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Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American actor and musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
. His most notable films include The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 in film film drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry....
, The Fabulous Baker Boys
The Fabulous Baker Boys

The Fabulous Baker Boys is a 1989 in film film written and directed by Steven Kloves about two brothers who perform a duo piano show together in small Seattle clubs....
, Tron
Tron (film)

Tron is a 1982 in film science fiction film by Disney. Starring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn , Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley , Cindy Morgan as Dr....
, Starman
Starman (film)

John Carpenter's Starman is a 1984 in film Science fiction film-fantasy film directed by John Carpenter which tells the story of an extraterrestrial life who has come to earth in response to the invitation found on the Voyager Golden Record installed on one of the Voyager program space probes....
, The Fisher King
The Fisher King (film)

The Fisher King is a comedy-drama film made in 1991 in film, written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter....
, The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski is a 1998 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film written and directed by Coen brothers. Jeff Bridges stars as Jeffrey Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles, California slacker and avid bowling, who refers to himself as "the Dude"....
, Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit (film)

Seabiscuit is a 2003 in film United States drama film based on the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand....
, and Iron Man
Iron Man (film)

Iron Man is a 2008 in film superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey, Jr....
.

rey Bridges was born in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, the son of Dorothy Dean (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Simpson) and actor Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. was an Emmy Award-nominated United States actor. Bridges starred in popular television series, and appeared in more than 150 films....
. He has two older brothers, Beau
Beau Bridges

Lloyd Vernet ?Beau? Bridges III is a U.S. three-time Emmy Award-winning actor....
 and Garrett, and one younger sister, Lucinda.






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Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American actor and musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
. His most notable films include The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 in film film drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry....
, The Fabulous Baker Boys
The Fabulous Baker Boys

The Fabulous Baker Boys is a 1989 in film film written and directed by Steven Kloves about two brothers who perform a duo piano show together in small Seattle clubs....
, Tron
Tron (film)

Tron is a 1982 in film science fiction film by Disney. Starring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn , Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley , Cindy Morgan as Dr....
, Starman
Starman (film)

John Carpenter's Starman is a 1984 in film Science fiction film-fantasy film directed by John Carpenter which tells the story of an extraterrestrial life who has come to earth in response to the invitation found on the Voyager Golden Record installed on one of the Voyager program space probes....
, The Fisher King
The Fisher King (film)

The Fisher King is a comedy-drama film made in 1991 in film, written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter....
, The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski is a 1998 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film written and directed by Coen brothers. Jeff Bridges stars as Jeffrey Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles, California slacker and avid bowling, who refers to himself as "the Dude"....
, Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit (film)

Seabiscuit is a 2003 in film United States drama film based on the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand....
, and Iron Man
Iron Man (film)

Iron Man is a 2008 in film superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey, Jr....
.

Biography


Personal life

Jeffrey Bridges was born in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, the son of Dorothy Dean (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Simpson) and actor Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. was an Emmy Award-nominated United States actor. Bridges starred in popular television series, and appeared in more than 150 films....
. He has two older brothers, Beau
Beau Bridges

Lloyd Vernet ?Beau? Bridges III is a U.S. three-time Emmy Award-winning actor....
 and Garrett, and one younger sister, Lucinda. His brother, Garrett, died of sudden infant death syndrome
Sudden infant death syndrome

Sudden infant death syndrome is a syndrome marked by the symptoms of sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year....
 on August 3, 1948. He shared a close relationship with his brother, actor Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges

Lloyd Vernet ?Beau? Bridges III is a U.S. three-time Emmy Award-winning actor....
, who acted as a surrogate father during his earlier life when their real father was busy with work. He is an uncle of Jordan Bridges
Jordan Bridges

Jordan Bridges is an American actor....
. He married Susan Geston on June 5, 1977. He met Geston during the shooting of the movie Rancho Delux which was filmed on a ranch where Geston worked as a maid. The couple have three daughters: Isabelle (b. 6 August 1981), Jessica Lily (b. 14 June 1983), and Hayley Roselouise (b. 17 October 1985). He is also a known marijuana
Cannabis (drug)

Cannabis, also known as Marijuana or marihuana, or ganja , is a psychoactive drug extracted from the plant Cannabis sativa, or more often, Cannabis sativa subsp....
 user; in an interview, he admitted to ceasing smoking during filming of The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski is a 1998 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film written and directed by Coen brothers. Jeff Bridges stars as Jeffrey Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles, California slacker and avid bowling, who refers to himself as "the Dude"....
, but has not "permanently kicked the habit."

