Jeff Bridges
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA
- Active Years
- 1944–2026 (83 Years)
- Total Credits
- 206 credits in database
Acting Born Dec 4, 1949 Los Angeles, California, USA 206 credits
Biography
Jeffrey Leon Bridges, born December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actor, singer, and producer. He hails from a prominent acting family, appearing early in his career on the television series Sea Hunt (1958–1960) alongside his father Lloyd Bridges and brother Beau Bridges. Over a career spanning several decades, Bridges has been credited in more than 190 film and television projects. He is also known by the variations Jeffrey Bridges and Jeffrey Leon Bridge. Recognized primarily for his work in acting, he has earned both critical acclaim and industry honors.
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Career overview
Jeff Bridges began his on‑screen work as a child, appearing on the adventure series Sea Hunt from 1958 to 1960. The program featured him together with his father, Lloyd Bridges, and his brother, Beau Bridges, marking an early entry into a family tradition of acting. Since those formative years, Bridges has amassed more than 190 credits across film and television, demonstrating a versatility that spans drama, comedy, and music‑driven performances. His breakthrough into major cinema came with a series of acclaimed roles that earned him repeated recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He received his first Oscar nomination for his performance in The Last Picture Show (1971) and followed with nominations for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Starman (1984), and The Contender (2000). In 2009, Bridges won the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying an alcoholic singer in Crazy Heart. Subsequent nominations arrived for his work in True Grit (2010) and Hell or High Water (2016), underscoring a sustained presence in critically lauded films. In addition to acting, Bridges has pursued singing and producing, further expanding his contributions to the entertainment industry.
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Minions & MonstersIn the Company of Wolves: An American JourneyOccupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers
TRON: AresThe Coen Brothers - An American StoryJeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star
Zen BrownieReturn of the Grizzly
The Old ManThe Old Man · Executive ProducerTravelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
Hot MoneyThe Eisen HourBob Dylan: Odds and Ends
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeTime Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessRingo Starr’s Big Birthday ShowActing: The First Six Lessons
Alan Pakula: Going for TruthHalWords from a BearValerieThe Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom
GQ Presents: Iconic CharactersBad Times at the El RoyaleThe Alec Baldwin ShowThe Green FogLiving in the Future's Past
Kingsman: The Golden CircleOnly the BraveThe Only Living Boy in New YorkThe Only Living Boy in New York · Executive ProducerDream Big: Engineering Our World
Hell or High WaterHyperNormalisation
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertClose Up with The Hollywood ReporterThe Little PrincePilchuck: A Dance with Fire
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonLate Night with Seth MeyersVariety Studio: Actors on ActorsOff Camera with Sam JonesSeventh Son
R.I.P.D.
Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenCasting ByA Place at the TablePablo
Visualizing TRONInstalling the CastTRON: The Next DayJeff Bridges: The Dude AbidesThe Tron Phenomenon
ConanConanTRON: LegacyTrue Grit
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenCrazy HeartThe Men Who Stare at GoatsA Dog YearLive from Studio Five
Iron ManHow to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleStarz Inside: Comic Books UnboundThe Cool SchoolI Am 'Iron Man'
Surf's UpThe Pixar StoryThe Making of 'Tideland'
Stick ItThe AmateursChasing the LotusTransformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard
The Colbert ReportTideland
The Door in the FloorHollywood LegendenThe Making of 'Seabiscuit'Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First MovieFinal Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Real Time with Bill MaherJimmy Kimmel Live!The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeabiscuitMasked and Anonymous
Scenes of the CrimeLost in La ManchaThe Making of TRONLewis & Clark: Great Journey West
Good Day LiveK-PAXAFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra StreisandMichael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends
The ContenderThe Coen BrothersRaising the MammothArista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Arlington RoadForever HollywoodSimpaticoThe MuseThe Last Picture Show: A Look Back
ParkinsonThe Big LebowskiThe Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
The ViewThe ViewScene by Scene
The Rosie O'Donnell ShowWhite SquallThe Mirror Has Two FacesHidden in AmericaHidden in America · Executive Producer
Full Filmography
206 titles- Minions & Monsters (2026) as Frank / Elwood (voice)
- In the Company of Wolves: An American Journey (2026) as Narrator (voice)
- Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers (2026) as Narrator
- TRON: Ares (2025) as Kevin Flynn
- The Coen Brothers - An American Story (2025) as Self
- Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star (2025) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- Zen Brownie (2023)
