BURT REYNOLDS BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Burt Reynolds was born on February 11th, 1936 in Waycross, Georgia with the birth name Burton Leon Reynolds Jr.  His parents Burton Reynolds and Fern Miller and his family relocated to Florida.  After he graduated from Palm Beach High School he enrolled at Florida State University and played football until he suffered a knee injury and a car accident ending his professional athlete goals.  He then decided to drop out of college and relocated to New York City in pursuit of a career as an actor.
 
He worked in a restaurant to pay his bills and found occasional jobs in acting.  When he was appearing on stage in, "Mister Roberts" he was spotted by a scout and was signed to a contract.  After making his Broadway debut in, "Look, We’ve come Through", he was appearing on such television shows as, "Gunsmoke"(1955), "Riverboat" (1959), "Hawk" (1966), "Perry Mason" (1962), "The Twilight Zone" (1963) and "12 O'Clock High" (1965) and he even starred in his own police crime drama titled "Dan August" (1971-1972).
 
His film debut was in, "Angel Baby" (1961) followed by some of his early film roles in, "Navajo Joe" (1966), "100 Rifles" (1969), "Sam Whiskey" (1969), "Deliverance" (1972), "Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask" (1972) and "Shamus" (1973).
 
His career began in westerns but by the mid 1970's he was considered a male sex symbol and was even featured nearly nude in Cosmopolitan magazine.
 
As his career progressed his popularity increased with appearances in, "White Lightning" (1973), "The Longest Yard" (1974), "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings" (1975), "Gator" (1976), "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977), "Smokey and the Bandit II" (1980) and "Smokey and the Bandit Part 3" (1983).

The late 70's and early 80's continued to be filled with a number of film roles to add to his resume.  He appeared on, "Semi-Tough" (1977), "Hooper" (1978), "The Cannonball Run" (1981), "Sharky's Machine" (1981), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982), "City Heat" (1982), "Stroker Ace" (1983), "Stick" (1985) and "Paternity" (1981).
 
As film roles began to become less available to him he found his niche in television appearing on such series as, "B.L. Stryker" (1989) and "Evening Shade" (1990) for which he earned an Emmy for his performance.
 
As time progressed he rose to fame again after appearing in the film, "Striptease" (1996) starring Demi Moore followed by a role in, "Boogie Nights" (1997) for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe.  He was now at the height of his career again and had earned a whole new group of younger fans.  As he continued to appear on the big screen in such films as, "Pups" (1999), "Mystery, Alaska" (1999), "Driven" (2001) and "Time of the Wolf" (2002).
 
Along with his stage, television and film career he also did voice work for  the video game, "Grand Theft Auto: Vice".  Some of his latest appearances have been in, "The Longest Yard" (2005), "Burn Notice" (2010) and "American Dad" (2011).
 
Burt Reynolds has married twice throughout his lifetime.  His first wife was actress Judy Carne from 1963 through 1965.  He then married Loni Anderson in 1988 and after having one child this marriage ended in divorce in 1995.
 
Along with his acting he was also involved in opening his own restaurant and nightclub called, "Burt's Place" in Atlanta Georgia and became a co-owner of the, Tampa Bay Bandits.  He also co-owned a NASCAR Winston Cup team.
 
In 1996 he filed bankruptcy owing more then $4.5 million in liabilities and in 2010 he underwent quintuple heart bypass surgery.  Currently he lives in Hobe Sound, Florida.

