Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 â€" September 6, 2018) was
an American actor, director, and producer of film and television,
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 (1962â€"1965), Hawk (1966), and Dan
August (1970â€"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 â€" often a
lovable rogue â€" 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 â€" 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 (1990â€"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 â€" Motion Picture), with
nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA
Award for Best Supporting Actor.
an American actor, director, and producer of film and television,
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 (1962â€"1965), Hawk (1966), and Dan
August (1970â€"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 â€" often a
lovable rogue â€" 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 â€" 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 (1990â€"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 â€" Motion Picture), with
nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA
Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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