
Burt Reynolds
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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.
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Known For

Raw

Gunsmoke

The F.B.I.

Perry Mason

CHiPs

Golden Globe Awards

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Twilight Zone

King of the Hill

E! True Hollywood Story

Beverly Hills, 90210

The X-Files

Route 66

Robot Chicken

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Golden Girls

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Saturday Night Live

The King of Queens

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Larry Sanders Show

American Dad!

The Carol Burnett Show

Cybill

Archer

The Oscars

The Flip Wilson Show

Branded

Burn Notice

Johnny Ringo

My Name Is Earl

The Aquanauts

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Daily Show

Playhouse 90

Entertainment Tonight

30 for 30

Flipper

Emeril

Ed

Hope and Gloria

Silent Movie

The American West

Gentle Ben

Bean

Without a Paddle

Broken Bridges

Riverboat

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

The Dukes of Hazzard

The Longest Yard

The Cherokee Kid

Striptease

Boogie Nights

Deliverance

Michael Shayne

Starting Over

Hustle

Fade In

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Cannonball Run II

Evening Shade

Smokey and the Bandit

Rough Cut

The Cannonball Run

Paternity

The Longest Yard

Hooper

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Navajo Joe
Production Credits
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