How old was Burt Reynolds in the movie Smokey and the Bandit?

Burt Reynolds was 40 in Smokey and the Bandit when he played the character 'Bo 'Bandit' Darville'.

That was over 47 years ago in 1977.

In 2018 he died aged 82, starring in 155 films in his career, 125 of those after Smokey and the Bandit was first released. If he were alive today he would be 88.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Smokey and the Bandit, I think Burt Reynolds looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Hal Needham has worked with Burt Reynolds a total of 10 times in his career.
  • Burt Reynolds' first movie was as 'The Actor' in The Velvet Alley, released in 1959 when he was 21
  • Smokey and the Bandit scores 6.94 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Smokey and the Bandit

Burt Reynolds' other movies