Jeff Bridges
Date of birth: 1949-12-04
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jeffrey Bridges, Jeffrey Leon 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).
Movie Credits
Tron
1982-07-09
When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an
The Big Lebowski
1998-03-06
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians,
K-PAX
2001-10-26
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tri
The Fisher King
1991-09-20
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a m
Blown Away
1994-07-01
Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove le
Arlington Road
1999-03-19
Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his
The Last Unicorn
1982-11-19
A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all t
The Vanishing
1993-02-05
The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
White Squall
1996-02-02
In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Chri
Iron Man
2008-04-30
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponi
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009-10-17
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who clai
The Door in the Floor
2004-07-18
The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a ca
Stick It
2006-04-21
Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squander
King Kong
1976-09-08
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to explo
Fearless
1993-10-15
After surviving a plane crash that kills many others, Max Klein develops a sense of invulnerability,
Heaven's Gate
1980-11-19
Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing
Seabiscuit
2003-07-22
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989-10-13
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team u
8 Million Ways to Die
1986-04-25
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during
Stay Hungry
1976-04-23
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolish
TRON: Legacy
2010-12-14
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and
Lost in La Mancha
2002-02-11
Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Qu
Scenes of the Crime
2002-05-11
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry whe
The American Success Company
1980-03-01
A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitu
The Contender
2000-10-13
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contes
Tideland
2005-10-13
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit countr
Against All Odds
1984-03-02
Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in despera
Cutter's Way
1981-03-19
Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmi
Bad Company
1972-10-08
After Drew Dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974-05-23
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to orga
The Last American Hero
1973-07-27
A young hell raiser quits his moonshine business and tries to become the best NASCAR racer the south
The Open Road
2009-02-07
Minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legen
American Heart
1992-12-19
An ex-convict is tracked down by his estranged teenage son, and the pair try to build a relationship
Masked and Anonymous
2003-07-25
A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by
The Morning After
1986-12-25
Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize
The Last Picture Show
1971-10-03
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duan
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996-11-15
Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately
Crazy Heart
2009-12-16
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend
Surf's Up
2007-06-08
A young surfer enters his first contest, hoping a win will earn him respect. But an encounter with a
Jagged Edge
1985-10-04
After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime sus
Starman
1984-12-13
When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008-10-02
Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards
Hollywood Legenden
2004-01-01
Documentary about Hollywood.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988-08-12
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his in
The Iceman Cometh
1973-11-10
Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the
Winter Kills
1979-05-11
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and de
Rancho Deluxe
1975-03-14
Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contempo
Nadine
1987-08-07
Hairdresser Nadine Hightower wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she vi
The Muse
1999-08-27
With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who pro
True Grit
2010-12-22
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the
Fat City
1972-07-26
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposit
The Amateurs
2006-04-22
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable lose
Wild Bill
1995-12-01
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped
R.I.P.D.
2013-07-18
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department
Seventh Son
2014-12-12
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the coun
Simpatico
1999-09-15
As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodd
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982-12-22
Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former
Texasville
1990-09-28
Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming q
TRON: The Next Day
2011-03-14
TRON: The Next Day is a 10-minute short film, released on the Blu-ray edition of TRON: Legacy in Apr
The Making of TRON
2002-01-15
This made-for-video documentary treats science fiction fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the makin
Hearts of the West
1975-10-08
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west
Halls of Anger
1970-04-29
An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transfer
A Place at the Table
2012-03-22
Using personal stories, this powerful documentary illuminates the plight of the 49 million Americans
In Search of America
1971-03-23
Michael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his parents
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1970-01-01
An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan becomes involved with the notorious
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West
2002-04-20
Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark lead a U.S. expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back.
Somebody Killed Her Husband
1978-09-29
A woman's husband is murdered and she and her lover must find the killer or stand accused of doing i
See You in the Morning
1989-04-14
Three years after his divorce from his model-wife is the psychologist Larry Livingstone ready for a
Pablo
2012-10-17
Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973-02-21
In the early 1970s, a young woman passing through rural Tennessee unintentionally gets caught in a f
Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard
2006-04-27
From two-time Emmy winner Robyn Symon comes an intriguing documentary which offers an intimate look
Visualizing TRON
2011-04-05
A focused look at TRON: Legacy's production design, examining the importance of light, the work of d
Installing the Cast
2011-04-05
A pat-on-the-back featurette that looks at the work of the actors on TRON: Legacy.
The Giver
2014-08-13
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy i
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014-02-09
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, thi
The Pixar Story
2007-08-28
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's p
Hidden in America
1996-12-01
Story of a man whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick d
A Dog Year
2009-09-03
Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's
Chasing the Lotus
2006-01-01
For forty years, underground film-makers Greg Weaver and Spyder Wills documented surf discovery as i
Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
2022-09-16
Featuring never-before-seen concert footage and narration by Jeff Bridges, this documentary explores
From The Village to The Basement
2014-12-03
Take a trip alongside Jeff Bridges to Big Pink in the short film, 'From The Village to The Basement.
