10 Greatest Roles of Jeff Bridges | Rolling Stone 10 Greatest Roles of Jeff Bridges Bruce Springsteen Played Secret White House Concert for... 10 Greatest Roles of Jeff Bridges As the actor hits theaters in 'Tron: Legacy' and 'True Grit', Peter Travers looks back on his top performances 10 All Stories Jeff Bridges finally won his Oscar this year after 40 years of making movies. Funny things is, his role as broken-down country singer Bad Blake in Crazy Heart isn't even his career best. No way, dude. Maybe it took so long for Bridges to take home Academy gold because he makes his craft look easy. Another sign of a great actor is how the stench cloud that covers a lousy movie doesn't seem to taint him. Heaven's Gate was a famous flop. Ditto the 1976 remake of King Kong. Bridges was sly and fun in both of them. So here, in tribute to one actor's true grit, are my picks for the 10 best performances by Jeff Bridges. Add your own in the comments.

Jeff Bridges | Moviepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Notable Roles The Dude (The Big Laebowki) Rooster Cogburn (True Grit) Jeff Bridges is an Academy Award -winning American actor perhaps best known for his role as "The Dude" in The Big Lebowski. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrait of a wayward musican in the 2009 film Crazy Heart. Biography Edit The son of well-known film and TV star Lloyd Bridges and his long-time wife Dorothy Dean Bridges, Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, and grew up amid the happening Hollywood scene with big brother Beau Bridges. Both boys popped up unbilled alongside their mother in the film The Company She Keeps (1951), and appeared on occasion with their famous dad on his popular underwater TV series "Sea Hunt" (1958) while growing up. At age 14, Jeff toured with his father in a stage production of "Anniversary Waltz". The "troublesome teen" years proved just that for Jeff and his parents were compelled at one point to intervene when problems with drugs and marijuana got out of hand.

He recovered and began shaping his nascent young adult career appearing on TV as a younger version of his father in the acclaimed TV-movie Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969) (TV), and in the strange Burgess Meredith film The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970). Following fine notices for his portrayal of a white student caught up in the racially-themed Halls of Anger (1970), his career-maker arrived just a year later when he earned a coming-of-age role in the critically-acclaimed ensemble film The Last Picture Show (1971). The Peter Bogdanovich- helmed film made stars out off its young leads (Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd) and Oscar winners out of its older cast (Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman). The part of Duane Jackson, for which Jeff received his first Oscar-nomination (for "best supporting actor"), set the tone for the types of roles Jeff would acquaint himself with his fans—rambling, reckless, rascally and usually unpredictable).

Owning a casual carefree handsomeness and armed with a perpetual grin and sly charm, he started immediately on an intriguing 70s sojourn into offbeat filming. Chief among them were his boxer on his way up opposite a declining Stacy Keach in Fat City (1972); his Civil War-era conman in the western Bad Company (1972); his redneck stock car racer in The Last American Hero (1973); his young student anarchist opposite a stellar veteran cast in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1973); his bank-robbing (also Oscar-nominated) sidekick to Clint Eastwood in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974); his aimless cattle rustler in Rancho Deluxe (1975); his low-level western writer who wants to be a real-life cowboy in Hearts of the West (1975); and his brother of an assassinated President who pursues leads to the crime in Winter Kills (1979). All are simply marvelous characters that should have propelled him to the very top rungs of stardom...but strangely didn't.

Perhaps it was his trademark ease and naturalistic approach that made him somewhat under appreciated at that time when Hollywood was run by a Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino-like intensity. Nevertheless, Jeff continued to be a scene-stealing favorite into the next decade, notably as the video game programmer in the 1982 sci-fi cult classic TRON (1982), and the struggling musician brother vying with brother Beau Bridges over the attentions of sexy singer Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989). Jeff became a third-time Oscar nominee with his highly intriguing (and strangely sexy) portrayal of a blank-faced alien in Starman (1984), and earned even higher regard as the ever-optimistic inventor Preston Tucker in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). Since then Jeff has continued to pour on the Bridges magic on film. Few enjoy such an enduring popularity while maintaining equal respect with the critics.

The Fisher King (1991), American Heart (1992), Fearless (1993), The Big Lebowski (1998) (now a cult phenom) and The Contender (2000) (which gave him a fourth Oscar nomination) are prime examples. More recently he seized the moment as a bald-pated villain as Robert Downey Jr.'s nemesis in Iron Man (2008) and then, at age 60, he capped his rewarding career by winning the elusive Oscar, plus the Golden Globe and Screen Actor Guild awards (among many others), for his down-and-out country singer Bad Blake in Crazy Heart (2009). Jeff has been married since 1977 to non-professional Susan Geston (they met on the set of Rancho Deluxe (1975)). The couple have three daughters, Isabelle (born 1981), Jessica (born 1983), and Hayley (born 1985). He hobbies as a photographer on and off his film sets, and has been known to play around as a cartoonist and pop musician.

Trivia Met his wife, Susan Bridges, in 1975 while filming Rancho Deluxe (1975) - she was working as a maid on a dude ranch. Son of Lloyd Bridges and Dorothy Dean Bridges, brother of Beau Bridges and Cindy Bridges. Uncle of Casey Bridges, Jordan Bridges, Dylan Bridges, Emily Bridges and Jamey Geston. Actor spouses Larry Parks and Betty Garrett were his godparents. Is a talented guitarist. Has stated American Heart (1992) and Fearless (1993) as his favorites. Born at 11:58 PM PST. Father of Isabelle Annie Bridges (Isabelle Bridges) (born August 6, 1981), Jessica Lily Bridges (born June 14, 1983) and Haley Roselouise Bridges (born October 17, 1985) with Susan Bridges. Between takes, he shoots still photographs as a hobby. Has played roles with the first name 'Jack' seven times, and with the surname 'Jackson' four times. Served in the United States Coast Guard. Is a big fan of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys .

His performance as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in The Big Lebowski (1998) is ranked #90 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006). He is well known for his liberal political views. Was considered for the part of Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976). Is mentioned in the song "Jeff Bridges" by Midnight Choir. Went to Palisades Charter High School in Los Angeles. He was considered, along with Nick Nolte, for the role of Det. Sonny Crockett on "Miami Vice" (1984). Both were deemed too expensive, and Don Johnson got the part. Was considered for the part of Jack in Speed (1994/I). Was considered for the role of Dan Gallagher in Fatal Attraction (1987). It was during the filming of The Iceman Cometh (1973) that he decided to focus solely on acting, and make it his profession. Up until then, he has said that he "just enjoyed the ride". Good friends with Nick Nolte and Gary Busey.

Considered for the lead in Year of the Dragon (1985). Considered for Christopher Walken's role in The Deer Hunter (1978). Auditioned for the part of 'Cpt. Willard' in Apocalypse Now (1979), as did his good friend Nick Nolte . His good friend Terry Gilliam wanted him for the part of James Cole in Twelve Monkeys (1995). Bruce Willis got the part because he was a more bankable star. He was one of many considered for the role of 'John Rambo' in First Blood (1982) when the script was still circulating. Considered for the lead in The Thing (1982). He was strongly considered for the lead role of 'Quaid' in Total Recall (1990). The lead role of 'Jack' in Speed (1994/I) was originally written for him. He was offered the male lead in Love Story (1970). His brother Beau Bridges was the director's first choice. Both turned it down. He was considered for the lead in Kinsey (2004).

Turned down the role of 'Hooper' in Jaws (1975). Offered the part of Bobby Grady in Crimes of Passion (1984). Considered for the lead in Big (1988). Close friend and collaborator of directors John Carpenter and Terry Gilliam. He is a big fan of actors Robert Ryan and Lee Marvin. Favorite movie is Billy Budd (1962). Fan and friend of Kris Kristofferson. They both appeared in Heaven's Gate (1980), and Kristofferson famously sang "Help Me Make it Through the Night" in Fat City (1972), which starred Bridges. Bridges and Nick Nolte were considered as possible candidates for the two leads in Heat (1995), roles that famously went to Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Director Michael Mann strongly considered Bridges for the lead in Thief (1981), but among other things, he was believed to be too young to be able to pull of the role of a seasoned criminal. Did some of his education at a military academy.

Was director Taylor Hackford's original choice for the lead role in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), but he had to turn it down due to a busy schedule. Turned down the lead role of 'Jack Cates' in 48 Hrs. (1982), because he didn't want to do a simple cop movie. The role went to Nick Nolte. Bridges later worked with the director Walter Hill in Wild Bill (1995). Turned down the lead role of Indiana Jones, one of the most famous movie characters of all time, in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He does not regret it. Friend of Tommy Lee Jones and Kurt Russell . Jon Hamm states Bridges as his favorite actor. Jacknife (1989) was developed as a vehicle for Bridges. He turned it down, and Robert De Niro took on the lead role. He was considered for the part of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman (1989). Was in a relationship with Candy Clark in the early 70s. They met on the set of Fat City (1972).

Turned down the role of "Snake Plissken" in Escape from New York (1981). The role went to Kurt Russell. Strangely Bridges was also considered for the lead in The Thing (1982) A role also played by Kurt Russell. Was set to star in Tequila Sunrise (1988) with Nick Nolte, but when Nolte dropped out, so did he. Mel Gibson and Kurt Russell starred in the film. Turned down a part in The California Kid (1974) (TV). Turned down the part of 'Zachariah' in Zachariah (1971) to work on The Last Picture Show (1971). The first actor to be nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in a film that also starred Clint Eastwood . Bridges was nominated for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). Is only the third actor in Oscar history to be nominated for an award for playing a part that had already won a previous actor an award. John Wayne won Best Actor for playing Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (1969), the same role that earned Bridges a nomination.

Previously, Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro both won Oscars for playing Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974). Gérard Depardieu was nominated for playing the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), the same role that had won an Oscar for José Ferrer forty years earlier. Bridges and Depardieu are the only actors who were nominated for a direct remake of an earlier Oscar-winning film﻿. Movie Listing 10 Jeff Bridges Movie Roles That Are Impossible to Forget 10 Jeff Bridges Movie Roles That Are Impossible to Forget Reddit In his forty years of making movies, Jeff Bridges has played every kind of role, from a down-and-out country music singer to a drunk and tough U.S. Marshal. He has earned five Oscar nominations (one of which he won), countless glowing reviews for his performances, and cemented himself as one of the most talented actors in Hollywood history. It’s clear Bridges will only continue to boast one of the most varied and successful film careers in the industry. Here’s a look back at 10 of his most unforgettable roles. Source: Fox Searchlight Pictures 1.

Crazy Heart Jeff Bridges won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Actor for this drama, based on the 1987 novel of the same name. He played a struggling country singer, Otis “Bad” Blake, who tries to turn his life around after starting a relationship with journalist Jean Craddock (played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who also received an Oscar nom for the movie.) The movie, and his performance in particular, earned critical acclaim, with Rotten Tomatoes scoring it 91 percent fresh based off almost 200 reviews. Source: Gramercy Pictures 2. The Big Lebowski This 1998 crime comedy directed by the Coen Brothers stars Bridges in his iconic role as Jeff Lebowski, an LA slacker known as “the Dude” that’s mistaken for a millionaire of the same name and commissioned to deliver the ransom in the kidnapping of the rich Lebowski’s wife. The actor might not have earned any Oscar nods for his performance in the film, but the movie — and his role — has become a widely beloved cult classic since its original release. Source: 20th Century Fox 3.

