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Burt Reynolds (born February 11, 1936 in Waycross, Georgia) is an actor who starred in the 1978 hit film Smokey and the Bandit. Reynolds played college football at Florida State University, and was drafted by the Baltimore Colts National Football League team, but he never played professional football. He quit college after a knee injury, and decided to take up acting. He went to New York City, where he was discovered in a revival of Mister Roberts.
Reynolds first starred on television, in the 1950s series Riverboat. His film debut was in 1961, in the movie Angel Baby. He also starred in Deliverance and The Longest Yard. During the first half of the 1990s, he was the star of the CBS television series Evening Shade. In 1997, Reynolds won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Boogie Nights
Other work:
- Gunsmoke
- Hawk
- Dan August
- Terms of Endearment
- Sherman's March