Film career

As a teenager, Bridges appeared, along with his brother Beau, on their father's CBS anthology
Anthology

An anthology, literally a "garland" or "collection of flowers", is a collection of literary works, originally of poems. In genre fiction and especially science fiction, anthology is used to categorize collections of shorter works such as short story and short novels, usually collected into a single volume for publication....
 series, The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show

The Lloyd Bridges Show is a 34-episode anthology television series, television producer by Aaron Spelling, which aired on Columbia Broadcasting System from September 11, 1962, to May 28, 1963, starring and hosted by Lloyd Bridges , who had recently concluded a three-year stint as diver Mike Nelson in the Television syndication television seri...
 (1962-1963).

His first major role was in the 1971 movie The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 in film film drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry....
 for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
. He was nominated again for the same award for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood

Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, film producer and composer. He is known for his tough guy, anti-hero acting roles in Action films and western films, particularly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s....
 in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a 1974 crime film starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and Geoffrey Lewis ....
. One of his better known roles was in the 1982 science-fiction cult classic Tron
Tron (film)

Tron is a 1982 in film science fiction film by Disney. Starring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn , Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley , Cindy Morgan as Dr....
, in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer
Game programmer

A game programmer is a programmer who primarily develops video games or related software . Game programming has many specialized disciplines; practitioners of any may regard themselves as "game programmers"....
. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
 in 1984 for playing the alien in Starman
Starman (film)

John Carpenter's Starman is a 1984 in film Science fiction film-fantasy film directed by John Carpenter which tells the story of an extraterrestrial life who has come to earth in response to the invitation found on the Voyager Golden Record installed on one of the Voyager program space probes....
. He was also acclaimed for his roles in the thriller Against All Odds
Against All Odds

Against All Odds is a neo-noir 1984 in film, a remake of Out of the Past. The movie was directed by Taylor Hackford and features Rachel Ward in a variation of Jane Greer's original role, Jeff Bridges filling in for Robert Mitchum, and James Woods in a version of Kirk Douglas's part....
 and the crime drama Jagged Edge
Jagged Edge (film)

Jagged Edge is a 1985 in film film starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, and Peter Coyote. Robert Loggia received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in this film....
. His role in Fearless
Fearless (1993 film)

Fearless is a 1993 film directed by Peter Weir and written by Rafael Yglesias from his Fearless . It was shot entirely in California.Rosie Perez was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carla Rodrigo....
 is recognized by some critics to be one of his best performances. One critic dubbed it a masterpiece; Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael

Pauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991. Earlier in her career she was published by City Lights, McCall's and The New Republic....
 wrote that he 'may be the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived'. He also appeared as "The Dude" in the Coen Brothers
Coen Brothers

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers. For more than twenty years, the pair have written and directed numerous successful films, ranging from Screwball comedy film to hardboiled , to movies where genres blur together ....
' classic cult film The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski is a 1998 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film written and directed by Coen brothers. Jeff Bridges stars as Jeffrey Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles, California slacker and avid bowling, who refers to himself as "the Dude"....
.

In 2000, he was nominated for his fourth Academy-Award for his role in
The Contender
The Contender (film)

The Contender is a political thriller starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film was directed by Rod Lurie and focuses on a U.S....
. He also starred in the 2005 Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance Gilliam is an American-born British writer, filmmaker, animator and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several well-regarded films including Brazil , Twelve Monkeys , and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ....
 movie
Tideland
Tideland (film)

Tideland is a 2005 film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's Tideland. The movie was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004....
, his second with the director (the first being 1991's The Fisher King
The Fisher King (film)

The Fisher King is a comedy-drama film made in 1991 in film, written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter....
). He plays the role of Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
Iron Monger

The Iron Monger is an identity used by several fictional supervillains published by Marvel Comics. The first and most notable person to take up the identity is Obadiah Stane....
 in the 2008 Marvel motion picture,
Iron Man
Iron Man (film)

Iron Man is a 2008 in film superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey, Jr....
. In July 2008 he was shown in the Comic Con teaser for TR2N, the upcoming sequel to Tron; leading fans to assume he would once again reprise the role of Flynn from the 1982 classic film.

