norwood, Where Legends Were Born
2026 · Himself
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · (archive footage)
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview
2023 · Self
Commitment to Life
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Movie Money Confidential
2022 · Self
Defining Moments
2021 · Chester
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021 · Self (archive footage)
I Am Burt Reynolds
2020 · Self (archive footage)
An Innocent Kiss
2019 · Grandpa Barnes
The Last Movie Star
2018 · Vic Edwards
Shadow Fighter
2017 · Paddy Grier
Henri
2017 · George Duncan
Miami Love Affair
2017 · Robert
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017 · Self
Apple of My Eye
2017 · Charlie
The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football
2017 · Self
Shangri-La Suite
2016 · Narrator
Pocket Listing
2016 · Ron Glass
The Bandit
2016 · Self
Hollow Creek
2016 · Seagrass Lambert
Listen to Me Marlon
2015 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Magic Christmas
2014 · Buster the Dog (voice)
Category 5
2014 · Pops
Hamlet & Hutch
2014 · Papa Hutch
Reel Love
2011 · Wade Whitman
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011 · C.J. Waters
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · (archive footage)
According to Dom
2009 · Self
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
2009 · Self
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
2009 · Self
Delgo
2008 · Delgo's Father (voice)
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008 · Jefferson Steel
Deal
2008 · Tommy Vinson
En el nombre del rey
2007 · King Konreid
Randy & the Mob
2007 · Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)
Forget About It
2006 · Sam LeFleur
Broken Bridges
2006 · Jake Delton
Conspiración Descubierta
2006 · General Montgomery
Grilled
2006 · Goldbluth
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
2006 · Self
Cloud 9
2006 · Billy Cole
The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
2005 · Narrator (voice)
Los Duques de Hazzard
2005 · Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
Golpe Bajo: El Juego Final
2005 · Nate Scarborough
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
2005 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 · Self - Actor
The Librarians
2004 · Irish
Sin rumbo
2004 · Del Knox
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003 · Self
Hard Ground
2003 · John 'Chill' McKay
Gumball 3000: The Movie
2003 · Self (voice)
Miss Lettie and Me
2002 · Samuel Madison
The Hollywood Sign
2002 · Kage Mulligan
Johnson County War
2002 · Hunt Lawton
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
2002 · Narrator
Time of the Wolf
2002 · Archie McGregor
Snapshots
2002 · Larry Goldberg
Auf Herz und Nieren
2001 · Banko
The Great Escape: Heroes Underground
2001 · Narrator
Hotel
2001 · The Flamenco Manager
Alta Velocidad
2001 · Carl Henry
La tentación
2001 · Charlie LeBlanc
The Last Producer
2000 · Sonny Wexler, Director
Una banda de cuidado
2000 · Joey 'Bats' Pistella
Waterproof
2000 · Eli Zeal
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999 · Det. Logan McQueen
The Hunter's Moon
1999 · Clayton Samuels
Mystery, Alaska
1999 · Judge Walter Burns
Stringer
1999 · Wolko
Pups
1999 · Daniel Bender
Hard Time: The Premonition
1999 · Det. Logan McQueen
Hard Time
1998 · Det. Logan McQueen, Director
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
1998 · Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
1998 · Mentor
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
1998 · Director
Crazy Six
1997 · Dakota
Raven
1997 · Jerome 'Raven' Katz
Boogie Nights
1997 · Jack Horner
Big City Blues
1997 · Connor
The Story of Bean
1997 · Self
Bean
1997 · General Newton
Meet Wally Sparks
1997 · Lenny Spencer
The Cherokee Kid
1996 · Otter Bob the Mountain Man
Love in Hollywood
1996 · Self
Citizen Ruth
1996 · Blaine Gibbons
Mad Dog Time
1996 · 'Wacky' Jacky Jackson
Frankenstein and Me
1996 · Les Williams
Striptease
1996 · David Dilbeck
The Maddening
1995 · Scudder
WWE WrestleMania X
1994 · Ring Announcer
Basic Football
1994 · Self-Host
A Century of Cinema
1994 · Self
The Man from Left Field
1993 · Jack Robinson, Executive Producer, Director
Wind in the Wire
1993
Cop & ½
1993 · Nick McKenna
The Man Upstairs
1992 · Executive Producer
The Player
1992 · Burt Reynolds
A Party For Richard Pryor
1991 · Self
Picture This
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Modern Love
1990 · Colonel Frank Parker
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 · Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
Breaking In
1989 · Ernie Mullins
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
1989 · Self
The Final Season
1989 · Narrator
Physical Evidence
1989 · Joe Paris
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988 · Self
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
1988 · Self - Bandit (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Switching Channels
1988 · John L. Sullivan IV
A Beverly Hills Christmas
1987 · Self
Rent-a-Cop
1987 · Tony Church
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
Malone
1987 · Richard Malone
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
1987 · Self
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
1986 · Self - (Visitor in Town)
Heat
1986 · Nick 'Mex' Escalante
Sherman's March
1986 · Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986 · Self
Uphill All the Way
1986 · Gambler (uncredited)
All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
1985 · Self
Stick
1985 · Stick, Director
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984 · Self
City Heat
1984 · Mike Murphy
Cannonball Run II
1984 · J.J. McClure
The Man Who Loved Women
1983 · David Fowler
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983 · Self
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
1983 · The Real Bandit
Stroker Ace
1983 · Stroker Ace
