The son of actor Lloyd Bridges, Jeff Bridges made his screen bow as a petulant infant
in the arms of his real-life mother, Dorothy, in the 1950 Jane Greer melodrama The
Company She Keeps; his troublesome older brother in that film was played by
his real older brother Beau. The younger Bridges made a more formal debut
before the cameras at age eight, in an episode of his dad's TV series Sea Hunt.
After serving in
the Coast Guard reserve, the budding actor studied acting at the Herbert Berghof
school. While older brother Beau was developing into a character player,
Bridges, thanks in equal parts to his ability and ruggedly handsome looks, became a
bona fide leading man. He had his first major success with a leading role in
Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971), for which he was nominated for
an Academy Award. Two years later, he won yet another Oscar nomination,
this time for Best Supporting Actor in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974).
Bridges worked steadily throughout the rest of the 1970s. The 1980s brought
further triumph, despite starting out inauspiciously with a part in the notoriously
ill-fated Heaven's Gate (1981). In 1984, Bridges won yet another Oscar
nomination for his leading role in Starman and continued to find acclaim for his work.
All Jeff Bridges Movies
The Company She Keeps - 1950
Silent Night, Lonely Night - 1969 - [TV]
In Search of America - 1970 [TV]
Halls of Anger - 1970
The Last Picture Show - 1971
The Yin and Yang of Dr. Go - 1971
Bad Company - 1972
Fat City - 1972
The Lolly Madonna War - 1973
The Last American Hero - 1973 PG
The Iceman Cometh - 1973 PG
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - 1974 R
Hearts of the West - 1975
Rancho Deluxe - 1975 R
Stay Hungry - 1976 R
King Kong - 1976 PG
Somebody Killed Her Husband - 1978
The American Success Company - 1979
Winter Kills - 1979 R
Cutter's Way - Cutter and Bone - 1981 - R
Heaven's Gate - 1981
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses - (1981) NR
Kiss Me Goodbye - 1982 - PG
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rapunzel - 1982 - NR
Tron - 1982 - PG
The Last Unicorn (1982) G
Starman - 1984 - PG
Against All Odds - 1984 - R
8 Million Ways to Die - 1985
Jagged Edge - 1985 - R
The Thanksgiving Promise - 1986 [TV]
The Morning After - 1986 - R
Nadine - 1987 - PG
Tucker: The Man and His Dream - 1988 - PG
See You in the Morning - 1989
The Fabulous Baker Boys - 1989 - R
Cold Feet - 1989
Texasville - 1990 - R
The Fisher King - (1991) - R
Picture This (1991) NR
American Heart - 1993 - R
The Vanishing - 1993 - R
Fearless - 1993 - R
Blown Away - 1994 - R
Wild Bill - 1995 - R
The Mirror Has Two Faces - 1996 - PG-13
White Squall - 1996 - PG-13
Hidden in America - 1996 - PG-13
Lewis & Clark: Standard Version - (1997) - NR
The Big Lebowski - 1998 - R
Forever Hollywood - (1999) - NR
The Muse - 1999 - PG-13
Arlington Road - 1999 - R
Simpatico - 1999 - R
The Contender - 2000 - R
Scenes Of The Crime - 2001 - R
Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends - (2001) - NR
K-PAX - 2001 - PG-13
Lost in La Mancha - (2002) - R
Masked & Anonymous - (2003) - PG-13
Seabiscuit - (2003) - PG-13
The Door in the Floor - (2004) - R
Movies 101 - (2005) - NR
The Amateurs - (2005) - R
Tideland - (2005) - NR
The Henry Rollins Show: Season 1 - (2006) - NR
Stick It - (2006) - PG-13
Surf's Up - (2007) - PG
Iron Man - (2008) - NR
Jack & Susie - What Hurts The Most
Against All Odds Trailer Starring Rachel Ward & Jeff Bridges
