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'''Jeffrey Leon Bridges''' (born December 4, 1949)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeff Bridges {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jeff-Bridges |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Britannica |language=en}}</ref> is an American actor. He is best known for his [[Leading actor|leading man]] roles in film and television. In a career spanning more than seven decades, he has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Jeff Bridges|various accolades]], including an [[Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award]], in addition to nominations for three [[BAFTA Awards]] and two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]. In 2019, he was awarded the [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award|Cecil B. DeMille Award]].

Born into a prominent acting family, Bridges appeared on the television series ''[[Sea Hunt]]'' (1958–1960) alongside his father, [[Lloyd Bridges|Lloyd]], and brother, [[Beau Bridges|Beau]]. He made his feature film debut in the drama ''[[Halls of Anger]]'' (1970), and starred in ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' (1971), which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. As a leading man, he starred in the adventure film ''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'' (1976); neo-noir ''[[Cutter's Way]]'' (1981); science fiction film ''[[Tron]]'' (1982); thrillers ''[[Jagged Edge (film)|Jagged Edge]]'' (1985) and ''[[The Morning After (1986 film)|The Morning After]]'' (1986); dramas ''[[The Fabulous Baker Boys]]'' (1989), ''[[The Fisher King]]'' (1991), and ''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]'' (1996); and crime comedy ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' (1998).

Bridges received further Oscar nominations for his roles in ''[[Thunderbolt and Lightfoot]]'' (1974), ''[[Starman (film)|Starman]]'' (1984), ''[[The Contender (2000 film)|The Contender]]'' (2000), ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]'' (2010), and ''[[Hell or High Water (film)|Hell or High Water]]'' (2016); and won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his role as an alcoholic singer in ''[[Crazy Heart]]'' (2009). He has also starred in big-budget films, such as ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]'' (2003), ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]'' (2008), and ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' (2010). On television, he earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in the [[HBO]] film ''[[A Dog Year]]'' (2009), and the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] series ''[[The Old Man (TV series)|The Old Man]]'' (2022–2024).

== Early life and education ==
Bridges was born on December 4, 1949, in [[Los Angeles]], the son of actor [[Lloyd Bridges]] (1913–1998)<ref name="variety" /> and actress and writer [[Dorothy Bridges]] (née Simpson; 1915–2009). He is one of four children: older brother [[Beau Bridges]] (born December 9, 1941), who is also an actor; a younger sister Lucinda; and a brother named Garrett, who died of [[sudden infant death syndrome]] in 1948. His maternal grandfather was an immigrant from [[Liverpool]], England.<ref>{{cite web
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Bridges and his siblings were raised in the [[Holmby Hills, Los Angeles|Holmby Hills]] section of Los Angeles.<ref name="lat" /> He shared a close relationship with his brother Beau, who acted as a surrogate father when their father was working.<ref name="craveonline" /> He graduated from [[University High School (Los Angeles, California)|University High School]] in 1967. At age 17 he toured with his father in a stage production of ''Anniversary Waltz'', and then moved to [[New York City]], where he studied acting at the [[Herbert Berghof Studio]]. He also served in the [[United States Coast Guard Reserve]] as a [[Boatswain's mate (United States Coast Guard)|boatswain's mate]] from 1967 to 1975 in [[San Luis Obispo, California]], with a terminal rating of [[Boatswain's mate (United States Coast Guard)|Boatswain's Mate]] Second Class.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coastguard.togetherweserved.com/uscg/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=11229|title=Shadow box|website=Coastguard.togetherweserved.com|access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== 1951–1970: Early roles ===
[[File:Lloyd Bridges 1966.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Jeff Bridges acted alongside his father, [[Lloyd Bridges]], in ''Sea Hunt'' and ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'']]
Bridges made his first screen appearance in an uncredited role in ''[[The Company She Keeps]]'' (1951); the film was released shortly after his first birthday.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duUCAAAAMBAJ&q=jeff+bridges+acting+career&pg=PA57|title=Jeff Bridges Homes In|magazine=New York Magazine|date=December 17, 1984|language=en}}</ref> In his youth, Bridges and his brother Beau made occasional appearances on their father's show ''[[Sea Hunt]]'' (1958–1961) and the [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]] [[anthology series]] ''[[The Lloyd Bridges Show]]'' (1962–1963).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Celebrate Jeff Bridges at the 49th Chaplin Gala Award |url=https://www.filmlinc.org/about-us/chaplin-award-gala/jeff-bridges/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Film at Lincoln Center |language=en}}</ref> In 1965, he played a supporting role alongside his father in an episode of ''[[The Loner (TV series)|The Loner]]''. In 1969, he played [[Job Corps]] crew member Cal Baker in the ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'' episode "Success Story".<ref name=":1" /> Bridges and [[Rob Reiner]] both had their first movie roles in a [[School integration in the United States|school desegregation]] picture from [[United Artists]] called ''[[Halls of Anger]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-05-01 |title=Lockhart Steals 'Anger' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-standard-lockhart-steals-anger/187316898/ |access-date=2025-12-23 |work=The Post-Standard |pages=17}}</ref>

=== 1971–1989: Breakthrough and stardom ===
In 1971, he played the lead role Mike in the television film ''In Search of America''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_search_of_america|title= In Search of America|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> His first major role came in the 1971 film ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'', for which he garnered a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref name=tca>Stated on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', 2003</ref> He next co-starred in the 1972 gritty boxing film ''[[Fat City (film)|Fat City]]'', directed by [[John Huston]]. In 1973, he starred as Junior Jackson in ''[[The Last American Hero]]'', a film based on the true story of NASCAR driver [[Junior Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_last_american_hero|title= The Last American Hero|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> He was again nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance opposite [[Clint Eastwood]] in the 1974 film ''[[Thunderbolt and Lightfoot]]''.<ref name=tca />

