The Jeff Bridges Handbook - Everything you need to know about Jeff Bridges

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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.

This book is your ultimate resource for Jeff Bridges. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Jeff Bridges, Halls of Anger, The Last Picture Show, Fat City (film), Bad Company (1972 film), Lolly-Madonna XXX, The Last American Hero, The Iceman Cometh (1973 film), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Rancho Deluxe, Hearts of the West, Stay Hungry, King Kong (1976 film), Somebody Killed Her Husband, Winter Kills (film), Heaven's Gate (film), Cutter's Way, Tron, Kiss Me Goodbye (film), The Last Unicorn (film), Against All Odds (film), Starman (film), Jagged Edge (film), 8 Million Ways to Die, The Morning After (1986 film), Nadine (1987 film), Tucker: The Man and His Dream, See You in the Morning (film), The Fabulous Baker Boys, Texasville, The Fisher King (film), American Heart, The Vanishing (1993 film), Fearless (1993 film), Blown Away (1994 film), Wild Bill (1995 film), White Squall (film), The Mirror Has Two Faces, Hidden in America, The Big Lebowski, Arlington Road, Simpatico (film), The Contender (2000 film), Scenes of the Crime, K-PAX (film), Lost in La Mancha, Masked and Anonymous, Seabiscuit (film), The Door in the Floor, The Amateurs, Tideland (film), Stick It, Surf's Up (film), A Dog Year, Iron Man (film), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film), The Open Road, Crazy Heart, The Men Who Stare at Goats (film), Tron: Legacy, True Grit (2010 film), R.I.P.D.

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Contents

Articles Jeff Bridges Halls of Anger The Last Picture Show

Fat City (film) Bad Company (1972 film) Lolly-Madonna XXX The Last American Hero The Iceman Cometh (1973 film) Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Rancho Deluxe Hearts of the West Stay Hungry King Kong (1976 film) Somebody Killed Her Husband Winter Kills (film) Heaven's Gate (film) Cutter's Way Tron Kiss Me Goodbye (film) The Last Unicorn (film) Against All Odds (film) Starman (film) Jagged Edge (film) 8 Million Ways to Die The Morning After (1986 film) Nadine (1987 film) Tucker: The Man and His Dream See You in the Morning (film) The Fabulous Baker Boys Texasville The Fisher King (film) American Heart The Vanishing (1993 film) Fearless (1993 film)

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Blown Away (1994 film) Wild Bill (1995 film) White Squall (film) The Mirror Has Two Faces Hidden in America The Big Lebowski Arlington Road Simpatico (film) The Contender (2000 film)

Scenes of the Crime

K-PAX (film)

Lost in La Mancha Masked and Anonymous Seabiscuit (film) The Door in the Floor The Amateurs Tideland (film) Stick It Surf's Up (film) A Dog Year Iron Man (film) How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film) The Open Road Crazy Heart The Men Who Stare at Goats (film) Tron: Legacy True Grit (2010 film) R.I.P.D.

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Bridges at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010

Born

Occupation

Years active

Spouse

Jeffrey Leon Bridges December 4, 1949 Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Actor, singer, producer, composer

1950–present

Susan Geston (m. 1977–present)

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 filmCrazy 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'sSea Hunt. Some of his best-known films includeTron,Fearless,Iron Man,The Contender,Starman,The Fabulous Baker Boys, Jagged Edge,Against All Odds,The Fisher King,Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,Seabiscuit,Tron: LegacyandThe Big Lebowski.

Bridges earned his sixth Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in 2010'sTrue Grit.

Early life Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born in Los Angeles, California on December 4, 1949. He was born into a showbiz family, [1] [2] the son of actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (nae Simpson) and actor Lloyd Bridges. His older brother, Beau Bridges, is also an actor. He has a younger sister, Lucinda, and had another brother, Garrett, who died of sudden infant death syndrome in 1948. Growing up, Bridges shared a close relationship with his brother Beau, who acted as [3] a surrogate father when their father was working. Bridges and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section [4] of Los Angeles. He attended University High School in Los Angeles. At age fourteen, Jeff toured with his father in a stage production ofAnniversary Waltz. After graduating from high school, Bridges journeyed to New York where he studied acting at the famed Herbert Berghof Studio. Also, after turning 18, Bridges joined the United States Coast Guard Reserve , where he served for [5] eight years .

