Jeff Bridges

Biography

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).

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Real Time with Bill Maher

Saturday Night Live

Conan

Conan

All Movies (152)

• In the Company of Wolves: An American Journey2026 · as Narrator (voice)
• Minions & Monsters2026 · as Frank / Elwood (voice)
• Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers2026 · as Narrator
• The Coen Brothers - An American Story2025 · as Self
• TRON: Ares2025 · as Kevin Flynn
• Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star2025 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Return of the Grizzly2023 · as Narrator
• Zen Brownie2023
• Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall2022 · as Self (Narrator)
• Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends2021 · as Self - Narrator
• Hot Money2021 · as Self
• Acting: The First Six Lessons2020 · as Interviews
• Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show2020 · as Self - Performer
• Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness2020 · as Self
• The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom2019 · as Self
• Alan Pakula: Going for Truth2019 · as Self
• Valerie2019 · as Self
• Hal2019 · as Self
• Words from a Bear2019 · as Self
• Bad Times at the El Royale2018 · as Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
• Living in the Future's Past2018 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Only the Brave2017 · as Duane Steinbrink
• Kingsman: The Golden Circle2017 · as Champ
• The Only Living Boy in New York2017 · as W.F. Gerald
• Dream Big: Engineering Our World2017 · as Narrator (voice)
• HyperNormalisation2016 · as Self (archival footage)
• Hell or High Water2016 · as Marcus Hamilton
• The Little Prince2015 · as The Aviator (voice)
• Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Seventh Son2014 · as Master John Gregory
• From The Village to The Basement2014 · as Narrator
• Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years2014 · as Self - Host
• One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film2014 · as Self
• The Giver2014 · as The Giver
• The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins2014 · as Self
• The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles2014 · as Self
• R.I.P.D.2013 · as Roy Pulsipher
• Casting By2012 · as Self
• Pablo2012 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Place at the Table2012 · as Self
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Visualizing TRON2011 · as Self
• Installing the Cast2011 · as Self
• The Tron Phenomenon2011
• TRON: The Next Day2011 · as Kevin Flynn
• Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides2011 · as Self
• True Grit2010 · as Rooster Cogburn
• TRON: Legacy2010 · as Kevin Flynn / Clu
• Crazy Heart2009 · as Bad Blake
• The Men Who Stare at Goats2009 · as Bill Django
• A Dog Year2009 · as Jon Katz
• The Open Road2009 · as Kyle
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People2008 · as Clayton Harding
• I Am 'Iron Man'2008 · as Self
• Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound2008 · as Self - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man
• Iron Man2008 · as Obadiah Stane
• The Cool School2008 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Pixar Story2007 · as Clu (archive footage)
• Surf's Up2007 · as Big Z / Geek (voice)
• The Making of 'Tideland'2007 · as Self
• Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard2006 · as Self - est Graduate (archive footage)
• The Amateurs2006 · as Andy
• Stick It2006 · as Burt Vickerman
• Chasing the Lotus2006 · as Narrator
• Tideland2005 · as Noah
• The Making of 'Seabiscuit'2004 · as Self
• Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate2004 · as Self
• Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile2004 · as Self
• The Door in the Floor2004 · as Ted Cole
• Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie2004
• Hollywood Legenden2004 · as Self
• Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend2003 · as Self
• The True Story of Seabiscuit2003 · as Self
• Masked and Anonymous2003 · as Tom Friend
• Seabiscuit2003 · as Charles Howard
• 'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend2003 · as Self
• Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?2003 · as Self
• Scenes of the Crime2002 · as Jimmy Berg
• Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• Lost in La Mancha2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Making of TRON2002 · as Himself
• Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends2001 · as Self
• K-PAX2001 · as Dr. Mark Powell
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand2001 · as self
• The Coen Brothers2000 · as Self
• The Contender2000 · as President Jackson Evans
• Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration2000 · as Self
• Raising the Mammoth2000 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'1999
• Simpatico1999 · as Lyle Carter
• The Muse1999 · as Jack Warrick
• The Last Picture Show: A Look Back1999 · as Self
• Arlington Road1999 · as Michael Faraday
• Making of Arlington Road1999 · as Self
• Forever Hollywood1999 · as Self
• The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'1998 · as Self
• The Big Lebowski1998 · as The Dude
• Hidden in America1996 · as Vincent
• The Mirror Has Two Faces1996 · as Gregory Larkin
• White Squall1996 · as Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
• Wild Bill1995 · as Wild Bill Hickok
• Blown Away1994 · as James "Jimmy" Dove
• Fearless1993 · as Max Klein
• Made in the USA1993 · as Self
• The Vanishing1993 · as Barney Cousins
• American Heart1992 · as Jack
• The Fisher King1991 · as Jack
• Picture This1991 · as Self
• Texasville1990 · as Duane Jackson
• The Fabulous Baker Boys1989 · as Jack Baker
• Cold Feet1989 · as Bartender (uncredited)
• See You in the Morning1989 · as Larry Livingstone
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream1988 · as Preston Tucker
• Nadine1987 · as Vernon Hightower
• The Morning After1986 · as Turner Kendall
• King Kong Lives1986 · as Jack Prescott (archive footage)
• The Thanksgiving Promise1986 · as Neighbor
• 8 Million Ways to Die1986 · as Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
• Jagged Edge1985 · as Jack Forrester
• Starman1984 · as Starman / Scott Hayden
• Against All Odds1984 · as Terry Brogan
• Rapunzel1983 · as The Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father
• Kiss Me Goodbye1982 · as Rupert
• The Last Unicorn1982 · as Prince Lir (voice)
• Tron1982 · as Kevin Flynn / Clu
• The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories1982 · as Michael Loomis
• The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories1981 · as Michael Loomis
• Cutter's Way1981 · as Richard Bone
• Heaven's Gate1980 · as John L. Bridges
• The American Success Company1980 · as Harry
• Winter Kills1979 · as Nick Kegan
• Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll1979 · as Himself
• Somebody Killed Her Husband1978 · as Jerry Green
• King Kong1976 · as Jack F. Prescott
• Stay Hungry1976 · as Craig Blake
• Hearts of the West1975 · as Lewis Tater
• Rancho Deluxe1975 · as Jack McKee
• The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go1974 · as Nero Finnegan
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot1974 · as Lightfoot
• The Iceman Cometh1973 · as Don Parritt
• The Last American Hero1973 · as Elroy Jackson Jr.
• Lolly-Madonna XXX1973 · as Zack Feather
• The Moviemakers1973 · as Self
• Bad Company1972 · as Jake Rumsey
• Fat City1972 · as Ernie
• The Last Picture Show1971 · as Duane Jackson
• In Search of America1971 · as Mike Olson
• Halls of Anger1970 · as Doug
• Silent Night, Lonely Night1969 · as Young John
• The Company She Keeps1951 · as Infant at Train Station (uncredited)
• Grendel— · as Grendel
• George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies— · as Self

All TV Shows (46)

• The Old Man2022 · as Dan Chase
• The Eisen Hour2021 · as Self - Guest
• Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time2020 · as Self
• The Alec Baldwin Show2018 · as Self
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters2018 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self - Guest
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Colbert Report2005
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• Scene by Scene1997 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Claude / Prince
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Playhouse1974 · as Michael Loomis
• Flick Flack1974
• Great Performances1971 · as Michael Loomis
• The Most Deadly Game1970 · as Hawk
• The Don Knotts Show1970 · as Self
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Terry Shelton
• The Loner1965
• The Lloyd Bridges Show1962 · as Dave Melkin
• Sea Hunt1958
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Neighbor (uncredited)
• Lassie1954 · as Cal Baker (uncredited)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter