Family Tree Tuesday – Jeff Bridges Geni Blog Home » Family Tree Tuesday » Family Tree Tuesday – Jeff Bridges Family Tree Tuesday – Jeff Bridges Posted September 25, 2012 by Hiromimarie | No Comment Jeff Bridges Jeff Bridges is an American actor, musician and producer. He began his first televised acting in 1958 as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother Beau on television’s Sea Hunt. Some of his best-known major motion films include: Tron, Fearless, Iron Man, The Contender, Starman, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds, The Fisher King, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Seabiscuit, Arlington Road, and The Big Lebowski. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis “Bad” Blake in the film Crazy Heart (2009) and earned his sixth Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (2010). He was born Jeffrey Leon Bridges on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California to actor Lloyd Bridges and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges .

His older brother is actor Beau Bridges, he also has a younger sister, Lucinda, who is an artist and another brother Garrett, who died of sudden infant death syndrome in 1948. Bridges shared a close relationship with his brother Beau growing up, as Beau acted as a surrogate father to him when their father was working. At age seventeen, Bridges toured with his father in a stage production of Anniversary Waltz. After graduating from high school, he went to New York City to study acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio. He also joined the United States Coast Guard Reserve, where he served for eight years. Bridges also has a passion for music and in 2011 had signed a recording contract with Blue Note Records/EMI Music Group and released his second album, Jeff Bridges (2011). Lloyd Bridges Lloyd Bridges, Jr. was an America actor, best known for his role of Mike Nelson in Sea Hunt, the most popular syndicated American TV series in 1958. He was born in San Leandro, California to Harriet Evelyn (Brown) and Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Sr. , who was involved in the California hotel business and once owned a movie theater.

His parents were both natives of Kansas, and had English ancestry. Bridges studied political science at UCLA, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He joined the stock company at Columbia Pictures, where he played small roles in features and short subjects. He left Columbia to enlist in the U.S. Coast Guard and following World War II, he returned to film acting. He was blacklisted briefly in the 1950s after he admitted to the House Un-American Activities Committee that he had once been a member of the Actors’ Lab, a group with links to the Communist Party. He resumed working after being cleared by the FBI, finding his greatest success in television. Bridges met his wife, Dorothy Bridges in his fraternity at UCLA; they married in 1938 in New York City. Dorothy Louise Bridges was an American actress and poet born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was of English ancestry. Her family moved to Los Angeles when she was two years old. She made her film debut in the movie Finders Keepers. Bridges occasionally returned to acting throughout her life, often in roles where she was able to work with members of her family.

She had introduced her children to the acting profession as their first drama teacher. She encouraged each of her children to “pretend” for an hour each day. Dorothy also wrote poetry, later publishing some of her work. She was known to write love poems to her husband every Valentine’s Day during their 59 year marriage. She released her memoirs in 2005, You Caught Me Kissing: A Love Story. Beau Bridges Beau Bridges (born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III) is also an American actor and director. He was nicknamed Beau by his parents after Ashley Wilkes’ son in Gone with the Wind. He wanted to become a basketball star and played his freshman year at UCLA, and later transferred to the University of Hawaii. He enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1959 and served eight years in the Coast Guard Reserve. Bridges appeared along with his brother, Jeff, on their father’s CBS anthology series, The Lloyd Bridges Show. His best known role is perhaps the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys in which he starred opposite his brother Jeff.

From 2002-2003, he took on the role of Senator Tom Gage, newly appointed Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in over 30 episodes of the drama series The Agency. He won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album with Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood in 2009 for their recording of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. Bridges has two children – Casey and Jordan Bridges with his first wife Julie Landfield and three children – Dylan , Emily and Ezekiel Jeffrey “Zeke” Bridges with his second wife Wendy Treece . Jordan Bridges Jordan Bridges is the third generation of actors in the Bridges family. He made his first professional acting debut at the age of five in the television film “The Kid from Nowhere”, directed by his father, Beau. After a break he returned once more in the television film “The Thanksgiving Promise” in 1986 starring the entire Bridges family. Not wanting to be a child actor he left acting and attended L.A.’s progressive Oakwood school. He got interested in acting again as the school had a strong emphasis on the arts. He followed it up as a theater major and literature minor at New York’s Bard College.

