• Burt Reynolds is an Emmy Award-winning television and film actor. At one point in his career he was the top grossing actor between the years of 1978-1982. During that time he starred in such films as: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Best Friends and Hooper.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Born February 11, 1936
  2. Born in Lansing, Michigan
  3. Attended Florida State University on a football scholarship
  4. Member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity
  5. Drafted by the Baltimore Colts
  6. Gained notoriety for posing naked in Cosmopolitan Magazine in 1972
  7. Earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978
  8. Number-one box-office attraction for five straight years (1978-82)
  9. Married to Loni Anderson
  10. Nominated for an Oscar for Boogie Nights
  11. Romantically linked to Dinah Shore
  12. Joanne Woodward helped him get an agent
  13. Won a Golden Globe Award in 1998 for his role in Boogie Nights
  14. Became a co-owner of the Tampa Bay Bandits, of the USFL

• Brief Biography

  A football star in high school, Reynolds was offered to play at Florida State University. He later was drafted by the, then, Baltimore Colts. However, he took an interest in acting and went on to win a scholarship to the Hyde Park Playhouse, a scholarship handed out to FSU actors. It was in New York City that he met Joanne Woodward who helped him get an agent. Reynolds later starred in such films as: Boogie Nights, Mystery, Alaska and Hard Ground.

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