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.
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/2025
TRON: Ares
Character:Kevin Flynn
Release Date:08/10/2025
Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:13/07/2025
Return of the Grizzly
Character:Narrator
Release Date:25/10/2023
Zen Brownie
Character:
Release Date:25/07/2023
Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
Character:Self (Narrator)
Release Date:16/09/2022
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:22/06/2021
Hot Money
Character:Self
Release Date:19/01/2021
Acting: The First Six Lessons
Character:Interviews
Release Date:15/11/2020
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
Character:Self - Performer
Release Date:07/07/2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Character:Self
Release Date:21/04/2020
The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom
Character:Self
Release Date:10/11/2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2019
Valerie
Character:Self
Release Date:07/08/2019
Hal
Character:Self
Release Date:28/03/2019
Words from a Bear
Character:Self
Release Date:29/01/2019
Bad Times at the El Royale
Character:Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
Release Date:04/10/2018
Living in the Future's Past
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/02/2018
Only the Brave
Character:Duane Steinbrink
Release Date:22/09/2017
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Character:Champ
Release Date:20/09/2017
The Only Living Boy in New York
Character:W.F. Gerald
Release Date:27/07/2017
Dream Big: Engineering Our World
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/02/2017
HyperNormalisation
Character:Self (archival footage)
Release Date:25/10/2016
Hell or High Water
Character:Marcus Hamilton
Release Date:11/08/2016
The Little Prince
Character:The Aviator (voice)
Release Date:29/07/2015
Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:28/03/2015
Seventh Son
Character:Master John Gregory
Release Date:12/12/2014
From The Village to The Basement
Character:Narrator
Release Date:03/12/2014
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:03/10/2014
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Character:Self
Release Date:26/08/2014
The Giver
Character:The Giver
Release Date:13/08/2014
The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins
Character:Self
Release Date:17/06/2014
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Character:Self
Release Date:09/02/2014
R.I.P.D.
Character:Roy Pulsipher
Release Date:18/07/2013
Casting By
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2012
Pablo
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/10/2012
A Place at the Table
Character:Self
Release Date:22/03/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
Visualizing TRON
Character:Self
Release Date:05/04/2011
Installing the Cast
Character:Self
Release Date:05/04/2011
TRON: The Next Day
Character:Kevin Flynn
Release Date:14/03/2011
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Character:Self
Release Date:12/01/2011
True Grit
Character:Rooster Cogburn
Release Date:22/12/2010
TRON: Legacy
Character:Kevin Flynn / Clu
Release Date:14/12/2010
Crazy Heart
Character:Bad Blake
Release Date:16/12/2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Character:Bill Django
Release Date:17/10/2009
A Dog Year
Character:Jon Katz
Release Date:03/09/2009
The Open Road
Character:Kyle
Release Date:07/02/2009
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Character:Clayton Harding
Release Date:02/10/2008
I Am Iron Man
Character:Self
Release Date:30/09/2008
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Character:Self - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man
Release Date:10/06/2008
Iron Man
Character:Obadiah Stane
Release Date:30/04/2008
The Cool School
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:07/03/2008
The Pixar Story
Character:Clu (archive footage)
Release Date:28/08/2007
Surf's Up
Character:Big Z / Geek (voice)
Release Date:08/06/2007
The Making of 'Tideland'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/02/2007
Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard
Character:Self - est Graduate (archive footage)
Release Date:27/04/2006
The Amateurs
Character:Andy
Release Date:22/04/2006
Stick It
Character:Burt Vickerman
Release Date:21/04/2006
Chasing the Lotus
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2006
Tideland
Character:Noah
Release Date:13/10/2005
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
Character:Self
Release Date:16/12/2004
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Character:Self
Release Date:08/10/2004
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2004
The Door in the Floor
Character:Ted Cole
Release Date:18/07/2004
Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
Character:
Release Date:23/04/2004
Hollywood Legenden
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Character:Self
Release Date:16/12/2003
The True Story of Seabiscuit
Character:Self
Release Date:27/07/2003
Masked and Anonymous
Character:Tom Friend
Release Date:25/07/2003
Seabiscuit
Character:Charles Howard
Release Date:22/07/2003
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2003
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
Character:Self
Release Date:18/03/2003
Scenes of the Crime
Character:Jimmy Berg
Release Date:11/05/2002
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:20/04/2002
Lost in La Mancha
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:11/02/2002
The Making of TRON
Character:Himself
Release Date:15/01/2002
Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/2001
K-PAX
Character:Dr. Mark Powell
Release Date:26/10/2001
The Contender
Character:President Jackson Evans
Release Date:13/10/2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:06/06/2000