The Fabulous Baker Boys The 1989 rom-com musical, directed by Steve Kloves, stars Bridges alongside his real life brother, Beau Bridges. The two play brothers struggling to make a career as jazz pianists in Seattle when they meet a female singer (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) that forces them to rethink their music and their own relationship. Though it wasn’t a huge commercial hit at the time, the film earned an overwhelmingly positive reaction and has since become one of the most beloved films of Bridges’ career. Source: Columbia Pictures 4. The Last Picture Show The 1971 drama film is based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, written by Larry McMurtry. Bridges played Duane Jackson, a high school football star that’s coming of age in north Texas in the 1950s. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the entire movie was shot in black and white, an usual aesthetic technique for the time period. The role kicked off Bridges’ acclaimed film career and earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 21. Source: Paramount Pictures 5.

True Grit The 2010 Western film written and directed by the Coen brothers stars Bridges alongside Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin. The movie, which is the second adaptation of the 1968 novel of the same name by Charles Portis, was nominated for ten Academy Awards, with Bridges up for Best Actor. Though he didn’t win the award, his role as Rooster Cogburn earned a glowing reception from both critics and audiences. Source: Columbia Pictures 6. Starman Directed by John Carpenter, this 1984 sci-fi film stars Bridges as Starman, an alien who comes to Earth and takes on the form of Scott Hayden, the late husband of a Wisconsin widow, Jenny Hayden (played by Karen Allen.) In less capable hands, the role may have come across as cheesy, particularly with the added use of special effects. Instead, it earned Bridges his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor and has been called one of the best movies of 1984 by some critics. Source: TriStar Pictures 7.

The Fisher King Terry Gilliam’s 1991 fantasy comedy-drama flick features Bridges in role of arrogant talk radio host, Jack Lucas, who is contemplating suicide after his insensitive comments on air prompt a caller to commit mass murder. Before he can take his own life, Lucas meets Parry, a homeless man (played by Robin Williams) who lost his wife in the caller’s attack, and seeks redemption by trying to help the widower find his way. The Fisher King earned an 85 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and both Williams and Bridges were nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor (Williams won.) Source: United Artists 8. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Bridges stars alongside Clint Eastwood and George Kennedy in this 1974 crime film, written and directed by Michael Cimino. Bridges plays Lightfoot, a young hoodlum who steals a car and then inadvertently ends up saving the life of Thunderbolt, whom is dressed as a minister but is really a notorious thief. Though Eastwood might have been the bigger star of the two, it was Bridges who stole the show and critic’s hearts with his performance in the film, earning his second Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Source: DreamWorks 9. The Contender Rod Lurie helmed this 2000 political drama in which Bridges takes on the role of a second-term Democratic President of the United States, whom nominates a female vice presidential candidate after the sudden death of his initial VP. The film received generally positive reviews and earned Bridges his third Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor Source: Paramount Pictures 10. Tucker: The Man and His Dream The 1988 biographical film directed by Francis Ford Coppola recounts the story of the eccentric car designer, Preston Tucker, and his ill-fated attempt to produce and market the 1948 Tucker Sedan. Bridges took on the leading role after the project, initially cast with Marlon Brando as the star suffered financial issues. Despite the film eventually being pushed through, it was a box office flop at the time, only earning $19.65 million in the U.S. against its $24 million production budget, according to Box Office Mojo. Still, the film, and Bridges’ spectacular portrayal in particular, earned widely positive reviews, with an 86 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has since become a cult favorite.

Jeff Bridges News | Photos | Quotes | Wiki - UPI.com Latest Headlines Collections Quotes Wiki 1 of 27 Jeff Bridges wins Best Actor at the Academy Awards in Hollywood Best Actor winner Jeff Bridges holds his Oscar for his performance in "Crazy Heart" at the 82nd annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 7, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo Jeff Bridges News Next Wiki Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor. 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 movies include Tron, Fearless, Iron Man, Contender, TheThe Contender, Starman, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds, Fisher King, TheThe Fisher King, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Seabiscuit, Tron: Legacy, and The Big Lebowski. Bridges earned his sixth Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in 2010's True Grit. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article " Jeff Bridges ." Quotes The 82nd Academy Awards - Oscar Legacy - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.mp4 - YouTube The 82nd Academy Awards - Oscar Legacy - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.mp4 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

Uploaded on Jan 4, 2012 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, Fearless, Iron Man, The Contender, Starman, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds, The Fisher King, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Seabiscuit, Tron: Legacy and The Big Lebowski. Bridges earned his sixth Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in 2010's True Grit.

Category After 50-Year Career, Jeff Bridges Savors First Oscar After 50-Year Career, Jeff Bridges Savors First Oscar March 08, 2010 7:00 PM Penelope Poulou Print Hollywood veteran hits career high in role of washed-up singer After decades of masterful acting and five Academy Award nominations, actor Jeff Bridges won the Oscar for best actor for his role as washed-out country singer Bad Blake in the music drama "Crazy Heart." "Thank you, Mom and Dad for turning me onto such a groovy profession," he said when accepting the award. It took five decades and the role of a washed-up country singer for actor Jeff Bridges to finally win an Academy Award. Bridges comes from a famous show business family. His father was actor Lloyd Bridges, whose career spanned 60 years and more than 100 films. Jeff Bridges's older brother, Beau, is also an acclaimed actor and the two have appeared on-screen together, including in the TV series "Hidden in America" about poverty in the United States. It's a cause that's close to Jeff Bridges' heart.

