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Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges (born
December 4, 1949) is an American actor and musician. He won the Academy Award
for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart.
Bridges is also a musician, a
photographer, and an occasional vintner and a storyteller. He comes from a
well-known acting family, and worked as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges,
and brother Beau on television's Sea Hunt. Some of his best-known films include
Tron (and its sequel) , Fearless, Iron Man, The Contender, Starman, The Fabulous
Baker Boys, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds, Fisher King, The Fisher King,
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Seabiscuit, and The Big Lebowski.
Bridges earned his sixth Academy
Award nomination for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in 2010's True Grit.
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Background information
Born Jeffrey Leon Bridges
December 4, 1949 (1949-12-04)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor, singer, producer,
composer
Years active 1950–present
Spouse Susan Geston (m. 1977)
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Early
life
Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born in
Los Angeles, California on December 4, 1949. He was born into a showbiz family,
the son of actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson) and actor Lloyd
Bridges.[1][2] His older brother, Beau Bridges, is also an actor. He has a
younger sister, Lucinda, and had another brother, Garrett, who died of sudden
infant death syndrome in 1948. Growing up, Bridges shared a close relationship
with his brother Beau, 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 attended University High School in Los Angeles. At age
fourteen, Jeff toured with his father in a stage production of Anniversary
Waltz.
After graduating from high school,
Bridges journeyed to New York where he studied acting at the famed Herbert
Berghof Studio. Also, after turning 18, Bridges joined the United States Coast
Guard Reserve , where he served for eight years [5]
Career
Film
career
Bridges made his first screen
appearance at the age of four months in The Company She Keeps in 1950. In his
youth, Bridges and Beau made occasional appearances on their father's show Sea
Hunt (1958–1961) and the CBS anthology series, The Lloyd Bridges Show
(1962–1963). His first major role came in the 1971 film The Last Picture Show,
for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actor.[6] He co-starred in the 1972 film Fat City, directed by legendary
director, John Huston. He was nominated again for Best Supporting Actor for his
performance opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and
Lightfoot.[6] In 1976, he starred as the protagonist Jack Prescott in the first
remake of King Kong, opposite Jessica Lange. This film was a commercial success,
earning $90 million worldwide, more than triple its $23 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 (a role he reprised in late 2010 with the sequel Tron:
Legacy). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1984, for
playing the alien in Starman.[6] He was also acclaimed for his roles in the
thriller Against All Odds (1984) and the crime drama Jagged Edge (1985). His
role in Fearless (1993) is recognized by some critics to be one of his best
performances.[7] One critic dubbed it a masterpiece;[8] Pauline Kael wrote that
he "may be the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever
lived".[9] In 1998, he starred as what is arguably his most famous role, "The
Dude", in the Coen Brothers' cult-classic film The Big Lebowski.[6] He has said
that he relates to "The Dude" more than any of his other roles.[citation needed]
In 2000, he received his fourth
Academy Award nomination, for his role in The Contender.[6] He also starred in
the 2005 Terry Gilliam film Tideland, his second with the director (the first
being 1991's The Fisher King). He shaved his trademark[citation needed] mane of
hair to play the role of Obadiah Stane in the 2008 Marvel comic book adaptation
Iron Man.[10] In July 2008, at the San Diego Comic-Con International, he
appeared in a teaser for Tron: Legacy, shot as concept footage for director
Joseph Kosinski; this developed into a full 3D feature release in 2010.
Bridges is one of the youngest
actors ever to be nominated for an Academy Award (1972, age 22, Best Supporting
Actor, The Last Picture Show), and one of the oldest ever to win (2010, age 60,
Best Actor, Crazy Heart).[11][12] Crazy Heart also won him the 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.
Bridges received his sixth Academy
Award nomination for his role in True Grit, a collaboration with the Coen
brothers in which he starred alongside Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper,
and Hailee Steinfeld. Both the film, and Bridges' performance as Rooster Cogburn,
were critically praised. Bridges lost to Colin Firth, whom he had beaten for the
Oscar in the same category the previous year.
Music
Jeff Bridges released his debut
album "Be Here Soon" on January 1, 2000.
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.[13] On October 24, 2010, Bridges appeared at Neil Young's annual Bridge
School Benefit concert and played a set with Neko Case.
On April 19, 2011, Country Music
Television announced that Bridges had signed a recording contract with Blue Note
Records/EMI Music Group. He worked with producer T-Bone Burnett and released his
second album, Jeff Bridges, on August 16, 2011.[14]
Other
work
Bridges has been an amateur
photographer since high school, and began taking photographs on film sets during
Starman, at the suggestion of co-star Karen Allen.[15] He has published many of
these photographs online and in the 2003 Pictures: Photographs by Jeff
Bridges.[16][17][18]
Bridges is 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 at the 2010 Independent
Spirit Awards.Bridges has performed TV commercial voice-over work as well,
including Hyundai's 2007 "Think About It" advertisement campaign[19] as well as
the Duracell advertisements in the "Trusted Everywhere" campaign.[20]
On December 18, 2010, Bridges
hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live; he had hosted the show before in 1983 with his
brother, Beau. With the December 18, 2010 episode, Bridges beat Sigourney
Weaver's record for longest gap between hosting appearances on SNL (Weaver had a
24-year gap between her first time hosting in 1986 and her second time hosting
in 2010, while Bridges had a 27-year gap between his first appearance in 1983
and his most recent one, also in 2010).
Personal life
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Bridges married Gaston in 1977[21].
