Movies Gallery Burt Reynolds through the years By EW Staff Updated on September 6, 2018 03:00PM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player Burt Reynolds' long career Martin Mills/Getty Images 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 Florida State/ Collegiate Images/Getty Images 1959 With Darren McGavin For Riverboat Universal Studios/Getty Images 1959 in Los Angeles Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images 1959 in Los Angeles Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images 1960 Archive Photos/Getty Images 1964 CBS Photo Archive 1969 Terry O'Neill/Getty Images November 25, 1970 ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images May 13, 1970 ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images March 6, 1970 ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images March 1970 ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images February 1971 With Miko Mayama at the Golden Globe Awards Max B. Miller/Getty Images 1972 Antonia Hille/Getty Images September 21, 1972 in London Central Press/Getty Images March 26, 1973 With Dinah Shore at the Academy Awards Ron Galella/WireImage July 15, 1974 on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson NBC/NBCU Photo Bank 1974 Paramount Pictures/Courtesy of Getty Images 1975 Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images 1975 With Cybill Shepherd for At Long Last Love Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images April 14, 1977 in Los Angeles Ron Galella/WireImage 1977 With Sally Field Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images March 15, 1978 With Sally Field in Los Angeles Ron Galella/WireImage November 5, 1980 in New York City Ron Galella/WireImage December 5, 1984 With Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, and Loni Anderson in Hollywood Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage March 27, 1987 in Hollywood Jim Smeal/WireImage July 17, 1987 With Loni Anderson Ron Galella/WireImage July 28, 1990 With Doug McClure at the Golden Boot Awards Jim Smeal/WireImage January 08, 1991 on Larry King Live Jim Smeal/WireImage September 8, 1991 With Bob Hope Jim Smeal/WireImage October 17, 1994 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Margaret Norton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank January 01, 1994 Rosy-Press/ullstein bild via Getty Images August 12, 1995 at the Golden Boot Awards Jim Smeal/WireImage October 08, 1997 With Mark Wahlberg and Pam Seals in New York City Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images January 18, 1998 at the Golden Globes Fitzroy Barrett/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images February 15, 1999 Robin Platzer/Twin Images/Getty Images February 14, 2000 With Martin Sheen at the ESPY Awards Kevin Mazur/WireImage March 26, 2001 in New York City Arnaldo Magnani/Liaison May 20, 2001 With Son Quinton in Santa Monica, Calif. Frederick M. Brown/AFP/Getty Images July 16, 2002 Vera Anderson/WireImage August 19, 2002 in New York City Scott Gries/Getty Images May 16, 2004 J.Sciulli/WireImage May 23, 2005 With Joseph Benincasa, Martha Nelson, and Liz Smith Gregory Pace/FilmMagic August 12, 2006 Mathew Imaging/FilmMagic August 21, 2006 Michael Tran/FilmMagic May 20, 2007 Alexandra Wyman/WireImage January 27, 2008 at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Frazer Harrison/Getty Images April 28, 2010 on Burt Reynolds Road in West Palm Beach, Fla. Carlos Marino/Getty Images April 15, 2011 in Chicago Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images August 16, 2012 Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images June 8, 2013 Kevin Winter/Getty Images March 14, 2014 Larry Marano/Getty Images August 22, 2015 Gilbert Carrasquillo/WireImage March 12, 2016 at SXSW Mike Windle/Getty Images for SXSW April 22, 2017 with Robert De Niro and Chevy Chase at the Tribeca Film Festival Noam Galai/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival November 3, 2017 at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Manny Hernandez / Getty Images March 15, 2018 on TODAY Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images March 15, 2018 on Watch What Happens Live Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images March 22, 2018 Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic