JEFF BRIDGES BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
 
Jeff Bridges was born on December 4th, 1949 in Los Angeles, California with the birth name Jeff Leon Bridges.  His father was a well known film and television actor, Lloyd Bridges and his mother was Dorothy Bridges.  Along with his brother, Beau Bridges, the two boys grew up in Hollywood and were highly exposed to the world of entertainment.  Jeff has a younger sister Lucinda and another brother, Grant, but neither of them pursued careers in the entertainment world.  Along with their mother who was also a working actress, both Beau and Jeff first appeared on screen in the film, "The company She Keeps" (1951) and they were also seen on television with their dad in the series, "Sea Hunt" (1958).
 
Along with being exposed to acting in television and film, Jeff also would work with his dad touring on stage productions such as in the play, "Anniversary Waltz".  As a young teenage boy in the industry he began showing signs of addiction to drugs and his parents intervened to stop the issue before it got to out of hand.
 
After he graduated from University High School in Los Angeles, California he went on to study acting at Herbert Berghof Studio and even took a break briefly from the industry to join the United States Coast Guard reserves.
 
Jeff continued to work in the industry and was seen on such on such television movies as, "Silent Night, Lonely Night" (1969) and such films as, "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go" (1970), "Halls of Anger" (1970), "The Last Picture Show" (1971), "Fat City" (1972), "Bad Company" (1972), "The Last American Hero" (1973), "The Iceman Cometh" (1973), "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (1974), "Rancho Delux" (1975), "Hearts of the West" (1975) and "Winter Kills" (1979).
 
As his career progressed he was able to continue to get A rated film roles and starred in such films as, "TRON" (1982), "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (1989) and even was nominated for his third Oscar for his role in the film, "Starman" (1984). 
 
He was a very popular actor and was not lacking opportunities for new roles.  His later career roles consisted of appearing on the big screen in such films as, "The Fisher King" (1991), "American Heart" (1992), "Fearless" (1993), "The Big Lebowski" (1998), "The Contender" (2000) for which he received his fourth Oscar nomination.
 
Many viewers remember him for his role in the film, "Iron Man" (2008) and then he won an Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Award for his role in, "Crazy Heart" (2009).  He has also appeared in a number of commercials such as, Hyundai car advertisements doing the voice over work and for the battery company, Duracell. 
 
Jeff Bridges has married only once to Susan Bridges whom he wed in 1977 and they have three children, Isabelle, Jessica and Hayley.  He met his wife in 1975 working on the set of, "Rancho Delux" in 1975.

He remains living with is wife in California and when not working he also enjoys singing and dabbles in photography.

Filmography

2013 The Seventh Son
2013 R.I.P.D. 
2011 Pablo 
2011 Tron: The Next Day
2010 True Grit
2010 TRON: Legacy
2009 Crazy Heart
2009 The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009 A Dog Year 
2009 The Open Road
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 Iron Man
2007 Surf's Up 
2007 Surf's Up
2006 Stick It
2005 Tideland
2005 The Amateurs
2004 The Door in the Floor
2003 Seabiscuit
2003 Masked and Anonymous 
2001 K-PAX
2001 Scenes of the Crime
2000 The Contender
1999 Simpatico
1999 The Mus
1999 Arlington Road
1998 The Big Lebowski
1996 Hidden in America
1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces 
1996 White Squall 
1995 Wild Bill 
1994 Blown Away 
1993 Fearless 
1993 The Vanishing 
1992 American Heart
1991 The Fisher King
1990 Texasville 
1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989 Cold Feet 
1989 See You in the Morning
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1987 Nadine
1986 The Morning After 
1986 The Thanksgiving Promise
1986 8 Million Ways to Die
1985 Jagged Edge
1984 Starman
1984 Against All Odds
1983 Faerie Tale Theatre 
1982 Kiss Me Goodbye 
1982 The Last Unicorn
1982 TRON 
1981 The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories by Irwin Shaw 
1981 Cutter's Way 
1980 Heaven's Gate 
1980 The American Success Company 
1979 Winter Kills 
1978 Somebody Killed Her Husband 
1976 King Kong 
1976 Stay Hungry 
1975 Hearts of the West 
1975 Rancho Deluxe 
1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 
1973 The Iceman Cometh 
1973 The Last American Hero 
1973 Lolly-Madonna XXX 
1972 Bad Company 
1972 Fat City 
1971 The Last Picture Show 
1971 In Search of America 
1970 The Most Deadly Game
1970 Halls of Anger
1970 The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go 
1969 Silent Night, Lonely Night 
1969 The F.B.I. 
1965 The Loner
1962-1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show
1958-1960 Sea Hunt
1951 The Company She Keeps