Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds began his acting career in TV westerns before his breakout film performance in Deliverance . His other leading roles include films such as The Longest Yard , Hustle , Gator , Smokey and the Bandit , The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas , Striptease , and Boogie Nights , for which he earned a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. Reynolds also received an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his starring role on the popular sitcom Evening Shade . He died at the age of...See more

Burt Reynolds began his acting career in TV westerns before his breakout film performance in Deliverance . His other leading roles include films such as The Longest Yard , Hustle , Gator , Smokey and the Bandit , The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas , Striptease , and Boogie Nights , for which he earned a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. Reynolds also received an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his starring role on the popular sitcom Evening Shade . He died at the age of eighty-two in 2018. Jon Winokur is the author of two dozen nonfiction books, including Advice to Writers , The Big Book of Irony , and the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller T he Garner Files , co-authored with James Garner. He lives in Los Angeles. See less