A career that began with television roles in ‘River Boat’ (1959-60), ‘Gunsmoke’ (1962-66) and ‘The Twilight Zone’ (1963) ended up making Burt Reynolds a Hollywood megastar. He made his movie debut with the 1961 movie, ‘Angel Baby,’ but his talent came to the fore with his tough boy performance in ‘Deliverance’ (1972), a thriller film.Â
He appeared in a number of successful films including ‘The Longest Yard’ (1974), ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ (1977), ‘The Man Who Loved Women’ (1983), ‘Striptease’ (1996), ‘Boogie Nights’ (1997), ‘Pups’ (1999), ‘Mystery, alska’ (1999) ‘Time of the Wolf’ (2002), ‘Dog Years’ (2017) etc.
His successful TV series include ‘Dan August’ (1970-71), Out of This World’ (1987-91) and ‘Evening Shade’ (1990-94).Â
He had won two Golden Globe awards for ‘Boogie Nights’ and ‘Evening Shade,’ and nine ‘People’s Choice Awards’ in his entire career.Â
His list of not so successful movies include ‘In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale’ (2008), ‘Driven’ (2001), ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ (2005), ‘End Game’ (2006), ‘Not Another Not Another Movie’ (2011), ‘Pocket Listing’ (2005) etc.
His highest grossing movie till date remains to be ‘Smoke and the Bandit’.