Jeff Bridges
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).
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Acting History
2025
Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte as Self
2025TRON: Ares as Kevin Flynn
2025Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2023Return of the Grizzly as Narrator
2023Zen Brownie
2022Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall as Self (Narrator)
2022The Old Man as Dan Chase
2021Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends as Self - Narrator
2021The Eisen Hour as Self - Guest
2021Hot Money as Self
2020Acting: The First Six Lessons as Interviews
2020Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show as Self - Performer
2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self
2019The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom as Self
2019Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
2019Valerie as Self
2019Hal as Self
2019Words from a Bear as Self
2018The Alec Baldwin Show as Self
2018Bad Times at the El Royale as Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
2018GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
2018Living in the Future's Past as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017Only the Brave as Duane Steinbrink
2017Kingsman: The Golden Circle as Champ
2017The Only Living Boy in New York as W.F. Gerald
2017Dream Big: Engineering Our World as Narrator (voice)
2016HyperNormalisation as Self (archival footage)
2016Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015The Little Prince as The Aviator (voice)
2015Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire as Narrator (voice)
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Seventh Son as Master John Gregory
2014From The Village to The Basement as Narrator
2014Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years as Self - Host
2014One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film as Self
2014The Giver as The Giver
2014The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles as Self
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013R.I.P.D. as Roy Pulsipher
2012Casting By as Self
2012Pablo as Narrator (voice)
2012A Place at the Table as Self
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011Visualizing TRON as Self
2011Installing the Cast as Self
2011TRON: The Next Day as Kevin Flynn
2011Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides as Self
2010True Grit as Rooster Cogburn
2010TRON: Legacy as Kevin Flynn / Clu
2010Conan as Self
2009Crazy Heart as Bad Blake
2009The Men Who Stare at Goats as Bill Django
2009Live from Studio Five as Self
2009A Dog Year as Jon Katz
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009The Open Road as Kyle
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Clayton Harding
2008I Am Iron Man as Self
2008Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound as Self - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man
2008Iron Man as Obadiah Stane
2008The Cool School as Self - Narrator (voice)
2007The Pixar Story as Clu (archive footage)
2007Surf's Up as Big Z / Geek (voice)
2007The Making of 'Tideland' as Self
2006Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard as Self - est Graduate (archive footage)
2006The Amateurs as Andy
2006Stick It as Burt Vickerman
2006Chasing the Lotus as Narrator
2005The Colbert Report
2005Tideland as Noah
2004The Making of 'Seabiscuit' as Self
2004Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate as Self
2004Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile as Self
2004The Door in the Floor as Ted Cole
2004Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
2004Hollywood Legenden as Self
2003Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend as Self
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003The True Story of Seabiscuit as Self
2003Masked and Anonymous as Tom Friend
2003Seabiscuit as Charles Howard
2003'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend as Self
2003Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? as Self
2003Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Scenes of the Crime as Jimmy Berg
2002Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West as Narrator (voice)
2002Lost in La Mancha as Narrator (voice)
2002The Making of TRON as Himself
2001Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends as Self
2001K-PAX as Dr. Mark Powell
2001Good Day Live as Self
2000The Contender as President Jackson Evans
2000Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
2000Raising the Mammoth as Narrator (voice)
1999Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'
1999Simpatico as Lyle Carter
1999The Muse as Jack Warrick
1999Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick as Self
1999Arlington Road as Michael Faraday
1999Making of Arlington Road as Himself
1999Forever Hollywood as Self
1998The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' as Self
1998The Big Lebowski as The Dude
1998Parkinson as Self
1997The View as Self
1997The View as Self - Guest
1997Scene by Scene as Self
1996Hidden in America as Vincent
1996The Mirror Has Two Faces as Gregory Larkin
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
1996White Squall as Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
1995Wild Bill as Wild Bill Hickok
1994Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1994Blown Away as James "Jimmy" Dove
1993Fearless as Max Klein
1993Made in the USA as Self
1993The Vanishing as Barney Cousins
1993GMTV as Self
1992American Heart as Jack
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991The Fisher King as Jack
1991Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas as Self
1990Texasville as Duane Jackson
1989The Fabulous Baker Boys as Jack Baker
1989Cold Feet as Bartender (uncredited)
1989See You in the Morning as Larry Livingstone
1988Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Preston Tucker
1987Nadine as Vernon Hightower
1986The Morning After as Turner Kendall
1986King Kong Lives as Jack Prescott (archive footage)
1986The Thanksgiving Promise as Neighbor
19868 Million Ways to Die as Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
1985Jagged Edge as Jack Forrester
1984Starman as Starman / Scott Hayden
1984Against All Odds as Terry Brogan
1983Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983Rapunzel as The Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father
1982Kiss Me Goodbye as Rupert
1982The Last Unicorn as Prince Lir (voice)
1982Faerie Tale Theatre as Claude / Prince
1982Tron as Kevin Flynn / Clu
1982The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories as Michael Loomis
1981The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories as Michael Loomis
1981Cutter's Way as Richard Bone
1980Heaven's Gate as John L. Bridges
1980The American Success Company as Harry
1979Winter Kills as Nick Kegan
1979Heroes of Rock and Roll as Himself
1978Somebody Killed Her Husband as Jerry Green
1976King Kong as Jack F. Prescott
1976Stay Hungry as Craig Blake
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Hearts of the West as Lewis Tater
1975Rancho Deluxe as Jack McKee
1974Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as Lightfoot
1974Playhouse as Michael Loomis
1974Flick Flack
1973The Iceman Cometh as Don Parritt
1973The Last American Hero as Elroy Jackson Jr.
1973Lolly-Madonna XXX as Zack Feather
1973The Moviemakers as Self
1972Bad Company as Jake Rumsey
1972Fat City as Ernie
1971The Last Picture Show as Duane Jackson
1971In Search of America as Mike Olson
1971Great Performances as Michael Loomis
1970The Most Deadly Game as Hawk
1970The Don Knotts Show as Self
1970Halls of Anger as Doug
1970The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go as Nero Finnegan
1969Silent Night, Lonely Night as Young John
1965The F.B.I. as Terry Shelton
1965The Loner
1962The Lloyd Bridges Show as Dave Melkin
1958Sea Hunt
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Neighbor (uncredited)
1954Lassie as Cal Baker (uncredited)
1953The Oscars as Self
1951The Company She Keeps as Infant at Train Station (uncredited)
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
—Third Eye
—Grendel as Grendel