Patrick Reynolds

Patrick Reynolds starred in the action-adventure-sci-fi feature Eliminators and appeared in numerous TV shows and other films. What's less known is that he's a grandson of the tobacco company founder, RJ Reynolds, makers of Camel and Winston cigarettes, but after his father died from smoking, Mr. Reynolds spoke out publicly against Big Tobacco in Congress. His 1986 testimony was reported by news media around the globe, and Patrick took up the flag as a champion of a tobacco free society, and has campaigned for a smoke-free America in the years which followed. In 2015, President Obama and the White House presented him with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Prior to acting the lead role in the feature Eliminators in 1986, Mr. Reynolds performed supporting parts in films like Nashville and Buffalo Bill and the Indians for director Robert Altman; he played a Hare Krishna in Airplane, and appeared in Hair for Milos Forman. He played a war correspondent and John Huston's aide in the film The