Burt Reynolds' long career
![Burt Reynolds On The Set](https://ew.com/thmb/Tl5AC1OuFFoRcZxkXjT3FZ2dyqM=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-496558694-2000-7bdf457067d34d7ba071d410c541099e.jpg)
Burt Reynolds died Sept. 6, 2018, at the age of 82. The star began his onscreen career when he was in his early 20s, going on to immortalize such characters as Wood Newton, Jack Horner, and Lewis Medlock. See photos of Reynolds through the years, ahead.
Burt Reynolds' long career
![Circa 1950](https://ew.com/thmb/L9ZgPqmVWtPZkGJXimIPe5J53mM=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-71375653-62abfe136ff24f38a65a6d8d4d71aa20.jpg)
1959 With Darren McGavin For Riverboat
![1959 With Darren McGavin For Riverboat](https://ew.com/thmb/KRyW7RbptdcUVHn6OIs-iLrKHQA=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-122721630-5bbdd8b66f1b4eb89ca77abcfd9034b1.jpg)
1959 in Los Angeles
![1959 in Los Angeles](https://ew.com/thmb/SQbCBSUK1lBMJamFyvmNyekjQc0=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-530276831-6510d185b6b24fca806216263e87bed6.jpg)
1959 in Los Angeles
![1959 in Los Angeles](https://ew.com/thmb/yQrxg6qEEJk8IRQx8PEFqmCzDHM=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-530276779-6b82610042054f8aa44f8a388614f1d4.jpg)
1960
![1960](https://ew.com/thmb/ZjfV9zlvfC4iaOKYYDX-LwS-ez0=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-82975067-e57e9277ed1e49bcb9f62ba1463d1980.jpg)
1964
![1964](https://ew.com/thmb/0V6MCRQP3lKBNkU03yYg2aKynio=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-53325021-3aa12a8cc797458c932cb17d7c9cd9ee.jpg)
1969
![1969](https://ew.com/thmb/G_tjV_i1USoTWpIvc8SYyHTfZ7U=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-55914723-7367b3d14e66480db34d31c9b474a094.jpg)
November 25, 1970
![November 25, 1970](https://ew.com/thmb/pFYJ3BzAjd3YVPAc8igB2rDKixU=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-101594944-9410dc144e21420db0a78a7659d2b693.jpg)
May 13, 1970
![May 13, 1970](https://ew.com/thmb/ZhnDsCdpvsyENbPxiGEvDNaCuO4=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-101593001-6934ac4ec63c49ae88cc90e9434ea34c.jpg)
March 6, 1970
![March 6, 1970](https://ew.com/thmb/w9Gul5c1Y_kYME_lZlaj8irrqHM=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-101593597-9f3126da25334d438bbf30ae21e24770.jpg)
March 1970
![March 1970](https://ew.com/thmb/h_psR4DvEG0yDHqZmRMM1PUkT14=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-101592732-b4c4e5df658b4d05bc84da783fbc2421.jpg)
February 1971 With Miko Mayama at the Golden Globe Awards
![February 1971 With Miko Mayama at the Golden Globe Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/nzgICCMH4wPLadahxT0mQLb04_k=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-593260629-c5a3baaa5d144cdf920983e629ab7e40.jpg)
1972
![1972](https://ew.com/thmb/1kbUQSXs-FlsGZhtPyQKDFDuCrA=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-129171964-cba9ace5cce344338df95fae6af334cc.jpg)
September 21, 1972 in London
![September 21, 1972 in London](https://ew.com/thmb/aq1xoDe7o4ks53o-X7d41IDNcZE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-3379933-3bba8f5f473c45d18b57c81d533bb26f.jpg)
March 26, 1973 With Dinah Shore at the Academy Awards
![March 26, 1973 With Dinah Shore at the Academy Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/XgRJwmzCP9WFc1n6_wGrhZOR7Ak=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-140415688-f2375431491b44b18132ac0ea70412b2.jpg)
July 15, 1974 on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
![July 15, 1974 on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson](https://ew.com/thmb/qblxUYZyf4Ku9C4nQtzujlr1aoY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-479577185-1a86c9d569dc4f86885ff856d77dcfe7.jpg)
1974
![1974](https://ew.com/thmb/I2l0nTiVgRZjuYzlbB-bQQI9yag=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-2099231-bb323ab7f0cf4e62be20b607f9a7a7f9.jpg)
1975
![1975](https://ew.com/thmb/7TbEOGJPpDIegGWY4yPBTFFS_X4=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-180541277-32fc989d3902494a8e5786b54fb4ae3f.jpg)
1975 With Cybill Shepherd for At Long Last Love
![1975 With Cybill Shepherd for At Long Last Love](https://ew.com/thmb/V4QAyz5f7h2ZuWweU1rBrhlxiao=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-177225621-0c6e3a900d6a419a8043791e220ef62d.jpg)
April 14, 1977 in Los Angeles
