Birth name:Jeffrey Leon Bridges Birth:4 December 1949 Died: Nationality: Hollywood Walk Star: Yes
Career / Biography
Jeff Bridges is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and brother of Beau Bridges. He went to a military academy and then served in the US Coast Guard. After various television roles his first major film role was in The Last Picture Show for which he got a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. Fat City was John Houston's film of small time boxers. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot was an entertaining crime caper opposite Clint Eastwood and earned him another Oscar nomination. Heavens Gate has becoem something of an infamous filmgoing massively over budget and leading to the end of United Artists. Tron is a science fiction film that is part animated and a significant change in how films were made using computers and CGI. John Carpenter's Starman is a more dramatic role and he got a Best Actor Oscar nomination. Jagged Edge was a legal thriller with Glenn Close. In The Fabulous Baker Boys he played with his brother Beau Bridges. The Big Lebowski was a Coen brothers comedy film and a huge success. Iron Man was a Marvel superhero film. In Crazy Heart and sings and wrote some of the songs and won the Best Actor Oscar.
Won - Best Actor - Crazy Heart (2009)
Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Hell Or High Water (2016)
Nomination - Best Actor - True Grit (2010)
Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - The Contender (2000)
Nomination - Best Actor - Starman (1984)
Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974)
Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - The Last Picture Show (1971)
