Enduring, strong-featured and genial star of US cinema, Burt Reynolds started off in TV westerns in the 1960s and then carved his name into 1970/1980s popular culture as a male sex symbol (posing near naked for "Cosmopolitan" magazine) and on-screen as both a rugged action figure and then as a wisecracking, Southern-type "good olé' boy"...See full bio »
1975At Long Last Love
(performer: "Lets Misbehave", "Well Did You Evah!", "Poor Young Millionaire", "Just One Of Those Things", "A Picture Of Me Without You", "It's De-Lovely", "Friendship", "You're The Top", "At Long Last Love")
1992The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series & Co-Presenter: Best Supporting Actor in Miniseries or Special
1991The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor in Comedy Series & Presenter: Best Directing/Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
1983The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards
(TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Favourite All Around Male Entertainer and Winner: Favourite Actor in Motion Picture
1979The 5th Annual People's Choice Awards
(TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Favourite Actor in Motion Picture and Winner : Favourite All Around Male Entertainer
[on Marlon Brando] As an actor, he is a genius and even when he's dull he's still much better than most actors at the top of their form. But he has preserved the mentality of an adolescent. It's a pity. When he doesn't try and someone's speaking to him, it's like a blank wall: in fact, it's even less...
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Trivia:
Although Burt Reynolds and Paul Thomas Anderson's working relationship was very good during the making of the film, he hated
Boogie Nights so much, he fired his agent immediately after viewing a screening of the film. This was before the critical raves after the New York Film Festival occurred. He was then...
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