About Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon Bridges is an American actor. He is known for his leading man roles in film and television. In a career spanning over seven decades, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, in addition to nominations for three BAFTA Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, he was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Born into a prominent acting family, Bridges appeared on the television series Sea Hunt alongside his father, Lloyd, and brother, Beau. He made his feature film debut in the drama Halls of Anger , and starred in The Last Picture Show , which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. As a leading man, he starred in the adventure film King Kong ; science fiction film Tron ; thrillers Jagged Edge and The Morning After ; dramas The Fabulous Baker Boys , The Fisher King , and The Mirror Has Two Faces ; and crime comedy The Big Lebowski .
Bridges received further Oscar nominations for his roles in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot , Starman , The Contender , True Grit , and Hell or High Water ; and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as an alcoholic singer in Crazy Heart . He has also starred in big-budget films, such as Seabiscuit , Iron Man , and Tron: Legacy . On television, he earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in the HBO film A Dog Year , and the Hulu series The Old Man .
Bridges was born on December 4, 1949, in Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges . He is one of four children: older brother Beau Bridges , who is also an actor; a younger sister Lucinda; and a brother named Garrett, who died of sudden infant death syndrome in 1948. His maternal grandfather was an immigrant from Liverpool, England.
Bridges and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles. He shared a close relationship with his brother Beau, who acted as a surrogate father when their father was working. He graduated from University High School in 1967. At age 17 he toured with his father in a stage production of Anniversary Waltz, and then moved to New York City, where he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio. He also served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve as a boatswain's mate from 1967 to 1975 in San Luis Obispo, California, with a terminal rating of Boatswain's Mate Second Class.
Bridges made his first screen appearance in an uncredited role in The Company She Keeps ; the film was released shortly after his first birthday. In his youth, Bridges and his brother Beau made occasional appearances on their father's show Sea Hunt and the CBS anthology series The Lloyd Bridges Show . In 1965, he played a supporting role alongside his father in an episode of The Loner. In 1969, he played Job Corps crew member Cal Baker in the Lassie episode "Success Story".
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