In 1983, he founded the End Hunger Network, a Los Angeles non-profit group that aims to raise awareness about world hunger. "Every three days the same amount of people that died in Hiroshima from the bomb, die from hunger," he said. Many people believe Bridges deserved an Oscar for his performance as "The Dude" in the 1998 Coen brothers film "The Big Lebowski," a funny existential story about mistaken identity. Throughout the years, Bridges has tackled all kind of films: comedy, science fiction and dramas like "Crazy Heart," the film that finally brought him an Oscar. Bridges plays a broken country singer trying to get a grip while drinking himself into oblivion. Yet, when he strums his guitar, we get a glimpse of the star he once was. Bridges' performance is intense yet subtle. His movements evoke the tired man he portrays. His music is fluid and authentic. Filmmaker Scott Cooper says Bridges poured himself into the role. "It's an iconic screen performance and for a man who's had probably 50 films - and I know his work intimately - I would have to rank it among his best," said Cooper.

It took five decades and the role of a washed-up country singer to show that Bridges remains at the top of his game, and Oscar night was finally his. Jeff Bridges - Biography - IMDb Jeff Bridges Biography Showing all 121 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (4) | Trivia (77) | Personal Quotes (31) | Salary (3) Overview (4) 6' 1" (1.85 m) Mini Bio (1) Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, the son of well-known film and TV star Lloyd Bridges and his long-time wife Dorothy Dean Bridges (née Simpson). He grew up amid the happening Hollywood scene with big brother Beau Bridges . Both boys popped up, without billing, alongside their mother in the film The Company She Keeps (1951), and appeared on occasion with their famous dad on his popular underwater TV series Sea Hunt (1958) while growing up. At age 14, Jeff toured with his father in a stage production of "Anniversary Waltz".

The "troublesome teen" years proved just that for Jeff and his parents were compelled at one point to intervene when problems with drugs and marijuana got out of hand. He recovered and began shaping his nascent young adult career appearing on TV as a younger version of his father in the acclaimed TV-movie Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969), and in the strange Burgess Meredith film The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970). Following fine notices for his portrayal of a white student caught up in the racially-themed Halls of Anger (1970), his career-maker arrived just a year later when he earned a coming-of-age role in the critically-acclaimed ensemble film The Last Picture Show (1971). The Peter Bogdanovich - directed film made stars out off its young leads (Bridges, Timothy Bottoms , Cybill Shepherd ) and Oscar winners out of its older cast ( Ben Johnson , Cloris Leachman ). The part of Duane Jackson, for which Jeff received his first Oscar-nomination (for "best supporting actor"), set the tone for the types of roles Jeff would acquaint himself with his fans -- rambling, reckless, rascally and usually unpredictable).

Owning a casual carefree handsomeness and armed with a perpetual grin and sly charm, he started immediately on an intriguing 70s sojourn into offbeat filming. Chief among them were his boxer on his way up opposite a declining Stacy Keach in Fat City (1972); his Civil War-era conman in the western Bad Company (1972); his redneck stock car racer in The Last American Hero (1973); his young student anarchist opposite a stellar veteran cast in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1973); his bank-robbing (also Oscar-nominated) sidekick to Clint Eastwood in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974); his aimless cattle rustler in Rancho Deluxe (1975); his low-level western writer who wants to be a real-life cowboy in Hearts of the West (1975); and his brother of an assassinated President who pursues leads to the crime in Winter Kills (1979). All are simply marvelous characters that should have propelled him to the very top rungs of stardom...but strangely didn't.

Perhaps it was his trademark ease and naturalistic approach that made him somewhat under appreciated at that time when Hollywood was run by a Dustin Hoffman , Robert De Niro and Al Pacino -like intensity. Neverthless, Jeff continued to be a scene-stealing favorite into the next decade, notably as the video game programmer in the 1982 science-fiction cult classic TRON (1982), and the struggling musician brother vying with brother Beau Bridges over the attentions of sexy singer Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989). Jeff became a third-time Oscar nominee with his highly intriguing (and strangely sexy) portrayal of a blank-faced alien in Starman (1984), and earned even higher regard as the ever-optimistic inventor Preston Tucker in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). Since then Jeff has continued to pour on the Bridges magic on film. Few enjoy such an enduring popularity while maintaining equal respect with the critics.

The Fisher King (1991), American Heart (1992), Fearless (1993), The Big Lebowski (1998) (now a cult phenomenon) and The Contender (2000) (which gave him a fourth Oscar nomination) are prime examples. More recently he seized the moment as a bald-pated villain as Robert Downey Jr. 's nemesis in Iron Man (2008) and then, at age 60, he capped his rewarding career by winning the elusive Oscar, plus the Golden Globe and Screen Actor Guild awards (among many others), for his down-and-out country singer Bad Blake in Crazy Heart (2009). Bridges next starred in TRON: Legacy (2010), reprising one of his more famous roles, and received another Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his role in the Western remake True Grit (2010). In 2014, he co-produced and starred in an adaptation of the Lois Lowry science fiction drama The Giver (2014).

Jeff has been married since 1977 to non-professional Susan Geston (they met on the set of Rancho Deluxe (1975)). The couple have three daughters, Isabelle (born 1981), Jessica (born 1983), and Hayley (born 1985). He hobbies as a photographer on and off his film sets, and has been known to play around as a cartoonist and pop musician. His ancestry is English, as well as some Irish, Swiss-German, and German.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net Spouse (1) ( 5 June 1977 - present) (3 children) Trade Mark (4) Gregarious demeanor Often plays very relaxed and mellow characters Regularly has played "everyman" type roles up against considerable adversity, especially in his more dramatic roles In his early years, often played very handsome but obstinate, idealistic or even rude young men who desire to buck authority Trivia (77) Met his wife, Susan Bridges , in 1975 while filming Rancho Deluxe (1975) - she was working as a maid on a dude ranch. Actor spouses Larry Parks and Betty Garrett were his godparents. Is a talented guitarist. Has stated American Heart (1992) and Fearless (1993) as his favorites. Born at 11:58 PM PST. Between takes, he shoots still photographs as a hobby. Has played roles with the first name 'Jack' seven times, and with the surname 'Jackson' four times. Served in the United States Coast Guard. Is a big fan of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys .

