9.0
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
2026
Burt Reynolds
Acting
Born February 11, 1936Died September 6, 2018Lansing, Michigan, USA
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.
Movies
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0.0
Norwood, Where Legends Were Born
2026
6.9
Breakdown: 1975
2025
0.0
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025
8.0
Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview
2023
0.0
Commitment to Life
2023
7.2
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
5.5
Movie Money Confidential
2022
5.0
Defining Moments
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
5.0
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
6.9
I Am Burt Reynolds
2020
6.0
An Innocent Kiss
2019
6.5
The Last Movie Star
2018
4.6
Shadow Fighter
2017
2.0
Henri
2017
0.0
Miami Love Affair
2017
6.8
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
6.8
Apple of My Eye
2017
0.0
The Bowden Dynasty: Faith, Family, & Football
2017
5.7
Shangri-La Suite
2016
6.5
Pocket Listing
2016
7.6
The Bandit
2016
4.3
Hollow Creek
2016
7.5
Listen to Me Marlon
2015
4.8
A Magic Christmas
2014
5.5
Category 5
2014
10.0
Hamlet & Hutch
2014
5.7
Reel Love
2011
3.2
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
6.1
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
0.0
According to Dom
2009
0.0
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
2009
7.0
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
2009
4.6
Delgo
2008
5.7
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
5.3
Deal
2008
4.8
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
2007
4.5
Randy & the Mob
2007
5.1
Forget About It
2006
7.4
Broken Bridges
2006
5.4
End Game
2006
4.9
Grilled
2006
0.0
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
2006
5.2
Cloud 9
2006
5.4
The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
2005
5.6
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
6.7
The Longest Yard
2005
6.8
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
2005
7.7
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
5.3
The Librarians
2004
5.7
Without a Paddle
2004
5.3
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
4.5
Hard Ground
2003
6.6
Gumball 3000: The Movie
2003
7.0
Miss Lettie and Me
2002
4.6
The Hollywood Sign
2002
5.5
Johnson County War
2002
8.0
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
2002
7.4
Time of the Wolf
2002
4.3
Snapshots
2002
4.5
Auf Herz und Nieren
2001
0.0
The Great Escape: Heroes Underground
2001
3.4
Hotel
2001
5.2
Driven
2001
4.8
Tempted
2001
4.7
The Last Producer
2000
5.5
The Crew
2000
6.4
Waterproof
2000
6.7
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999
5.8
The Hunter's Moon
1999
6.3
Mystery, Alaska
1999
3.6
Stringer
1999
6.1
Pups
1999
5.6
Hard Time: The Premonition
1999
5.9
Hard Time
1998
4.1
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
1998
4.3
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
1998
4.3
Crazy Six
1997
4.4
Raven
1997
7.6
Boogie Nights
1997
4.2
Big City Blues
1997
7.1
The Story of Bean
1997
6.5
Bean
1997
4.7
Meet Wally Sparks
1997
5.5
The Cherokee Kid
1996
10.0
Love in Hollywood
1996
6.6
Citizen Ruth
1996
5.2
Mad Dog Time
1996
5.4
Frankenstein and Me
1996
5.6
Striptease
1996
4.7
The Maddening
1995
8.0
WWE WrestleMania X
1994
7.0
Basic Football
1994
8.3
A Century of Cinema
1994
6.6
The Man from Left Field
1993
8.5
Wind in the Wire
1993
4.6
Cop & ½
1993
7.2
The Player
1992
A Party For Richard Pryor
8.3
A Party For Richard Pryor
1991
9.5
Picture This
1991
4.6
Modern Love
1990
6.8
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989
5.7
Breaking In
1989
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
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1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
1989
0.0
The Final Season
1989
5.1
Physical Evidence
1989
6.8
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
8.0
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
1988
6.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
6.1
Switching Channels
1988
3.5
A Beverly Hills Christmas
1987
4.7
Rent-a-Cop
1987
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
6.0
Malone
1987
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
8.0
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
1987
5.0
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
1986
5.8
Heat
1986
6.3
Sherman's March
1986
8.3
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
5.6
Uphill All the Way
1986
0.0
All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
1985
5.4
Stick
1985
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
6.0
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984