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, a
The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom
2019-11-10
Howard Bloom spent much of the 1970s and 80s as the publicist for iconic musicians like Michael Jack
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
2008-06-10
From superheroes to superstars, Hollywood has always turned to comic books for imagination and inspi
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969-12-16
Over the Christmas holidays in a small New England college town, a man and a woman share a brief int
Words from a Bear
2019-01-29
A visual journey into the mind and soul of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Navarro Scott Momaday, rela
Hell or High Water
2016-08-11
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's f
Picture This
1991-09-06
A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
2004-10-05
This film tells (using modern day interviews and archival footage and sound tapes) the story of how
Raising the Mammoth
2000-03-12
A scientist wants to recover some mammoth DNA to clone a live mammoth. So he finds a buried mammoth
Made in the USA
1993-09-25
A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.
Cold Feet
1989-05-19
Three criminals run into complications when they attempt to smuggle emeralds across the Mexican bord
TRON: Ares
2025-10-08
A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a d
Grendel
The tale of the legendary monster at the heart of the Beowulf epic poem who steps forth to tell his
Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick
1999-04-25
This hour-long 1999 documentary by Laurent Bouzereau features interviews with director Peter Bogdano
Zen Brownie
2023-07-25
Zen Brownie narrated by Jeff Bridges tells the tale of Buddhist Monks and how leading with inclusivi
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000-06-06
Arista's greatest recording artists of the last 25 years gather for this May 15th concert in honor o
The Little Prince
2015-07-29
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that l
Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire
2015-03-28
The Pilchuck Glass School outside Seattle has been going for 43 years. Started by Dale Chihuly, when
Only the Brave
2017-09-22
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017-09-20
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin ar
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2021-06-22
Bob Dylan "Odds and Ends" is composed of archival interviews, promotional videos and documentary sho
HyperNormalisation
2016-10-25
We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They
The Only Living Boy in New York
2017-07-27
When a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only t
Hal
2019-03-28
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Ha
Dream Big: Engineering Our World
2017-02-17
Narrated by Academy Award® winner Jeff Bridges, DREAM BIG: Engineering Our World is a first film of
The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins
2014-06-17
This is the story of the most extraordinary and audacious experiment in the history of animal scienc
I Am Iron Man
2008-09-30
A documentary covering pre-production topics like suit design and construction, storyboards, animati
The Company She Keeps
1951-01-06
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.
King Kong Lives
1986-12-16
After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018-10-04
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent mot
Living in the Future's Past
2018-02-01
Jeff Bridges, alongside prominent scientists and authors, weaves evolution, emergence, entropy, dark
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014-08-26
The grim woes that surrounded famed director Peter Bogdanovich and his film, "They All Laughed."
The Cool School
2008-03-07
How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from sc
Making of Arlington Road
1999-03-19
The making of the film 'Arlington Road' with interviews with the leading actors Jeff Bridges and Tim
Forever Hollywood
1999-01-01
Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004-10-08
Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate" stands as one of the most influential and important films of all ti
Heroes of Rock and Roll
1979-02-09
Special featuring performances by some of the great names of the last 25 years of rock music, using
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
2003-03-18
The troubled production of Winter Kills (1979) is covered here in this documentary with interviews w
The Making of 'Tideland'
2007-02-27
Behind the scenes of Tideland (2005)
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
2014-10-03
The star-studded special celebrates the trailblazing music series' 40th anniversary. With guest host
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020-04-21
From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinati
Rapunzel
1983-02-05
A sinister witch steals the baby of a simple candlemaker and his wife and names her Rapunzel. Determ
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
2020-07-07
Happy 80th Birthday, Ringo! The Big Birthday Show is a Starr-studded charity broadcast with featured
Valerie
2019-08-07
A documentary of the incredible life of actress Valerie Perrine and her battle with Parkinson's.
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986-11-23
A teenage boy is torn between his love for an injured Canadian goose that he has found and his agree
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019-10-12
"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a l
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
1998-10-27
A short documentary about the production of "The Big Lebowski" (1998).
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981-06-01
Three Irwin Shaw short stories are dramatized. In "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" a young marrie
Hot Money
2021-01-19
With wit, satire, and historical context, Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, General Wesley Clark
Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'
1999-10-26
Interviews with cast and crew, regarding the making of Arlington Road.
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011-01-12
American Masters takes a look at the career of Jeff Bridges as his friends and family discuss why he
Casting By
2012-11-01
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Ma
Acting: The First Six Lessons
2020-11-15
Acting: The First Six Lessons follows The Teacher and his student, The Creature, played by Beau Brid
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982-06-11
Tom Beauchurch , a successful New England lawyer, takes his wife Ginette to Paris for a second honey
Return of the Grizzly
2023-10-25
This powerful 37-minute documentary follows the path and challenges of the “explorer bear,” the pion
The True Story of Seabiscuit
2003-07-27
The true story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirit
Third Eye
A CIA operative is the only man who can retrieve the stolen plans of an awesome weapons system and p
Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends
2001-12-07
Filmed at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, friends and admirers of Michael McDonald came together to
Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star
2025-07-13
A chronicle of the life and successful career of American actor Jeff Bridges, who for many years was
The Moviemakers
1973-01-01
A promotional short for Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973).
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
2004-12-16
Documentary on the making of the 2003 film 'Seabiscuit'.
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
2003-07-01
Documentary on the making of the 2003 film 'Seabiscuit'.
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
2003-12-16
Documentary on the performers in the 2003 film 'Seabiscuit'.
Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
2004-04-23
This is a captivating journey into the world of a savant street musician and his lifelong struggle t
Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte
2025-12-08
Tracing the careers of these two cinema enthusiasts, this documentary reveals the secrets behind the