Jeff Bridges

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Biography

Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series Sea Hunt (1958–60), with his father, Lloyd Bridges and brother, Beau Bridges. He has won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as an alcoholic singer in the 2009 film Crazy Heart.

Bridges also earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in The Last Picture Show (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Starman (1984), The Contender (2000), True Grit (2010), and Hell or High Water (2016).

Known For

Iron Man

Obadiah Stane

The Big Lebowski

The Dude

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Champ

TRON: Legacy

Kevin Flynn / Clu

True Grit

Rooster Cogburn

Hell or High Water

Marcus Hamilton

The Giver

R.I.P.D.

Roy Pulsipher

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Minions & Monsters MOVIE	(voice)
2025	The Coen Brothers - An American Story MOVIE	Self
2025	TRON: Ares MOVIE	Kevin Flynn
2025	Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star MOVIE	Self - Actor (archive footage)
2023	Return of the Grizzly MOVIE	Narrator
2023	Zen Brownie MOVIE	Self
2022	Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall MOVIE	Self (Narrator)
2022	The Old Man TV	Dan Chase
2021	Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2021	The Eisen Hour TV	Self - Guest
2021	Hot Money MOVIE	Self
2020	Acting: The First Six Lessons MOVIE	Interviews
2020	Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show MOVIE	Self - Performer
2020	Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness MOVIE	Self
2019	The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom MOVIE	Self
2019	Alan Pakula: Going for Truth MOVIE	Self
2019	Valerie MOVIE	Self
2019	Hal MOVIE	Self
2019	Words from a Bear MOVIE	Self
2018	The Alec Baldwin Show TV	Self
2018	Bad Times at the El Royale MOVIE	Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
2018	GQ Presents: Iconic Characters TV	Self
2018	Living in the Future's Past MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2017	Only the Brave MOVIE	Duane Steinbrink
2017	Kingsman: The Golden Circle MOVIE	Champ
2017	The Only Living Boy in New York MOVIE	W.F. Gerald
2017	Dream Big: Engineering Our World MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2016	HyperNormalisation MOVIE	Self (archival footage)
2016	Hell or High Water MOVIE	Marcus Hamilton
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self - Guest
2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV	Self
2015	The Little Prince MOVIE	The Aviator (voice)
2015	Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV	Self
2014	Seventh Son MOVIE	Master John Gregory
2014	From The Village to The Basement MOVIE	Narrator
2014	Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years MOVIE	Self - Host
2014	One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film MOVIE	Self
2014	The Giver MOVIE	The Giver
2014	The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins MOVIE	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self - Guest
2014	The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles MOVIE	Self
2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones TV	Self
2013	R.I.P.D. MOVIE	Roy Pulsipher
2012	Casting By MOVIE	Self
2012	Pablo MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2012	A Place at the Table MOVIE	Self
2012	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen MOVIE	(archive footage)
2011	Visualizing TRON MOVIE	Self
2011	Installing the Cast MOVIE	Self
2011	TRON: The Next Day MOVIE	Kevin Flynn
2011	Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides MOVIE	Self
2010	True Grit MOVIE	Rooster Cogburn
2010	TRON: Legacy MOVIE	Kevin Flynn / Clu
2010	Conan TV	Self
2010	Conan TV	Self - Guest
2009	Crazy Heart MOVIE	Bad Blake
2009	The Men Who Stare at Goats MOVIE	Bill Django
2009	Live from Studio Five TV	Self
2009	A Dog Year MOVIE	Jon Katz
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV	Self - Guest
2009	The Open Road MOVIE	Kyle
2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People MOVIE	Clayton Harding
2008	I Am 'Iron Man' MOVIE	Self
2008	Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound MOVIE	Self - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man
2008	Iron Man MOVIE	Obadiah Stane
2008	The Cool School MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2007	The Pixar Story MOVIE	Clu (archive footage)
2007	Surf's Up MOVIE	Big Z / Geek (voice)
2007	The Making of 'Tideland' MOVIE	Self
2006	Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard MOVIE	Self - est Graduate (archive footage)
2006	The Amateurs MOVIE	Andy
2006	Stick It MOVIE	Burt Vickerman
2006	Chasing the Lotus MOVIE	Narrator
2005	The Colbert Report TV	Self
2005	Tideland MOVIE	Noah
2004	The Making of 'Seabiscuit' MOVIE	Self
2004	Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate MOVIE	Self
2004	Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile MOVIE	Self
2004	The Door in the Floor MOVIE	Ted Cole
2004	Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie MOVIE	Self
2004	Hollywood Legenden MOVIE	Self
2003	Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend MOVIE	Self