Before earning his bachelor’s degree, Bridges spent his junior year in England studying at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, living in a tiny basement flat in Chelsea, and attending West End theatre productions on free passes. Recently, Bridges appears in the TNT drama series Rizzoli & Isles, which premiered in July 2010. Did you know Jeff along with his brother Beau and father Lloyd all have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ? Jeff and Beau have stars in the category of Motion pictures and Lloyd’s star is in the category of Television. All three stars are located on the same block of 7065 Hollywood Blvd. Check out Jeff Bridges’ family tree and see how you may be related! Post written by Hiromimarie Beau Bridges - Biography - IMDb Beau Bridges Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (16) | Personal Quotes (27) Overview (3) 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Bio (1) Beau Bridges is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife, who was his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Bridges .

Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his parents immediately started calling him Beau after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind (1939), a book they were reading at the time. His younger brother, actor Jeff Bridges , was born in 1949 and a sister, Cindy Bridges , the following year. Although only 5'10", Beau played basketball for UCLA his freshman year. The following year he transferred to the University of Hawaii, but dropped out to pursue acting and got his first major role in 1967. During his first marriage to Julie Landifield, they adopted Casey Bridges and then had Jordan Bridges . He and his second wife, Wendy Treece Bridges, have three children from this marriage: Dylan Bridges (born 1985); Emily Bridges , (born 1987) and Ezekiel Jeffry Bridges. Beau likes to play guitar and collects Native American percussion instruments. He also loves the ocean, including swimming and surfing. He is also active in environmental causes and handgun control.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net> Spouse (2) Has starred with father Lloyd Bridges and son Dylan Bridges on Showtime's television series episode, The Outer Limits: Sandkings (1995), on March 22, 1995. Especially active as president of the environmental group Ventura Coast Keeper in native California. Is pushing state to buy and preserve 265 acres of wetlands near Oxnard now sought by mammoth Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 7, 2003. His star is located next to the stars of younger brother Jeff Bridges and father Lloyd Bridges . Another brother, Garrett Myles Bridges was born on June 14, 1948 but died of SIDS less than two months later on August 3, 1948. He was a very promising basketball player in his youth, and was scouted by quite several NBA teams. He was born one day before his Village of the Giants (1965) co-star Tommy Kirk .

In 1959, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve and served for eight years. Brother-in-law of Susan Bridges . Uncle of Isabelle Bridges , Jessica Lily Bridges and Haley Roselouise Bridges. Received the inaugural Betty Garrett Lifetime Achievement Award from Theatre West in Hollywood, California on September 13, 2012, during the theater company's 50th anniversary gala. Has stared on two different television series for the 2013 television season with Margo Martindale : Masters of Sex (2013) and The Millers (2013). Has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Norma Rae (1979), Jerry Maguire (1996) and The Descendants (2011). Is the only actor to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special more than once, with two wins. Personal Quotes (27) And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs. And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time.

And I like music, too, I like playing music. As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a town where the only entertainment to be had is what you find in the hotel bar or lobby. My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad. I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible. I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer. I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids. First of all, my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III. But on the other hand I believe I'm a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as well. The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking. The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go to Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one! Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.

Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from. Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on. My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character. My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went. My brother and I are always trying to figure out a way to work again together. I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans. I think, I would guess most people keep secrets. Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they're into, so I'm hoping that I will. Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due to my brother's instigation. So I owe him for that. Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.

My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job. Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the two hour pilot movie. Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school. We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years. See also Lloyd Bridges - Biography - IMDb Lloyd Bridges Biography Showing all 24 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (16) | Personal Quotes (1) Overview (4) 5' 11¾" (1.82 m) Mini Bio (1) The star of many land and underwater adventures, Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr.

was born on January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, to Harriet Evelyn (Brown) and Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Sr., who owned a movie theater and also worked in the hotel business. He grew up in various Northern California towns. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but young Lloyd's interests turned to acting while at the University of California at Los Angeles. ( Dorothy Dean Bridges , Bridges' wife of more than 50 years, was one of his UCLA classmates, and appeared opposite him in a romantic play called "March Hares.") He later worked on the Broadway stage, helped to found an off-Broadway theater, and acted, produced and directed at Green Mans ions, a theater in the Catskills. Bridges made his first films in 1936, and went under contract to Columbia in 1941. Allegations that Bridges had been involved with the Communist Party threatened to derail his career in the early 1950s, but he resumed work after an FBI clearance. Making the transition to television, Bridges became a small screen star of giant proportions by starring in Sea Hunt (1958), the country's most successful syndicated series.

