Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born December 4, 1949
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).
MovieIn the Company of Wolves: An American Journey
2026
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMinions & Monsters
2026
as Frank / Elwood (voice)
MovieOccupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers
2026
as Narrator
MovieThe Coen Brothers - An American Story
2025
as Self
MovieTRON: Ares
2025
as Kevin Flynn
MovieJeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star
2025
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MovieReturn of the Grizzly
2023
as Narrator
MovieZen Brownie
2023
MovieTravelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
2022
as Self (Narrator)
TVThe Old Man
2022
as Dan Chase
MovieBob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2021
as Self - Narrator
TVThe Eisen Hour
2021
as Self - Guest
MovieHot Money
2021
as Self
MovieActing: The First Six Lessons
2020
as Interviews
MovieRingo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
2020
as Self - Performer
MovieTime Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
TVTime Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
MovieThe Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom
2019
as Self
MovieAlan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
MovieValerie
2019
as Self
MovieHal
2019
as Self
MovieWords from a Bear
2019
as Self
TVThe Alec Baldwin Show
2018
as Self
MovieBad Times at the El Royale
2018
as Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
TVGQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018
as Self
MovieLiving in the Future's Past
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Green Fog
2018
MovieOnly the Brave
2017
as Duane Steinbrink
MovieKingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
as Champ
MovieThe Only Living Boy in New York
2017
as W.F. Gerald
MovieDream Big: Engineering Our World
2017
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHyperNormalisation
2016
as Self (archival footage)
MovieHell or High Water
2016
as Marcus Hamilton
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
MovieThe Little Prince
2015
as The Aviator (voice)
Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieSeventh Son
2014
as Master John Gregory
From The Village to The Basement
2014
as Narrator
MovieAustin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
2014
as Self - Host
MovieOne Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014
as Self
MovieThe Giver
2014
as The Giver
MovieThe Girl Who Talked to Dolphins
2014
as Self
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
as Self
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
MovieR.I.P.D.
2013
as Roy Pulsipher
MovieCasting By
2012
as Self
MoviePablo
2012
as Narrator (voice)
MovieA Place at the Table
2012
as Self
MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieVisualizing TRON
2011
as Self
MovieInstalling the Cast
2011
as Self
MovieThe Tron Phenomenon
2011
MovieTRON: The Next Day
2011
as Kevin Flynn
MovieJeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011
as Self
MovieTrue Grit
2010
as Rooster Cogburn
MovieTRON: Legacy
2010
as Kevin Flynn / Clu
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieCrazy Heart
2009
as Bad Blake
MovieThe Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
as Bill Django
TVLive from Studio Five
2009
as Self
MovieA Dog Year
2009
as Jon Katz
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Open Road
2009
as Kyle
MovieHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Clayton Harding
MovieI Am 'Iron Man'
2008
as Self
MovieStarz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
2008
as Self - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man
MovieIron Man
2008
as Obadiah Stane
MovieThe Cool School
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Pixar Story
2007
as Clu (archive footage)
MovieSurf's Up
2007
as Big Z / Geek (voice)
The Making of 'Tideland'
2007
as Self
MovieTransformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard
2006
as Self - est Graduate (archive footage)
MovieThe Amateurs
2006
as Andy
MovieStick It
2006
as Burt Vickerman
MovieChasing the Lotus
2006
as Narrator
TVThe Colbert Report
2005
MovieTideland
2005
as Noah
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
2004
as Self
MovieFinal Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004
as Self
MovieBeautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
2004
as Self
MovieThe Door in the Floor
2004
as Ted Cole
Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
2004
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
2003
as Self
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The True Story of Seabiscuit
2003
as Self
MovieMasked and Anonymous
2003
as Tom Friend
MovieSeabiscuit
2003
as Charles Howard
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
2003
as Self
MovieWho Killed 'Winter Kills'?