- Return of the Grizzly (2023) as Narrator
- The Old Man (2022) as Dan Chase
- The Old Man (2022) Executive Producer
- Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall (2022) as Self (Narrator)
- Hot Money (2021) as Self
- The Eisen Hour (2021) as Self - Guest
- Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends (2021) as Self - Narrator
- Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time (2020) as Self
- Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020) as Self
- Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show (2020) as Self - Performer
- Acting: The First Six Lessons (2020) as Interviews
- Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019) as Self
- Hal (2019) as Self
- Words from a Bear (2019) as Self
- Valerie (2019) as Self
- The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom (2019) as Self
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters (2018) as Self
- Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) as Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
- The Alec Baldwin Show (2018) as Self
- The Green Fog (2018)
- Living in the Future's Past (2018) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Living in the Future's Past (2018) Script
- Living in the Future's Past (2018) Producer
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) as Champ
- Only the Brave (2017) as Duane Steinbrink
- The Only Living Boy in New York (2017) as W.F. Gerald
- The Only Living Boy in New York (2017) Executive Producer
- Dream Big: Engineering Our World (2017) as Narrator (voice)
- Hell or High Water (2016) as Marcus Hamilton
- HyperNormalisation (2016) as Self (archival footage)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
- The Little Prince (2015) as The Aviator (voice)
- Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire (2015) as Narrator (voice)
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014) as Self
- Seventh Son (2014) as Master John Gregory
- The Giver (2014) as The Giver
- The Giver (2014) Producer
- The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014) as Self
- One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014) as Self
- The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins (2014) as Self
- Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years (2014) as Self - Host
- From The Village to The Basement (2014) as Narrator
- R.I.P.D. (2013) as Roy Pulsipher
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
- Casting By (2012) as Self
- A Place at the Table (2012) as Self
- Pablo (2012) as Narrator (voice)
- Visualizing TRON (2011) as Self
- Installing the Cast (2011) as Self
- TRON: The Next Day (2011) as Kevin Flynn
- Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides (2011) as Self
- The Tron Phenomenon (2011)
- Conan (2010) as Self
- Conan (2010) as Self - Guest
- TRON: Legacy (2010) as Kevin Flynn / Clu
- True Grit (2010) as Rooster Cogburn
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- Crazy Heart (2009) as Bad Blake
- The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) as Bill Django
- A Dog Year (2009) as Jon Katz
- Live from Studio Five (2009) as Self
- The Open Road (2009) as Kyle
- Iron Man (2008) as Obadiah Stane
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) as Clayton Harding
- Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008) as Self - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man
- The Cool School (2008) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- I Am 'Iron Man' (2008) as Self
- Surf's Up (2007) as Big Z / Geek (voice)
- The Pixar Story (2007) as Clu (archive footage)
- The Making of 'Tideland' (2007) as Self
- Stick It (2006) as Burt Vickerman
- The Amateurs (2006) as Andy
- Chasing the Lotus (2006) as Narrator
- Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard (2006) as Self - est Graduate (archive footage)
- The Colbert Report (2005)
- Tideland (2005) as Noah
- The Door in the Floor (2004) as Ted Cole
- Hollywood Legenden (2004) as Self
- The Making of 'Seabiscuit' (2004) as Self
- Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie (2004)
- Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004) as Self
- Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (2004) as Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Seabiscuit (2003) as Charles Howard
- Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Tom Friend
- Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend (2003) as Self
- 'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend (2003) as Self
- The True Story of Seabiscuit (2003) as Self
- Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? (2003) as Self
- Scenes of the Crime (2002) as Jimmy Berg
- Lost in La Mancha (2002) as Narrator (voice)
- The Making of TRON (2002) as Himself
- Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002) as Narrator (voice)
- Good Day Live (2001) as Self
- K-PAX (2001) as Dr. Mark Powell
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001) as self
- Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends (2001) as Self
- The Contender (2000) as President Jackson Evans
- The Coen Brothers (2000) as Self
- Raising the Mammoth (2000) as Narrator (voice)
- Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration (2000) as Self
- Arlington Road (1999) as Michael Faraday
- Forever Hollywood (1999) as Self
- Simpatico (1999) as Lyle Carter
- The Muse (1999) as Jack Warrick
- The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999) as Self