He is well known for his liberal political views. His performance as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in The Big Lebowski (1998) is ranked #90 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of AllTime. Was considered for the part of Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976). Is mentioned in the song "Jeff Bridges" by Midnight Choir . Went to Palisades Charter High School in Los Angeles. He was considered, along with Nick Nolte , for the role of Det. Sonny Crockett on Miami Vice (1984). Both were deemed too expensive, and Don Johnson got the part. Was considered for the part of Jack in Speed (1994). Was considered for the role of Dan Gallagher in Fatal Attraction (1987). It was during the filming of The Iceman Cometh (1973) that he decided to focus solely on acting, and make it his profession. Up until then, he has said that he "just enjoyed the ride". Considered for Christopher Walken 's role in The Deer Hunter (1978).

His brother, Garrett Myles, died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) on August 3, 1948. Auditioned for the part of 'Cpt. Willard' in Apocalypse Now (1979), as did his good friend Nick Nolte . His good friend, Terry Gilliam , wanted him for the part of "James Cole" in Twelve Monkeys (1995). Bruce Willis got the part because he was a more bankable star. He was one of many considered for the role of 'John Rambo' in First Blood (1982) when the script was still circulating. Considered for the lead in The Thing (1982). He was strongly considered for the lead role of 'Quaid' in Total Recall (1990). The lead role of 'Jack' in Speed (1994) was originally written for him. He was offered the male lead in Love Story (1970). His brother Beau Bridges was the director's first choice. Both turned it down. He was considered for the lead in Kinsey (2004).

Corrected rumors that he turned down the role of 'Hooper' in Jaws (1975) in an interview with Howard Stern. Offered the part of Bobby Grady in Crimes of Passion (1984). Considered for the lead in Big (1988). He is a big fan of actors Robert Ryan and Lee Marvin . Favorite movie is Billy Budd (1962). Fan and friend of Kris Kristofferson . They both appeared in Heaven's Gate (1980), and Kristofferson famously sang "Help Me Make it Through the Night" in Fat City (1972), which starred Bridges. Bridges and Nick Nolte were considered as possible candidates for the two leads in Heat (1995), roles that famously went to Al Pacino and Robert De Niro . Director Michael Mann strongly considered Bridges for the lead in Thief (1981), but among other things, he was believed to be too young to be able to pull of the role of a seasoned criminal. Did some of his education at a military academy.

Was director Taylor Hackford 's original choice for the lead role in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), but he had to turn it down due to a busy schedule. Turned down the lead role of 'Jack Cates' in 48 Hrs. (1982), because he didn't want to do a simple cop movie. The role went to Nick Nolte . Bridges later worked with the director Walter Hill in Wild Bill (1995). Enjoys cigars, and smokes a couple every day. Is described as being an extremely laid-back guy. Was thought to have turned down the lead role in Indiana Jones, one of the most famous movie characters of all time, in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). But he said this wasn't true in an interview with Howard Stern. Friend of Tommy Lee Jones and Kurt Russell . Jon Hamm states Bridges as his favorite actor. Eagerly pursued the lead in The Stunt Man (1980). Bridges was reportedly very keen to play Cameron, a fugitive who hides out at a movie set and accidentally becomes a stunt man.

Jacknife (1989) was developed as a vehicle for Bridges. He turned it down, and Robert De Niro took on the lead role. He was considered for the part of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman (1989). Was in a relationship with Candy Clark in the early 70s. They met on the set of Fat City (1972). Uncle of Ezekiel (Zeke) Jeffrey Bridges , the youngest child of Beau Bridges . Turned down the role of "Snake Plissken" in Escape from New York (1981). The role went to Kurt Russell . Strangely Bridges was also considered for the lead in The Thing (1982) A role also played by Kurt Russell . Was set to star in Tequila Sunrise (1988) with Nick Nolte , but when Nolte dropped out, so did he. Mel Gibson and Kurt Russell starred in the film. Turned down a part in The California Kid (1974). Turned down the part of 'Zachariah' in Zachariah (1971) to work on The Last Picture Show (1971).

Was considered for the part of "McKenna" in The Mechanic (1972) when Cliff Robertson was set to star in the film. The first actor to be nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in a film that also starred Clint Eastwood . Bridges was nominated for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). When a Freshman at Brentwood Academy in 1964, he was on the High School Football "A" Team. Is only the fifth actor in Oscar history to be nominated for an award for playing a part that had already won a previous actor an award. John Wayne won Best Actor for playing Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (1969), the same role that earned Bridges a nomination. Previously, Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro both won Oscars for playing Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974).

Gérard Depardieu was nominated for playing the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), the same role that had won an Oscar for José Ferrer forty years earlier and Peter O'Toole earned a Best Actor Nomination for - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) the same role for which Robert Donat had won the Best Actor prize 3 decades prior. Also, the academy acknowledged both Charles Laughton and Robert Shaw for their portrayals of King Henry VIII: Laughton in an award winning performance in The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933) and Shaw in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Bridges, O'Toole and Depardieu were nominated for a direct remake of an earlier Oscar-winning film while De Niro earned his Statuette for a sequel and Shaw was nominated for a completely different story revolving around his shared character.

