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Jeff Bridges

Acting · Born 1949-12-04 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series Sea Hunt (1958–60), with his father, Lloyd Bridges and brother, Beau Bridges. He has won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as an alcoholic singer in the 2009 film Crazy Heart. Bridges also earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in The Last Picture Show (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Starman (1984), The Contender (2000), True Grit (2010), and Hell or High Water (2016).

Known for

Filmography

2026In the Company of Wolves: An American JourneyNarrator (voice)
2026Minions & MonstersFrank / Elwood (voice)
2026Occupational Hazard: The First Coral ReefersNarrator
2025The Coen Brothers - An American StorySelf
2025TRON: AresKevin Flynn
2025Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant StarSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2023Return of the GrizzlyNarrator
2023Zen Brownie
2022Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert HallSelf (Narrator)
2022The Old ManDan Chase
2021Bob Dylan: Odds and EndsSelf - Narrator
2021The Eisen HourSelf - Guest
2021Hot MoneySelf
2020Acting: The First Six LessonsInterviews
2020Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday ShowSelf - Performer
2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessSelf
2020Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeSelf
2019The Grand Unified Theory of Howard BloomSelf
2019Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelf
2019ValerieSelf
2019HalSelf
2019Words from a BearSelf
2018The Alec Baldwin ShowSelf
2018Bad Times at the El RoyaleFather Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
2018GQ Presents: Iconic CharactersSelf
2018Living in the Future's PastSelf - Narrator (voice)
2017Only the BraveDuane Steinbrink
2017Kingsman: The Golden CircleChamp
2017The Only Living Boy in New YorkW.F. Gerald
2017Dream Big: Engineering Our WorldNarrator (voice)
2016HyperNormalisationSelf (archival footage)
2016Hell or High WaterMarcus Hamilton
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2015The Little PrinceThe Aviator (voice)
2015Pilchuck: A Dance with FireNarrator (voice)
2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf
2014Seventh SonMaster John Gregory
2014From The Village to The BasementNarrator
2014Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 YearsSelf - Host
2014One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American FilmSelf
2014The GiverThe Giver
2014The Girl Who Talked to DolphinsSelf
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest
2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the BeatlesSelf
2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf
2013R.I.P.D.Roy Pulsipher
2012Casting BySelf
2012PabloNarrator (voice)
2012A Place at the TableSelf
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
2011Visualizing TRONSelf
2011Installing the CastSelf
2011The Tron Phenomenon
2011TRON: The Next DayKevin Flynn
2011Jeff Bridges: The Dude AbidesSelf
2010True GritRooster Cogburn
2010TRON: LegacyKevin Flynn / Clu
2010ConanSelf
2009Crazy HeartBad Blake
2009The Men Who Stare at GoatsBill Django
2009Live from Studio FiveSelf
2009A Dog YearJon Katz
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2009The Open RoadKyle
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleClayton Harding
2008I Am 'Iron Man'Self
2008Starz Inside: Comic Books UnboundSelf - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man
2008Iron ManObadiah Stane
2008The Cool SchoolSelf - Narrator (voice)
2007The Pixar StoryClu (archive footage)
2007Surf's UpBig Z / Geek (voice)
2007The Making of 'Tideland'Self
2006Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner ErhardSelf - est Graduate (archive footage)
2006The AmateursAndy
2006Stick ItBurt Vickerman
2006Chasing the LotusNarrator
2005The Colbert Report
2005TidelandNoah
2004The Making of 'Seabiscuit'Self
2004Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's GateSelf
2004Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of SmileSelf
2004The Door in the FloorTed Cole
2004Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
2004Hollywood LegendenSelf
2003Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the LegendSelf
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003The True Story of SeabiscuitSelf
2003Masked and AnonymousTom Friend
2003SeabiscuitCharles Howard
2003'Seabiscuit': The Making of a LegendSelf
2003Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?Self
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
2002Scenes of the CrimeJimmy Berg
2002Lewis & Clark: Great Journey WestNarrator (voice)
2002Lost in La ManchaNarrator (voice)
2002The Making of TRONHimself
2001Michael McDonald: A Gathering of FriendsSelf
2001K-PAXDr. Mark Powell
2001Good Day LiveSelf
2001AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisandself
2000The Coen BrothersSelf
2000The ContenderPresident Jackson Evans
2000Arista Records' 25th Anniversary CelebrationSelf
2000Raising the MammothNarrator (voice)
1999Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'
1999SimpaticoLyle Carter
1999The MuseJack Warrick
1999The Last Picture Show: A Look BackSelf
1999Arlington RoadMichael Faraday
1999Making of Arlington RoadSelf
1999Forever HollywoodSelf
1998The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'Self
1998The Big LebowskiThe Dude
1998ParkinsonSelf
1997The ViewSelf
1997Scene by SceneSelf
1996Hidden in AmericaVincent
1996The Mirror Has Two FacesGregory Larkin
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - Guest
1996White SquallChristopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
1995Wild BillWild Bill Hickok
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
1994Blown AwayJames "Jimmy" Dove
1993FearlessMax Klein
1993Made in the USASelf
1993The VanishingBarney Cousins
1993GMTVSelf
1992American HeartJack
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991The Fisher KingJack
1991Picture ThisSelf
1990TexasvilleDuane Jackson
1989The Fabulous Baker BoysJack Baker
1989Cold FeetBartender (uncredited)
1989See You in the MorningLarry Livingstone
1988Tucker: The Man and His DreamPreston Tucker
1987NadineVernon Hightower
1986The Morning AfterTurner Kendall
1986King Kong LivesJack Prescott (archive footage)
1986The Thanksgiving PromiseNeighbor
19868 Million Ways to DieMatthew 'Matt' Scudder
1985Jagged EdgeJack Forrester
1984StarmanStarman / Scott Hayden
1984Against All OddsTerry Brogan
1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)
1983RapunzelThe Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father
1982Kiss Me GoodbyeRupert
1982The Last UnicornPrince Lir (voice)
1982Faerie Tale TheatreClaude / Prince
1982TronKevin Flynn / Clu
1982The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other StoriesMichael Loomis
1981The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other StoriesMichael Loomis
1981Cutter's WayRichard Bone
1980Heaven's GateJohn L. Bridges
1980The American Success CompanyHarry
1979Winter KillsNick Kegan
1979Heroes of Rock 'n' RollHimself
1978Somebody Killed Her HusbandJerry Green
1976King KongJack F. Prescott
1976Stay HungryCraig Blake
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975Hearts of the WestLewis Tater
1975Rancho DeluxeJack McKee
1974The Yin and the Yang of Mr. GoNero Finnegan
1974Thunderbolt and LightfootLightfoot
1974PlayhouseMichael Loomis
1974Flick Flack
1973The Iceman ComethDon Parritt
1973The Last American HeroElroy Jackson Jr.
1973Lolly-Madonna XXXZack Feather
1973The MoviemakersSelf
1972Bad CompanyJake Rumsey
1972Fat CityErnie
1971The Last Picture ShowDuane Jackson
1971In Search of AmericaMike Olson
1971Great PerformancesMichael Loomis
1970The Most Deadly GameHawk
1970The Don Knotts ShowSelf
1970Halls of AngerDoug
1969Silent Night, Lonely NightYoung John
1965The F.B.I.Terry Shelton
1965The Loner
1962The Lloyd Bridges ShowDave Melkin
1958Sea Hunt
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyNeighbor (uncredited)
1954LassieCal Baker (uncredited)
1953The OscarsSelf
1951The Company She KeepsInfant at Train Station (uncredited)
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
—GrendelGrendel
—George Sluizer - Filming beyond BounderiesSelf

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