They met on the film shoot of Rancho Deluxe, which was filmed on a ranch where
Gaston was working as a maid.[22][6] They have three daughters: Isabelle Annie
(born August 6, 1981), Jessica Lily "Jessie" (born June 14, 1983), and Hayley
Roselouise (born October 17, 1985). He became a grandfather on March 31, 2011,
when Isabelle gave birth to a daughter, Grace.
Bridges has studied Buddhism. He
meditates for half an hour before beginning work on a film set.[23]
He lives in Montecito, California.
Humanitarian efforts
In 1984, Bridges and other
entertainment industry leaders founded the End Hunger Network aimed at
encouraging, stimulating and supporting action to end childhood hunger. He
supports President Obama's initiative to End Childhood Hunger by 2015. He has
teamed up with the Zen Peacemakers who operate a non-traditional soup kitchen
that builds a cross-class community and provides food and wellness offerings
with dignity.[24] In November 2010, Bridges became spokesman for the No Kid
Hungry Campaign of the organization Share our Strength. Its goal is to present
and undertake a state-by-state strategy to end childhood hunger in the United
States by 2015.[25]
Legacy
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Bridges has a reputation for being
one of the most likeable men in Hollywood. His Last Picture Show director Peter
Bogdanovich has said of Bridges – "I've never, ever heard of him pulling a star
turn or showing any ego. He was an absolute pleasure to work with". His Big
Lebowski co-star John Goodman said "It's like watching a diamond cutter; when
you look at the diamond, you don't think of the work, you just notice there's no
flaws". The New Yorker summed him up very simply as "the best actor alive".
He describes himself as being
"extremely laid back". It was only during the filming of The Iceman Cometh that
he decided to focus solely on acting, and make it his profession. Up until then,
he had been "all about drugs, sex and meditation".[citation needed] He has said,
playing opposite such heavyweights as Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin and Frederic
March, was where he first took acting absolutely seriously.[citation needed]
Filmography
See also: List of awards and
nominations received by Jeff Bridges
Year Title Role Notes
Film
1969 Silent Night, Lonely Night
John Young
1970 Halls of Anger Doug
1971 Last Picture Show, The Last
Picture Show Duane Jackson Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go Nero
Finnighan
In Search of America Mike Olson
1972 Fat City Ernie
Bad Company Jake Rumsey
1973 Lolly-Madonna XXX Zack
Feather
Last American Hero, TheThe Last
American Hero Elroy Jackson, Jr.
Iceman Cometh, The Iceman Cometh
Don Parritt
1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Lightfoot Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1975 Rancho Deluxe Jack McKee
Hearts of the West Lewis Tater
1976 Stay Hungry Craig Blake
King Kong Jack Prescott
1978 Somebody Killed Her Husband
Jerry Green
1979 Winter Kills Nick Kegan
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
Last Unicorn, 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
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for
Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1985 Jagged Edge Jack Forrester
1986 8 Million Ways to Die Matthew
"Matt" Scudder
Morning After, 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
Fabulous Baker Boys, The Fabulous
Baker Boys Jack Baker
1990 Texasville Duane Jackson
1991 Fisher King, 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
Also Producer
Independent Spirit Award for Best
Male Lead
1993 Vanishing, 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
Mirror Has Two Faces, The Mirror
Has Two Faces Gregory Larkin
Hidden in America Vincent TV
Also Executive Producer
1998 Big Lebowski, The Big Lebowski
Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion
Picture Musical or Comedy
1999 Arlington Road Michael
Faraday
Muse, TheThe Muse Jack Warrick
Simpatico Lyle Carter
2000 Contender, The Contender
President Jackson Evans Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best
Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award
for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
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 Door in the Floor, TheThe Door
in the Floor Ted Cole Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
2005 Amateurs, The Amateurs Andy
Tideland Noah
2006 Stick It Burt Vickerman
2007 Surf's Up Ezekiel 'Big Z'
Topanga/Geek Voice Only
2008 Dog Year, AA Dog Year Jon Katz
TV Movie
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie[26]
Iron Man Obadiah Stane / Iron
Monger Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
How to Lose Friends & Alienate
People Clayton Harding
2009 Open Road, The Open Road Kyle
Crazy Heart Otis "Bad" Blake Also
Executive Producer
Academy Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor –
Motion Picture Drama
Screen Actors Guild Award for
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Independent Spirit Award for Best
Male Lead
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Award for Best Actor
Denver Film Critics Society Award
for Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics
Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best
Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best
Actor – Motion Picture Drama
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 Best Actor
Nominated—Online Film Critics
Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film
Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Men Who Stare at Goats, TheThe Men
Who Stare at Goats Bill Django
2010 Tron: Legacy Kevin Flynn/Clu
Saturn Award for Best Actor
True Grit Rooster Cogburn
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best
Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics
Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics
Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Detroit Film Critics
Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Houston Film Critics
Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics
Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—London Film Critics
Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Online Film Critics
Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics
Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award
for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film
Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Utah Film Critics
Association Award for Best Actor
2011 Pablo Narrator/Professor
Post-Production[27]
2013 The Seventh Son Master Gregory
Pre-Production[28]
R.I.P.D. Roy Powell Filming
Discography
Studio albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
US Country
[29] US
[29] US
Folk
[30] US
Rock
[30]
Jeff Bridges Release date: August
16, 2011
Label: Blue Note Records
Formats: CD, music download
10 25 2 5
"—" denotes releases that did not
chart
Singles
Year Single Album
2011 "What a Little Bit of Love Can
Do" Jeff Bridges
Music
videos
Year Title Director
2011 "What a Little Bit of Love Can
Do"[31] Alan Kozlowski
See also
List of oldest and youngest Academy
Award winners and nominees
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