Trouper Bridges worked right to the end, winning even more new fans with his spoofy portrayals in the movies Airplane! (1980) and Hot Shots! (1991), and their respective sequels. Lloyd Bridges died at age 85 of natural causes on March 10, 1998. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Tom Weaver <TomWeavr@aol.com> Spouse (1) ( 15 October 1938 - 10 March 1998) (his death) (4 children) Trade Mark (1) Grandfather of Casey Bridges , Jordan Bridges , Dylan Bridges and Emily Bridges Grandfather of Isabelle Bridges, Jessica Lily Bridges and Haley Roselouise Bridges. Was considered for the role of Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek (1966), which went to William Shatner . In 1914, he was awarded the winner's cup in a fat-baby contest by its judge, former President William Howard Taft , who thought Lloyd was as fat as he was. His final film, the comedy film Mafia! (1998), was dedicated to his memory.

His father, Lloyd Vernet Bridges Sr. (born May 1, 1887), died on his 75th birthday (May 1, 1962). His mother, Harriet Evelyn Brown (born January 15, 1893), turned 20 the day Lloyd was born. His second-born son, Garrett Myles Bridges (born June 14, 1948), died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) on August 3, 1948. Interviewed in Tom Weaver 's book "They Fought in the Creature Features" (McFarland & Co., 1995). Attended and graduated from Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California (1930). Attended and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (1936). Had appeared in two films featuring a manned mission to the Moon: Rocketship X-M (1950) and Stowaway to the Moon (1975). He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 1, 1994.

The Seinfeld (1989) episode "The Burning" was dedicated "In memory of our friend Lloyd Bridges", who played Izzy Mendelbaum in "The English Patient" and "The Blood". The Bridges family made its way from North Carolina to Arkansas to Kansas, to California to Oregon to California through successive generations. Lloyd's great grandfather James Graham Bridges fought with the Confederacy in the 35th Arkansas Infantry. Personal Quotes (1) The devastation caused by war and the pollution of our environment knows no boundaries. Only an effective world government could provide sufficient law and have the power to control these destructive forces. See also Lloyd Bridges - Bio, Facts, Family | Famous Birthdays Lloyd Bridges Born in San Leandro, CA#1 About Sea Hunt star who had appeared in over 150 films. He has also played roles on How the West Was Won, Roots, and The Blue and the Gray. 1000+ images about Bridges, Lloyd, Beau & Jeff on Pinterest | Lloyd bridges, Dads and Mike d'antoni Forward And Jeff Bridges. When I was in the CG on Terminal Isl., I saw Lloyd Bridges.

I later found out he was there for the graduation of his son Jeff Bridges from the Coast Guard Reserve. He served in the reserves for 8 years. See More Lloyd, Beau and Jeff Bridges - Famous fathers and their famous children - Pictures - CBS News Famous fathers and their famous children Next Kirk and Michael Douglas Actors Michael Douglas, left, and Kirk Douglas arrive at the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Sunset Tower on Feb. 26, 2012, in West Hollywood, Calif. Keep clicking for more photos of famous fathers and their famous children. Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Jon Voight and Angelina Jolie Writer/director Angelina Jolie, left, and actor Jon Voight arrive at the premiere of "In the Land of Blood and Honey" on Dec. 8, 2011, in Hollywood, Calif. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Will, Jaden and Willow Smith From left, Jaden Smith, Willow Smith, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and Trey Smith attend the "After Earth" premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on May 29, 2013 in New York. Credit: Andrew H.