Filmography

2012 Comics Open
2011 Reel Love
2011 American Dad!
2011 Not Another Not Another Movie
2010 Burn Notice
2006-2009 My Name Is Earl
2008 A Bunch of Amateurs 
2008 Delgo
2008 Deal 
2007 Randy and the Mob
2007 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale 
2006 Broken Bridges 
2006 Grilled 
2006 Freddie
2006 End Game
2006 Cloud 9 
2006 Forget About It
2005 Duck Dodgers
2005 Legend of Frosty the Snowman 
2005 The Dukes of Hazzard 
2005 The Longest Yard
2005 The King of Queens 
2004 Without a Paddle 
2003-2004 Ed
2003 The Librarians 
2003 Hard Ground
2002 Miss Lettie and Me
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
2002 Johnson County War
2002 Time of the Wolf
2002 The X-Files
2002 Snapshots
2001 Emeril
2001 Auf Herz und Nieren
2001 The Hollywood Sign
2001 Hotel
2001 Tempted 
2001 History vs. Hollywood
2001 The Hunter's Moon 
2001 Driven 
2000 The Last Producer
2000 The Crew 
2000 Waterproof
1999 Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business 
1999 Hard Time: Hostage Hotel 
1999 Mystery, Alaska 
1999 Stringer
1999 Pups 
1999 Hard Time: The Premonition
1998 Hard Time 
1998 Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms 
1998 Crazy Six
1997 King of the Hill
1997 Big City Blues
1997 Boogie Nights
1997 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man 
1997 Bean
1997 Frankenstein and Me
1997 Meet Wally Sparks 
1996 Raven 
1996 The Cherokee Kid 
1996 Mad Dog Time
1996 Striptease
1996 The Maddening
1996 Citizen Ruth 
1995 Cybill
1995 Hope & Gloria
1995 Amazing Grace
1994 The Great Battles of the Civil War
1990-1994 Evening Shade
1993 The Man from Left Field
1993 The Larry Sanders Show 
1993 Wind in the Wire
1993 Beverly Hills, 90210
1993 Cop and ½
1987-1991 Out of This World rland 
1989-1990 B.L. Stryker
1990 Modern Love 
1989 All Dogs Go to Heaven 
1989 Breaking In 
1989 Physical Evidence 
1988 Switching Channels
1987 Rent-a-Cop
1987 Malone
1986 Heat 
1986 Uphill All the Way 
1986 Shattered If Your Kid's on Drugs
1985 Stick
1984 City Heat 
1984 The New Mike Hammer
1984 Cannonball Run II
1983 The Man Who Loved Women
1983 Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
1983 Stroker Ace
1982 Best Friends 
1982 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982 Six Pack 
1981 Sharky's Machine 
1981 Paternity
1981 The Cannonball Run
1980 Smokey and the Bandit II
1980 Rough Cut
1979 Starting Over
1978 Hooper
1978 The End
1977 Semi-Tough
1977 Smokey and the Bandit
1976 Nickelodeon 
1976 Gator 
1975 Lucky Lady 
1975 Hustle 
1975 W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings 
1975 At Long Last Love 
1974 The Longest Yard 
1973 White Lightning 
1973 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 
1973 Shamus 
1972 Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
1972 Deliverance
1972 Fuzz
1970-1971 Dan August 
1970 Run, Simon, Run
1970 Hunters Are for Killing
1970 Skullduggery 
1970 Love, American Style 
1970 Double Jeopardy 
1969 Caine
1969 Impasse 
1969 Sam Whiskey
1969 100 Rifles
1968 Premiere 
1965-1968 The F.B.I.
1968 Fade-In
1967 Gentle Ben
1966 Hawk 
1966 Navajo Joe
1965 12 O'Clock High
1965 Flipper
1965 Branded 
1965 Operation C.I.A.
1962-1965 Gunsmoke 
1963 Twilight Zone 
1962 Perry Mason 
1962 Route 66 
1961-1962 Everglades
1961 Naked City 
1961 Armored Command
1961 The Brothers Brannagan 
1960-1961 The Aquanauts
1961 Angel Baby 
1961 Zane Grey Theater
1961 Michael Shayne 
1960-1961 The Blue Angels
1960 Lock Up 
1960 Johnny Ringo 
1959-1960 Playhouse 90
1959-1960 Riverboat
1959 Pony Express 
1959 The Lawless Years 
1959 Schlitz Playhouse 
1959 M Squad 
1958 Flight