who was the real big lebowski
David Huddleston, The Real Big Lebowski, Dies At 85. We remember David Huddleston, the actor best known for his role as The Big Lebowski. He died this past week at the age of 85. The Big Lebowski is gone - not the guy who was mistaken for him in the 1998 Coen brothers film. Of course, that's Jeff Bridges. David Huddleston died at the age of 85, played the actual Big Lebowski in the movie. And as NPR's Ted Robbins tells us, he played a lot of other characters, too.