In 1976, he starred as the protagonist Jack Prescott in the first remake of ''[[King Kong (1976)|King Kong]]'', opposite [[Jessica Lange]]. This film was a commercial success, earning $90&nbsp;million worldwide, more than triple its $23&nbsp;million budget, and also winning an [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0074751/|title= King Kong (1976)|website= Boxofficemojo|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://mubi.com/en/films/king-kong-1976/awards|title= King Kong (1976) Awards & Festivals|website= Mubi|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> Towards the end of the decade he acted in mystery ''[[Somebody Killed Her Husband]]'' (1978) opposite [[Farrah Fawcett]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23586/somebody-killed-her-husband#overview|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180705092017/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23586/Somebody-Killed-Her-Husband/#overview|url-status= dead|archive-date= July 5, 2018|title= Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)|website= [[Turner Classic Movies]]|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> the satirical black comedy ''[[Winter Kills (film)|Winter Kills]]'' (1979) alongside [[John Huston]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18402/winter-kills#overview|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110923145641/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18402/Winter-Kills/#overview|url-status= dead|archive-date= September 23, 2011|title= Winter Kills (1979)|website= [[Turner Classic Movies]]|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> and the comedy-drama ''[[The American Success Company]]'' (1979).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://screenrant.com/american-success-company-movie-release-history-jeff-bridges/|title= The Bizarre Release History Of Jeff Bridges' The American Success Company|website= ScreenRant|date= October 13, 2019|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 1980 he acted in [[Michael Cimino]]'s large [[Western (genre)|Western]] ensemble film ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'' acting opposite [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Christopher Walken]], [[John Hurt]], [[Sam Waterston]], and [[Isabelle Huppert]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77643/heavens-gate#overview|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201016044330/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77643/heavens-gate#overview|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 16, 2020|title= Heaven's Gate (1980)|website= [[Turner Classic Movies]]|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> The film was a public critical and commercial failure and was blamed for the downfall of the studio, [[United Artists]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/michael-cimino-heavens-gate-book-excerpt-1234710106/|title=Why Michael Cimino's Disastrous Epic Western 'Heaven's Gate' Was Blamed for Ruining United Artists|website= [[IndieWire]]|date=March 29, 2022 |accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> 
[[File:Jeff Bridges by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Bridges in 2009]]

In 1982, Bridges starred in the [[science fiction film]] ''[[Tron]]'', in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video [[game programmer]]. Critic [[Roger Ebert]] described the film as "brilliant" and compared it to ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980), writing, "This movie is a machine to dazzle and delight us...[and] in a technical way maybe it's breaking ground for a generation of movies in which computer-generated universes will be the background for mind-generated stories about emotion-generated personalities".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tron-1982|title= Tron movie review|website= Rogerebert.com|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> Also in 1982 he voiced Prince Lir in the animated fantasy film ''[[The Last Unicorn (film)|The Last Unicorn]]'' alongside [[Alan Arkin]], [[Mia Farrow]], and [[Angela Lansbury]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://parade.com/403820/scottneumyer/exclusive-clip-how-jeff-bridges-earned-his-role-in-the-last-unicorn/|title= Exclusive Clip: How Jeff Bridges Earned His Role in The Last Unicorn|website= Parade|date= June 8, 2015|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> and starred in the romantic comedy ''[[Kiss Me Goodbye (film)|Kiss Me Goodbye]]'' directed by [[Robert Mulligan]], acting alongside [[Sally Field]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/12/24/this-kiss-doesnt-tell-us-much/c759c2fe-71ba-4af5-8fa3-7ecc339a35ad/|title= The Kiss Doesn't Tell Us Much|newspaper= The Washington Post|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref>

In 1984, he starred in the [[John Carpenter]]-directed science fiction romance ''[[Starman (film)|Starman]]'' playing an alien opposite [[Karen Allen]]. For his performance he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.<ref name=tca /> During this period he also performed in the [[neo-noir]] ''[[Against All Odds (1984 film)|Against All Odds]]'' (1984) with [[James Woods]] and [[Rachel Ward]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/against_all_odds|title= Against All Odds|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> the thrillers ''[[Jagged Edge (film)|Jagged Edge]]'' (1985) opposite [[Glenn Close]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/jagged-edge/2000029722/|title= Jagged Edge|website= TV Guide|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> and ''[[The Morning After (1986 film)|The Morning After]]'' (1986) with [[Jane Fonda]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-morning-after/2000277889/|title= The Morning After|website= TV Guide|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> and the crime comedy ''[[Nadine (1987 film)|Nadine]]'' (1987) alongside [[Kim Basinger]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/nadine/2030282269/|title= Nadine|website= TV Guide|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 1988 he portrayed automobile entrepreneur [[Preston Tucker]] in the [[Francis Ford Coppola]] directed biographical film ''[[Tucker: The Man and His Dream]]'' which earned positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tucker_the_man_and_his_dream|title= TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> The following year he acted in two romance films, the [[Alan J. Pakula]] directed ''[[See You in the Morning (film)|See You in the Morning]]'' with [[Alice Krige]] and Farrah Fawcett and the [[Steve Kloves]] directed ''[[The Fabulous Baker Boys]]'' starring opposite [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] and his real life brother [[Beau Bridges]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fabulous_baker_boys|title= The Fabulous Baker Boys|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref>

=== 1990–2007: Established actor ===
[[File:Jeff Bridges by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Jeff Bridges in 2013]]
In 1990 he reunited with [[Cybill Shepard]] for [[Peter Bogdanovich]]'s ''[[Texasville]]'', a sequel to the 1971 film ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'', which Bridges had starred in. The film also starred [[Cloris Leachman]], [[Eileen Brennan]], and [[Randy Quaid]]. The film was based on the 1987 novel of the same name by [[Larry McMurtry]]. Bridges said of making the film, "[It] was like constantly being hit over the head by deja vu. Every day I'd grab Peter and place him in some corner on the street where we were shooting and I'd say, 'Now 20 years ago what did you say to me as I was standing right here?'".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-26-ca-1307-story.html|title= 'Texasville' a Homecoming for Jeff Bridges, 'Show' Cast|website= Los Angeles Times|date= September 26, 1990|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> The following year he starred in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s fantasy comedy-drama ''[[The Fisher King]]'' (1991) opposite [[Robin Williams]], [[Mercedes Ruehl]] and [[Amanda Plummer]]. In the film he plays a [[Misanthropy|misanthropic]] [[radio]] [[shock jock]] who befriends a homeless person on the quest to find love and the [[Holy Grail]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.criterion.com/films/28719-the-fisher-king|title= The Fisher King|website= Criterion Collection|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> For their performances they both received nominations for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/film/fisher-king-the/|title= The Fisher King|website= Golden Globe Awards|access-date= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 1992 he produced and starred as a man released from prison in the [[Martin Bell (director)|Martin Bel]] directed drama ''[[American Heart (film)|American Heart]]'' earning the [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-21-ca-36773-story.html|title= Spirit Awards--a Hollywood Maverick Gets Tamed : Movies: Ninth annual award ceremonies for indie films has subdued atmosphere, most winners missing.|website= The Los Angeles Times|date= March 21, 1994|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> Film critic [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised Bridges' performance writing, "It's time to recognize Mr. Bridges as the most underappreciated great actor of his generation...he has managed to transform himself to an astonishing degree."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/14/movies/review-film-father-and-son-find-each-other-again.html|title= Review/Film; Father and Son Find Each Other Again|work= The New York Times|date= May 14, 1993|accessdate= March 3, 2024|last1= Maslin|first1= Janet}}</ref>

