Occupation : Actor, singer,
producer, composer
Years active: 1951–present
Spouse(s) : Susan Geston (1977–present) 3 children
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Personal life :
Jeffrey Bridges was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson) and actor Lloyd Bridges. He has an older brother, Beau, and a younger sister, Lucinda. Another brother, Garrett, died of sudden infant death syndrome in 1948. Growing up, Bridges shared a close relationship with his brother, actor Beau Bridges, who acted as a surrogate father when their father was working. Bridges and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Bridges, who is also the uncle of actor Jordan Bridges, married Susan Geston in 1977. They met on the movie shoot of Rancho Deluxe which was filmed on a ranch where Geston was working as a maid.They have three daughters: Isabelle (born in 1981), Jessica Lily (born in 1983), and Hayley Roselouise (born in 1985). Bridges is also a known cannabis user; in an interview, he admitted to giving up smoking marijuana during the filming of The Big Lebowski, but says he has not "permanently kicked the habit."
Film career :
As a teenager, Bridges appeared, along with his brother Beau, on their father's CBS anthology series, The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962-1963).His first major role was in the 1971 movie The Last Picture Show for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated again for the same award for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. One of his better known roles was in the 1982 science-fiction cult classic Tron, in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer; It's a role he is set to reprise in late 2010 in Tron Legacy. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1984 for playing the alien in Starman. He was also acclaimed for his roles in the thriller Against All Odds and the crime drama Jagged Edge. His role in Fearless is recognized by some critics to be one of his best performances.One critic dubbed it a masterpiece; Pauline Kael wrote that he "may be the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived". He also starred as "The Dude" in the Coen Brothers' cult-classic film The Big Lebowski.
In 2000, he received his fourth Academy Award nomination for his role in The Contender. He also starred in the 2005 Terry Gilliam movie Tideland, his second with the director (the first being 1991's The Fisher King). He played the role of Obadiah Stane in the 2008 Marvel motion picture, Iron Man. In July 2008 and July 2009, at the San Diego Comic-Con International, he appeared in a teaser for Tron Legacy, the sequel to Tron.
In 2010, Bridges won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his role as Bad Blake in the film Crazy Heart.
Other work :
Bridges had been an amateur photographer since high school, and began taking photographs on movie sets during Starman, at the suggestion of co-star Karen Allen. He has published many of these photographs online and in the 2003 Pictures: Photographs by Jeff Bridges.Bridges is also a cartoonist. Some of his "doodles" have appeared in films including K-PAX and The Door in the Floor.
Bridges narrated the documentary Lost in La Mancha (2002), about the "unmaking" of a Terry Gilliam retelling of Don Quixote, tentatively titled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which would have starred Johnny Depp as Sancho Panza and Jean Rochefort as the quixotic hero. Bridges also narrated the documentaries Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002, IMAX), Raising the Mammoth (2000, TV), and The Heroes of Rock and Roll (1979, TV). He also voiced the character Big Z in the animated picture Surf's Up.
Bridges has performed TV commercial voice-over work as well, including Hyundai's 2007 "Think About It" ad campaign as well as the Duracell ads in the "Trusted Everywhere" campaign.
In the film The Contender, in which he co-starred, Bridges recorded a version of Johnny Cash's standard "Ring of Fire" with Kim Carnes that played over the pivotal opening credits.
In February 2010, he was among the nearly 80 musicians to sing on the charity-single remake of We Are the World
Filmography :
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1971 | Duane Jackson | ||
Nero Finnighan | |||
1972 | Ernie | ||
Jake Rumsey | |||
1973 | Zack Feather | ||
Elroy Jackson Jr. / Junior Jackson | |||
Don Parritt | |||
1974 | Lightfoot | ||
1975 | Jack McKee | ||
1976 | Craig Blake | ||
Jack Prescott | |||
1979 | Nick Kegan | ||
1979 | Harry Flowers | ||
1980 | John L. Bridges | ||
1981 | Richard Bone | ||
1982 | Kevin Flynn/Clu | ||
Dr. Rupert Baines | |||
Prince Lír | Voice Only | ||
1984 | Terry Brogan | ||
Starman/Scott Hayden | |||
1985 | Jack Forrester | ||
1986 | Matthew "Matt" Scudder | ||
Turner | |||
1987 | |||
1988 | |||
1989 | Larry Livingstone | ||
Jack Baker | |||
1990 | Duane Jackson | ||
1991 | Jack Lucas | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor | |
1992 | Jack Kelson | ||
1993 | Barney Cousins | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor | |
Max Klein | |||
1994 | Jimmy Dove/Liam McGivney | ||
1995 | James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok | ||
1996 | Captain Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon | ||
Gregory Larkin | |||
Vincent | |||
1998 | Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski | ||
1999 | Michael Faraday | ||
Jack Warrick | |||
2000 | President Jackson Evans | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | |
2001 | Jimmy Berg | ||
Dr. Mark Powell | |||
2002 | Narrator | Voice Only Documentary | |
2003 | Tom Friend | ||
Charles S. Howard | |||
2004 | Ted Cole | Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead | |
2005 | Andy | ||
Noah | |||
2006 | Burt Vickerman | ||
2007 | Ezekiel 'Big Z' Topanga/Geek | Voice Only | |
2008 | Jon Katz | ||
Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain | ||
Clayton Harding | |||
2009 | Kyle | ||
Bad Blake | Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Alliance of Women Film Journalists Eda Award for Best Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Denver Film Critics Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated — Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated — St Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | ||
Bill Django | |||
2010 | |||
Kevin Flynn/Clu | post-production | ||
pre-production |
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