He is best known for portraying the role of Abe Carver on Days of Our Lives,[1] for which he won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2018.

Later, he was sent to Vietnam and served for almost a year with a variety of units in and around Chu Lai, adding battlefield reporting to his combat duties.

Advised that the best place on campus to meet girls was the theater department, he began auditioning and performing in plays.

[7] Reynolds originated the character of Abe Carver on the NBC dramatic serial Days of Our Lives in 1981, which he has played since then.

After serving as stalwart police commander Abe Carver on Days of our Lives for nine years, Reynolds moved to the new series, Generations in 1991 to play powerful business tycoon Henry Marshall, replacing actor Taurean Blacque in the role.