Burt Reynolds

ActorDirectorProducer Feb 11 (died age 82) Lansing, Michigan, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Boogie Nights

Jack Horner

Film

The Longest Yard

Coach Nate Scarborough

Film

Deliverance

Lewis Medlock

Film

Bean

General Newton

Film

The Player

Burt Reynolds

Film

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Charlie B. Barkin (voice)

Film

Smokey and the Bandit

Bo 'Bandit' Darville

Film

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

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Filmography

Acting (262)

Movies (173)

Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

2025

as Self (archive footage)

Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview

2023

as Self

8.0

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Movie Money Confidential

as Self

Defining Moments

as Chester

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

I Am Burt Reynolds

2020

as Self (archive footage)

An Innocent Kiss

as Grandpa Barnes

The Last Movie Star

as Vic Edwards

Apple of My Eye

as Charlie

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

2017

as Self

6.7

The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football

2017

as Self

Miami Love Affair

2017

as Robert

Henri

as George Duncan

Shadow Fighter

as Paddy Grier

Pocket Listing

as Ron Glass

Shangri-La Suite

as Narrator

Hollow Creek

as Seagrass Lambert

The Bandit

as Self

Hamlet & Hutch

as Papa Hutch

Category 5

as Pops

A Magic Christmas

as Buster the Dog (voice)

4.9

Reel Love

2011

as Wade Whitman

5.6

Not Another Not Another Movie

2011

as C.J. Waters

3.2

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

as (archive footage)

6.1

According to Dom

2009

as Self

Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales

2009

as Self

Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

2009

as Self

7.0

Delgo

2008

as Delgo's Father (voice)

A Bunch of Amateurs

as Jefferson Steel

Deal

as Tommy Vinson

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

2007

as King Konreid

4.8

Randy & the Mob

2007

as Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)

4.3

End Game

2006

as General Montgomery

Grilled

as Goldbluth

Broken Bridges

as Jake Delton

Forget About It

as Sam LeFleur

Cloud 9

as Billy Cole

The Dukes of Hazzard

as Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg

5.6

The Longest Yard

2005

as Coach Nate Scarborough

6.7

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

as Self - Actor

7.8

The Legend of Frosty the Snowman

2005

as Narrator (voice)

5.4

Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May

2005

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Without a Paddle

as Del Knox

The Librarians

as Irish

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

2003

as Self

5.0

Hard Ground

2003

as John 'Chill' McKay

4.1

Gumball 3000: The Movie

as Self (voice)

Johnson County War

as Hunt Lawton

Snapshots

as Larry Goldberg

Miss Lettie and Me

as Samuel Madison

The Hollywood Sign

as Kage Mulligan

Time of the Wolf

as Archie McGregor

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time

as Narrator

Driven

as Carl Henry

The Great Escape: Heroes Underground

2001

as Narrator

Hotel

2001

as The Flamenco Manager

Tempted

as Charlie LeBlanc

Auf Herz und Nieren

as Banko

The Crew

as Joey 'Bats' Pistella

Waterproof

as Eli Zeal

The Last Producer

as Sonny Wexler

Hard Time: The Premonition

1999

as Det. Logan McQueen

The Hunter's Moon

as Clayton Samuels

Pups

as Daniel Bender

Stringer

as Wolko

Mystery, Alaska

as Judge Walter Burns

6.3

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

1999

as Det. Logan McQueen

6.8

Hard Time

1998

as Det. Logan McQueen

5.5

Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms

1998

as Mentor

4.2

Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business

1998

as Mentor / CIA Deputy Director / GR88

Boogie Nights

as Jack Horner

Bean

as General Newton

Meet Wally Sparks

as Lenny Spencer

Crazy Six

as Dakota

Big City Blues

as Connor

The Story of Bean

as Self

Striptease

as David Dilbeck

The Maddening

as Scudder

Mad Dog Time

as 'Wacky' Jacky Jackson

Frankenstein and Me

as Les Williams

Raven

as Jerome 'Raven' Katz

4.3

The Cherokee Kid

1996

as Otter Bob the Mountain Man

Citizen Ruth

as Blaine Gibbons

Love in Hollywood

as Self

WWE WrestleMania X

as Ring Announcer

Cop & ½

as Nick McKenna

The Man from Left Field

as Jack Robinson

Wind in the Wire

The Player

as Burt Reynolds

Picture This

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Modern Love

1990

as Colonel Frank Parker

3.8

All Dogs Go to Heaven

1989

as Charlie B. Barkin (voice)

Physical Evidence

as Joe Paris

Breaking In

as Ernie Mullins

The Final Season

as Narrator

1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular

1989

as Self

Switching Channels

1988

as John L. Sullivan IV

6.1

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

as Self

6.6

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

1988

as Self - Bandit (archive footage)

8.0

A Beverly Hills Christmas

1987

as Self

3.5

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

as Self

Rent-a-Cop

as Tony Church

Malone

as Richard Malone

The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson

1987

as Self

Heat

1986

as Nick 'Mex' Escalante

5.7

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

1986

as Self - (Visitor in Town)

3.0

Uphill All the Way

1986

as Gambler (uncredited)