In 1993 he starred in the [[Peter Weir]] directed drama ''[[Fearless (1993 film)|Fearless]]'' (1993) alongside [[Isabella Rossellini]], [[John Turturro]], and [[Rosie Perez]]. His role is thought by some critics to be one of his best performances.<ref name="popmatters" /> One critic dubbed it a masterpiece;<ref name="fearless" /> Pauline Kael wrote that he "may be the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived".<ref name="French" /> In 1994, he starred as Lt. Jimmy Dove in the action film [[Blown Away (1994 film)|''Blown Away'']], opposite [[Tommy Lee Jones]] and [[Forest Whitaker]]. His real-life father [[Lloyd Bridges]] was also featured in the film, playing the uncle of Bridges' character. The film was not a financial success, managing to recoup $30 million of its $50 million budget at the box office, with its release a few weeks after another explosive-themed film, ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]''. On July 11, 1994, Bridges received a [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|star]] on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his contributions to the motion picture industry. The star is located at 7065 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/jeff-bridges|title=Jeff Bridges|website=Hollywood Walk of Fame|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jeff-bridges/|title=Jeff Bridges|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> Bridges portrayed [[Wild Bill Hickok|James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok]] in the western film ''[[Wild Bill (1995 film)|Wild Bill]]'' (1995) acting with [[Ellen Burstyn]], [[John Hurt]] and [[Bruce Dern]]. The film received mixed reviews and was a [[box-office bomb]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_bill|title= Wild Bill|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0114938/|title= Wild Bill|website= Boxofficemojo|access-date= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 1996 he acted in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] television film ''[[Hidden in America]]'' alongside his brother Beau Bridges and [[Frances McDormand]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/hidden-in-america/2000029797/|title= Hidden in America|website= TV Guide|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Moore and Bridges Lebowskifest.jpg|thumb|right|[[Julianne Moore]] and Bridges at LebowskiFest in 2011]]
The following year acted in [[Ridley Scott]]'s survival drama ''[[White Squall (film)|White Squall]]'' and co-starred with [[Barbra Streisand]] in the romantic comedy ''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]''. In 1998, he starred as what is arguably his most iconic role, [[The Big Lebowski#Production|Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski]], in the [[Coen brothers]]' noir comedy ''[[The Big Lebowski]]''.<ref name="tca" /> He played a fictional president of the United States in the political drama ''[[The Contender (2000 film)|The Contender]]'' acting opposite [[Gary Oldman]] and [[Joan Allen]]. For his performance he earned his fourth Academy Award nomination as well as nods for the [[Golden Globe Award]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] for Best Actor.<ref name="tca" /> The following year he acted in the science-fiction drama ''[[K-PAX (film)|K-Pax]]'' opposite [[Kevin Spacey]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/k-pax/cast/2000283981/|title= K-Pax|website= TV Guide|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> He portrayed businessman [[Charles S. Howard]] in the horse racing drama film ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]'' co-starring with [[Tobey Maguire]] and [[Chris Cooper]]. The film was based on the [[Seabiscuit: An American Legend|1999 book of the same name]] by [[Laura Hillenbrand]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bridges-winning-seabiscuit/|title= Jeff Bridges: Winning Seabiscuit|website= CBS News|date= July 22, 2003|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> The film earned an [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2004|title= 76th Academy Awards|website= [[Academy Awards|Oscars.org]]|date= October 4, 2014|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> He also starred in the 2005 [[Terry Gilliam]] fantasy film ''[[Tideland (film)|Tideland]]'' co-starring with [[Janet McTeer]] and [[Jennifer Tilly]]. That was Bridges' second collaboration with Gilliam, the first being 1991's ''[[The Fisher King]]'' alongside [[Robin Williams]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/transcripts/7606151|title= Terry Gilliam Tries to Revive Dark 'Tideland'|website= NPR|date= February 27, 2007|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref>

Bridges hosted [[VH1]]'s ''Top 100 Greatest Albums of Rock and Roll'' series in 2001. Bridges narrated the documentary ''[[Lost in La Mancha]]'' (2002), about the making of a Terry Gilliam retelling of ''[[Don Quixote]]'', tentatively titled ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]'', which would have starred [[Johnny Depp]] as [[Sancho Panza]] and [[Jean Rochefort]] as the quixotic hero. Bridges also narrated the documentaries [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]]'s ''Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West'' (2002, [[IMAX]]), [[Discovery Channel]]'s ''Raising the Mammoth'' (2000), and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''Heroes of Rock and Roll'' (1979).{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} He voiced the character Big Z in the animated film ''[[Surf's Up (film)|Surf's Up]]'' (2007). Bridges has performed TV commercial voiceover work as well, including [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]]'s 2007 "Think About It" advertising campaign,<ref name="driver">{{cite web|url=http://theweeklydriver.com/2010/03/06/oscars-hyundai-debut-clever-ad-with-jeff-bridges-replacements-catherine-keener-to-king-basinger-michael-madsen-to-martin-sheen |title=Oscars: Hyundai debuts clever Academy Awards ad with Jeff Bridges' actor friends |publisher=Theweeklydriver.com |date=March 6, 2010 |access-date=August 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412085526/http://theweeklydriver.com/2010/03/06/oscars-hyundai-debut-clever-ad-with-jeff-bridges-replacements-catherine-keener-to-king-basinger-michael-madsen-to-martin-sheen/ |archive-date=April 12, 2010 }}</ref> and the [[Duracell]] advertisements in the "Trusted Everywhere" campaign.<ref name="Samaniego" />