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was born on January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, the son of Harriet Evelyn (née Brown) and Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Sr., who was involved in the California hotel business and once owned a movie theater. Bridges graduated from Petaluma High School in 1931. He studied political science at UCLA, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He met his future wife there, Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson); they married in 1938 in New York City. Bridges made his Broadway debut in 1939 in a production of Shakespeare's Othello. In 1941, he joined the stock company at Columbia Pictures, where he played small roles in features and short subjects. (In Here Comes Mr. Jordan Bridges is the pilot of the plane in the "heaven" scene.) He left Columbia to enlist in the U.S. Coast Guard. Following World War II, he returned to film acting. His involvement with the Communist Party threatened to put his career off track in the early '50s when he was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in its second round of hearings.

But he simply told the truth and didn't name any names and was allowed to resume work after an FBI clearance. He gained wide recognition as Mike Nelson, the main character in the television series Sea Hunt, created by Ivan Tors, which ran in syndication from 1958-1961. Following that success, he starred in the eponymous CBS anthology The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963, produced by Aaron Spelling), which included appearances by his sons Beau and Jeff. Producer Gene Roddenberry, who worked with Bridges on "Sea Hunt", reportedly offered Bridges the role of Captain Kirk on Star Trek before the part went to William Shatner. In addition, he was a regular cast member in the Rod Serling western series The Loner (which lasted one season from 1965 to 1966; Bridges pulled out in disagreement over the violent content of the show), and in the two NBC failures San Francisco International Airport (1970/71) and a Police Story spin-off Joe Forrester (1975–76).

Later, he appeared in Paper Dolls (1984) and Capital News (1990), both for ABC, and again with Harts of the West (1993–1994), this time for CBS, a comedy/western set on a dude ranch in Nevada. Son Beau Bridges co-starred, along with Harley Jane Kozak as Beau's wife, Alison Hart, and Sean Murray as the oldest Hart son, Zane Grey Hart. Bridges played significant roles in several mini-series, including Roots, How the West Was Won, The Blue and the Gray and Battlestar Galactica . For more than forty-five years, Bridges was a frequent guest star on television series. He earned two Emmy Award nominations four decades apart. The first came in 1957 for an episode of The Alcoa Hour. Then he was nominated again in 1998 for his role as Izzy Mandelbaum on Seinfeld. Working right up to the end, Lloyd appeared alongside his son Jeff in Blown Away and brought a delightful sense of comedic timing to such satirical fare as Airplane!, Hot Shots! and his last exclamation film, Mafia!

Bridges died of natural causes at the age of eighty-five. His ashes were given to his family. He was married to Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson) (1915–2009), from 1938 until his death. They had four children: the actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges; a daughter, Lucinda Louise Bridges; and another son, Garrett Myles Bridges (born between Beau and Jeff), who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on August 3, 1948. The actor Jordan Bridges is Beau's son and Lloyd's grandson. FILMOGRAPHY Actor Jordan Bridges on Dad Beau Bridges, Uncle Jeff Bridges, His TNT show, Rizzoli & Isles, Working with Director Clint Eastwood on J. Edgar starring Leonardo DiCaprio Out Late Autumn, More | CYInterview Actor Jordan Bridges on Dad Beau Bridges, Uncle Jeff Bridges, His TNT show, Rizzoli & Isles, Working with Director Clint Eastwood on J. Edgar starring Leonardo DiCaprio Out Late Autumn, More CY Interviews , CY Celebrities , CY What's Happening , CY Acting · Jordan Bridge’s last name is a famous one.

The son of multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Beau Bridges, grandson of the late, great Lloyd Bridges and nephew of Oscar winner Jeff Bridges, Jordan has carved out his own significant body of work in the acting business. Currently in a recurring role in the TNT TV show Rizzoli & Isles and with a role in the upcoming Clint Eastwood picture, J. Edgar, slated for theaters at the end of autumn, Jordan is on an upwardly arcing trajectory. You can listen to the entire interview with Jordan below. Listen to the entire Jordan Bridges interview: Have trouble listening to the audio? Browse CYInterview.com while you listen – Click here The actor sat for his CYInterview and shares perspectives on his acting experiences: “Some of the first lessons I learned, early on, in terms of work ethic and respect for you know, the people I’m working with, those are things that still kind of resonate with me even today and things that I try to stay true to.

