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Jeff Bridges

Acting

Born December 4, 1949 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as Jeffrey Bridges · Jeffrey Leon Bridges

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).

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 2010
  • Actor Awards · 2010
  • Donostia Award · 2004
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actor – Motion Picture Drama
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actor – Television Series Drama · 2023 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2017 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 2011 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 2010 · nominated
  • Teen Choice AwardBest Villain · 2008 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2001 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1985 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1975 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1972 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Acting: The First Six Lessons

2020as Interviews

The Don Knotts Show

as Self

Reading Rainbow

1983as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Big Lebowski

1998as The Dude

Iron Man

2008as Obadiah Stane

The Little Prince

2015as The Aviator (voice)

The Pixar Story

2007as Clu (archive footage)

The Last Picture Show

1971as Duane Jackson

Only the Brave

2017as Duane Steinbrink

HyperNormalisation

2016as Self (archival footage)

Hell or High Water

2016as Marcus Hamilton

True Grit

2010as Rooster Cogburn

The Fisher King

1991as Jack

The Last Unicorn

1982as Prince Lir (voice)

The Old Man

2022as Dan Chase

Conan

2010as Self - Guest

K-PAX

2001as Dr. Mark Powell

Seabiscuit

2003as Charles Howard

Fat City

1972as Ernie

Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

2021as Self - Narrator

Lost in La Mancha

2002as Narrator (voice)

Arlington Road

1999as Michael Faraday

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

2017as Champ

Casting By

2012as Self

Pablo

2012as Narrator (voice)

Crazy Heart

2009as Bad Blake

The Colbert Report

2005

Fearless

1993as Max Klein

Starman

1984as Starman / Scott Hayden

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020as Self

Bad Times at the El Royale

2018as Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly

A Place at the Table

2012as Self

Stick It

2006as Burt Vickerman

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

1974as Lightfoot

One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

2014as Self

The Contender

2000as President Jackson Evans

The Mirror Has Two Faces

1996as Gregory Larkin

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

1988as Preston Tucker

Heaven's Gate

1980as John L. Bridges

Sea Hunt

Hal

2018as Self

The Giver

2014as The Giver

Tron

1982as Kevin Flynn / Clu

Tron: Ares

2025as Kevin Flynn

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019as Self

Tron: Legacy

2010as Kevin Flynn / Clu

Surf's Up

2007as Big Z / Geek (voice)

Tideland

2005as Noah

Cutter's Way

1981as Richard Bone