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2003	The True Story of Seabiscuit MOVIE	Self
2003	Masked and Anonymous MOVIE	Tom Friend
2003	Seabiscuit MOVIE	Charles Howard
2003	'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend MOVIE	Self
2003	Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? MOVIE	Self
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Guest
2002	Scenes of the Crime MOVIE	Jimmy Berg
2002	Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2002	Lost in La Mancha MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2002	The Making of TRON MOVIE	Himself
2001	Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends MOVIE	Self
2001	K-PAX MOVIE	Dr. Mark Powell
2001	Good Day Live TV	Self
2001	AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand MOVIE	self
2000	The Coen Brothers MOVIE	Self
2000	The Contender MOVIE	President Jackson Evans
2000	Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration MOVIE	Self
2000	Raising the Mammoth MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1999	Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road' MOVIE	Self
1999	Simpatico MOVIE	Lyle Carter
1999	The Muse MOVIE	Jack Warrick
1999	Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick MOVIE	Self
1999	Arlington Road MOVIE	Michael Faraday
1999	Making of Arlington Road MOVIE	Self
1999	Forever Hollywood MOVIE	Self
1998	The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' MOVIE	Self
1998	The Big Lebowski MOVIE	The Dude
1998	Parkinson TV	Self
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	The View TV	Self - Guest
1997	Scene by Scene TV	Self
1996	Hidden in America MOVIE	Vincent
1996	The Mirror Has Two Faces MOVIE	Gregory Larkin
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show TV	Self - Guest
1996	White Squall MOVIE	Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
1995	Wild Bill MOVIE	Wild Bill Hickok
1994	Inside the Actors Studio TV	Self
1994	Blown Away MOVIE	James "Jimmy" Dove
1993	Fearless MOVIE	Max Klein
1993	Made in the USA MOVIE	Self
1993	The Vanishing MOVIE	Barney Cousins
1993	GMTV TV	Self
1992	American Heart MOVIE	Jack
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV	Self
1991	The Fisher King MOVIE	Jack
1991	Picture This MOVIE	Self
1990	Texasville MOVIE	Duane Jackson
1989	The Fabulous Baker Boys MOVIE	Jack Baker
1989	Cold Feet MOVIE	Bartender (uncredited)
1989	See You in the Morning MOVIE	Larry Livingstone
1988	Tucker: The Man and His Dream MOVIE	Preston Tucker
1987	Nadine MOVIE	Vernon Hightower
1986	The Morning After MOVIE	Turner Kendall
1986	King Kong Lives MOVIE	Jack Prescott (archive footage)
1986	The Thanksgiving Promise MOVIE	Neighbor
1986	8 Million Ways to Die MOVIE	Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
1985	Jagged Edge MOVIE	Jack Forrester
1984	Starman MOVIE	Starman / Scott Hayden
1984	Against All Odds MOVIE	Terry Brogan
1983	Reading Rainbow TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
1983	Rapunzel MOVIE	The Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father
1982	Kiss Me Goodbye MOVIE	Rupert
1982	The Last Unicorn MOVIE	Prince Lir (voice)
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre TV	Claude / Prince
1982	Tron MOVIE	Kevin Flynn / Clu
1982	The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories MOVIE	Michael Loomis
1981	The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories MOVIE	Michael Loomis
1981	Cutter's Way MOVIE	Richard Bone
1980	Heaven's Gate MOVIE	John L. Bridges
1980	The American Success Company MOVIE	Harry
1979	Winter Kills MOVIE	Nick Kegan
1979	Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll MOVIE	Himself
1978	Somebody Killed Her Husband MOVIE	Jerry Green
1976	King Kong MOVIE	Jack F. Prescott
1976	Stay Hungry MOVIE	Craig Blake
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1975	Hearts of the West MOVIE	Lewis Tater
1975	Rancho Deluxe MOVIE	Jack McKee
1974	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot MOVIE	Lightfoot
1974	Playhouse TV	Michael Loomis
1974	Flick Flack TV	Self
1973	The Iceman Cometh MOVIE	Don Parritt
1973	The Last American Hero MOVIE	Elroy Jackson Jr.
1973	Lolly-Madonna XXX MOVIE	Zack Feather
1973	The Moviemakers MOVIE	Self
1972	Bad Company MOVIE	Jake Rumsey
1972	Fat City MOVIE	Ernie
1971	The Last Picture Show MOVIE	Duane Jackson
1971	In Search of America MOVIE	Mike Olson
1971	Great Performances TV	Michael Loomis
1970	The Most Deadly Game TV	Hawk
1970	The Don Knotts Show TV	Self
1970	Halls of Anger MOVIE	Doug
1970	The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go MOVIE	Nero Finnegan
1969	Silent Night, Lonely Night MOVIE	Young John
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Terry Shelton
1965	The Loner TV	Self
1962	The Lloyd Bridges Show TV	Dave Melkin
1958	Sea Hunt TV	Self
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Neighbor (uncredited)
1954	Lassie TV	Cal Baker (uncredited)
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1951	The Company She Keeps MOVIE	Infant at Train Station (uncredited)
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Presenter
	Grendel MOVIE	Grendel
	Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers MOVIE	Narrator

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