5.5
City Heat
1984
5.4
Cannonball Run II
1984
4.9
The Man Who Loved Women
1983
6.0
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
4.4
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
1983
4.8
Stroker Ace
1983
6.7
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
5.3
Best Friends
1982
6.3
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
0.0
The Best Little Special In Texas
1982
0.0
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982
6.2
Sharky's Machine
1981
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
6.0
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981
5.2
Paternity
1981
6.2
The Cannonball Run
1981
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
2.0
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980
5.6
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
5.8
Rough Cut
1980
10.0
Don Siegel: Last of the Independents
1980
5.7
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
6.4
Starting Over
1979
Superstunt II
7.0
Superstunt II
1979
8.0
The Orson Welles Show
1979
9.0
Mickey's 50
1978
6.3
Hooper
1978
5.6
The End
1978
0.0
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
1978
5.4
Semi-Tough
1977
Superstunt
0.0
Superstunt
1977
7.0
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
6.0
Nickelodeon
1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
0.0
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
5.2
Gator
1976
6.5
Silent Movie
1976
5.8
Hustle
1975
5.6
Lucky Lady
1975
6.0
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
1975
5.1
At Long Last Love
1975
6.7
The Longest Yard
1974
4.2
Fade In
1973
6.2
White Lightning
1973
6.0
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973
6.1
Shamus
1973
0.0
First Aid Action
1973
7.3
Deliverance
1972
6.5
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
5.5
Fuzz
1972
7.0
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'
1972
5.4
Run, Simon, Run
1970
6.0
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
4.5
Skullduggery
1970
4.3
Shark
1969
4.8
Impasse
1969
5.7
Sam Whiskey
1969
5.9
100 Rifles
1969
6.2
Navajo Joe
1966
6.0
Operation C.I.A.
1965
5.5
Armored Command
1961
6.1
Angel Baby
1961
Escape to Sonoita
7.3
Escape to Sonoita
1960
7.0
The Velvet Alley
1959
B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch
0.0
B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch
TV Shows
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6.0
Steve
0.0
In Sanity, Florida
6.7
The American West
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
7.0
Fast N' Loud
7.2
Conan
7.5
30 for 30
7.9
Archer
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
7.5
Burn Notice
The Reichen Show
4.8
The Reichen Show
4.7
Freddie
7.6
My Name Is Earl
7.6
Robot Chicken
7.6
Robot Chicken
7.0
American Dad!
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
7.5
Duck Dodgers
5.3
V Graham Norton
9.0
Emeril
8.0
History vs. Hollywood
8.0
History vs. Hollywood
8.0
Founding Fathers
9.5
Medal of Honor
7.7
Ed
7.2
The King of Queens
4.3
Taff
7.4
King of the Hill
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
6.4
The Daily Show
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
7.1
TFI Friday
6.7
Ruby Wax Meets
7.4
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Amazing Grace
0.0
Amazing Grace
6.3
Hope and Gloria
6.0
Cybill
0.0
Inside the Actors Studio
7.3
Duckman
8.4
The X-Files
6.8
Raw
7.8
The Larry Sanders Show
5.3
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
7.0
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
7.0
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
7.3
Beverly Hills, 90210
5.8
Evening Shade
6.0
The Word
6.1
B.L. Stryker
10.0
Dolly
7.3
Out of This World
7.6
The Golden Girls
0.0
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
5.0
Ciné regards
6.8
CHiPs
6.9
Saturday Night Live
8.3
People's Choice Awards
7.0
Dinah!
Film '72
5.1
Film '72
V.I.P. Schaukel
8.0
V.I.P. Schaukel
6.7
The Pet Set
7.2
Dan August
5.1
The Flip Wilson Show
6.2
Love, American Style
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
6.7
Gentle Ben
8.0
Hawk
5.6
The F.B.I.
5.6
The F.B.I.
6.8
Branded
6.2
Flipper
7.2
12 O'Clock High
7.6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
8.0
Everglades
6.7
Route 66
0.0
The Blue Angels
0.0
The Blue Angels
9.0
The Brothers Brannagan
6.0
The Aquanauts
Pony Express
7.7
Pony Express
8.5
The Twilight Zone
5.9
Johnny Ringo
6.4
Lock-Up
6.5
Riverboat
5.7
Naked City
7.7
Perry Mason
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
7.5
Playhouse 90
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
6.7
Gunsmoke
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
7.1
The Oscars
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
7.0