![April 14, 1977 in Los Angeles](https://ew.com/thmb/RAC4h5Td3wAsi5eYyf62NyZnPto=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-105588774-4c04a0752c484fa0bac4a29f50d3ae00.jpg)
1977 With Sally Field
![1977 With Sally Field](https://ew.com/thmb/1tv5bkgUaOR13EFWve3JbkOQI8Q=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-74285666-a93aed9f12864dca82c9df5df146b523.jpg)
March 15, 1978 With Sally Field in Los Angeles
![March 15, 1978 With Sally Field in Los Angeles](https://ew.com/thmb/aCuHubum7rBBKesw4-MZ4ARP1PI=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-105388539-c49326a16478419b98264c167d1e4d44.jpg)
November 5, 1980 in New York City
![November 5, 1980 in New York City](https://ew.com/thmb/M_HWxQorUcRnzxQ8lbigo5jZ6CE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-105828906-21d4a42b65fa4f71b6ae56ded54839ff.jpg)
December 5, 1984 With Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, and Loni Anderson in Hollywood
![December 5, 1984 With Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, and Loni Anderson in Hollywood](https://ew.com/thmb/y2Yhnf63lj7ARlJEehz5n4IotY0=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-153798835-27feebf54cd54d99969046e0d82f6ba8.jpg)
March 27, 1987 in Hollywood
![March 27, 1987 in Hollywood](https://ew.com/thmb/atwzSjTN5Ga2Gk2Bg0qSoRlimqE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-115365443-f3d892f944204af0a9c2d91a1859dcca.jpg)
July 17, 1987 With Loni Anderson
![July 17, 1987 With Loni Anderson](https://ew.com/thmb/ksJV34s7r6Duh_GoSXUuyyrRN3Q=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-84726182-e6ac58c36f9940f89d386cb17de81bd7.jpg)
July 28, 1990 With Doug McClure at the Golden Boot Awards
![July 28, 1990 With Doug McClure at the Golden Boot Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/4nLdNZtSaxLrO1V2xO92jLv0HpI=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-115365455-e874b26ab4974418b61cc6f34a53678b.jpg)
January 08, 1991 on Larry King Live
![January 08, 1991 on Larry King Live](https://ew.com/thmb/Nsek4EzcZHGGDpOJTg_3g4rBupk=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-115365518-cb75bae0ff2543b997588dc5f6725c23.jpg)
September 8, 1991 With Bob Hope
![September 8, 1991 With Bob Hope](https://ew.com/thmb/H4mJyqf1LW8yXAI6NUsat4OsSIQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-115365449-9d29228be8da46a1a3681c58aac3ddc9.jpg)
October 17, 1994 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
![October 17, 1994 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno](https://ew.com/thmb/dzM_njMqikFRv8uEAa52bEsO-ak=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-178289913-fc704b3b15084277a80d5604e359d2a1.jpg)
January 01, 1994
![January 01, 1994](https://ew.com/thmb/9tuSHeXtbcjgZmzIql1a5zfzz_s=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-537139605-06dc6046f23f4377bacd150c3d7146f8.jpg)
August 12, 1995 at the Golden Boot Awards
![August 12, 1995 at the Golden Boot Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/ZNKedtMYDJK6M4P4cmjb71AXRYU=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-115365632-cee28e4fcf444965857570e2501d9e67.jpg)
October 08, 1997 With Mark Wahlberg and Pam Seals in New York City
![October 08, 1997 With Mark Wahlberg and Pam Seals in New York City](https://ew.com/thmb/VAQggVDAYcEyI8GPXvg3Mld_Q6U=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-97296778-25d43102be704bf9afa1f5e95f36c00e.jpg)
January 18, 1998 at the Golden Globes
![January 18, 1998 at the Golden Globes](https://ew.com/thmb/Rw5uNP9HgfKwfG8zFhIY0WkpMYE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-138388815-27c2a529d5b64c3dbe4aaa6062635520.jpg)
February 15, 1999
![February 15, 1999](https://ew.com/thmb/2f_zqxyyjjSse2SN0GquaGIkEOY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-51042148-226304043cca421588ea3bde196f30b6.jpg)
February 14, 2000 With Martin Sheen at the ESPY Awards
![February 14, 2000 With Martin Sheen at the ESPY Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/dScqnaJDwQVLcU5VHkHqvYE5qfQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-80438125-9ea82bea2e844173a1dda7ad2b99964b.jpg)
March 26, 2001 in New York City
![March 26, 2001 in New York City](https://ew.com/thmb/wUsqVkjM4Ju3a1Ncl2W18dVM4cw=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-853621-e34f4001cb74421e856a1586821a2dd4.jpg)
May 20, 2001 With Son Quinton in Santa Monica, Calif.