Other work

In his off time while on set, he has opened up a serious business with technology. He began taking pictures of his magnum after
Iron Man
Iron Man (film)

Iron Man is a 2008 in film superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey, Jr....
of Starman
Starman (film)

John Carpenter's Starman is a 1984 in film Science fiction film-fantasy film directed by John Carpenter which tells the story of an extraterrestrial life who has come to earth in response to the invitation found on the Voyager Golden Record installed on one of the Voyager program space probes....
at the suggestion of co-star Karen Allen
Karen Allen

'Karen Jane Allen' is an American actress, best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark . Allen has also had roles in the films National Lampoon's Animal House , The Wanderers , Split Image , Starman , Scrooged , The Sandlot , Poster Boy , and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the C...
. He has published many of these photographs online and in print titled "Pictures".

Bridges is also a cartoonist. Some of his "doodles" have appeared in various films, such as
K-PAX
K-PAX

K-PAX is the name of the first novel in the K-PAX series by Gene Brewer and a film based on the series:*K-PAX **K-PAX — film...
and The Door in the Floor
The Door in the Floor

The Door in the Floor is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United States drama film written and directed by Tod Williams . The screenplay is based on the first third of the 1998 novel A Widow for One Year by John Irving....
(a short story-within-story by John Irving
John Irving

John Winslow Irving is an United States novelist and Academy Awards-winning screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978....
).

Bridges narrated the documentary
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 
Lost in La Mancha
Lost in La Mancha

Lost in La Mancha is a documentary film film narrated by Jeff Bridges about Terry Gilliam's failed first attempt to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a movie adaptation of the novel Don Quixote....
(2002), a singular filmographic witness of the "unmaking" of a Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance Gilliam is an American-born British writer, filmmaker, animator and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several well-regarded films including Brazil , Twelve Monkeys , and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ....
 retelling of Don Quixote
Don Quixote

, fully titled is an early novel written by Spain author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story based upon a manuscript by the invented Moors historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli....
, tentatively titled
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is an upcoming feature film project by director Terry Gilliam. As documented in Lost in La Mancha, production originally commenced filming in October 2000, but stopped within a week due to a serious injury to Jean Rochefort, who had originally been cast for the title role of Don Quixote....
, which would have starred Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp is an American actor known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Edward Scissorhands....
 as Sancho Panza
Sancho Panza

Sancho Panza is a fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spain author Miguel de Cervantes in 1602. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote, and provides comments throughout the novel, known as sanchismos, that are a combination of broad humor, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthy wit....
 and Jean Rochefort
Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort is a France actor who has appeared in more than 100 movies.Rochefort was born in Paris, France. He was 19 years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche....
 as the quixotic hero. Bridges has worked with Gilliam on
The Fisher King
The Fisher King (film)

The Fisher King is a comedy-drama film made in 1991 in film, written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter....
and Tideland
Tideland (film)

Tideland is a 2005 film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's Tideland. The movie was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004....
. Bridges also narrated the documentaries Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002, IMAX
IMAX

IMAX is a film film format and projection standard created by Canada's IMAX Corporation. The traditional version of IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and than conventional film display systems....
),
Raising the Mammoth (2000, TV), and The Heroes of Rock and Roll (1979, TV). He also voiced the character Big Z
List of characters in Surf's Up

This is a list of Characters from the movie Surf's Up presented by a name or official material....
 in the animated picture
Surf's Up
Surf's Up (film)

Surf's Up is a United States Academy Award-nominated Computer animation mockumentary film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures....
.

