NORTH CAROLINA --  Movie star Burt Reynolds, known for films such as "Deliverance," "Boogie Nights" and "Smokey and the Bandit," has died at age 82.

His death was confirmed to CNN by his agent, Todd Eisner, who told CNN that said Reynolds died of cardiac arrest.

In 1972, Reynolds posed nude in Cosmopolitan magazine, reaffirming his growing popularity as a Hollywood sex symbol. He later regretted the image, CNN reported, because he thought it distracted from his acting career and dampened the chance that "Deliverance" would earn Oscar honors.

His acting reached its peak in the late 1970s and early '80s, when he starred in a string of big movies and franchises such as "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Cannonball Run."

Reynolds nabbed his Oscar nomination for his role as a porn film producer in the 1997 movie "Boogie Nights."

The actor also had North Carolina ties, where it's said after Reynolds was beaten by NC State's football team, he quit the sport and began acting. He was a halfback for Florida State at the time.

Numerous celebrities took to social media with sadness to pay tribute to Reynolds, pointing out his iconic roles and the example he set for stars on the rise.