I think that’s important to always bring everything you have to the work and that’s always something I intended to do…I really look at each new opportunity, each job as a fresh start and you know I try to take each role as a unique thing.” Jordan has a special relationship with his uncle, Jeff Bridges. Besides the older Bridges being able to guide and provide advice on the acting business there’s more to the relationship. “The dude has taught me more about life really and kind of surviving as a creative person more than kind of the ins and outs of the business. He’s really given me amazing guidance just as a person. He’s taught me that, he emphasizes the process over the product generally.

If I were to kind of simplify and crystallize what I’ve learned from him, I think that’s a big part of his, you know, maybe his philosophy in life…That’s certainly what I’ve got from him is that you throw yourself into the work and you don’t worry about the results or whether or not it’s going to be a hit or whether or not people will love it or whether or not it’s gonna lead to other things… My primary teacher was definitely my father [Beau Bridges] in all things, but Jeff, I admire him as a father and as a husband. I mean, you know, it’s a rare thing in this town and in this business to see a marriage that sustained so long as theirs has and is so rich and that’s something that really inspires me as a husband and a father. I really admire both him and my aunt Sue. I think it’s amazing what they’ve accomplished.” Presently, Jordan can be seen playing a cop on Rizzoli & Isles. As Frank Rizzoli Jr. he has the opportunity to immerse himself in the lifestyle of a Boston police officer. The younger Mr. Bridges enjoys researching roles: “I was really excited.

It’s my favorite part of the job is getting to step into the shoes of people who normally you wouldn’t get to do that. It’s interesting, as a kid, one of the early signs that you know I was going to be afflicted with the challenges of being an actor was that I use to dress up and for hours at a time kind of live in a pretend world, pretending to be other people. And so when I became a professional [actor] that was the aspect of it that I loved more than anything is the research and really kind of trying to immerse myself into the world of whoever I was playing.” Slated for late Fall, Jordan will be appearing in the upcoming Clint Eastwood film J. Edgar starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The film is based on the life of former Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover. Film enthusiasts have probably heard stories about the manner in which Mr. Eastwood works as a director.

Having Jordan speak about working with Clint gives insight into what the movie legend is like in that respect: “I’ve always been a huge admirer of Clint Eastwood and you know it was kind of a long process of auditioning and I read for like a couple different parts…So then when I got the call, I was absolutely thrilled…It was the most relaxed experience I’ve ever had on a set. Mr. Eastwood approaches the work with so much assuredness and cool and confidence. There’s no stress and yet it’s very energized, the set and very on point, very professional. So it was great to be a part of that. He, there was not the typical thing where a director will say, ‘Action and cut.’ And very loudly. He just would just sort of say, ‘Ok, whenever you guys are ready, go ahead.” And then when the scene kind of played out, he would say, ‘Alright, that’s it, that’s good. Let’s try one more time.’ You know, it was very relaxed and yet, he knew, it was clear that he knew exactly what he needed to get and when he got it, he was happy to move on.

You know, it was great, really refreshing great experience.” In J. Edgar, Jordan plays a lawyer in United States Department of Labor who clashes with Hoover’s boss, at an early stage in J. Edgar’s career. Bridges tells us the film jumps back and forth during periods of the FBI director’s life. “I play a lawyer in the labor department and it’s early on in Hoover’s career before there was an FBI and he was working for justice, for the justice department. And labor and justice were kind of clashing because they wanted to deport immigrants and as a lawyer at the labor department, you know, I, these people have a right to be in the country and I felt that they were illegally deporting the immigrants. So I was kind of clashing with his boss…It’s early on in Hoover’s career and the film kind of jumps back and forth between different touchstones of his life and I’m kind of in an earlier segment.” Finally, Jordan wants everyone to know he loves the opportunity to entertain people as an actor. “I want them to know that I love my job. I love doing what I’m doing. I love performing.

I love entertaining people and I think that it’s a great gift and an honor that I get to do this as my job.” Jordan Bridges’s official website is at You can email Chris Yandek at ChrisYandek@CYInterview.com

Question: What is the surname of the actors Lloyd and Beau, who are father and son?
Answer: Bridges