Bridges has performed voice-over work as well: he was behind Hyundai's
Hyundai

Hyundai refers to a group of companies and related organizations founded by Chung Ju-yung in South Korea. The first Hyundai company was founded in 1947 as a construction company, and the Hyundai Group eventually became South Korea's largest Conglomerate ....
 2007 "Think About It" ad campaign, and has done all of the Duracell
Duracell

Duracell is a brand of battery manufactured by Procter and Gamble.Additionally, Duracell owns the Procell professional-use brand....
 ads in the "Trusted Everywhere" campaign (2006-current).

In the film
The Contender
The Contender (film)

The Contender is a political thriller starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film was directed by Rod Lurie and focuses on a U.S....
, in which he co-starred, he recorded a version of Johnny Cash's
Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
 standard "Ring of Fire
Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire can refer to:...
" with Kim Carnes that played over the pivotal opening credits. As of 2008, the song has not been released commercially outside of the film.

Filmography

  • The Company She Keeps (1951) uncredited
  • The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
  • Halls of Anger (1970)
  • The Last Picture Show
    The Last Picture Show

    The Last Picture Show is a 1971 in film film drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry....
    (1971)
  • Fat City
    Fat City (film)

    Fat City is an United States boxing drama film directed by John Huston. The picture stars Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, and Susan Tyrrell.The movie, one of John Huston's later films, is based on the boxing novel Fat City by Leonard Gardner, who also wrote the screenplay....
    (1972)
  • Bad Company
    Bad Company (1972 film)

    Bad Company is a 1972 in film United States Western film directed by Robert Benton, who also co-wrote the film with David Newman . It stars Barry Brown and Jeff Bridges as two of a group of young men that flee conscription during the American Civil War to seek their fortune and freedom on the unforgiving American frontier....
    (1972)
  • Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
  • The Last American Hero
    The Last American Hero

    The Last American Hero is a 1973 in film sports drama film based on the true story of United States NASCAR driver Junior Johnson. Directed by Lamont Johnson, it stars Jeff Bridges as Junior Jackson, the character based on Johnson....
    (1973)
  • The Iceman Cometh
    The Iceman Cometh

    The Iceman Cometh is a Play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1939. First published in 1940 the play premiered on Broadway theatre at the Martin Beck Theatre on 9 October 1946, directed by Eddie Dowling where it ran for 136 performances to close on 15 March 1947....
    (1973)
  • Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
    Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

    Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a 1974 crime film starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and Geoffrey Lewis ....
    (1974)
  • Hearts of the West (1975)
  • Rancho Deluxe (1975)
  • Stay Hungry
    Stay Hungry

    Stay Hungry, released on May 10 1984, was the third album released by the Heavy metal music band Twisted Sister. This album featured the band's two biggest hits, "We're Not Gonna Take It " and "I Wanna Rock", as well as the power ballad "The Price"....
    (1976)
  • King Kong
    King Kong (1976 film)

    King Kong is a 1976 in film Cinema of the United States motion picture produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a remake of the 1933 classic King Kong , about how a giant ape is captured and imported to New York City for exhibition....
    (1976)
  • Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
  • Winter Kills
    Winter Kills (film)

    Winter Kills is a 1979 in film film based on the Winter Kills by Richard Condon. The film is distinguished by having a high-powered cast, including John Huston, Toshiro Mifune, Sterling Hayden, Anthony Perkins, Elizabeth Taylor, Jeff Bridges, and Susan Walden....
    (1979)
  • The American Success Company (1980)
  • Heaven's Gate
    Heaven's Gate (film)

    Heaven's Gate is a 1981 in film western movie depicting the Johnson County War, a dispute between land barons and European immigrants in Wyoming in the 1890s....
    (1980)
  • Cutter's Way
    Cutter's Way

    Cutter's Way is a 1981 Thriller directed by Ivan Passer. The film stars Jeff Bridges, John Heard , and Lisa Eichhorn. The screenplay was by Jeffrey Alan Fiskin, based on the novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg....
    (1981)
  • Tron
    Tron (film)

    Tron is a 1982 in film science fiction film by Disney. Starring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn , Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley , Cindy Morgan as Dr....
    (1982)
  • The Last Unicorn
    The Last Unicorn (film)

    The Last Unicorn is a 1982 in film fantasy film, based on the novel The Last Unicorn written by Peter S. Beagle, and adapted by him for the screenplay....
    (1982) (voice)
  • Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
  • Against All Odds
    Against All Odds