=== 2008–present: Career expansion ===
[[File:Jeff bridges 0001 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Bridges at an event for ''[[The Giver (film)|The Giver]]'' in 2014]]
In 2008, Bridges shaved his head to play the role of [[Iron Monger|Obadiah Stane]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe|Marvel]] [[comic book]] adaptation of ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]'' starring [[Robert Downey Jr]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kepnes|first1=Caroline|title=Jeff Bridges Shaves Head, Talks Iron Man|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/60534/jeff-bridges-shaves-head-talks-iron-man|access-date=August 10, 2014|website=E! Online|date=November 26, 2007}}</ref><ref name="ironman" /> In July 2008, at [[San Diego Comic-Con]], he appeared in a teaser, reprising his 1982 fan favorite role of Kevin Flynn for ''[[Tron: Legacy]]''.{{citation needed|date= March 2024}} Also in 2008 he acted in the [[HBO]] film ''[[A Dog Year]]'' earning a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination. He then acted in the comedy films ''[[How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)|How to Lose Friends & Alienate People]]'' (2008), and ''[[The Open Road]]'' (2009). He gained widespread acclaim for his role as an alcoholic country singer in ''[[Crazy Heart]]'' (2009) for which he earned the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<ref name="bridges2" /> as well as the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jeff-bridges/|title= Jeff Bridges|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dailynews.com/2010/01/23/jeff-bridges-sandra-bullock-win-sag-honors/|title=Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock win SAG honors |website= Los Angeles Daily News|date=January 23, 2010 |accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> Bridges is one of the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees|youngest actors ever to be nominated]] for an Academy Award (1972, age 22, Best Supporting Actor, ''[[The Last Picture Show]]''), and one of the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees|oldest ever to win]] (winning the Best Actor in 2010 at age 60 for ''Crazy Heart'').<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2010 |title=Jeff Bridges wins best actor Oscar in "Crazy Heart" |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6271AZ/ |website=Reuters}}</ref>

In 2009, he acted in the satirical comedy ''[[The Men Who Stare at Goats (film)|The Men Who Stare at Goats]]'' alongside [[George Clooney]], [[Ewan McGregor]], and [[Kevin Spacey]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/2009/11/08/120227954/walking-through-walls-and-staring-at-goats|title= Walking Through Walls And Staring At Goats|website= NPR|date= November 8, 2009|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 2010 he reprised his role as Kevin Flynn in ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' acting with [[Garrett Hedlund]] and [[Olivia Wilde]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10011582-tron_legacy|title= Tron: Legacy|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> Bridges received his sixth Academy Award nomination for his role in ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]'', a collaboration with the Coen brothers in which he starred alongside [[Matt Damon]], [[Josh Brolin]], [[Barry Pepper]], and [[Hailee Steinfeld]]. Both the film and Bridges' performance as [[Rooster Cogburn (character)|Rooster Cogburn]] were critically praised. Bridges lost to [[Colin Firth]], whom he had beaten for the Oscar in the same category the previous year. On December 18, 2010, Bridges hosted [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''; he had hosted the show before in 1983 with his brother, Beau. With the December 18, 2010, episode, Bridges beat [[Sigourney Weaver]]'s record for longest gap between hosting appearances on ''SNL''. (Weaver had a 24-year gap between her first time hosting in 1986 and her second time hosting in 2010, while Bridges had a 27-year gap between his first appearance in 1983 and his most recent one, also in 2010.){{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

