2008 | Played a former poker player who tutors a younger player in "Deal" |
2006 | Cast as King Konreid in Uwe Boll's "Dungeon Siege" |
2005 | Played Boss Hogg in the big-screen version of "The Dukes of Hazzard" based on the 1970's hit show |
2005 | Co-starred with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in the remake of "The Longest Yard" |
2004 | Starred as a Vietnam veteran, opposite Raquel Welch in "Forget About It" |
2001 | Appeared alongside Sylvester Stallone in "Driven" |
2000 | Directed and starred in "The Last Producer"; screened at Cannes; aired on USA Network in 2001 |
1999 | Co-starred as a hockey coach in "Mystery, Alaska" |
1998 | 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 |
1997 | 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 |
1996 | Co-starred with Demi Moore in "Striptease" as a sleazy politician |
1993 | Directed (also executive produced and starred) the CBS TV-movie "The Man From Left Field" |
1993 | 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 |
1992 | Appeared as himself in Robert Altman's "The Player" |
1992 | Signed a one-year, $500,000, contract with the Florida Citrus Commission to appear in commercials |
1992 | 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 |
1990 | Starred as Wood Newton in the popular CBS sitcom, "Evening Shade"; also directed and produced |
| Donated $1 million to the Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, Florida |
1989 | Provided character voice (and sang several songs) in the animated feature "All Dogs Go to Heaven" |
1989 | Played an aging safecracker in "Breaking In" |
1988 | Reteamed with Liza Minnelli for the misfire "Rent-A-Cop" |
1988 | Had the Cary Grant role opposite Kathleen Turner in "Switching Channels" a misguided remake of "His Girl Friday" |
| Starred in 12 ABC TV-movies as detective B.L. Stryker, the first of which was "The Dancer's Touch" |
1987 | Co-executive produced (with Bert Convy) and made frequent guest appearances on the NBC game show, "Win, Lose or Draw" |
1985 | Directed and starred in "Stick" |
1984 | Teamed with Clint Eastwood in "City Heat" |
1983 | Reprised role in the Needham-directed sequel, "Cannonball Run II" |
1982 | Cast as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd opposite Dolly Parton's Miss Mona in the film musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" |
1980 | Enjoyed a hit with "The Cannonball Run"; fourth film with Needham as director |
1980 | Reprised role of the Bandit in the sequel "Smokey and the Bandit II"; third film with Needham as director |
1979 | Delivered one of his best screen performances as a divorced man finding love again in "Starting Over" |
1978 | Second film with Needham as director, "Hooper" |
1978 | Directed (also co-starred) the comedy "The End" oppsite Dom DeLuise |
| Founded Burt and Bert Productions with game show host Bert Convy |
1977 | First film with Needham as director, "Smokey and the Bandit"; also co-starred with future off-screen companion Sally Field |
1976 | Feature directorial debut, "Gator"; also starred |
1976 | Reteamed with Bogdanovich for the period drama about early Hollywood, "Nickelodeon" |
1975 | Co-starred with Liza Minnelli and Gene Hackman in "Lucky Lady"; sang "Ain't Misbehavin'" |
1975 | Sang and danced in the disastrous screen musical "At Long Last Love" directed by Peter Bogdanovich |
1974 | Played an incarcerated former pro football player in "The Longest Yard" |
1974 | First collaboration with Hal Needham, "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings"; Needham was stunt coordinator |
1972 | Breakthrough film, John Boorman's "Deliverance" |
1972 | Was one of the first-ever nude male centerfolds in a mainstream magazine in Cosmopolitan (April) |
1970 | Played the title role on the ABC police detective series "Dan August" |
1966 | Had the title role on the police detective series, "Hawk" (ABC) |
1962 | Played Quint Asper for several season on the long-running CBS TV Western, "Gunsmoke" |
1961 | First appearance on film, "Angel Baby" |
1961 | Made Broadway debut in the short-lived play "Look: We've Come Through" |
1959 | First regular TV appearances on "Riverboat" (NBC) |
| Worked as stuntman on TV and in films |
1956 | Professional stage debut in the revival of "Mr. Roberts" starring Charlton Heston at NYC City Center Theatre |
1955 | Drafted by the Baltimore Colts professional football team before accident ended his sports career |
| Born in Georgia and raised in Florida |