    Against All Odds is a neo-noir 1984 in film, a remake of Out of the Past. The movie was directed by Taylor Hackford and features Rachel Ward in a variation of Jane Greer's original role, Jeff Bridges filling in for Robert Mitchum, and James Woods in a version of Kirk Douglas's part....
    (1984)
  • Starman
    Starman (film)

    John Carpenter's Starman is a 1984 in film Science fiction film-fantasy film directed by John Carpenter which tells the story of an extraterrestrial life who has come to earth in response to the invitation found on the Voyager Golden Record installed on one of the Voyager program space probes....
    (1984)
  • Jagged Edge
    Jagged Edge (film)

    Jagged Edge is a 1985 in film film starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, and Peter Coyote. Robert Loggia received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in this film....
    (1985)
  • 8 Million Ways to Die
    8 Million Ways to Die

    8 Million Ways to Die is a 1986 American crime film, the last to be directed by Hal Ashby. The film was the first attempt to adapt the popular Matthew Scudder detective stories of Lawrence Block for the screen....
    (1986)
  • The Morning After (1986)
  • The Thanksgiving Promise (1986)
  • Nadine (1987)
  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream
    Tucker: The Man and His Dream

    Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a 1988 in film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Jeff Bridges which tells the story of Preston Tucker and his attempt to produce and market the Tucker automobile....
    (1988)
  • See You in the Morning (1989)
  • Cold Feet (1989) (Cameo)
  • The Fabulous Baker Boys
    The Fabulous Baker Boys

    The Fabulous Baker Boys is a 1989 in film film written and directed by Steven Kloves about two brothers who perform a duo piano show together in small Seattle clubs....
    (1989)
  • Texasville
    Texasville

    Texasville is a 1990 in film American film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. It is a sequel to The Last Picture Show, and is based on the book of the same name by Larry McMurtry....
    (1990)
  • Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991) (documentary)
  • The Fisher King
    The Fisher King (film)

    The Fisher King is a comedy-drama film made in 1991 in film, written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter....
    (1991)
  • American Heart
    American Heart

    American Heart is a 1992 in film film by Martin Bell , starring Edward Furlong and Jeff Bridges. It was nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards of 1993 in a number of categories, and won in the Best Male Lead category....
    (1992)
  • The Vanishing
    The Vanishing (1993 film)

    The Vanishing is a 1993 Thriller starring Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis, and Sandra Bullock. It is an United States English-language version of The Vanishing , also directed by George Sluizer....
    (1993)
  • Fearless
    Fearless (1993 film)

    Fearless is a 1993 film directed by Peter Weir and written by Rafael Yglesias from his Fearless . It was shot entirely in California.Rosie Perez was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carla Rodrigo....
    (1993)
  • Blown Away
    Blown Away (1994 film)

    Blown Away is a 1994 in film thriller starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones. It was directed by Stephen Hopkins ....
    (1994)
  • Wild Bill
    Wild Bill (film)

    Wild Bill is a 1995 in film revisionist Western film about the last days of Wild Bill Hickok. The motion picture was distributed by United Artists....
    (1995)
  • White Squall
    White Squall (film)

    White Squall is a 1996 in film Film directed by Ridley Scott.The plot is based on the fate of the schooner Albatross , which sank on 2 May, 1961, allegedly because of a white squall....
    (1996)
  • The Mirror Has Two Faces
    The Mirror Has Two Faces

    The Mirror Has Two Faces is a 1996 in film United States romance film dramedy film produced and directed by Barbra Streisand, who also stars....
    (1996)
  • Hidden in America
    Hidden in America

    Hidden in America is a 1996 in film United States television film about poverty in the United States. The film is directed by Martin Bell and stars Beau Bridges, Bruce Davison, and Alice Krige....
    (1996)
  • The Big Lebowski
    The Big Lebowski

    The Big Lebowski is a 1998 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film written and directed by Coen brothers. Jeff Bridges stars as Jeffrey Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles, California slacker and avid bowling, who refers to himself as "the Dude"....
    (1998)
  • Arlington Road
    Arlington Road

