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Born February 11, 1936 - American actor.
He dropped out of college to become an actor and went to New York, where he changed several jobs, occasionally appearing on stage. While studying at the University of Florida, he became interested in American football, however, a knee injury and an accident ended his sports career. In the 1960s, he worked in various troupes in New York, on the advice of Clint Eastwood starred in spaghetti westerns and often appeared on television talk shows. Was spotted in "Mr. Roberts" and signed a contract with Universal, after which he moved to Hollywood.
He originally starred in the television series River Steamer (1959-1960), and then made his debut in the feature film Angel Baby. Over the next ten years, he starred on television and in films, regularly appearing in the series "Gun Smoke" (1962-65) and in two police shows "Hawk" (1966) and "Dan August" (1970-71). In movies, he starred in "Armored Squad" (1961), "CIA Operation" (1965), "Navajo Joe" (1966), "Sam Whiskey", "One Hundred Guns", "Dead End Shark!" (all 1969) and Swindle (1970) .
In different periods of his career, he played with equal ease real men with stone faces and cocky, lively in the language of "their" guys. Appearance (dark hair and dark skin, firmly compressed lips) and manner of play very often allowed him to play Indians and half-breeds. However, already in the mid-1980s he was not considered an actor of the highest level (A-list), partly due to the fact that a significant part of the films with his participation were low-standard comedies in the dumb and dumber genre. In 1972, he decided that his career should be shaken up properly. He posed nude for the magazine "Cosmopolitan", which was considered then, in the era of bourgeois feminism, a good sports spirit. His natural, light charm and distinctive humor made him a frequent guest on television talk shows. And he was looking for roles with comic elements such as "Fluff" and "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask" (both in 1972). But only a sharp turn in the most difficult role of a man who managed to stand up for himself and his friends in the film "Deliverance", also filmed in 1972, finally approved him as one of the highest grossing movie actors and made him a real superstar. From 1973 to 1983 he contested the title of the most popular actor in America with Robert Redford. Any film with his participation was guaranteed a box office success. The press vied with each other to discuss his relationship with singer Tammy Vineth, actress Sally Field and tennis player Chris Evert. The action movie White Lightning (1973) was the first film to use the charm of “her boyfriend”. There were chases in cars, and stunning beauties, a lot of action and few thoughts, moonlight and the image of a tough guy who is dangerous to mess with. Movies such as Policeman and the Bandit, Cannonball Races have made him a coveted commodity in the star market .
He achieved great success with films such as Shamus, The Man Who Loved Dancing Cats (both in 1973), and the tough prison soccer drama The Longest Yard (1974). After a flop with At Long Last Love, he took off again with the dry-law comedy Lucky Lady (both in 1975) and the silent-era saga Nickelodeon (1976) .
His best streak came in the late 1970s, when Reynolds starred in a number of highly entertaining and critically acclaimed films. These were: "Semi-Cool" (1977, about a football star), "The End" (1978), a sharp, black comedy, in which he also acted as a director, "Hooper" (1978, a funny comedy about a stuntman) and " Start Over ”(1979) about a divorced man trying to get back on his feet. In interviews at the time, he talked about his game plan - to mix complex and subtle projects like Start Over with light, purely entertaining comedies. But the streak of luck ended, the quality of the pictures dropped, and the queues for tickets for films with his participation disappeared at the box office. Films "Rough Cut" (1980), "Fatherhood" (1981), "Sharkey's Machine" (1981, also directed), "Best Friends", "The Best Little Brothel in Texas" (both in 1982), "Man, who loved women ”(1983), Trouble in the City (1984) and“ Stick ”(1985, also directed) show a downward spiral of bad luck with productions, director changes, frequent reshoots, and so on. By this time, it was hard not to notice that he looked and spoke so weakly that there were rumors that he was sick with AIDS. This turned out to be untrue, but he alone was struggling with a serious illness that prevented him from appearing in society for more than a year. Unfortunately, his comeback films such as Malone (1987) and Cop for Hire (1988) were equally weak. He played best in Changing Channels (1988) as Carey Grant in His Girlfriend Friday, but was not successful at the box office. Reynolds then played his first character role as an aging safe cracker in Bill Forsythe's The Bugbears (1989), and the job was excellent. In the same year, he voiced the lead role in the cartoon "All Dogs Go to Heaven" with his then-wife Loni Anderson. Loney played the female lead role. Throughout this period, Reynolds' stellar status remained unchanged. It just seemed like there was no way he could get into the blockbuster. After crossing the fifty-year mark, Reynolds starts working exclusively for television. He starred in the short television series B. L. Stryker "(BL Stryker) (1988-1990), then in the hugely popular TV series" Evening Shade "(1990-1994) and received an Emmy Award .
In the 1990s, he unexpectedly returned to Hollywood Olympus, starred in the star hit "Policeman and a Half" (1993), in 1995 successfully played in the thriller "Madness", in 1996 he appeared perfectly in the film "Meet Wally Sparks" and earned Oscar nomination for supporting role in the drama Boogie Nights (1997) .
Since 1978 he has owned and operated a theater in Jupiter, Florida, frequently appearing as both a director and an actor. In 1996, the actor was officially declared bankrupt. In 2005, he starred in the remake of The Longest Yard, where he played a supporting role - the former football player Nate Skarbara.

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