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Career

Film career

Bridges made his first screen appearance at the age of four months inThe Company She Keepsin 1950. In his youth, Bridges and Beau made occasional appearances on their father's showSea Hunt(1958–1961) and the CBS anthology series,The Lloyd Bridges Show(1962–1963). His first major role came in the 1971 filmThe Last Picture Show, for which he garnered a [6] nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He co-starred in the 1972 filmFat City, directed by legendary director, John Huston. He was nominated again for Best Supporting Actor for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1974 filmThunderbolt and [6] Lightfoot1976, he starred as the protagonist Jack Prescott in the first. In remake ofKing Kong, opposite Jessica Lange. This film was a 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 sequelTron: Legacy). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1984, for playing the alien in [6] Starman was also acclaimed for his roles in the thriller. He Against All Odds(1984) and the crime dramaJagged Edge(1985). His role inFearless [7] (1993) is recognized by some critics to be one of his best performances. [8] One critic dubbed it a masterpiece; Pauline Kael wrote that he "may be the [9] most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived". In 1998, he starred as what is arguably his most famous role, "The Dude", in [6] the Coen Brothers' cult-classic filmThe Big Lebowski. He has said that he relates to "The Dude" more than any of his other roles.

Bridges in 2002

[6] In 2000, he received his fourth Academy Award nomination, for his role inThe Contender. He also starred in the 2005 Terry Gilliam filmTideland, his second with the director (the first being 1991'sThe Fisher King). He shaved his trademark mane of hair to play the role of Obadiah Stane in the 2008 Marvel comic book adaptationIron [10] ManJuly 2008, at the San Diego Comic-Con International, he appeared in a teaser for. In Tron: Legacy, shot as concept footage for director Joseph Kosinski; this developed into a full 3D feature release in 2010.

Bridges is one of the youngest actors ever to be nominated for an Academy Award (1972, age 22, Best Supporting [11] [12] Actor,The Last Picture Show), and one of the oldest ever to win (2010, age 60, Best Actor,Crazy Heart). Crazy Heartalso won him the 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.

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Bridges received his sixth Academy Award nomination for his role inTrue 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.

Other work Bridges at the premiere of The Men Who Stare at Goats, during the 2009 Bridges has been an amateur photographer since Toronto International Film Festival. high school, and began taking photographs on film sets duringStarman, at the suggestion of co-star [13] Karen Allen. He has published many of these photographs online and in the 2003Pictures: Photographs by Jeff [14] [15] [16] Bridges.

Bridges is a cartoonist. Some of his "doodles" have appeared in films includingK-PAXandThe Door in the Floor. Bridges narrated the documentaryLost in La Mancha(2002), about the "unmaking" of a Terry Gilliam retelling of Don Quixote, tentatively titledThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which would have starred Johnny Depp as Sancho Panza and Jean Rochefort as the quixotic hero. Bridges also narrated the documentariesLewis & Clark: Great Journey West(2002, IMAX),Raising the Mammoth(2000, TV), andThe Heroes of Rock and Roll(1979, TV). He also voiced the character Big Z in the animated pictureSurf's Up.

Bridges has performed TV commercial voice-over work as well, [17] including Hyundai's 2007 "Think About It" advertisement campaign as well as the Duracell advertisements in the "Trusted Everywhere" [18] campaign.

On January 15, 2010, Bridges performed the song "I Don't Know" fromCrazy HeartonThe Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. In the filmThe Contender, in which he co-starred, Bridges recorded a version of Johnny Cash's standard "Ring of Fire" with Kim Carnes that played over the pivotal opening credits.

In February 2010, he was among the nearly 80 musicians to sing on the [19] charity-single remake ofWe Are the World. On October 24, 2010, Bridges appeared at Neil Young's annualBridge School Benefitconcert and played a set withNeko Case. On December 18, 2010, Bridges hosted NBC'sSaturday Night Live; he had hosted the show before in 1983 with his brother, Beau. With the December 18, 2010 episode, Bridges beat Sigourney Weaver's record for longest gap between hosting appearances onSNL(Weaver had a 24-year gap between her first time hosting in 1986 and her second time hosting in 2010, while Bridges had a 27-year gap between his first appearance in 1983 and his most recent one, also in 2010).

Bridges at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards.

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Music On April 19, 2011, Country Music Television announced that Bridges had signed a recording contract with Blue Note Records/EMI Music Group. He worked with producer T-Bone Burnett and released his debut album,Jeff [20] Bridges,on August 16, 2011.

Personal life

Bridges married Susan Geston in 1977. They met on the film shoot of Rancho Deluxe, which was filmed on a ranch where Geston was [21] [6] working as a maid. They have three daughters: Isabelle Annie (born August 6, 1981), Jessica Lily "Jessie" (born June 14, 1983), and Hayley Roselouise (born October 17, 1985). He became a grandfather on March 31, 2011, when Isabelle gave birth to a daughter, Grace.

Bridges has studied Buddhism. He meditates for half an hour before [22] beginning work on a film set. He lives in Montecito, California.

