Jeff Bridges
Acting
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).
Born: December 4, 1949
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Acting: The First Six Lessons
Acting: The First Six Lessons follows The Teacher and his student, The Creature, played by Beau Bridges and Emily Bridges. Together they explore the craft of acting and evolve in their understanding and appreciation of life itself. The story unfolds in six lessons over the course of their relationship, nestled within a larger conversation with three generations of The Bridges Family. A unique hybrid of narrative and documentary storytelling, Acting: The First Six Lessons brings Richard Boleslavsky’s 1933 novel to the screen for the first time as part of an intimate glimpse into the life and craft of a multi-generational acting family.
Picture This
A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.
Reading Rainbow
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
Faerie Tale Theatre
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
Forever Hollywood
Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los Angeles.
The Big Lebowski
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Iron Man
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star
A chronicle of the life and successful career of American actor Jeff Bridges, who for many years was a star reluctant to shine, until the hardworking and discreet actor crossed paths with a character who became a pop culture icon.
The Little Prince
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.
Filmography
as Kevin Flynn
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Narrator
as Self (Narrator)
as Dan Chase
as Self - Narrator
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Interviews
as Self - Performer
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as Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Duane Steinbrink
as Champ
as W.F. Gerald
as Narrator (voice)
as Self (archival footage)
as Marcus Hamilton
as Self - Guest
as The Aviator (voice)
as Master John Gregory
as Self - Host
as The Giver
as Self
as Self - Guest
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as Roy Pulsipher
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
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as (archive footage)
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as Kevin Flynn
as Rooster Cogburn
as Kevin Flynn / Clu
as Self
as Bad Blake
as Bill Django
as Self
as Jon Katz
as Self - Guest
as Kyle
as Clayton Harding
as Self
as Self - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man
as Obadiah Stane
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Clu (archive footage)
as Big Z / Geek (voice)
as Self - est Graduate (archive footage)
as Andy
as Burt Vickerman
as Narrator
as Noah
as Ted Cole
as Self
as Tom Friend
as Charles Howard
as Self
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as Self - Guest
as Jimmy Berg
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Himself
as Dr. Mark Powell
as President Jackson Evans
as Narrator (voice)
as Lyle Carter
as Jack Warrick
as Michael Faraday
as Self
as The Dude
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as Self - Guest
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as Vincent
as Gregory Larkin
as Self - Guest
as Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
as Wild Bill Hickok
as Self
as James "Jimmy" Dove
as Max Klein
as Self
as Barney Cousins
as Self
as Jack
as Jack
as Self
as Duane Jackson
as Jack Baker
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Larry Livingstone
as Preston Tucker
as Vernon Hightower
as Turner Kendall
as Jack Prescott (archive footage)
as Neighbor
as Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
as Jack Forrester
as Starman / Scott Hayden
as Terry Brogan
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as The Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father
as Rupert
as Prince Lir (voice)
as Claude / Prince
as Kevin Flynn / Clu
as Michael Loomis
as Michael Loomis
as Richard Bone
as John L. Bridges
as Harry
as Nick Kegan
as Himself
as Jerry Green
as Jack F. Prescott
as Craig Blake
as Self - Host
as Lewis Tater
as Jack McKee
as Lightfoot
as Michael Loomis
as Don Parritt
as Elroy Jackson Jr.
as Zack Feather
as Self
as Jake Rumsey
as Ernie
as Duane Jackson
as Mike Olson
as Michael Loomis
as Hawk
as Doug
as Nero Finnegan
as Young John
as Terry Shelton
as Dave Melkin
as Neighbor (uncredited)
as Cal Baker (uncredited)
as Self
as Infant at Train Station (uncredited)
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
as Self - Presenter
as Grendel