Acting · Valdosta, Georgia, USA · Born August 28, 1935
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.
TVThe Resident
2018
as Hugh Yokum
MovieDead End
2016
as Officer Murray
TVRectify
2013
as Mayor Johnny Daggett
MovieUnconditional
2012
as Pauly
MovieThe Way Home
2010
as Ed Walker
MovieVan Wilder: Freshman Year
2009
as Coach Bob
MovieA Love Song for Bobby Long
2004
as Earl
MovieThe Rosa Parks Story
2002
as James F. Blake
MovieDiggity: A Home at Last
2002
as Otis Cane
MovieThe Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
2000
as Enos Strate
MovieThe Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
MovieThe Gingerbread Man
1998
as Chatham County Sheriff
MovieThe Rainmaker
1997
as Delbert Birdsong
MovieParadise Falls
1997
as Bert Kyler
MovieWild America
1997
as Bud
MovieThe Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
1997
as Enos Strate
MovieSanta's Magic Book
1996
as (voice)
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieNever Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996
as Dick Sheridan
TVAmerican Gothic
1995
MovieForrest Gump
1994
as Bear Bryant
MovieScattered Dreams
1993
as Sheriff Ashford
MovieThe Ernest Green Story
1993
as Coach Snell
MovieLove Crimes
1992
as Plainclothes Cop
TVMatlock
1986
as Hugo Larson
MovieThe Devil and Max Devlin
1981
as Big Billy Hunniker
TVEnos
1980
as Enos Strate
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Willie McCoy
MovieFreedom Road
1979
as Jason Hugar
TVThe Dukes of Hazzard
1979
as Enos Strate
MovieThey Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
as Carlie
MovieSummer of My German Soldier
1978
as McFee
MovieThe Young Runaways
1978
as C.L. Doyle
MovieThe Lincoln Conspiracy
1977
as Lewis Paine
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Don York
MovieThe Farmer
1977
as Corrigan
TVAlice
1976
MovieGator
1976
as 4th Agent
MovieJudge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976
as Noah
MovieThe Longest Yard
1974
as Tannen
MoviePayday
1973
as Dabney
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mason Davis
