Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor and musician. His most notable films include The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Tron, Starman, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Fearless, The Big Lebowski, The Contender, Iron Man, and Crazy Heart, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 82nd Academy Awards.Contents [hide] 1 Personal life 2 Film career 3 Other work 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links
[edit] Personal life
Jeffrey Bridges was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson) and actor Lloyd Bridges.[1][2] 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.[3] Bridges and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles.[4] He served in the US Coast Guard in the late 1960s, and as a reservist in the early 1970s.[5]
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.[6] 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."[7] He is now currently living in Bideford, where every week he enjoys doing a pub quiz, and is thoroughly loved by all. [edit] Film career
Bridges at the premiere of The Men Who Stare at Goats, during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
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. In 1976 he starred as the protagonist Jack Prescott in remake of King Kong opposite future academy award winner Jessica Lange (her first role). This film was a huge commercial success earning back $80 million worldwide ($282 million when adjusted for inflation), triple, of its $24 million budget and also winning an Academy Award for special effects. 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.[8] One critic dubbed it a masterpiece;[9] Pauline Kael wrote that he "may be the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived".[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] [edit] 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.[13] He has published many of these photographs online and in the 2003 Pictures: Photographs by Jeff Bridges.[14][15][16]
Bridges is also a cartoonist. Some of his "doodles" have appeared in films including K-PAX and The Door in the Floor.[citation needed]
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" advertisement campaign [17] as well as the Duracell advertisements in the "Trusted Everywhere" campaign.[18]
On January 15, 2010 Bridges performed the song "I Don't Know" from Crazy Heart on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. 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.[19] [edit] FilmographyYear Film Role Notes 1971 The Last Picture Show Duane Jackson Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Yin & Yang of Mr. Go[20] Nero Finnighan 1972 Fat City Ernie Bad Company Jake Rumsey 1973 Lolly-Madonna XXX Zack Feather The Last American Hero Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson The Iceman Cometh Don Parritt 1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Lightfoot Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1975 Rancho Deluxe Jack McKee 1976 Stay Hungry Craig Blake King Kong Jack Prescott 1979 Winter Kills Nick Kegan 1979 The American Success Company Harry Flowers 1980 Heaven's Gate John L. Bridges 1981 Cutter's Way Richard Bone 1982 Tron Kevin Flynn/Clu Kiss Me Goodbye Dr. Rupert Baines The Last Unicorn Prince Lír Voice Only 1984 Against All Odds Terry Brogan Starman Starman/Scott Hayden Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor 1985 Jagged Edge Jack Forrester 1986 8 Million Ways to Die Matthew "Matt" Scudder The Morning After Turner Kendall 1987 Nadine Vernon Hightower 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Preston Tucker 1989 See You in the Morning Larry Livingstone The Fabulous Baker Boys Jack Baker 1990 Texasville Duane Jackson 1991 The Fisher King Jack Lucas Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor 1992 American Heart Jack Kelson Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead 1993 The Vanishing Barney Cousins Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor Fearless Max Klein 1994 Blown Away Jimmy Dove/Liam McGivney 1995 Wild Bill James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok 1996 White Squall Captain Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon The Mirror Has Two Faces Gregory Larkin Hidden in America Vincent 1998 The Big Lebowski Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1999 Arlington Road Michael Faraday The Muse Jack Warrick 2000 The Contender 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 Scenes of the Crime Jimmy Berg K-PAX Dr. Mark Powell 2002 Lost in La Mancha Narrator Voice Only Documentary 2003 Masked and Anonymous Tom Friend Seabiscuit Charles S. Howard Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2004 The Door in the Floor Ted Cole Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead 2005 The Amateurs Andy Tideland Noah 2006 Stick It Burt Vickerman 2007 Surf's Up Ezekiel 'Big Z' Topanga/Geek Voice Only 2008 A Dog Year Jon Katz Iron Man Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Clayton Harding 2009 The Open Road Kyle Crazy Heart Bad Blake Academy Award for Best Actor 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 — London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year Nominated — Online 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 The Men Who Stare at Goats Bill Django 2010 The Giver Tron: Legacy Kevin Flynn/Clu post-production True Grit Rooster Cogburn pre-production
