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

Key
Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
Film work by Jeff Bridges
Year Title Role Notes
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

Television work by Jeff Bridges
Year Title Role Notes
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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