Jeff Bridges
Acting • Born 1949-12-04
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).
Filmography
189 credits
Tron
Movie • 1982
Kevin Flynn / Clu
The Big Lebowski
Movie • 1998
The Dude
K-PAX
Movie • 2001
Dr. Mark Powell
The Fisher King
Movie • 1991
Jack
Blown Away
Movie • 1994
James "Jimmy" Dove
Arlington Road
Movie • 1999
Michael Faraday
The Last Unicorn
Movie • 1982
Prince Lir (voice)
The Vanishing
Movie • 1993
Barney Cousins
White Squall
Movie • 1996
Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
Iron Man
Movie • 2008
Obadiah Stane
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Movie • 2009
Bill Django
The Door in the Floor
Movie • 2004
Ted Cole
Stick It
Movie • 2006
Burt Vickerman
King Kong
Movie • 1976
Jack F. Prescott
Fearless
Movie • 1993
Max Klein
Heaven's Gate
Movie • 1980
John L. Bridges
Seabiscuit
Movie • 2003
Charles Howard
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Movie • 1989
Jack Baker
Stay Hungry
Movie • 1976
Craig Blake
8 Million Ways to Die
Movie • 1986
Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
TRON: Legacy
Movie • 2010
Kevin Flynn / Clu
Lost in La Mancha
Movie • 2002
Narrator (voice)
Scenes of the Crime
Movie • 2002
Jimmy Berg
The American Success Company
Movie • 1980
Harry
The Contender
Movie • 2000
President Jackson Evans
Tideland
Movie • 2005
Noah
Against All Odds
Movie • 1984
Terry Brogan
Bad Company
Movie • 1972
Jake Rumsey
Cutter's Way
Movie • 1981
Richard Bone
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Movie • 1974
Lightfoot
The Last American Hero
Movie • 1973
Elroy Jackson Jr.
The Open Road
Movie • 2009
Kyle
American Heart
Movie • 1992
Jack
Masked and Anonymous
Movie • 2003
Tom Friend
The Morning After
Movie • 1986
Turner Kendall
The Last Picture Show
Movie • 1971
Duane Jackson
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Movie • 1996
Gregory Larkin
Crazy Heart
Movie • 2009
Bad Blake
Surf's Up
Movie • 2007
Big Z / Geek (voice)
Jagged Edge
Movie • 1985
Jack Forrester
Starman
Movie • 1984
Starman / Scott Hayden
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie • 2008
Clayton Harding
Hollywood Legenden
Movie • 2004
Self
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Movie • 1988
Preston Tucker
The Iceman Cometh
Movie • 1973
Don Parritt
Winter Kills
Movie • 1979
Nick Kegan
Rancho Deluxe
Movie • 1975
Jack McKee
Nadine
Movie • 1987
Vernon Hightower
The Muse
Movie • 1999
Jack Warrick
True Grit
Movie • 2010
Rooster Cogburn
Fat City
Movie • 1972
Ernie
The Amateurs
Movie • 2006
Andy
Wild Bill
Movie • 1995
Wild Bill Hickok
R.I.P.D.
