Jeff Bridges biography
Jeff Bridges biography
Jeff Bridges was born On December 4, 1949.
The versatile character star got his breakthrough in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971), followed by John Huston's Fat City (1972).
Jeff Bridges has since had significant roles in, e.g., Starman (1984), Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), and The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), in which he starred with his brother Beau Bridges ( b. 9.12.1941), Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King (1991) and the Coen brothers' comedy The Big Lebowski (1998), in which Jeff Bridges shone in the role of the anti-hero The Dude.
The family drama The Door in the Floor (2004) and the war comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) showed Jeff Bridges different sides of his acting, and in 2010 he was awarded an Oscar for the role of an aging and repentant country & western star in Crazy Heart. The following year, he continued his excellent portrayal of fallen heroes in the Coen brothers' western remake True Grit (2010).
last updated October 2022