[[File:Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson and Jeff Bridges.png|thumb|right|[[Jon Hamm]], [[Dakota Johnson]], and Bridges promoting ''[[Bad Times at the El Royale]]'' (2018)]]
In 2013, he starred alongside [[Ryan Reynolds]] in the action comedy ''[[R.I.P.D.]]'' which was a box office and critical failure.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.businessinsider.com/ryan-reynolds-turbo-and-ripd-flop-2013-7|title= Ryan Reynolds Has Two Huge Movie Flops — Here's Your Box-Office Roundup|website= Business Insider|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ripd|title= R.I.P.D|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> That same year Bridges wrote ''The Dude and the Zen Master'' with [[Bernie Glassman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Bridges On Zen Buddhism And 'The Big Lebowski'|url=http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/01/08/jeff-bridges|publisher=[[On Point]]|date=January 8, 2013|access-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> Bridges found himself at a party with Glassman and [[Ram Dass]] and their conversation led to discussing the parallels between "The Dude" from ''The Big Lebowski'' and [[Zen]] Buddhism.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jeff Bridges On The Zen Message In 'The Big Lebowski'|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/jeff-bridges-big-lebowski-zen_n_6599352.html|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=February 2, 2015|access-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> The book was formed from what has been described as a "transcript of a five-day 'hang' on a Montana ranch."<ref>{{cite news|last=Oppenheimer|first=Mark|title=If Lebowski Calls, Will You Be in? Or Out Bowling?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/books/jeff-bridges-and-bernie-glassmans-dude-and-the-zen-master.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 6, 2013|access-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> The following year he produced and starred as the title role in [[dystopia]]n drama ''[[The Giver (film)|The Giver]]'' and acted in the action fantasy film ''[[Seventh Son (film)|Seventh Son]]'', which were both critically panned and the latter a box office flop.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1198425601/|title= Seventh Son|website= Boxofficemojo|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_giver|title= The Giver|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seventh_son|title= Seventh Son|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 2015 Bridges voiced The Aviator in the animated film ''[[The Little Prince (2015 film)|The Little Prince]]'' based on the [[The Little Prince|1943 children's novella of the same name]]. The following year he narrated the documentary ''[[Dream Big: Engineering Our World]]'' (2015) and acted in the [[Taylor Sheridan]] directed [[neo-Western]] drama film ''[[Hell or High Water (2016 film)|Hell or High Water]]'' (2015) opposite [[Chris Pine]] and [[Ben Foster (actor)|Ben Foster]]. For the role he received his a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]], which would be his seventh Oscar nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017|title= The 89th Academy Awards|website= March 3, 2024|date= April 18, 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, he acted in the romantic drama ''[[The Only Living Boy in New York (film)|The Only Living Boy in New York]]'' with [[Callum Turner]] and [[Kate Beckinsale]] and in the spy action comedy ''[[Kingsman: The Golden Circle]]'' starring [[Taron Egerton]] and [[Colin Firth]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://comicbook.com/movies/news/kingsman-2-jeff-bridges-interview-agent-champagne/|title= Kingsman 2: Jeff Bridges Explains His Role As Agent Champagne|website= Comicbook.com|date= November 9, 2017|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 2018 he acted in the neo-noir ensemble thriller ''[[Bad Times at the El Royale]]'' with [[Cynthia Erivo]], [[Dakota Johnson]], and [[Jon Hamm]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_times_at_the_el_royale|title= Bad Times at the El Royale|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> For his contribution to films, he was presented with the [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award|Cecil B. DeMille Award]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Legaspi|first=Althea|date=January 7, 2019|title=Jeff Bridges Accepts Golden Globes Cecil B. DeMille Award|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/jeff-bridges-golden-globes-speech-775580/|access-date=November 13, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> Starting in 2022 he acted in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] drama thriller series ''[[The Old Man (TV series)|The Old Man]]'' opposite [[John Lithgow]].<ref>{{cite web|last1= Bianculli|first1= David|url= https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105190880/jeff-bridges-makes-a-triumphant-return-to-tv-in-the-old-man|title= Jeff Bridges makes a triumphant return to TV in 'The Old Man'|website= NPR|date= June 15, 2022|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> For his performance he earned nominations for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/shows/old-man|title= The Old Man - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins|website= Emmy Awards|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/old-man-the/|title= The Old Men|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 2024, Bridges received the annual [[Film at Lincoln Center|Chaplin Gala Award]] which was held at [[Alice Tully Hall]] at [[Lincoln Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.filmlinc.org/about-us/chaplin-award-gala/|title= Chaplin Award Gala|website= Film at Lincoln Center|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> Also in 2024, it was announced that Bridges would be reprising his role as Kevin Flynn in ''[[Tron: Ares]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2024-04-29 |title=Jeff Bridges Returning For 'Tron: Ares' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/jeff-bridges-returning-tron-ares-1235898717/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

In June 2024, he was cast as [[God]] in the upcoming comedy film ''[[Carnival: At the End of Days]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johnny Depp to play Satan opposite Jeff Bridges as God in Terry Gilliam biblical comedy|url=https://theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/05/johnny-depp-play-satan-jeff-bridges-god-terry-gilliam-he-carnival-at-the-end-of-days|first=Andrew|last=Pulver|access-date=February 26, 2025|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>

== Interests ==
=== Music ===
[[File:Actor Jeff Bridges and singer Brian Evans (cropped).jpg|thumb|160px|left|upright|Bridges during a concert in 2016]]
Referring to his career as an actor and his passion for music, Bridges says, "I dug what an actor did, but it took me a while to feel it, to truly appreciate the craft and the preparation. Plus, I was still playing music a lot, and I guess I had a hard time choosing: was I an actor or a musician, or could I be both?"<ref>Guitar Aficionado Magazine – Spring 2010</ref> Bridges studied piano at a young age, strongly encouraged by his mother.<ref name="youtube1">{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qntfBwX6Kgg| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/qntfBwX6Kgg| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Gretsch Guitars: Jeff Bridges|date=July 20, 2011|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Before his first lead role as an actor he already sold two songs to the musician and composer [[Quincy Jones]], who used his "Lost in Space" for the soundtrack of the 1970 film ''[[John and Mary (film)|John and Mary]]'' and let Bridges contribute the vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/648166/jeff-bridges-actor-facts|title=8 Surprising Facts About Jeff Bridges|date=July 15, 2021 |publisher=[[Mental Floss]]|access-date=June 5, 2023}}</ref>  While working on the 1980 film ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'', he often played guitar with his co-star, singer-songwriter [[Kris Kristofferson]], between takes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=King|first=Lynnea Chapman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W6HYBAAAQBAJ&q=jeff+bridges+kris+kristofferson&pg=PA23|title=The Coen Brothers Encyclopedia|date=October 10, 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8108-8577-6|language=en}}</ref> His character in ''Crazy Heart'', Bad Blake, was later based partly on Kristofferson. In 1982, he voiced the character of Prince Lír in the animated film [[The Last Unicorn (film)|''The Last Unicorn'']], and in that role sang on two songs, including a duet with [[Mia Farrow]]. He released his debut album ''Be Here Soon'' on January 1, 2000. In 2005, Bridges, known as "The Dude" in the film ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'', showed up at a [[Lebowski Fest]] in Los Angeles singing and playing the film's theme song written by [[Bob Dylan]], "[[The Man in Me|Man in Me]]".

On January 15, 2010, Bridges performed the song "I Don't Know" from ''Crazy Heart'' on ''[[The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien]]''. In the film ''[[The Contender (2000 film)|The Contender]]'', in which he co-starred, Bridges recorded a version of [[Johnny Cash]]'s standard "[[Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire]]" with [[Kim Carnes]] that played over the pivotal opening credits. In February 2010, he was among the nearly 80 musicians to sing on the charity-single remake of ''[[We Are the World]]''.<ref name="badsong" /> On October 24, 2010, Bridges appeared at [[Neil Young]]'s annual ''[[Bridge School Benefit]]'' concert and played a set with singer-songwriter [[Neko Case]]. On April 19, 2011, [[Country Music Television]] announced that Bridges had signed a recording contract with [[Blue Note Records]]/[[EMI Music Group]]. He worked with producer [[T Bone Burnett]] and released his second album, ''[[Jeff Bridges (album)|Jeff Bridges]],'' on August 16, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1662262/jeff-bridges-signs-to-blue-note-records.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430175736/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1662262/jeff-bridges-signs-to-blue-note-records.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 30, 2011|title=CMT : News : Jeff Bridges signs to Blue Note Records|publisher=[[Country Music Television]]|access-date=April 19, 2011}}</ref> On November 5, 2011, Bridges played Austin City Limits in support of this album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/video/austin-city-limits-miranda-lambert-jeff-bridges/|title=Video: Miranda Lambert / Jeff Bridges Watch Austin City Limits Online PBS Video|website=[[PBS]] |access-date=May 13, 2012}}</ref>

In 2015, he sang on the album ''Strangers Again'', performing a duet with [[Judy Collins]] of the song "Make Our Garden Grow" from ''[[Candide (operetta)|Candide]]'' by [[Leonard Bernstein]]. The same year, he released an [[Ambient music|ambient]]/[[Spoken word|spoken-word]] album entitled ''[[Sleeping Tapes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Bridges-Sleeping tapes|url=http://www.dreamingwithjeff.com/#_|website=Dreamingwithjeff.com|access-date=February 1, 2015}}</ref> All proceeds from the album go directly to Bridges' charity No Kid Hungry.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jeff Bridges Lulls Listeners to Bed With New Album 'Sleeping Tapes'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jeff-bridges-lulls-listeners-to-bed-with-new-album-sleeping-tapes-20150128|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 28, 2015|access-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> Bridges plays many guitars, including the [[Gretsch]] Chet Atkins Country Gentlemen Model G6122-19. In 2020, Bridges partnered with Breedlove Guitars to release his signature Oregon Concerto Bourbon CE with "All In This Together" scrawled across the fretboard.<ref name="youtube1" /> In 2025, he shared a verse and chorus on the song "Men in Bars" from Japanese Breakfast's album [[For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Empire |first=Kitty |date=2025-03-21 |title=Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) review – a bit too tasteful |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/21/japanese-breakfast-for-melancholy-brunettes-and-sad-women-review-michelle-zauner-a-bit-too-tasteful |access-date=2025-03-24 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

=== Photography ===
Bridges has been an amateur photographer since high school. He began taking photographs on film sets during ''Starman'' at the suggestion of co-star [[Karen Allen]] in 1984, with his favorite camera, a [[Widelux]] F8 that his wife bought him.<ref name="camera">{{cite web
| url = http://www.jeffbridges.com/camera.html
| title = Photography
| publisher = JeffBridges.com
| access-date = August 16, 2010
| archive-date = May 29, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100529040916/http://www.jeffbridges.com/camera.html
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Estrin|first=James|date=April 30, 2013|title=The Dude Abides on the Other Side of the Lens|url=https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/the-dude-abides-wide/|access-date=November 13, 2020|website=Lens Blog|language=en-US}}</ref> He published many of these photographs online and in a 2003 book entitled ''Pictures: Photographs by Jeff Bridges''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pictures|last1=Bridges|first1=Jeff|publisher=powerHouse Books|isbn=1-57687-177-0|location=New York, N.Y.|date=September 1, 2004|oclc=55227934|author-link1=Jeff Bridges}}</ref><ref name="fileman">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.filemagazine.org/galleries/pictures/pictures.html
 |title        = ''Pictures: Photographs by Jeff Bridges'' : Sam Elliott and Jeff Bridges – "The Stranger" and "The Dude" – ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998)
 |year         = 2004
 |website      = FILE Magazine
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20041030045630/http://www.filemagazine.org/galleries/pictures/pictures.html
 |archive-date = October 30, 2004
|url-status     = dead
 |access-date  = August 12, 2017
}}</ref> In 2013, he received an Infinity Award for his photos from the [[International Center of Photography]] in New York.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last1=Dickerman|first1=Kenneth|last2=Bridges|first2=Jeff|date=December 4, 2019|title=Perspective {{!}} Did you know that Oscar winner Jeff Bridges is an accomplished photographer? Well, he is, and this book shows it.|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2019/12/04/did-you-know-that-oscar-winner-jeff-bridges-is-an-accomplished-photographer-well-he-is-this-book-shows-it/|access-date=November 13, 2020|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> A follow-up book, ''Jeff Bridges: Pictures Volume Two'', was published in 2019.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|date=December 23, 2019|work=CBS News|title=Jeff Bridges and his passion for photography|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bridges-and-his-passion-for-photography/|access-date=November 13, 2020|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
{{stack|[[File:Jeff Bridges (Berlin Film Festival 2011) revised.jpg|thumb|upright|Bridges at the premiere of ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]'' at the [[2011 Berlin Film Festival]]]]}}
Bridges and his siblings inherited their family house in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] from their parents. In January 2025, the house burned down in the [[Palisades Fire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jeff-bridges-family-home-malibu-destroyed-palisades-fire-1236105814/|title=Jeff Bridges' Family Home in Malibu Destroyed in Palisades Fire|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=January 9, 2025|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>

Bridges dated [[Candy Clark]] for several years after they met on the set of ''[[Fat City (film)|Fat City]]'' in 1972.<ref name="ride">{{cite news|title=The ride of her life|author=Edward Guthmann|date=2007-08-23|access-date=2007-08-23|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/23/DDNBRMLBT.DTL}}</ref>