Movie • 2013
Roy Pulsipher
Seventh Son
Movie • 2014
Master John Gregory
Simpatico
Movie • 1999
Lyle Carter
Kiss Me Goodbye
Movie • 1982
Rupert
Texasville
Movie • 1990
Duane Jackson
TRON: The Next Day
Movie • 2011
Kevin Flynn
The Making of TRON
Movie • 2002
Himself
Hearts of the West
Movie • 1975
Lewis Tater
Halls of Anger
Movie • 1970
Doug
A Place at the Table
Movie • 2012
Self
In Search of America
Movie • 1971
Mike Olson
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Movie • 1970
Nero Finnegan
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West
Movie • 2002
Narrator (voice)
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Movie • 1978
Jerry Green
See You in the Morning
Movie • 1989
Larry Livingstone
Pablo
Movie • 2012
Narrator (voice)
Lolly-Madonna XXX
Movie • 1973
Zack Feather
Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard
Movie • 2006
Self - est Graduate (archive footage)
Installing the Cast
Movie • 2011
Self
Visualizing TRON
Movie • 2011
Self
The Giver
Movie • 2014
The Giver
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Movie • 2014
Self
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Clu (archive footage)
Hidden in America
Movie • 1996
Vincent
A Dog Year
Movie • 2009
Jon Katz
Chasing the Lotus
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
Movie • 2022
Self (Narrator)
From The Village to The Basement
Movie • 2014
Narrator
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom
Movie • 2019
Self
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Movie • 2008
Self - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Movie • 1969
Young John
Words from a Bear
Movie • 2019
Self
Hell or High Water
Movie • 2016
Marcus Hamilton
Picture This
Movie • 1991
Self
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
Movie • 2004
Self
Raising the Mammoth
Movie • 2000
Narrator (voice)
Made in the USA
Movie • 1993
Self
Cold Feet
Movie • 1989
Bartender (uncredited)
TRON: Ares
Movie • 2025
Kevin Flynn
Grendel
Movie
Grendel
Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick
Movie • 1999
Self
Zen Brownie
Movie • 2023
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2000
Self
The Little Prince
Movie • 2015
The Aviator (voice)
Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Only the Brave
Movie • 2017
Duane Steinbrink
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Movie • 2017
Champ
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
Movie • 2021
Self - Narrator
HyperNormalisation
Movie • 2016
Self (archival footage)
The Only Living Boy in New York
Movie • 2017
W.F. Gerald
Hal
Movie • 2019
Self
Dream Big: Engineering Our World
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins
Movie • 2014
Self
The Company She Keeps
Movie • 1951
Infant at Train Station (uncredited)
King Kong Lives
Movie • 1986
Jack Prescott (archive footage)
Bad Times at the El Royale
Movie • 2018
Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
Living in the Future's Past
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Movie • 2014
Self
The Cool School
Movie • 2008
Self - Narrator (voice)
Making of Arlington Road
Movie • 1999
Self
Forever Hollywood
Movie • 1999
Self
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Movie • 2004
Self
Heroes of Rock and Roll
Movie • 1979
Himself
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
Movie • 2003
Self
The Making of 'Tideland'
Movie • 2007
Self
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
Movie • 2014
Self - Host
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Movie • 2020
Self
Rapunzel
Movie • 1983
The Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
Movie • 2020
Self - Performer
Valerie
Movie • 2019
Self
The Thanksgiving Promise
Movie • 1986
Neighbor
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie • 2019
Self
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
Movie • 1998
Self
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Movie • 1981
Michael Loomis
Hot Money
Movie • 2021
Self
Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'
Movie • 1999
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Movie • 2011
Self
Casting By
Movie • 2012
Self
Acting: The First Six Lessons
Movie • 2020
Interviews
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Movie • 1982
Michael Loomis
Return of the Grizzly
Movie • 2023
Narrator
The True Story of Seabiscuit
Movie • 2003
Self
Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends
Movie • 2001
Self
Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star
Movie • 2025
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Moviemakers
Movie • 1973
Self
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
Movie • 2004
Self
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
Movie • 2003
Self
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Movie • 2003
Self
Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
Movie • 2004
Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte
Movie • 2025
Self
Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers
Movie
Narrator
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Terry Shelton
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
The Eisen Hour
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Claude / Prince
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Sea Hunt
TV • 1958
The Most Deadly Game
TV • 1970
Hawk
The Don Knotts Show
TV • 1970
Self
The Loner
TV • 1965
The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV • 1962
Dave Melkin
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Alec Baldwin Show
TV • 2018
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Reading Rainbow
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
Flick Flack
TV • 1974
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Scene by Scene
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Neighbor (uncredited)
Lassie
TV • 1954
Cal Baker (uncredited)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
TV • 2018
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Michael Loomis
The Old Man
TV • 2022
Dan Chase
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Michael Loomis
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest