List of Jeff Bridges performances
This is a complete filmography of Jeff Bridges. Apart from an uncredited appearance as an infant in 1951, Bridges made his cinematic debut in 1970 beginning with the film Halls of Anger. His breakthrough came the following year with The Last Picture Show (1971), for which he was nominated for his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. After appearing in several 1972 films such as Fat City and Bad Company; and 1973 films such as The Iceman Cometh, he earned a second Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974).
Bridges appeared in films with varied degrees of success throughout the rest of the decade, including Hearts of the West (1975), Stay Hungry (1976), the remake of King Kong (also 1976), and Winter Kills (1979). He also starred in the notoriously over-budget flop Heaven's Gate (1980). However, he followed that with Cutter's Way (1981), Tron (1982), and Starman (1984)—for which he received his third, and this time leading, Academy Award for Best Actor nomination.
He remained a versatile actor, starring in a variety of genres. Succeeding films included Jagged Edge (1985), The Morning After (1986), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988); The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), co-starring his brother Beau Bridges; The Fisher King (1991), American Heart (1993), Fearless (also 1993), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996); and The Big Lebowski (1998), as "The Dude". He then earned a fourth Oscar nomination, as supporting actor, for The Contender (2000).
The new millennium brought Bridges roles in such films as K-PAX (2001), Seabiscuit (2003), The Door in the Floor (2004); a voice role in Surf's Up (2007); and Iron Man (2008). But it was his role in Crazy Heart (2009) that brought Bridges his fifth Academy Award nomination and first win to date (as Best Actor). He received a sixth, and consecutive, nomination the following year for the remake of True Grit (2010), portraying Rooster Cogburn (which won John Wayne an Oscar for the 1969 original film).
Bridges began to slow his output down in the 2010s, but still featured in several notable films such as The Giver (2014) and Hell or High Water (2016)—the latter of which earned him his seventh Oscar nomination, for supporting. Other films this decade include Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and Bad Times at the El Royale (2018). Most recently, he has starred in the FX/Hulu drama series The Old Man (2022–2024).
Filmography
Film
† | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1951 | The Company She Keeps | Infant | Uncredited |
1970 | Halls of Anger | Douglas "Doug" | |
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Nero Finnegan | ||
1971 | The Last Picture Show | Duane Jackson | |
1972 | Fat City | Ernie Munger | |
Bad Company | Jake Rumsey | ||
1973 | Lolly-Madonna XXX | Zack Feather | |
The Last American Hero | Elroy Jackson Jr. | ||
The Iceman Cometh | Don Parritt | ||
1974 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Lightfoot | |
1975 | Rancho Deluxe | Jack McKee | |
Hearts of the West | Lewis Tater | ||
1976 | Stay Hungry | Craig Blake | |
King Kong | Jack Prescott | ||
1978 | Somebody Killed Her Husband | Jerry Green | |
1979 | Winter Kills | Nick Kegan | |
The American Success Company | Harry Flowers | ||
1980 | Heaven's Gate | John L. Bridges | |
1981 | Cutter's Way | Richard Bone | |
1982 | Tron | Kevin Flynn / CLU | |
Kiss Me Goodbye | Dr. Rupert Baines | ||
The Last Unicorn | Prince Lír | Voice | |
1984 | Against All Odds | Terry Brogan | |
Starman | Scott Hayden / Starman | ||
1985 | Jagged Edge | Jack Forrester | |
1986 | 8 Million Ways to Die | Matthew "Matt" Scudder | |
The Morning After | Turner Kendall | ||
1987 | Nadine | Vernon Hightower | |
1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Preston Tucker | |
1989 | See You in the Morning | Larry Livingstone | |
The Fabulous Baker Boys | Jack Baker | ||
1990 | Texasville | Duane Jackson | |
1991 | The Fisher King | Jack Lucas | |
1992 | American Heart | Jack Kelson | Also producer |
1993 | The Vanishing | Barney Cousins | |
Fearless | Max Klein | ||
1994 | Blown Away | Jimmy Dove / Liam McGivney | |
1995 | Wild Bill | James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok | |
1996 | White Squall | Captain Christopher "Skipper" Sheldon | |
The Mirror Has Two Faces | Gregory Larkin | ||
1998 | The Big Lebowski | Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski | |
1999 | Arlington Road | Michael Faraday | |
The Muse | Jack Warrick | ||
Simpatico | Lyle Carter | ||
2000 | The Contender | President Jackson Evans | |
2001 | Scenes of the Crime | Jimmy Berg | |
K-PAX | Dr. Mark Powell | ||
2002 | Lost in La Mancha | Narrator | Documentary |
2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Tom Friend | |
Seabiscuit | Charles S. Howard | ||
2004 | The Door in the Floor | Ted Cole | |
2005 | The Amateurs | Andy | |
Tideland | Noah | ||
2006 | Stick It | Burt Vickerman | |
2007 | Surf's Up | Ezekiel 'Big Z' Topanga / Geek | Voice[1] |
2008 | Iron Man | Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger | [2] |
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Clayton Harding | ||
2009 | The Open Road | Kyle | |
Crazy Heart | Otis "Bad" Blake | Also executive producer | |
The Men Who Stare at Goats | Bill Django | ||
2010 | Tron: Legacy | Kevin Flynn / CLU 2 | [3] |
True Grit | Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn | [4] | |
2011 | Tron: The Next Day | Kevin Flynn / CLU 2 | Short film |
2012 | A Place at the Table | Narrator | Documentary |
Casting By | Himself | ||
2013 | R.I.P.D. | Roycephus "Roy" Pulsipher | [5] |
Pablo | Narrator | Documentary[6] | |
2014 | The Giver | The Giver | Also producer[7] |
Seventh Son | Master Gregory | [8] | |
2015 | The Little Prince | The Aviator | Voice[9][1] |
2016 | Hell or High Water | Marcus Hamilton | [10] |
2017 | Dream Big: Engineering Our World | Narrator | Documentary[11] |
The Only Living Boy in New York | W.F. Gerald | Also executive producer | |
Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Champagne "Champ" | [12] | |
Only the Brave | Duane Steinbrink | [13] | |
2018 | Bad Times at the El Royale | Father Daniel Flynn / Donald "Dock" O'Reilly | [14] |
Living in the Future's Past | Narrator | Documentary; also producer | |
2019 | Dads | Himself | Documentary |
2023 | Zen Brownie | Narrator | |
2025 | Tron: Ares † | Kevin Flynn | Post-production[15] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1958–1960 | Sea Hunt | Davey Crane / Jimmy / Boy / Kelly Bailey | 4 episodes |
1962–1963 | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Various characters | 3 episodes |
1965 | The Loner | Bud Windom | Episode: "The Ordeal of Bud Windom" |
1969 | The F.B.I. | Terry Shelton | Episode: "Boomerang" |
Lassie | Cal Baker | Episode: "Success Story" | |
Silent Night, Lonely Night | John Young | Television film | |
1970 | The Don Knotts Show | Himself | 1 episode |
The Most Deadly Game | Hawk | Episode: "Nightbirds" | |
1971 | In Search of America | Mike Olson | Television film |
1981 | Great Performances | Michael Loomis | Episode: "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories" |
1983 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Claude / Prince | Episode: "Rapunzel" |
1983, 2010 | Saturday Night Live | Himself / Host | Episode: "Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges/Randy Newman" Episode: "Jeff Bridges/Eminem and Lil Wayne" |
1996 | Hidden in America | Vincent | Television film; also executive producer |
2000 | Raising the Mammoth | Narrator | Discovery Channel Special |
2002 | Reading Rainbow | Narrator | Episode: "The Tin Forest" |
2008 | A Dog Year | Jon Katz | Television film |
2022–2024 | The Old Man | Dan Chase | Main role[16] |
References
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- ^ Zulian, Paula (September 28, 2012). "Doc About Cuban Graphic Designer Pablo Ferro to Screen at Rio Fest (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
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- ^ Debruge, Peter (December 18, 2014). "Film Review: Seventh Son". Variety. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Kit, Borys; Siegel, Tatiana (June 5, 2013). "James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Bridges Among Voice Stars for Little Prince (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
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- ^ "Dream Big: Engineering Our World aims to inspire kids from around the globe". ABC7 Los Angeles. February 19, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Lincoln, Ross A. (May 28, 2016). "Jeff Bridges Infiltrates Kingsman: The Golden Circle". Deadline. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (May 21, 2016). "Jeff Bridges, Taylor Kitsch Join Josh Brolin-Miles Teller Firefighter Film (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Kit, Borys; Ford, Rebecca (August 23, 2017). "Chris Hemsworth, Jeff Bridges to Star in Drew Goddard's Bad Times at the El Royale (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (April 29, 2024). "Jeff Bridges Returning For Tron: Ares". Deadline. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ White, Peter (July 25, 2019). "Jeff Bridges To Star As Retired CIA Officer In FX Drama The Old Man From Black Sails Co-Creators Jon Steinberg & Robert Levine". Deadline. Retrieved September 16, 2024.