=== Marriage and family ===
Bridges married Susan Geston in 1977.<ref name="wife">{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/own-master-class/jeff-bridges-unbelievable-love-story-video_1|title=Jeff Bridges Unbelievable Love Story—and the Photo to Prove It|website=oprah.com|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/03/10/a-true-hollywood-love-story|title=A True Hollywood Love Story|first=Rebecca|last=Dana|date=March 10, 2010|website=The Daily Beast|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/opinion/columnists/rasmussen-about-my-cousin-susan/article_5ffc068a-254e-11df-8f5d-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Rasmussen: About my cousin, Susan|first=Randy|last=Rasmussen|website=rapidcityjournal.com|date=March 2010 |access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bridges-lives-in-whorehouse-set-heavens-gate-2016-8|title=Jeff Bridges bought and lives inside a crazy set from one of his old movies|website=businessinsider.com|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref> They met while filming ''[[Rancho Deluxe]]'' (1975), on a ranch where Geston had been working as a [[waitress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://missoulian.com/entertainment/movies/jeff-bridges-talks-montana-ties-ahead-of-missoula-concert/article_ab69845e-2ba2-5d88-9b3d-97cae9f5365c.html|title=Jeff Bridges talks Montana ties ahead of Missoula concert|first=Brian |last=D'Ambrosio|website=missoulian.com|date=March 7, 2016 |access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/thr-cover-jeff-bridges-revealing-70887|title=THR Cover: Jeff Bridges' Revealing New Interview|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 12, 2011|access-date=2017-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-bridges-met-wife-photo_us_5661ef65e4b072e9d1c61223|title=Photo Captures Jeff Bridges' Fateful First Meeting With His True Love|date=December 7, 2015|access-date=2017-08-13|via=Huff Post}}</ref><ref name=tca /><ref name="marriage" /> They have three daughters, born in 1981, 1983 and 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/11/bafta-brittania-awards-betty-white-jeff-bridges-dakota-fanning.html|title=Betty White, Jeff Bridges scoop up Britannia Awards |date=November 5, 2010 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2017-08-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2010/12/04/happy-birthday-jeff-bridges-youre-61-today-december-4/ |title=Happy Birthday, Jeff Bridges! You're 61 Today, December 4! |date=2010-12-04 |work=Hollywood Life |access-date=2017-08-13 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813183046/http://hollywoodlife.com/2010/12/04/happy-birthday-jeff-bridges-youre-61-today-december-4/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Religious beliefs ===
Bridges has studied [[Buddhism]] and has described himself as "a Buddhistly bent guy".<ref name="tricycle"/> He has co-written a book with the [[Zen]] master [[Bernie Glassman]] on the subject, but doesn't consider himself a Buddhist in terms of formal affiliation, saying he only enjoys the meditation part.<ref>{{cite web |author=SOM Magazine |date=9 July 2015 |title=Jeff Bridges: A Candid Conversation |url=https://scienceofmind.com/2015/07/09/jeff-bridges-a-candid-conversation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251115223555/https://scienceofmind.com/2015/07/09/jeff-bridges-a-candid-conversation/ |archive-date=15 November 2025 |access-date=15 November 2025 |website=Guide for Spiritual Living: Science of Mind Magazine |publisher=Centers for Spiritual Living |quote=Well, technically speaking, I don’t consider myself a Zen Buddhist or anything like that. I enjoy all different types of philosophies. But, I’m built sort of “Buddhistically,” if that’s a word. I meditate. I meditate when I’m working and not working.}}</ref> On most days, he meditates for half an hour before beginning work on a film set.<ref name="tricycle">{{cite journal|last=Butler|first=Katy|date=Fall 2010|title=The Natural – How Jeff Bridges works with anxiety and maintaining a joyful mind|url=https://tricycle.org/magazine/jeff-bridges/|journal=[[Tricycle: The Buddhist Review]]|volume=20|issue=1|page=54}}</ref>

=== Health problems ===
On October 19, 2020, Bridges announced that he had been diagnosed with [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]  and has gone through [[chemotherapy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/jeff-bridges-announces-he-has-been-diagnosed-lymphoma-n1243956 |work=[[NBC News]] |title=Jeff Bridges announces he has been diagnosed with lymphoma |last=Arkin |first=Daniel |date=October 19, 2020 |access-date=October 19, 2020 }}</ref> On September 12, 2021, Bridges announced that his cancer was in [[Remission (medicine)|remission]]: "My cancer is in remission — the 9" × 12" mass has shrunk down to the size of a [[Marble (toy)|marble]]."<ref name="fieldstadt" /><ref name="bridgeslatest">{{cite web |url=https://jeffbridges.com/latest |date=September 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913195035/https://jeffbridges.com/latest |archive-date=September 13, 2021 |access-date=November 4, 2022 |first=Jeff |last=Bridges |work=Jeff Bridges |title=Latest 9.13.21 }}</ref> Bridges also announced he contracted [[COVID-19]] while in treatment and which he fought for almost five weeks.<ref name="fieldstadt">{{cite web |last=Fieldstadt |first=Elisha |title=Jeff Bridges says he got Covid while in chemo and it made 'cancer look like a piece of cake' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeff-bridges-says-he-got-covid-while-chemo-it-made-n1279072 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=September 13, 2021 |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}</ref>

He described the long process of recovery from both diseases, relating how large his tumor had grown, yet being unaware it was there. After five weeks in the hospital with COVID, he had months of recuperation at home before he could function again.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/celebrities/info-2023/jeff-bridges-cancer-covid-the-old-man-interview.html |magazine=[[AARP: The Magazine]] |title=Jeff Bridges, 73, Reflects on His Cancer, COVID Battle: 'The Obstacle Was Death' |first=Tom |last=Chiarella |author-link=Tom Chiarella |date=May 23, 2023 |access-date=July 15, 2024 }}</ref>

=== Philanthropy ===
In 1984, Bridges and other entertainment industry leaders founded the End Hunger Network aimed at encouraging, stimulating and supporting action to end childhood hunger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/jeff-bridges|title=Jeff Bridges: Charity Work & Causes|website=Look to the Stars|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref> He supported president [[Barack Obama]]'s initiative to end childhood hunger by 2015. In November 2010, Bridges became spokesman for the No Kid Hungry campaign of the organization [[Share our Strength]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeffbridges.com/endhunger.html|title=End Hunger|website=JeffBridges.com|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=October 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016235115/http://www.jeffbridges.com/endhunger.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its goal was to present and undertake a state-by-state strategy to end childhood hunger in the United States by 2015.<ref name="PRNews" /> Bridges also supports environmental causes and organizations such as the [[Amazon Conservation Team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGI8omNZI8o| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/JGI8omNZI8o| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Video: Why Does Jeff Bridges Support the Amazon Conservation Team?| website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=October 27, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazonteam.org/why-does-jeff-bridges-support-amazon-conservation-team|title=Why does Jeff Bridges support the Amazon Conservation Team?|website=Amazon Conservation Team|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Main|List of Jeff Bridges performances}}

== Awards and nominations ==
[[File:Jb prints.jpg|thumb|right|Jeff Bridges's signature, self-portrait, handprints, and footprints in the concrete in front of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in Los Angeles.]]
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Jeff Bridges}}

