Burt Reynolds

Played a former poker player who tutors a younger player in "Deal"

Cast as King Konreid in Uwe Boll's "Dungeon Siege"

Co-starred with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in the remake of "The Longest Yard"

Played Boss Hogg in the big-screen version of "The Dukes of Hazzard" based on the 1970's hit show

Starred as a Vietnam veteran, opposite Raquel Welch in "Forget About It"

Appeared alongside Sylvester Stallone in "Driven"

Directed and starred in "The Last Producer"; screened at Cannes; aired on USA Network in 2001

Co-starred as a hockey coach in "Mystery, Alaska"

Starred in a series of TV-movies for TNT, "Hard Time" playing an ex-con and former cop; third installment "Hostage Hotel" directed by Needham

Career received major boost for starring in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" as porn mogul Jack Horner; earned first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor

Co-starred with Demi Moore in "Striptease" as a sleazy politician

Directed (also executive produced and starred) the CBS TV-movie "The Man From Left Field"

Dropped as corporate spokesman by the Florida Citrus Commission and the Quaker State Motor Oil Corp. due to bad publicity generated by his bitter divorce from Loni Anderson

Appeared as himself in Robert Altman's "The Player"

Hosted a number of CBS primetime specials, "Burt Reynolds' Conversations with..."; among earliest installments was one where he interviewed Ginger Rogers, June Allyson, Jane Powell, and Esther Williams

Signed a one-year, $500,000, contract with the Florida Citrus Commission to appear in commercials

Starred as Wood Newton in the popular CBS sitcom, "Evening Shade"; also directed and produced

Played an aging safecracker in "Breaking In"

Provided character voice (and sang several songs) in the animated feature "All Dogs Go to Heaven"

Had the Cary Grant role opposite Kathleen Turner in "Switching Channels" a misguided remake of "His Girl Friday"

Reteamed with Liza Minnelli for the misfire "Rent-A-Cop"

Co-executive produced (with Bert Convy) and made frequent guest appearances on the NBC game show, "Win, Lose or Draw"

Directed and starred in "Stick"

Teamed with Clint Eastwood in "City Heat"

Reprised role in the Needham-directed sequel, "Cannonball Run II"

Cast as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd opposite Dolly Parton's Miss Mona in the film musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"

Enjoyed a hit with "The Cannonball Run"; fourth film with Needham as director

Reprised role of the Bandit in the sequel "Smokey and the Bandit II"; third film with Needham as director

Delivered one of his best screen performances as a divorced man finding love again in "Starting Over"

Directed (also co-starred) the comedy "The End" oppsite Dom DeLuise

Second film with Needham as director, "Hooper"

First film with Needham as director, "Smokey and the Bandit"; also co-starred with future off-screen companion Sally Field

Feature directorial debut, "Gator"; also starred

Reteamed with Bogdanovich for the period drama about early Hollywood, "Nickelodeon"

Co-starred with Liza Minnelli and Gene Hackman in "Lucky Lady"; sang "Ain't Misbehavin'"

Sang and danced in the disastrous screen musical "At Long Last Love" directed by Peter Bogdanovich

First collaboration with Hal Needham, "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings"; Needham was stunt coordinator

Played an incarcerated former pro football player in "The Longest Yard"

Breakthrough film, John Boorman's "Deliverance"

Was one of the first-ever nude male centerfolds in a mainstream magazine in Cosmopolitan (April)

Played the title role on the ABC police detective series "Dan August"

Had the title role on the police detective series, "Hawk" (ABC)

Played Quint Asper for several season on the long-running CBS TV Western, "Gunsmoke"

First appearance on film, "Angel Baby"

Made Broadway debut in the short-lived play "Look: We've Come Through"

First regular TV appearances on "Riverboat" (NBC)

Professional stage debut in the revival of "Mr. Roberts" starring Charlton Heston at NYC City Center Theatre

Drafted by the Baltimore Colts professional football team before accident ended his sports career

Born in Georgia and raised in Florida

Donated $1 million to the Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, Florida

Founded Burt and Bert Productions with game show host Bert Convy

Starred in 12 ABC TV-movies as detective B.L. Stryker, the first of which was "The Dancer's Touch"

Worked as stuntman on TV and in films