Los Angeles native Jeff Bridges was born Dec. 4, 1949. After appearances on his father Lloyd's TV series "Sea Hunt," Bridges segued to the big screen for the first of many troubled-youth roles in Halls of Anger (1970).A year later, Bridges wowed critics in The Last Picture Show, netting his first Oscar nod (as Best Supporting Actor). He subsequently earned Academy Award nominations for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Starman (1984) and The Contender (2000). Though Bridges was a fixture in counterculture cinema, he's also tackled fantasy, sci-fi, romance and cult films. He teamed with his dad for the 1988 biopic Tucker and with brother Beau in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).
Bridges enjoyed a resurgence with 2003's Seabiscuit and won his first Oscar and Golden Globe as Best Actor for his turn in 2009's Crazy Heart. The HBO telefilm A Dog Year brought him his first Emmy nod in 2010, and he lassoed another Oscar nomination in 2011 for his starring role in the remake of True Grit.
True GritAfter drifter Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) murders her father, 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) hires alcoholic U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to help her exact revenge. The disreputable lawman still has grit, though, and mounts an epic search. Joining the duo on their... Read More
Crazy HeartWhen reporter Jean Craddock (Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal) interviews Bad Blake (Oscar winner Jeff Bridges) -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son. But can he leave... Read More
Tron: LegacyWhile investigating the mysterious disappearance of his father, Kevin (Jeff Bridges), techie Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) lands in a beguiling computerized world of enslaved gladiators, where his dad has been living for more than 20 years. Joined by Kevin's trusted friend (Olivia Wilde), the father... Read More
The Big LebowskiSlacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) gets involved in a gargantuan mess of events when he's mistaken for another man named Lebowski, whose wife has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. All the while, Dude's friend, Walter (John Goodman), stirs the pot. Brothers Joel Coen and Ethan... Read More

