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Burt Reynolds
Life Time
11 February 1936 - 6 September 2018
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One of the most popular actors of the late 70s Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was born on February 11, 1936 in Lansing, Georgia, USA. As a child, he showed hope as a future star of American football. Back in school, he was named the best defender in the country, so Florida State University offered him a scholarship to study. However, in the first game of the season, Reynolds injured his knee, and a car accident only aggravated the situation, and the career of a footballer had to be forgotten. Burt attended
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One of the most popular actors of the late 70s Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was born on February 11, 1936 in Lansing, Georgia, USA. As a child, he showed hope as a future star of American football. Back in school, he was named the best defender in the country, so Florida State University offered him a scholarship to study. However, in the first game of the season, Reynolds injured his knee, and a car accident only aggravated the situation, and the career of a footballer had to be forgotten.
Burt attended acting classes and since 1955 received small roles in Broadway productions. He did not achieve success on stage, but gained experience and met many of the right people. Thanks to this, the actor is invited first to television, and then to the cinema.
In 1969, the film "Sam Whiskey" was released, and Reynolds' popularity began to gain momentum. He is invited to various talk shows, filmed naked for women's magazines. But the status of a superstar he achieved after filming in the film
"Redemption" 1972. For the next ten years, Burt Reynolds was at the pinnacle of success and was one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. His participation in the film guaranteed box office success. One after another, the pictures with his participation come out: “Shamus”, “The Longest Yard”, “The Lucky Lady”, “Nickelodeon”, “Semi-Cool”, “Hooper” and “Start again”.
Unfortunately, the quality of further films began to deteriorate, and the actor's popularity fell.
In 1989, the film Hack was released, which was able to slightly rehabilitate Reynolds in front of the audience. In the same year together with his wife voiced the cartoon.
"All dogs go to heaven." . Focusing on his television career, the actor wins an Emmy and an Oscar nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category for the film.
Boogie night. It gives him back his movie star status.