In 1976, he starred as the protagonist Jack Prescott in the first remake of King Kong, opposite Jessica Lange. He was again nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.
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In 1973, he starred as Junior Jackson in The Last American Hero, a film based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson. He next co-starred in the 1972 gritty boxing film Fat City, directed by John Huston. His first major role came in the 1971 film The Last Picture Show, for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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In 1971, he played the lead role Mike in the TV movie In Search of America.
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In 1969, he played Job Corps crew member Cal Baker in the Lassie TV series episode entitled "Success Story". In his youth, Bridges and brother Beau made occasional appearances on their father's show Sea Hunt (1958–1961) and the CBS anthology series The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963). Career Acting īridges made his first screen appearance in The Company She Keeps (1951) the film was released shortly after his first birthday. He also served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve as a boatswain's mate from 1967 to 1975 in San Luis Obispo, California, with a terminal rank of petty officer second class.
At age 17 he toured with his father in a stage production of Anniversary Waltz, and then moved to New York City, where he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio. He graduated from University High School in 1967. He shared a close relationship with his brother Beau, who acted as a surrogate father when their father was working. īridges and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles. His maternal grandfather was an immigrant from Liverpool, England. He is one of four children: older brother Beau Bridges (born 1941), who is also an actor a younger sister Lucinda and a brother named Garrett, who died of sudden infant death syndrome in 1948.
In 2022, he returned to television for a role as a former CIA operative in The Old Man.īridges was born on December 4, 1949, in Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson 1915–2009). Bridges has also starred in other roles such as The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), The Fisher King (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998) and Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), along with the commercially successful films King Kong (1976), Tron (1982), Iron Man (2008), and Tron: Legacy (2010). Other Oscar-nominated roles include The Last Picture Show (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Starman (1984), The Contender (2000), True Grit (2010), and Hell or High Water (2016). He received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as an alcoholic singer in the 2009 film Crazy Heart. Critic Pauline Kael wrote that Bridges "may be the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived." īridges comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series Sea Hunt (1958–1960) alongside his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother, Beau Bridges. Known for his versatility, he has received various accolades throughout his career spanning over seven decades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor.
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