4.3

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

as Self

Stick

as Stick

Sherman's March

as Self

Cannonball Run II

as J.J. McClure

City Heat

as Mike Murphy

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

as Self

Stroker Ace

as Stroker Ace

The Man Who Loved Women

1983

as David Fowler

4.7

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

1983

as The Real Bandit

4.4

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983

as Self

5.0

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

1983

as Self

6.0

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter

1982

as Self

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

1982

as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd

Best Friends

as Richard Babson

The Cannonball Run

as J.J. McClure

Paternity

as Buddy Evans

Sharky's Machine

as Tom Sharky

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

as Self

Rough Cut

as Jack Rhodes

Smokey and the Bandit II

1980

as Bandit

5.6

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

1980

as Lt. Dan August

4.0

Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

1980

as Dan August

2.0

The Orson Welles Show

1979

as Self

6.0

Superstunt II

1979

as Self

Starting Over

as Phil Potter

Hooper

as Sonny Hooper

The End

as Wendell Sonny Lawson

5.5

Mickey's 50

1978

as Self

The Greatest Stuntman Alive

1978

as Himself

Smokey and the Bandit

1977

as Bo 'Bandit' Darville

7.0

Semi-Tough

1977

as Billy Clyde Puckett

Silent Movie

as Self

Gator

as Gator McKlusky

Nickelodeon

as Buck Greenway

Lucky Lady

as Walker

Hustle

as Lt. Phil Gaines

At Long Last Love

as Michael Oliver Pritchard III

5.1

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

as W.W. Bright

The Longest Yard

as Paul Crewe

White Lightning

as Bobby "Gator" McKlusky

6.1

Shamus

1973

as Shamus McCoy

6.1

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

as Jay Grobart

Fade In

as Rob

First Aid Action

as narrator

Deliverance

1972

as Lewis Medlock

7.3

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

1972

as Switchboard

6.5

Fuzz

1972

as Det. Steve Carella

5.4

The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'

1972

as Self

Skullduggery

as Douglas Temple

Run, Simon, Run

as Simon Zuniga

Hunters Are for Killing

as L. G. Floran

100 Rifles

as Yaqui Joe Herrera

Sam Whiskey

as Sam Whiskey

Impasse

as Pat Morrison

Shark

as Caine

Navajo Joe

as Joe

Operation C.I.A.

as Mark Andrews, CIA

Armored Command

as Skee

Angel Baby

as Hoke Adams

Escape to Sonoita

as Bill Davis

The Velvet Alley

as The Actor

Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit

as Self

With Friends Like These

as Jackson Hammond

B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch

as B.L. Stryker

Television (89)

In Sanity, Florida

2017

as Burt Reynolds, retired movie star

The American West

2016

as Self

6.7

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

Archer

2009

as Burt Reynolds (voice)

30 for 30

Burn Notice

as Paul Anderson

American Dad!

as Senator Buckingham (voice)

Robot Chicken

My Name Is Earl

as Chubby

The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

Freddie

as Carl

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

Duck Dodgers

2003

as Royal Serpenti (voice)

7.4

V Graham Norton

2002

as Self

5.0

History vs. Hollywood

as Narrator

Emeril

as Russ Burton

Medal of Honor

as Self - Host

Founding Fathers

as Patrick Henry (voice)

The King of Queens

1998

as Coach Walcott

7.1

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

1998

as Self

8.2

King of the Hill

1997

as M.F. Thatherton (voice)

Taff

as self

The Daily Show

as Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

Ruby Wax Meets

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self - Guest

Cybill

as Burt Reynolds

Hope and Gloria

as Burt Reynolds

Amazing Grace

as Josiah Carey

Duckman

1994

as Judge Keaton (voice)

7.1

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

The X-Files

as Mr. Burt

Raw

as Burt Reynolds

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

The Larry Sanders Show

1992

as Burt Reynolds

7.7

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

1991

7.0

Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

as Self - Host

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Burt Reynolds

Evening Shade

as Wood Newton

B.L. Stryker

as B.L. Stryker

Dolly

as Self

Out of This World

1987

as Troy Garland

7.3

The Golden Girls

1985

as Burt Reynolds (uncredited)

7.6

The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour

1983

as self

Entertainment Tonight

as Self

CHiPs

as Self (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

People's Choice Awards

as Self - Host

Dinah!

as Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

The Pet Set

as Self

Dan August

as Det. Lt. Dan August

The Flip Wilson Show

as Self

Love, American Style

as Stanley Dunbar

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

Gentle Ben

as Pilot

Hawk

as Detective Lt. John Hawk

The F.B.I.

as Michael Murtaugh

Branded

as Red Hand

Flipper

as Al Bardeman

12 O'Clock High

as Tech. Sgt. Vern Chapman

7.2

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self - Guest Host

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Everglades

Route 66

as Tommy

The Aquanauts

as Jimmy

The Blue Angels

as Chuck

The Brothers Brannagan

1960

as Abelard

Pony Express

The Twilight Zone

as Rocky Rhodes

Lock-Up

Johnny Ringo

as Tad Stuart

Riverboat

as Ben Frazer

Naked City

as Young Man

Perry Mason

as Chuck Blair

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Branch Taylor

Playhouse 90

as Ace

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Bill Davis

Gunsmoke

as Quint

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

Crew (18)

Movies (12)

The Last Producer

Director

Hard Time

Director

The Man from Left Field

1993

Director

6.2

The Man from Left Field

Executive Producer

The Man Upstairs

Executive Producer

Stick

Director

Sharky's Machine

Director

Hooper

Producer

The End

Director

Gator

Director

Hustle

Executive Producer

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

Director

Television (6)

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

Director

Evening Shade

Director

B.L. Stryker

Director

Amazing Stories

Director

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985

Director

7.2

Hawk

1966

Director