National Spokesperson and Founder of, "No Kid Hungry" (2010-2011) Along with Bruce Boxleitner , he is one of only two actors to appear in both TRON (1982) and TRON: Legacy (2010). In 2011, he took a year off from acting to focus on recording, promoting and touring for his self-titled album. In 2010, both he and Colin Firth were nominated for the Academy Award in the category 'Best Leading Actor' (for Crazy Heart (2009) and A Single Man (2009) respectively). Bridges won the award. The next year, both men were again contending in the same category (for True Grit (2010) and The King's Speech (2010) respectively), with Firth winning this time. Before asking out wife-to-be Susan Geston while shooting Rancho Deluxe (1975) on location in Montana, Jeff snapped a photo of her just before having his proposal abruptly declined. Thereafter, the happily married man carried the photo as a reminder of that brush-off.

Refers to the art of acting as using his "pretend-muscle". The longest he has gone without an Oscar nomination is 16 years, between Starman (1984) and The Contender (2000). Became a father for the 1st time at age 31 when his wife Susan Bridges gave birth to their daughter Isabelle Annie Bridges, aka Isabelle Bridges , on August 6, 1981. Became a father for the 2nd time at age 33 when his wife Susan Bridges gave birth to their daughter Jessica Lily Bridges on June 14, 1983. Became a father for the 3rd time at age 35 when his wife Susan Bridges gave birth to their daughter Haley Roselouise Bridges on October 17, 1985. Became a grandfather for the 1st time at age 61 when his daughter Isabelle Bridges gave birth to a daughter Grace on March 31, 2011. Uncle of Marcel Bridges, the son of his sister Lucinda.

As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Last Picture Show (1971), Seabiscuit (2003) and True Grit (2010). Jeff's father was from a family that had long lived in the United States (since the 1600s on many lines), and had English ancestry. Jeff's maternal grandfather was an English immigrant (born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England), while Jeff's maternal grandmother had Irish, Swiss-German, and German ancestry. He turned down the films Pretty Woman (1990) and Ghost (1990). He has played a human in an "alien" world inside a computer in TRON (1982) and TRON: Legacy (2010); an alien on Earth in Starman (1984); and a psychiatrist for an alien in K-PAX (2001). Personal Quotes (31) As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to.

I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting. I don't think I ever went down that movie star path. I always enjoy taking a 90-degree turn from the last thing I did. A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can. What I learned most from my father wasn't anything he said; it was just the way he behaved. He loved his work so much that, whenever he came on set, he brought that with him, and other people rose to it. Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do. There was a certain amount of guilt and worry about whether I really had what it takes. I thought I'd spare my girls that. My father [ Lloyd Bridges ] encouraged his kids to go into showbiz, not because he wanted to live vicariously through them, but because he dug it so much.

Growing up there was like a mild competition with my father and my brother, not so much maybe in reality, but in my own mind. Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive. When you start to engage with your creative processes, it shakes up all your impulses, and they all kind of inform one another. I kind of rebelled against it. I resisted it. I didn't know what I wanted to do when I was a kid and was reluctant to go into, y'know, Dad's line of business. I had years of partying, and I was kind of surprised and happy I survived it all. Now, being a parent, I look back on it thinking, Oh God, the things you did! (on working with Kevin Spacey on K-PAX (2001) and their similarities in working] I've been a big fan of his work -- The Usual Suspects (1995), American Beauty (1999), L.A. Confidential (1997).

He's a really good actor and he turns out to be a wonderful guy as well. We approach acting in the same way in that we both enjoy the process. We both like rehearsals and we understand the value of them. There are some actors who don't like to engage with other actors; they just like to relate to each other between "Action!" and "Cut!" But I've always felt that getting to know the people you're working with can inform and enrich the work. The closer you get, even if you're playing opposites, the better the work. Some actors are afraid of leaving it all off-camera or getting the characters confused, but I don't see it that way. I often feel that the actual movie is like the skin sloughed off the snake; it's the by-product of the real valuable stuff, which is the real-life experience of doing it. [on his father, actor Lloyd Bridges ] My father, unlike his father, was very supportive of all his kids getting involved in movies and acting in general. He loved what he did and wanted to turn his kids onto it. He thought it was a great way of meeting people, being creative, and traveling around the world and doing what you love to do.

I went from high school -- bang! -- into the movies. I did spend a few weeks in acting classes in New York when my father was there doing "Cactus Flower". But most of my training really came from my parents and my brother [ Beau Bridges ]. For a long while I wasn't sure I was going to make acting my main focus professionally. I was interested in music, painting and other creative pursuits. I did the movies with a little more capricious an attitude; I wasn't so seriously minded as a total professional. Then came The Iceman Cometh (1973) We had eight weeks of rehearsals and then we shot for two weeks. So it was almost the reverse of how most movies are made. During those eight weeks, I was sitting around with these great actors and this great director, just shooting the breeze and, of course, going over the material. I was also getting to know how other actors of that caliber work on things like this. It was very enlightening. After that experience, I decided, "Hey, I can do this. And I can do this for the rest of my life in a professional way".

When I was offered the part of The Dude in The Big Lebowski (1998), I went through a big thing in my head worrying if this was going to be a bad example for my girls. The guy was kind of an anti-hero, a pot-smoking, slacker kind of guy, and I was really racking my brain about it. I always want to feel free to play any role, a despicable guy or a good guy -- the full range of human experience. But this one was really giving me problems. So I assembled the family and told them my problem. After a long pause, my middle girl said, "Dad, you're an actor. We know that it's all pretend what you do. We know that when you kiss some lady on the screen that you still love Mom. We know you're an actor". So I had their permission, their blessing, to go play a character like The Dude. That was great that they understood that. And I count on the audiences to understand that what I do in my personal life and what I do on the screen are not some kind of example for them to base their lives on. Hopefully, when people see a movie, they know it's a movie.