Humanitarian efforts

Bridges at the 61st Berlin International Film In 1984, Bridges and other entertainment industry leaders founded the Festival (2011) End Hunger Network aimed at encouraging, stimulating and supporting action to end childhood hunger. He supports President Obama's initiative to End Childhood Hunger by 2015. He has teamed up with the Zen Peacemakers who operate a non-traditional soup kitchen that builds a cross-class community and provides food and wellness offerings with [23] dignity. In November 2010, Bridges became spokesman for theNo Kid Hungry Campaignof the organization Share our Strength. Its goal is to present and undertake a state-by-state strategy to end childhood hunger in the [24] United States by 2015.

Legacy Bridges has a reputation for being one of the most likeable men in Hollywood. HisLast Picture Showdirector Peter Bogdanovich has said of Bridges–"I've never, ever heard of him pulling a star turn or showing any ego. He was an absolute pleasure to work with". HisBig Lebowski co-star John Goodman said "It's like watching a diamond cutter; when you look at the diamond, you don't think of the work, you just notice there's no flaws".The New Yorker summed him up very simply as "the best actor alive". He describes himself as being "extremely laid back". It was only during the filming ofThe Iceman Comeththat he decided to focus solely on acting, and make it his profession. Up until then, he had been "all about drugs, sex and meditation". He has said, playing opposite such heavyweights as Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin and Frederic March, was where he first took acting absolutely seriously.

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Voice Only

Jack Forrester

PrinceLbr

8 Million Ways to Die

The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go

1972

Fat City

The Morning After

1987

1971

1986

1988

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Nadine

Nick Kegan

Lewis Tater

Craig Blake

The Last American Hero

Lolly-Madonna XXX

John L. Bridges

1973

The Iceman Cometh

Turner Kendall

Preston Tucker

Vernon Hightower

Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

Richard Bone

Nero Finnighan

Duane Jackson

Don Parritt

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Notes

Silent Night, Lonely Night

Title

Year

1969

Filmography

Jeff Bridges

Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

John Young

Role

Elroy Jackson, Jr.

Zack Feather

Jake Rumsey

Mike Olson

Ernie

The Last Unicorn

Starman

1979

1981

Heaven's Gate

The American Success Company

1980

Winter Kills

Against All Odds

In Search of America

Dr. Rupert Baines

Rancho Deluxe

1975

Stay Hungry

King Kong

Hearts of the West

1984

Kiss Me Goodbye

1976

1985

Matthew "Matt" Scudder

Kevin Flynn/Clu

Jagged Edge

Starman/Scott Hayden

Bad Company

1970

The Last Picture Show

Jerry Green

Jack Prescott

Harry Flowers

Jack McKee

Lightfoot

1974

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Doug

Halls of Anger

Cutter's Way

1978

Somebody Killed Her Husband

Film

Tron

1982

Duane Jackson

Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Ezekiel 'Big Z' Topanga/Geek

Narrator

Dr. Mark Powell

Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor

Jack Baker

Barney Cousins

Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor

Larry Livingstone

2000

The Contender

White Squall

1996

Fearless

The Fisher King

Jack Lucas

1991

K-PAX

2004

Surf's Up

The Door in the Floor

Max Klein

1994

Wild Bill

1995

The Amateurs

2005

Tideland

2006

Stick It

2007

Blown Away

Voice Only Documentary

1992

1993

The Vanishing

American Heart

Jack Kelson

Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor–Motion Picture Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Simpatico

The Muse

Arlington Road

1999

Scenes of the Crime

Hidden in America

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The Big Lebowski

1998

The Mirror Has Two Faces

Masked and Anonymous

Lost in La Mancha

2002

2003

Seabiscuit

The Fabulous Baker Boys

2001

Jeff Bridges

1989

See You in the Morning

Texasville

1990

James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok

Captain Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon

TV Also Executive Producer

Vincent

Gregory Larkin

Jimmy Dove/Liam McGivney

Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead

Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Voice Only

Also Producer Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead

Charles S. Howard

Andy

Noah

Burt Vickerman

Tom Friend

Ted Cole

Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski

Michael Faraday

President Jackson Evans

Lyle Carter

Jack Warrick

Jimmy Berg

Jeff Bridges

2008

2009

2010

2011

2013

A Dog Year

Iron Man

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

The Open Road

Crazy Heart

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Tron: Legacy

True Grit

Pablo

The Seventh Son

R.I.P.D.

Jon Katz

Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger

Clayton Harding

Kyle

Otis "Bad" Blake

Bill Django

Kevin Flynn/Clu

Rooster Cogburn

Narrator/Professor

Master Gregory

Roy Powell

TV Movie Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor– [25] Miniseries or a Movie

Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

Also Executive Producer Academy Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Drama Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

Saturn Award for Best Actor

Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

[26] Post-Production

[27] Pre-Production

Filming

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