Jeff Bridges
Acting
Born December 4, 1949 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Acting
Minions & Monsters
2026 · Frank / Elwood (voice)
TRON: Ares
2025 · Kevin Flynn
Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
2022 · Self (Narrator)
Hal
2019 · Self
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · Obadiah Stane (archive footage)
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 · Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
The Green Fog
2018
Only the Brave
2017 · Duane Steinbrink
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017 · Champ
The Only Living Boy in New York
2017 · W.F. Gerald
Dream Big: Engineering Our World
2017 · Narrator (voice)
Hell or High Water
2016 · Marcus Hamilton
HyperNormalisation
2016 · Self (archival footage)
The Little Prince
2015 · The Aviator (voice)
Seventh Son
2014 · Master John Gregory
The Giver
2014 · The Giver
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014 · Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014 · Self
R.I.P.D.
2013 · Roy Pulsipher
A Place at the Table
2012 · Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Casting By
2012 · Self
TRON: The Next Day
2011 · Kevin Flynn
TRON: Legacy
2010 · Kevin Flynn / Clu
True Grit
2010 · Rooster Cogburn
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009 · Bill Django
The Open Road
2009 · Kyle
Crazy Heart
2009 · Bad Blake
A Dog Year
2009 · Jon Katz
Iron Man
2008 · Obadiah Stane
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · Clayton Harding
Surf's Up
2007 · Big Z / Geek (voice)
The Pixar Story
2007 · Clu (archive footage)
Stick It
2006 · Burt Vickerman
The Amateurs
2006 · Andy
Tideland
2005 · Noah
The Door in the Floor
2004 · Ted Cole
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004 · Self
Seabiscuit
2003 · Charles Howard
Masked and Anonymous
2003 · Tom Friend
Lost in La Mancha
2002 · Narrator (voice)
Scenes of the Crime
2002 · Jimmy Berg
The Making of TRON
2002 · Himself
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West
2002 · Narrator (voice)
K-PAX
2001 · Dr. Mark Powell
The Contender
2000 · President Jackson Evans
Arlington Road
1999 · Michael Faraday
The Muse
1999 · Jack Warrick
Simpatico
1999 · Lyle Carter
The Big Lebowski
1998 · The Dude
White Squall
1996 · Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996 · Gregory Larkin
Hidden in America
1996 · Vincent
Wild Bill
1995 · Wild Bill Hickok
Blown Away
1994 · James "Jimmy" Dove
The Vanishing
1993 · Barney Cousins
Fearless
1993 · Max Klein
American Heart
1992 · Jack
The Fisher King
1991 · Jack
Texasville
1990 · Duane Jackson
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989 · Jack Baker
See You in the Morning
1989 · Larry Livingstone
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 · Preston Tucker
Nadine
1987 · Vernon Hightower
8 Million Ways to Die
1986 · Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
The Morning After
1986 · Turner Kendall
King Kong Lives
1986 · Jack Prescott (archive footage)
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986 · Neighbor
Jagged Edge
1985 · Jack Forrester
Against All Odds
1984 · Terry Brogan
Starman
1984 · Starman / Scott Hayden
Tron
1982 · Kevin Flynn / Clu
The Last Unicorn
1982 · Prince Lir (voice)
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982 · Rupert
Cutter's Way
1981 · Richard Bone
Heaven's Gate
1980 · John L. Bridges
The American Success Company
1980 · Harry
Winter Kills
1979 · Nick Kegan
Somebody Killed Her Husband
1978 · Jerry Green
King Kong
1976 · Jack F. Prescott
Stay Hungry
1976 · Craig Blake
Rancho Deluxe
1975 · Jack McKee
Hearts of the West
1975 · Lewis Tater
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 · Lightfoot
The Last American Hero
1973 · Elroy Jackson Jr.
The Iceman Cometh
1973 · Don Parritt
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973 · Zack Feather
Bad Company
1972 · Jake Rumsey
Fat City
1972 · Ernie
The Last Picture Show
1971 · Duane Jackson
The Company She Keeps
1951 · Infant at Train Station (uncredited)