    Arlington Road is a 1999 film which tells the story of a widowed George Washington University professor who suspects his new neighbors are involved in terrorism and becomes obsessed with foiling their terrorist plot....
    (1999)
  • The Muse
    The Muse (film)

    The Muse is a 1999 in film starring Albert Brooks and Sharon Stone....
    (1999)
  • Simpatico
    Simpatico (play)

    Simpatico is a 1993 play by American playwright Sam Shepard.In 1999, it was adapted for the screen in the film Simpatico starring Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Catherine Keener, and Albert Finney....
    (1999)
  • The Contender
    The Contender (film)

    The Contender is a political thriller starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film was directed by Rod Lurie and focuses on a U.S....
    (2000)
  • Scenes of the Crime
    Scenes of the Crime

    Scenes of the Crime is a 2001 in film directed by Dominique Forma and written by Daniel Golka, Amit Mehta, and Forma. It was met with mixed opinions and moderate, but ultimately positive reviews....
    (2001)
  • K-PAX
    K-PAX (film)

    K-PAX is a 2002 in film science fiction film drama film about a mental patient who claims to be an alien. During his treatment, the patient/alien, "prot", demonstrates an outlook on life that ultimately proves inspirational for his fellow patients and especially for his psychiatrist....
    (2001)
  • Lost in La Mancha
    Lost in La Mancha

    Lost in La Mancha is a documentary film film narrated by Jeff Bridges about Terry Gilliam's failed first attempt to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a movie adaptation of the novel Don Quixote....
    (2002) (documentary) (narrator)
  • Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002) (short subject) (narrator)
  • Masked and Anonymous
    Masked and Anonymous

    Masked and Anonymous is a 2003 in film film written and directed by Larry Charles. It was co-written by and stars iconic rock legend Bob Dylan alongside a star-heavy cast, including John Goodman, Jeff Bridges, Pen?lope Cruz, Mickey Rourke and many others....
    (2003)
  • Seabiscuit
    Seabiscuit (film)

    Seabiscuit is a 2003 in film United States drama film based on the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand....
    (2003)
  • The Door in the Floor
    The Door in the Floor

    The Door in the Floor is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United States drama film written and directed by Tod Williams . The screenplay is based on the first third of the 1998 novel A Widow for One Year by John Irving....
    (2004)
  • Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004) (documentary)
  • Backstage at the Bowl (2005) (documentary) (narrator)
  • The Amateurs
    The Amateurs

    The Amateurs, originally called The Moguls, is a 2005 comedy film written and directed by Michael Traeger and starring Jeff Bridges....
    (also known as The Moguls, 2005)
  • Tideland
    Tideland (film)

    Tideland is a 2005 film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's Tideland. The movie was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004....
    (2005)
  • Stick It
    Stick It

    Stick It is an American teen comedy-drama film starring Jeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym, and Vanessa Lengies. It was written and directed by Jessica Bendinger, writer of Bring It On , the film marks her directorial debut....
    (2006)
  • Chasing the Lotus (2006) (documentary) (narrator)
  • Surf's Up
    Surf's Up (film)

    Surf's Up is a United States Academy Award-nominated Computer animation mockumentary film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures....
    (2007) (voice)
  • A Dog Year
    A Dog Year

    A Dog Year is a movie directed by first time director George LaVoo starring Jeff Bridges. The film will be released in January 2008.The film is based on the memoir by Jon Katz and adapted by LaVoo, the story centers on a man having a midlife crisis whose life is turned upside down when he takes in a border collie crazier than he is....
    (2008)
  • Iron Man
    Iron Man (film)

    Iron Man is a 2008 in film superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey, Jr....
    (2008)
  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is a 2008 in film comedy film based upon United Kingdom writer Toby Young's 2001 in literature How to Lose Friends and Alienate People ....
    (2008)
  • The Open Road
    The Open Road

    The Open Road is a 2009 in film comedy/drama film written and directed by Michael Meredith. It stars Justin Timberlake, Kate Mara, Jeff Bridges and Mary Steenburgen....
    (2008)
  • Men Who Stare at Goats (2010)
  • TR2N (2011)


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