![May 20, 2001 With Son Quinton in Santa Monica, Calif.](https://ew.com/thmb/GAz5KuRzC0gvHkSlGKprNa3Dfbg=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-51982664-b4817eeaed9946f59e1a309f3d2b5c0b.jpg)
July 16, 2002
![July 16, 2002](https://ew.com/thmb/SeFIic0FnTU2QUl7HwAgd9izkhc=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-184078872-cfc624ad29ca4211bf862bc053336202.jpg)
August 19, 2002 in New York City
![August 19, 2002 in New York City](https://ew.com/thmb/GNkc5ts8ukgBeMFHR3xUB7FvDO0=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-2292776-b9f9a1e8ed4a41f0818d0f259e2f9e8d.jpg)
May 16, 2004
![May 16, 2004](https://ew.com/thmb/nwbytbbz4PBcreoBDzQC_hE6XV8=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-135429910-0a7ddeeff2d442ba8a7f1f803e6e5a48.jpg)
May 23, 2005 With Joseph Benincasa, Martha Nelson, and Liz Smith
![May 23, 2005 With Joseph Benincasa, Martha Nelson, and Liz Smith](https://ew.com/thmb/OMpjGbqyyWG2bZE3TUF_0XLhHmg=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-110230557-dbabe5dee83b4183833f1eeba65e0ce4.jpg)
August 12, 2006
![August 12, 2006](https://ew.com/thmb/UpTNBS5T9bn_ff1E_fY4joKsffA=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-110461564-96e46afe42394f4f84df415cb1d16f4a.jpg)
August 21, 2006
![August 21, 2006](https://ew.com/thmb/NUsgr8Hk4wgUkZmUsBc_E-oQF5w=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-111223023-84c708170e95471abfdb2fd7c648df6b.jpg)
May 20, 2007
![May 20, 2007](https://ew.com/thmb/bN3-vzhx172kQ35r__r3la6-d_8=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-78922735-dd76c9f0972344e0bbd143e265fd8584.jpg)
January 27, 2008 at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
![January 27, 2008 at the Screen Actors Guild Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/fv3dbUhD0fp-ab0xHNAqSrJhSoI=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-79286969-fef91f9c53d549f5b6c77b8db01d00b5.jpg)
April 28, 2010 on Burt Reynolds Road in West Palm Beach, Fla.
![April 28, 2010 on Burt Reynolds Road in West Palm Beach, Fla.](https://ew.com/thmb/qWGzsqNs24pltaBsWySsVm2tSJs=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-98737815-802700e2afad426d9982b826b88567dc.jpg)
April 15, 2011 in Chicago
![April 15, 2011 in Chicago](https://ew.com/thmb/43Ma1rFGdoJWlk2xDGmYfdMtGwc=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-112258805-b1ed836b5bd54d5989763934cde119e7.jpg)
August 16, 2012
![August 16, 2012](https://ew.com/thmb/rXZ2AAMHI1SZtCmE0pUQv5okpsY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-150410530-bc7a771e28474e8d9759cdef6212b952.jpg)
June 8, 2013
![June 8, 2013](https://ew.com/thmb/z9LBgaeMbGDOckAJVG0H2BfI7aU=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-170211469-53df976cfc7b42d78b100e43bd243a0c.jpg)
March 14, 2014
![March 14, 2014](https://ew.com/thmb/lNDy5WAqcb4SfNqDvmZ5B7kFLDs=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-478715229-8fe8b22840b642bd91a07bfb192bdaca.jpg)
August 22, 2015
![August 22, 2015](https://ew.com/thmb/RZwJ03FODjo2xBadJRTatn-jovI=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-484953248-d7c8fa5e7ba4491bb120ee648709e5f6.jpg)
March 12, 2016 at SXSW
![burt-reynolds-4](https://ew.com/thmb/ixX6mShBK4rOEITg7GIF9-tMFt0=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/burt-reynolds-4-2000-688ae92e8f3a4b71af67ad3724941142.jpg)
April 22, 2017 with Robert De Niro and Chevy Chase at the Tribeca Film Festival
![700033397EP00005_Dog_Years_](https://ew.com/thmb/3rX7hrBsqnJNU0aIm7Ia5LAAt-c=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/burt-reynolds-3-2000-e47f0a74db6b4293864c4a0adb747eed.jpg)
November 3, 2017 at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
![11-3-17flipp17_burtreynolds_mh_22786.jpg](https://ew.com/thmb/rZ1aWcoGYxDA2ZUeIP9zU6yPQ9s=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/burt-reynolds-5-2000-605af70c0d9648af837cd17cd5522781.jpg)
March 15, 2018 on TODAY
![NUP_182253_0010.jpg](https://ew.com/thmb/2G9lsf0tHCZx2jF9jKfgw4j6jmw=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/burt-reynolds-2-2000-207f0dac9a964c5a944dafd7a8576801.jpg)
March 15, 2018 on Watch What Happens Live
![NUP_181959_0401.jpg](https://ew.com/thmb/EW5cAbQMu2DCKOd4Tf5swikTWFQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/burt-reynolds-1-2000-206a4384f125415386d8e90d320403f2.jpg)
March 22, 2018
![A24 And DirecTV's "The Last Movie Star" Premiere - Arrivals](https://ew.com/thmb/3pYoxtoRL9LritXVqdqOUD4NsZA=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-936754710-2000-d285327db0f7484084580f3a60a2a93d.jpg)