Sonny Shroyer
ActingAlso Known As
Otis Burt Shroyer Jr.
Biography
Otis Burt "Sonny" Shroyer Jr. (born August 28, 1935) is an American retired actor who has appeared in various television and film roles. He is best known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Enos Strate in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He also starred in the short-lived spin-off series Enos based around his Dukes of Hazzard character. Sonny Shroyer was born in Valdosta, Georgia, a small city on the Georgia-Florida border. He grew up steeped in the traditions of the deep South, working in the tobacco warehouses pushing tobacco buggies and helped his father in their fruit stand-ice cream parlor business. His prowess in high school football landed him a football scholarship at Florida State University (he later ended up playing football in the movie The Longest Yard (1974) with another FSU football player, Burt Reynolds). However, his football career was cut short by an injury, and Shroyer finished his education at the University of Georgia, where he earned his degree in business.
Movies
(31 total)
Forrest Gump
as Bear Bryant
The Rainmaker
as Delbert Birdsong
Van Wilder: Freshman Year
as Coach Bob
The Longest Yard
as Tannen
The Gingerbread Man
as Chatham County Sheriff
Wild America
as Bud
Gator
as 4th Agent
Unconditional
as Pauly
The Rosa Parks Story
as James F. Blake
The Devil and Max Devlin
as Big Billy Hunniker
Love Crimes
as Plainclothes Cop
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
as Enos Strate
The Way Home
as Ed Walker
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
as Enos Strate
Payday
as Dabney
The Lincoln Conspiracy
as Lewis Paine
Scattered Dreams
as Sheriff Ashford
TV Shows
(11 total)
The Resident
as Hugh Yokum
The Dukes of Hazzard
as Enos Strate
Rectify
as Mayor Johnny Daggett
The Love Boat
as Don York
Matlock
as Hugo Larson
Knots Landing
as Willie McCoy
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mason Davis
Enos
as Enos Strate