Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds (born February 11, 1936 in Waycross, Georgia) is a United States actor who starred in such movie roles as the 1978 hit film Smokey and the Bandit. Reynolds attended Florida State University on a college football scholarship, becoming an all-star Southern Conference halfback. After a knee injury and a debilitating car accident, Reynolds switched from athletics to college drama. He was drafted by the Baltimore Colts National Football League team, but he never played professional football.
He moved 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 was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Boogie Nights.
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Reynolds gained additional notoriety in 1972 when he posed in the April (Vol. 172, No. 4) issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine. It is said to be the first