2003
as Self
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieScenes of the Crime
2002
as Jimmy Berg
MovieLewis & Clark: Great Journey West
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLost in La Mancha
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Making of TRON
2002
as Himself
Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends
2001
as Self
MovieK-PAX
2001
as Dr. Mark Powell
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
MovieAFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
as self
MovieThe Coen Brothers
2000
as Self
MovieThe Contender
2000
as President Jackson Evans
MovieArista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
as Self
MovieRaising the Mammoth
2000
as Narrator (voice)
Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'
1999
MovieSimpatico
1999
as Lyle Carter
MovieThe Muse
1999
as Jack Warrick
MovieThe Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
as Self
MovieArlington Road
1999
as Michael Faraday
MovieMaking of Arlington Road
1999
as Self
MovieForever Hollywood
1999
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
1998
as Self
MovieThe Big Lebowski
1998
as The Dude
TVParkinson
1998
as Self
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVScene by Scene
1997
as Self
MovieHidden in America
1996
as Vincent
MovieThe Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
as Gregory Larkin
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MovieWhite Squall
1996
as Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
MovieWild Bill
1995
as Wild Bill Hickok
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieBlown Away
1994
as James "Jimmy" Dove
MovieFearless
1993
as Max Klein
MovieMade in the USA
1993
as Self
MovieThe Vanishing
1993
as Barney Cousins
TVGMTV
1993
as Self
MovieAmerican Heart
1992
as Jack
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieThe Fisher King
1991
as Jack
MoviePicture This
1991
as Self
MovieTexasville
1990
as Duane Jackson
MovieThe Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
as Jack Baker
MovieCold Feet
1989
as Bartender (uncredited)
MovieSee You in the Morning
1989
as Larry Livingstone
MovieTucker: The Man and His Dream
1988
as Preston Tucker
MovieNadine
1987
as Vernon Hightower
MovieThe Morning After
1986
as Turner Kendall
MovieKing Kong Lives
1986
as Jack Prescott (archive footage)
MovieThe Thanksgiving Promise
1986
as Neighbor
Movie8 Million Ways to Die
1986
as Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
MovieJagged Edge
1985
as Jack Forrester
MovieStarman
1984
as Starman / Scott Hayden
MovieAgainst All Odds
1984
as Terry Brogan
TVReading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieRapunzel
1983
as The Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father
MovieKiss Me Goodbye
1982
as Rupert
MovieThe Last Unicorn
1982
as Prince Lir (voice)
TVFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Claude / Prince
MovieTron
1982
as Kevin Flynn / Clu
MovieThe Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982
as Michael Loomis
MovieThe Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981
as Michael Loomis
MovieCutter's Way
1981
as Richard Bone
MovieHeaven's Gate
1980
as John L. Bridges
MovieThe American Success Company
1980
as Harry
MovieWinter Kills
1979
as Nick Kegan
MovieHeroes of Rock 'n' Roll
1979
as Himself
MovieSomebody Killed Her Husband
1978
as Jerry Green
MovieKing Kong
1976
as Jack F. Prescott
MovieStay Hungry
1976
as Craig Blake
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieHearts of the West
1975
as Lewis Tater
MovieRancho Deluxe
1975
as Jack McKee
MovieThe Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1974
as Nero Finnegan
MovieThunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
as Lightfoot
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Michael Loomis
TVFlick Flack
1974
MovieThe Iceman Cometh
1973
as Don Parritt
MovieThe Last American Hero
1973
as Elroy Jackson Jr.
MovieLolly-Madonna XXX
1973
as Zack Feather
MovieThe Moviemakers
1973
as Self
MovieBad Company
1972
as Jake Rumsey
MovieFat City
1972
as Ernie
MovieThe Last Picture Show
1971
as Duane Jackson
MovieIn Search of America
1971
as Mike Olson
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Michael Loomis
TVThe Most Deadly Game
1970
as Hawk
The Don Knotts Show
1970
as Self
MovieHalls of Anger
1970
as Doug
MovieSilent Night, Lonely Night
1969
as Young John
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Terry Shelton
TVThe Loner
1965
TVSea Hunt
1958
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Neighbor (uncredited)
TVLassie
1954
as Cal Baker (uncredited)
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieThe Company She Keeps
1951
as Infant at Train Station (uncredited)
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieGrendel
as Grendel
George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies
as Self