- Making of Arlington Road (1999) as Self
- Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road' (1999)
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- The Big Lebowski (1998) as The Dude
- The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' (1998) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self - Guest
- Scene by Scene (1997) as Self
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) as Self - Guest
- White Squall (1996) as Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
- The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) as Gregory Larkin
- Hidden in America (1996) as Vincent
- Hidden in America (1996) Executive Producer
- Wild Bill (1995) as Wild Bill Hickok
- Blown Away (1994) as James "Jimmy" Dove
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- GMTV (1993) as Self
- The Vanishing (1993) as Barney Cousins
- Fearless (1993) as Max Klein
- Made in the USA (1993) as Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- American Heart (1992) as Jack
- American Heart (1992) Producer
- The Fisher King (1991) as Jack
- Picture This (1991) as Self
- Texasville (1990) as Duane Jackson
- The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) as Jack Baker
- See You in the Morning (1989) as Larry Livingstone
- Cold Feet (1989) as Bartender (uncredited)
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) as Preston Tucker
- Nadine (1987) as Vernon Hightower
- King Kong Lives (1986) as Jack Prescott (archive footage)
- 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) as Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
- The Morning After (1986) as Turner Kendall
- The Thanksgiving Promise (1986) as Neighbor
- Jagged Edge (1985) as Jack Forrester
- Against All Odds (1984) as Terry Brogan
- Starman (1984) as Starman / Scott Hayden
- Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Rapunzel (1983) as The Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Claude / Prince
- Tron (1982) as Kevin Flynn / Clu
- The Last Unicorn (1982) as Prince Lir (voice)
- Kiss Me Goodbye (1982) as Rupert
- The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories (1982) as Michael Loomis
- Cutter's Way (1981) as Richard Bone
- The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories (1981) as Michael Loomis
- Heaven's Gate (1980) as John L. Bridges
- The American Success Company (1980) as Harry
- Winter Kills (1979) as Nick Kegan
- Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll (1979) as Himself
- Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978) as Jerry Green
- King Kong (1976) as Jack F. Prescott
- Stay Hungry (1976) as Craig Blake
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Rancho Deluxe (1975) as Jack McKee
- Hearts of the West (1975) as Lewis Tater
- Playhouse (1974) as Michael Loomis
- Flick Flack (1974)
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) as Lightfoot
- The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1974) as Nero Finnegan
- Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) as Zack Feather
- The Last American Hero (1973) as Elroy Jackson Jr.
- The Iceman Cometh (1973) as Don Parritt
- The Moviemakers (1973) as Self
- Fat City (1972) as Ernie
- Bad Company (1972) as Jake Rumsey
- Great Performances (1971) as Michael Loomis
- The Last Picture Show (1971) as Duane Jackson
- In Search of America (1971) as Mike Olson
- The Don Knotts Show (1970) as Self
- The Most Deadly Game (1970) as Hawk
- Halls of Anger (1970) as Doug
- Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969) as Young John
- The F.B.I. (1965) as Terry Shelton
- The Loner (1965)
- Sea Hunt (1958)
- Lassie (1954) as Cal Baker (uncredited)
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Neighbor (uncredited)
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Company She Keeps (1951) as Infant at Train Station (uncredited)
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- Grendel as Grendel
- Grendel Executive Producer
- George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies as Self
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Jeff Bridges best known for?
Jeff Bridges is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Minions & Monsters (2026), In the Company of Wolves: An American Journey (2026), TRON: Ares (2025), The Old Man (2022).
When and where was Jeff Bridges born?
Jeff Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
How many credits does Jeff Bridges have?
Jeff Bridges has accumulated over 206 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1944 to 2026.
What is Jeff Bridges's background in cinema and television?
Jeffrey Leon Bridges, born December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actor, singer, and producer. He hails from a prominent acting family, appearing early in his career on the television series Sea Hunt (1958–1960) alongside his father Lloyd Bridges and brother Beau Bridges. Over a career spanning sev...
Jeff Bridges by the numbers
206credits
160films
46TV series
1944–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Forever Hollywood (1999) as Self — aged about 49
- Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice) — aged about 33
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Claude / Prince — aged about 32
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Neighbor (uncredited) — aged about 4
- The Big Lebowski (1998) as The Dude — aged about 48
- Iron Man (2008) as Obadiah Stane — aged about 58
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