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Burt Reynolds

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 was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Boogie Nights

Other work:

• Gunsmoke
• Hawk
• Dan August
• Terms of Endearment
• Sherman's March

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 centerfold of a nude male.

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