I'm very proud of The Last Picture Show (1971). It was absolutely thrilling when I got that part. Peter Bogdanovich was just great, and the whole ensemble was too - Cloris Leachman and Ellen Burstyn and Tim Bottoms and Cybill. When we were doing it, we all had the feeling that we were doing something unique and special. For me, that film stands alone. It's not like any other movie I can think of. It just hangs there by itself. It's still and slow and quiet. I'm glad I survived the '60s. They were dangerous. Fun, too. Everything in your life teaches you something. I've been involved with two big flop Westerns [ Heaven's Gate (1980) and Wild Bill (1995)]. I don't know if Americans still care about Westerns. I hope they do. There are some wonderful ones still to be made. - 2001. Acting is tough some times. It can be a complicated case. A lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what-have-yous, a lot of strands to keep in your head, man. But, you know, you manage.

[on Heaven's Gate (1980)] I remember going to the New York premiere. I'm not sure he (Michael Cimino) had seen the movie complete; he was scrambling to put it together. Afterward we heard that terrible stuttering applause, and it was that sinking feeling. We tried to tell ourselves, "Well, maybe they liked it so much that they are stunned into silence." Probably 150 less movies are going to be made next year (2010), and that's very concerning to all actors. It's hard enough finding a great script, but now it's going to be tougher. -- on how the economy is affecting the film industry. To get a good script at any age is kind of a rare thing. The movie-going audience is mainly young guys, and (producers) want to target them. It kind of makes sense from their standpoint, but an interesting story is an interesting story. I remember being a younger guy liking to see movies with older folks in them, so that never deterred me. -- on ageism in the film industry. The hardest thing about acting is getting a foot in the door and that was all handled by my dad.

The fact is, I'm a product of nepotism. And that took some getting used to. Life will supply you with gutters. Having a famous father. Feeling that stench of nepotism. That's a gutter right there. [on what advice he'd give to himself as a young actor starting out] Have fun. Don't take it too seriously. Don't mistake this for reality. Be sincere, but don't get too serious. But that's a life direction too, it doesn't just apply to movies. (On The Big Lebowski (1998) It's kind of a masterpiece, man. It's like The Godfather (1972) - I see it on the tube and I think I'm just going to watch a couple of scenes, but I end up watching the whole thing. [on Crazy Heart (2009)] This one was kind of a challenge - I find I'm most challenged by things I really care about, because I really want to do them well. It causes quite a bit of anxiety. But that very thing you're afraid of is kind of like a blessing in disguise.

If you didn't have that fear, you wouldn't have the other side - courage and bravery, positive emotions. As an actor, you get used to those fears, and you're almost happy when they show up. It makes you learn your lines and prepare. Then when it's finally time to pull the trigger on the thing, you relax and let it come out. I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that... I'm very pleased with my career, the stories I've told. I consider myself very lucky as to how it all came down. I don't really care about having more fame than I have. [2010] [on incorporating digitized images of deceased actors in current films] I don't know quite how I feel about that. I guess it's progress. You can't slow that thing down. I imagine they'll soon be able to - if they don't do this already - take a little De Niro, a little Brando, a little Bridges and just a drop of Julie Andrews and shake that up. It's gonna get weird.

[on releasing his first album of songs] People like to put things in a box - and they do that with their own lives too, they limit things - but it's all art to me. To me, all art is truth. People try to define things and make it easier for their mind to digest things, I guess. But music has been part of my life since I was a kid. Music meant more to me when I was young, but I went into acting because of family and because because it was the path of least resistance. On Michelle Pfeiffer : I bet her a thousand dollars after that movie ( The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)) came out that she'd be offered a recording deal, and she still owes me. On Michelle Pfeiffer : She's a wonderful combination of beauty, mystery and funk. The funk factor is her ordinariness, the surfer girl from Orange County. These elements are mixed with her courage to do things she is frightened of and the talent to make us believe. [remembering director Michael Cimino ] In 1973, Mike Cimino cast me as Lightfoot in the first movie he directed - Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974).

I was just starting out, just a kid. I remember being up in Montana wondering why he had picked me. I didn't feeling anything like the character I had been hired to play. I felt inadequate, undeserving, confused. The day before shooting began I confessed this all to Mike. This was Mike's first movie, one he had written as well. He'd been given this opportunity by Clint Eastwood , the movie's producer and star. I felt sorry for Mike. This was a big break for him, and here he was the day before his movie was to start shooting, and this frightened young actor who had a major roll in it was telling him he didn't know if he could do it. After not too long a pause, Mike looked at me, and said, "You know that game Tag?" "Yeah," I said. "Well... You're it," Mike told me. He went on to say that this guy, Lightfoot, was no one other than me, that I couldn't make a mistake, or a false move, even if I wanted to. I've never forgotten that bit of direction that that young director gave me on his first movie, that gift of confidence.

I'll often bring it to mind when that feeling of inadequateness, that feeling of not deserving what I've been given comes to me. I'll remember to enjoy the game, this game of 'Tag.' A few years later, after Mike won an Academy Award for directing The Deer Hunter (1978), he cast me again in another movie. Now he was an award winner, and along with Coppola, Bogdanovich, & Scorsese, a 'Hollywood Darling', encouraged to make whatever movie he wanted to make. Heaven's Gate (1980) is what he had in mind. A movie about a particularly fascinating time in American History when Cattle Barons, sanctioned by the United States government, waged war on emigrants - the Johnson County Wars. I was cast to play John Bridges, a character Mike loosely based on one of my relatives. The many months of shooting in Montana were a one of a kind movie making experience. When "Heaven's Gate" came out, many critics called it a flop, a disaster. Well...that's just their opinion, man. To me, and many others, it's a masterpiece, and grows in beauty each time it's seen.

