8 Facts From Burt Reynolds' Career

1. #006

   Early in his career, Burt Reynolds appeared as a contestant on The Dating Game (1965).

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2. #013

   Although he had difficulty walking due to forty broken bones from performing his own stunts early in his career, Burt Reynolds had no plans to retire in his later years. The financial problems he faced after his second divorce overshadowed the last 25 years of his life.

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3. #014

   During the making of Boogie Nights (1997), Burt Reynolds's working relationship with Paul Thomas Anderson was very difficult, and he hated the film so much that he fired his agent immediately after watching a screening. This was before the critical praise that followed the New York Film Festival. He was later persuaded by Anderson to promote the film on a radio tour and grew even angrier at Anderson's behavior (constantly not letting Reynolds speak). This was the last straw for Reynolds, who tried to punch Anderson in the face about a week after promoting the film and quit promoting it. Reynolds refused to join Anderson's next project, Magnolia (1999).

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4. #020

   In 2015, Burt Reynolds was inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in the Film and Television category as part of its inaugural class.

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5. #024

   Ironically, Burt Reynolds was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical or Comedy for his performance as "Paul Crewe" in The Longest Yard (1974), while his performance in the 2005 remake (The Longest Yard (2005)), in which he played "Coach Scarboro" to Adam Sandler's "Paul Crewe," earned him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actor.

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6. #032

   In 1972, Burt Reynolds's nude centerfold photo in Cosmopolitan magazine sold 1.5 million copies. He later said he believed the photo cost him an Oscar nomination for Deliverance (1972) because he would not be seen as a "serious actor," and that he deeply regretted posing for it. A depiction of the photo was also used on the poster for Fuzz (1972), in which Reynolds also appeared.

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7. #035

   As of his death in 2018, Burt Reynolds had appeared in one film nominated for Best Picture: Deliverance (1972).

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8. #052

   Burt Reynolds asked that his name be removed from the credits of Out of This World (1987) because he had done it as a favor to the producers. At the time, Reynolds was busy with B. L. Stryker (1989) and won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991 for another hit series, Evening Shade (1990).

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