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Self
Best Friends
1982 · Richard Babson
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982 · Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
The Best Little Special In Texas
1982
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982 · Self
Sharky's Machine
1981 · Tom Sharky, Director
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981 · Self
Paternity
1981 · Buddy Evans
The Cannonball Run
1981 · J.J. McClure
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980 · Dan August
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980 · Bandit
Rough Cut
1980 · Jack Rhodes
Don Siegel: Last of the Independents
1980 · Self
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980 · Lt. Dan August
Starting Over
1979 · Phil Potter
Superstunt II
1979 · Self
The Orson Welles Show
1979 · Self
Mickey's 50
1978 · Self
Hooper
1978 · Sonny Hooper, Producer
The End
1978 · Wendell Sonny Lawson, Director
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
1978 · Himself
Semi-Tough
1977 · Billy Clyde Puckett
Superstunt
1977
Smokey and the Bandit
1977 · Bandit
Nickelodeon
1976 · Buck Greenway
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · (archive footage)
Gator
1976 · Gator McKlusky, Director
Silent Movie
1976 · Burt Reynolds
Hustle
1975 · Lt. Phil Gaines, Executive Producer
Lucky Lady
1975 · Walker
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
1975 · W.W. Bright
At Long Last Love
1975 · Michael Oliver Pritchard III
The Longest Yard
1974 · Paul Crewe
Fade In
1973 · Rob
White Lightning
1973 · Bobby "Gator" McKlusky
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973 · Jay Grobart
Shamus
1973 · Shamus McCoy
First Aid Action
1973 · narrator
Deliverance
1972 · Lewis Medlock
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972 · Switchboard
Fuzz
1972 · Det. Steve Carella
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'
1972 · Self
Run, Simon, Run
1970 · Simon Zuniga
Hunters Are for Killing
1970 · L. G. Floran
Skullduggery
1970 · Douglas Temple
Shark
1969 · Caine
Impasse
1969 · Pat Morrison
Sam Whiskey
1969 · Sam Whiskey
100 Rifles
1969 · Yaqui Joe Herrera
Navajo Joe
1966 · Joe
Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations
1966 · Red Hand
Operation C.I.A.
1965 · Mark Andrews, CIA
Armored Command
1961 · Skee
Angel Baby
1961 · Hoke Adams
Escape to Sonoita
1960 · Bill Davis
The Velvet Alley
1959 · The Actor
B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch
· B.L. Stryker
TV shows (97)
Steve
2017 · Self
In Sanity, Florida
2017 · Burt Reynolds, retired movie star
The American West
2016 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
El Dúo Mecánico
2012 · Self
Conan
2010 · Self
30 for 30
2009
Archer
2009 · Burt Reynolds (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Operación Miami
2007 · Paul Anderson
The Reichen Show
2005 · Self - Guest
Freddie
2005 · Carl
Mi nombre es Earl
2005 · Chubby
Pollo Robot
2005 · J.J. McClure / Burt Reynolds (voice)
American Dad!
2005 · Senator Buckingham (voice)
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Duck Dodgers
2003 · Royal Serpenti (voice)
V Graham Norton
2002 · Self
Emeril
2001
History vs. Hollywood
2001 · Narrator, Narrator (voice)
Founding Fathers
2000 · Patrick Henry (voice)
Medal of Honor
2000 · Self - Host
Ed
2000 · Russ Burton
The King of Queens
1998 · Coach Walcott
Taff
1997 · self
King of the Hill
1997 · M.F. Thatherton (voice)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
TFI Friday
1996
Ruby Wax Meets
1996
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self - Guest
Amazing Grace
1995 · Josiah Carey
Hope and Gloria
1995 · Burt Reynolds
Cybill
1995 · Burt Reynolds
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Duckman
1994 · Judge Keaton (voice)
The X-Files
1993 · Mr. Burt
Raw
1993 · Burt Reynolds
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Burt Reynolds
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991 · Director
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991 · Self - Host
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990 · Burt Reynolds
Evening Shade
1990 · Wood Newton, Director
The Word
1990
B.L. Stryker
1989 · B.L. Stryker, Director
Dolly
1987 · Self
Out of This World
1987 · Troy Garland
Amazing Stories
1985 · Director
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Director
The Golden Girls
1985 · Burt Reynolds (uncredited)
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
1983 · self
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
CHiPs
1977 · Self (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Host
Dinah!
1974 · Self
Film '72
1971 · Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
The Pet Set
1971 · Self
Dan August
1970 · Det. Lt. Dan August
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
Love, American Style
1969 · Stanley Dunbar
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self - Various Characters, Self - Guest / Various Characters
Gentle Ben
1967 · Pilot
Hawk
1966 · Detective Lt. John Hawk, Director
The F.B.I.
1965 · Michael Murtaugh, John Duquesne
Branded
1965 · Red Hand
Flipper
1964 · Al Bardeman
12 O'Clock High
1964 · Tech. Sgt. Vern Chapman
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self, Self - Guest Host
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host, Self - Guest
Everglades
1961
Route 66
1960 · Tommy
The Blue Angels
1960 · Corman, Chuck
The Brothers Brannagan
1960 · Abelard
The Aquanauts
1960 · Jimmy
Pony Express
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Rocky Rhodes
Johnny Ringo
1959 · Tad Stuart
Lock-Up
1959
Riverboat
1959 · Ben Frazer
Naked City
1958 · Young Man
Perry Mason
1957 · Chuck Blair
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Branch Taylor
Playhouse 90
1956 · Ace
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Bill Davis
Gunsmoke
1955 · Quint
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self