Michael Cimino was a splendid filmmaker. Getting to work with him was a great pleasure and honor, and a real stroke of luck, a blessing. I'll miss you, Mike. Thanks for tagging me, man. [4th July 2016] Salary (3) 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 Jeff Bridges | Celeb | MoovieLive Jeff Bridges Jeffrey Leon Bridges , Los Angeles, California, U.S. Birthday Susan Geston (1977–present; 3 children) Years Active Share Biography Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor and musician. His most notable films include The Big Lebowski, King Kong , The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Tron, Starman, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Seabiscuit, K-PAX, The Fisher King, Fearless, The Contender, Iron Man , Tron: Legacy , True Grit and Crazy Heart, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 82nd Academy Awards. Jeff Bridges made his first screen appearance at the tender age of four months, playing Jane Greer's infant son 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 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 the first remake of King Kong , opposite Jessica Lange. This film was a huge 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.

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. One critic dubbed it a masterpiece; Pauline Kael wrote that he "may be the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived". In 1998 starred as what is arguably his most famous role, "The Dude" in the Coen Brothers' cult-classic film The Big Lebowski. He has stated in the past that he relates to "The Dude" more than any of his other roles. 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 shaved his trademark mane of hair to play the role of Obadiah Stane in the 2008 Marvel comic book adaptation Iron Man .

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. 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. (Bridges is one of the oldest actors ever to win an Academy Award; he was also one of the youngest actors ever to be nominated. In 2010, he won his Oscar for Crazy Heart at the age of 60; in 1972, he was nominated for The Last Picture Show at age 22.) He 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. It marked the first time two actors had been nominated for the award for playing the same character; Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards for playing Vito Corleone in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II . Short Comments Jeff Bridges Biography | Fandango Jeff Bridges Biography Dec 4, 1949 Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA Biography The son of actor Lloyd Bridges , Jeff Bridges made his screen bow as a petulant infant in the arms of his real-life mother, Dorothy, in the 1950 Jane Greer melodrama The Company She Keeps; his troublesome older brother in that film was played by his real older brother Beau . The younger Bridges made a more formal debut before the cameras at age eight, in an episode of his dad's TV series Sea Hunt. After serving in the Coast Guard reserve, the budding actor studied acting at the Herbert Berghof school. While older brother Beau was developing into a character player, Bridges, thanks in equal parts to his ability and ruggedly handsome looks, became a bona fide leading man.

He had his first major success with a leading role in Peter Bogdanovich 's The Last Picture Show (1971), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Two years later, he won yet another Oscar nomination, this time for Best Supporting Actor in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). Bridges worked steadily throughout the rest of the 1970s, starring in a number of films, including Hearts of the West (1975) and Stay Hungry (1976). The 1980s brought further triumph, despite starting out inauspiciously with a part in the notoriously ill-fated Heaven's Gate (1981). In 1984, Bridges won yet another Oscar nomination for his leading role in Starman and continued to find acclaim for his work, in such movies as The Morning After (1986) and The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989). The latter featured Bridges and brother Beau as struggling musicians, as well as Michelle Pfeiffer in a performance marked by both the actress' own talent and her ability to roll around on a piano wearing a figure-hugging red velvet dress.

Bridges began the 1990s with Texasville, the desultory sequel to The Last Picture Show . Things began to improve with acclaimed performances in Fearless (1993) and American Heart (1995) (the latter marked his producing debut), and the actor found commercial, if not critical, success with the bomb thriller Blown Away in 1994. More success followed, with a lead role in the Barbra Streisand vehicle The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), and as a hapless and perpetually stoned bowling aficionado in the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski (1998). In 1999, Bridges returned to the thriller genre with Arlington Road , playing the concerned neighbor of urban terrorist Tim Robbins , and then switched gears with Albert Brooks ' comedy drama The Muse . In addition to his acting achievements, Bridges has also written some 200 songs, a talent which he memorably incorporated in The Fabulous Baker Boys .

Bridges delivered a typically strong performance in 1999's Simpatico, which featured the actor as a horse-breeder embroiled in a complicated scam orchestrated by a once good friend, while The Contender (2000) found him playing a happy-go-lucky U.S. President suddenly forced to decide if his Vice Presidential candidate's rumored sexual escapades will affect his ultimate decision. Though K-PAX (2001) fared badly in theaters, Jeff's performance as Kevin Spacey 's character's psychiatrist was solid, as was his role of a soft-spoken kidnapping victim in director Dominique Forma 's Scenes of the Crime. 2003 was a polarizing year in terms of critical success -- despite an A-list cast including Bridges himself, Penelope Cruz , and Jessica Lange , Masked and Anonymous went unseen by most, and disliked by the rest. Luckily, Seabiscuit catapulted Bridges back into Hollywood's spotlight, as did Tod Wiliams ' Door in the Floor , based on John Irving 's novel A Widow for One Year.

In 2008, Bridges landed the plum role of the bad guy in the box-office blockbuster Iron Man, but it was his turn as fading country music star Bad Blake in Crazy Heart that earned him the accolades that had eluded the respected actor throughout his career. For his work in that film Bridges captured the SAG award, the Golden Globe, and his fifth Oscar nomination -- marking his second nod in the lead category 25 years after his first for Starman . The next year Bridges would be up for the Best Actor award again, this time for the way he tackled one of John Wayne's iconic role's, Rooster Cogburn, in the Coen brother's hit remake of True Grit. That same year, he would return as Kevin Flynn in the sequel Tron: Legacy. — Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

Question: Jeff Bridges won this years 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role as 'Otis Blake', in which film?
Answer: 'CRAZY HEART'