Jeff Bridges
Department: Acting
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
Tron
1982
The Big Lebowski
1998
K-PAX
2001
The Fisher King
1991
Blown Away
1994
Arlington Road
1999
The Last Unicorn
1982
The Vanishing
1993
White Squall
1996
Iron Man
2008
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
The Door in the Floor
2004
Stick It
2006
King Kong
1976
Fearless
1993
Heaven's Gate
1980
Seabiscuit
2003
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
Stay Hungry
1976
8 Million Ways to Die
1986
TRON: Legacy
2010
Lost in La Mancha
2002
Scenes of the Crime
2002
The American Success Company
1980
The Contender
2000
Tideland
2005
Against All Odds
1984
Bad Company
1972
Cutter's Way
1981
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
The Last American Hero
1973
The Open Road
2009
American Heart
1992
Masked and Anonymous
2003
The Morning After
1986
The Last Picture Show
1971
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
Crazy Heart
2009
Surf's Up
2007
Jagged Edge
1985
Starman
1984
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
Hollywood Legenden
2004
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988
The Iceman Cometh
1973
Winter Kills
1979
Rancho Deluxe
1975
Nadine
1987
The Muse
1999
True Grit
2010
Fat City
1972
The Amateurs
2006
Wild Bill
1995
R.I.P.D.
2013
Seventh Son
2014
Simpatico
1999
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
Texasville
1990
TRON: The Next Day
2011
The Making of TRON
2002
Hearts of the West
1975
Halls of Anger
1970
A Place at the Table
2012
In Search of America
1971
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1970
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West
2002
Somebody Killed Her Husband
1978
See You in the Morning
1989
Pablo
2012
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973
Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard
2006
Installing the Cast
2011
Visualizing TRON
2011
The Giver
2014
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
The Pixar Story
2007
Hidden in America
1996
A Dog Year
2009
Chasing the Lotus
2006
Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
2022
From The Village to The Basement
2014
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom
2019
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
2008
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969
Words from a Bear
2019
Hell or High Water
2016
Picture This
1991
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
2004
Raising the Mammoth
2000
Made in the USA
1993
Cold Feet
1989
TRON: Ares
2025
Grendel
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Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick
1999
Zen Brownie
2023
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
The Little Prince
2015
Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire
2015
Only the Brave
2017
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2021
HyperNormalisation
2016
The Only Living Boy in New York
2017
Hal
2019
Dream Big: Engineering Our World
2017
The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins
2014
The Company She Keeps
1951
King Kong Lives
1986
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018
Living in the Future's Past
2018
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014
The Cool School
2008
Making of Arlington Road
1999
Forever Hollywood
1999
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004
Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll
1979
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
2003
The Making of 'Tideland'
2007
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
2014
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Rapunzel
1983
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
2020
Valerie
2019
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
1998
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981
Hot Money
2021
Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'
1999
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011
Casting By
2012
Acting: The First Six Lessons
2020
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982
Return of the Grizzly
2023
The True Story of Seabiscuit
2003
Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends
2001
Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star
2025
The Moviemakers
1973
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
2004
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
2003
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
2003
Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
2004
The Coen Brothers - An American Story
2025
Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers
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Minions & Monsters
2026
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
The Coen Brothers
2000
I Am 'Iron Man'
2008
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The F.B.I.
1965
The View
1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Eisen Hour
2021
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Colbert Report
2005
Sea Hunt
1958
The Most Deadly Game
1970
The Don Knotts Show
1970
The Loner
1965
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
The Oscars
1953
Good Day Live
2001
GMTV
1993
Live from Studio Five
2009
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Alec Baldwin Show
2018
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Reading Rainbow
1983
Flick Flack
1974
The View
1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Scene by Scene
1997
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Lassie
1954
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Great Performances
1971
The Old Man
2022
Conan
2010
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Parkinson
1998
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Playhouse
1974
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Conan
2010