[[File:Étoile de Jeff Bridges dans le Hollywood Walk of Fame.png|thumb|upright|Bridges' star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]

== Discography ==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Overview of Jeff Bridges albums
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Details
! colspan="4" scope="colgroup"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Sales
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
!scope="col"| [[Top Country Albums|US Country]]<ref name="Roughstock">{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/chart-news-august-24-country-dominates-as-luke-bryan-still-top-dawg- |title=Chart News August 24: Country Dominates as Luke Bryan Still Top Dawg |publisher=Roughstock |access-date=August 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104132511/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/chart-news-august-24-country-dominates-as-luke-bryan-still-top-dawg- |archive-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref>
!scope="col"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<ref name="Roughstock" />
!scope="col"| [[Folk Albums|USFolk]]<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jeff bridges|chart=all}}|title=Chart listing for ''Jeff Bridges''|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 25, 2011}}</ref>
!scope="col"| [[Top Rock Albums|USRock]]<ref name="Billboard" />
|-
! scope="row"| ''Be Here Soon''
|
* Release date: January 1, 2000
* Label: Ramp Records
* Formats: CD
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Jeff Bridges (album)|Jeff Bridges]]''
|
* Release date: August 16, 2011
* Label: [[Blue Note Records]]
* Formats: CD, [[music download]]
| 10
| 25
| 2
| 5
|
* US: 345,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2011/BB-2011-08-20.pdf|publisher=American Radio History (Billboard Archive)|title=The Dude Abides|first= Phil|last= Gallo|page=31|date=August 20, 2011|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Sleeping Tapes]]''
|
* Release date: January 28, 2015
* Label: [[Squarespace]]
* Formats: CD, music download
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Overview of Jeff Bridges singles
|-
! scope="col" | Single
! scope="col" | Year
!scope="col"| Album
|-
! scope="row" | ''"What a Little Bit of Love Can Do"''
| 2011
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Jeff Bridges''
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Overview of Jeff Bridges music videos
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
!scope="col"| Director
|-
! scope="row" | ''"What a Little Bit of Love Can Do"{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}''
| 2011
| Alan Kozlowski
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Overview of Jeff Bridges guest appearances
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Other artist(s)
! scope="col" | Album
|-
! scope="row" |''"Make our Garden Grow"''
|2015
|[[Judy Collins]]
|[[Strangers Again (album)|Strangers Again]]
|-
! scope="row" |''"Men in Bars"''
|2025
|[[Japanese Breakfast]]
|[[For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)]]<ref name=":2" />
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Oldest winners 2|List of oldest Academy Award winners for Best Lead Actor]]
* [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]
* [[List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories]]
* [[List of Golden Globe winners]]

== References ==
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| archive-date = January 6, 2010
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| title = 'We Are The World&nbsp;– 25 For Haiti' Artists Include Kanye West, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber
| website = [[MTV]]
}}</ref>

<ref name="variety">{{cite news| title = Actress Dorothy Bridges dies, Mother of Beau and Jeff Bridges was 93| url = https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/actress-dorothy-bridges-dies-1118000396/| work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date = February 20, 2009| access-date =April 23, 2009|archive-date=September 10, 2017|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170910220025/https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/actress-dorothy-bridges-dies-1118000396/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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<ref name="craveonline">{{cite web
| url = http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/156582-jeff-bridges-is-still-the-dude
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927063117/http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/156582-jeff-bridges-is-still-the-dude
| url-status=dead
| archive-date = September 27, 2012
| title = Jeff Bridges is still the Dude
}}</ref>

<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web
| url = https://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/108825-part-4-from-page-to-screen/
| title = 100 Essential Male Film Performances: Part 4&nbsp;– From the Page to the Screen
}}</ref>

<ref name="fearless">{{cite web
| url = http://www.globalideasbank.org/befaft/B&A-4.HTML
| title = Fearless&nbsp;— A movie masterpiece about transcendence
| url-status=dead
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| archive-date = June 30, 2006
}}</ref>

<ref name="French">{{cite news
| author=Philip French
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/aug/06/features.review
| title = Here's looking back at you
|work=The Guardian |location=UK | date = August 6, 2006
| access-date =August 16, 2010
}}</ref>

<ref name=bridges2>{{Cite news|url=http://cgi1.usatoday.com/mchat/20040706001/tscript.htm
|first=Jeff (guest)
|last=Bridges
|date=June 24, 2004
|work=USA Today
|access-date=August 6, 2011
|title='The Door in the Floor': Actor Jeff Bridges
}}</ref>

<ref name="lat">{{Cite news
| first=Dennis
| last=McLellan
| title = Dorothy Bridges dies at 93; 'the hub' of an acting family
| url = https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dorothy-bridges21-2009feb21,0,1331555.story
|work=Los Angeles Times
| date = February 21, 2009
| access-date =April 23, 2009
}}</ref>

<ref name="marriage">{{Cite web
|url=http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/movie-star-jeff-bridges-on-his-28-year-marriage/article27216.html
|title=Jeff Bridges: On Marriage
|access-date=September 9, 2008
|work=Reader's Digest
|date=February 2006
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906150946/http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/movie-star-jeff-bridges-on-his-28-year-marriage/article27216.html
|archive-date=September 6, 2008
}}</ref>

<ref name="Samaniego">{{Cite web
|last=Samaniego
|first=Danielle
|url=http://www.divinecaroline.com/22317/84317-name-voice--ten-celebrity-commercial
|title=Name That Voice: Ten Celebrity Commercial Voice-Overs
|publisher=Divinecaroline.com
|access-date=August 16, 2010
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311075517/http://www.divinecaroline.com/22317/84317-name-voice--ten-celebrity-commercial
|archive-date=March 11, 2010
}}</ref>

<ref name="PRNews">{{Cite news
|title = Jeff Bridges to Launch Campaign Against Childhood Hunger in National Press Club Address
|url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jeff-bridges-to-launch-campaign-against-childhood-hunger-in-national-press-club-address-106752533.html
|work=PRNewswire
|date = November 5, 2010
|access-date =November 6, 2010
}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
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* {{Emmys person|jeff-bridges}}

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