Raising the Mammoth
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:12/03/2000
Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'
Character:
Release Date:26/10/1999
Simpatico
Character:Lyle Carter
Release Date:15/09/1999
The Muse
Character:Jack Warrick
Release Date:27/08/1999
Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/1999
Arlington Road
Character:Michael Faraday
Release Date:19/03/1999
Making of Arlington Road
Character:Himself
Release Date:19/03/1999
Forever Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/10/1998
The Big Lebowski
Character:The Dude
Release Date:06/03/1998
Hidden in America
Character:Vincent
Release Date:01/12/1996
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Character:Gregory Larkin
Release Date:15/11/1996
White Squall
Character:Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
Release Date:02/02/1996
Wild Bill
Character:Wild Bill Hickok
Release Date:01/12/1995
Blown Away
Character:James "Jimmy" Dove
Release Date:01/07/1994
Fearless
Character:Max Klein
Release Date:15/10/1993
Made in the USA
Character:Self
Release Date:25/09/1993
The Vanishing
Character:Barney Cousins
Release Date:05/02/1993
American Heart
Character:Jack
Release Date:19/12/1992
The Fisher King
Character:Jack
Release Date:20/09/1991
Picture This
Character:Self
Release Date:06/09/1991
Texasville
Character:Duane Jackson
Release Date:28/09/1990
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Character:Jack Baker
Release Date:13/10/1989
Cold Feet
Character:Bartender (uncredited)
Release Date:19/05/1989
See You in the Morning
Character:Larry Livingstone
Release Date:14/04/1989
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Character:Preston Tucker
Release Date:12/08/1988
Nadine
Character:Vernon Hightower
Release Date:07/08/1987
The Morning After
Character:Turner Kendall
Release Date:25/12/1986
King Kong Lives
Character:Jack Prescott (archive footage)
Release Date:16/12/1986
The Thanksgiving Promise
Character:Neighbor
Release Date:23/11/1986
8 Million Ways to Die
Character:Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
Release Date:25/04/1986
Jagged Edge
Character:Jack Forrester
Release Date:04/10/1985
Starman
Character:Starman / Scott Hayden
Release Date:13/12/1984
Against All Odds
Character:Terry Brogan
Release Date:02/03/1984
Rapunzel
Character:The Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father
Release Date:05/02/1983
Kiss Me Goodbye
Character:Rupert
Release Date:22/12/1982
The Last Unicorn
Character:Prince Lir (voice)
Release Date:19/11/1982
Tron
Character:Kevin Flynn / Clu
Release Date:09/07/1982
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Character:Michael Loomis
Release Date:11/06/1982
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Character:Michael Loomis
Release Date:01/06/1981
Cutter's Way
Character:Richard Bone
Release Date:19/03/1981
Heaven's Gate
Character:John L. Bridges
Release Date:19/11/1980
The American Success Company
Character:Harry
Release Date:01/03/1980
Winter Kills
Character:Nick Kegan
Release Date:11/05/1979
Heroes of Rock and Roll
Character:Himself
Release Date:09/02/1979
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Character:Jerry Green
Release Date:29/09/1978
King Kong
Character:Jack F. Prescott
Release Date:08/09/1976
Stay Hungry
Character:Craig Blake
Release Date:23/04/1976
Hearts of the West
Character:Lewis Tater
Release Date:08/10/1975
Rancho Deluxe
Character:Jack McKee
Release Date:14/03/1975
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Character:Lightfoot
Release Date:23/05/1974
The Iceman Cometh
Character:Don Parritt
Release Date:10/11/1973
The Last American Hero
Character:Elroy Jackson Jr.
Release Date:27/07/1973
Lolly-Madonna XXX
Character:Zack Feather
Release Date:21/02/1973
The Moviemakers
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1973
Bad Company
Character:Jake Rumsey
Release Date:08/10/1972
Fat City
Character:Ernie
Release Date:26/07/1972
The Last Picture Show
Character:Duane Jackson
Release Date:03/10/1971
In Search of America
Character:Mike Olson
Release Date:23/03/1971
Halls of Anger
Character:Doug
Release Date:29/04/1970
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Character:Nero Finnegan
Release Date:01/01/1970
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Character:Young John
Release Date:16/12/1969
The Company She Keeps
Character:Infant at Train Station (uncredited)
Release Date:06/01/1951
Television Appearances
The Old Man
Character:Dan Chase
The Eisen Hour
Character:Self - Guest
The Alec Baldwin Show
Character:Self
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Character:Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Character:Self
Conan
Character:Self
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
Character:
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
Good Day Live
Character:Self
Parkinson
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self - Guest
Scene by Scene
Character:Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character:Self - Guest
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
GMTV
Character:Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Reading Rainbow
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
Character:Claude / Prince
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Playhouse
Character:Michael Loomis
Flick Flack
Character:
Great Performances
Character:Michael Loomis
The Most Deadly Game
Character:Hawk
The Don Knotts Show
Character:Self
The F.B.I.
Character:Terry Shelton
The Loner
Character:
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Character:Dave Melkin
Sea Hunt
Character:
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Neighbor (uncredited)
Lassie
Character:Cal Baker (uncredited)
The Oscars
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
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