One of his better-known roles was in the 1982 science fiction film Tron, in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer (a role he reprised in late 2010 with the sequel Tron: Legacy).

It was up against another explosive-themed film, Speed, which had been released a few weeks before Bridges' film.

On December 18, 2010, Bridges hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live; he had hosted the show before in 1983 with his brother, Beau. [10] One critic dubbed it a masterpiece;[11] Pauline Kael wrote that he "may be the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived". 2017 Nominee Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Hell or High Water (2016) 2011 Nominee Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role True Grit (2010) 2010 Winner Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Crazy Heart (2009) 2001 Nominee Oscar: Best Actor in a … Bridges lost to Colin Firth, whom he had beaten for the Oscar in the same category the previous year. Bridges studied piano at a young age, strongly encouraged by his mother. 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.

", "Why does Jeff Bridges support the Amazon Conservation Team? One of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, 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. [27] He published many of these photographs online and published a book in 2003 entitled, Pictures: Photographs by Jeff Bridges.[28][29]. Winner EDA Award: Best Actor Jeff Bridges: Nominee EDA Special Mention Award: Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest Bridges made his first screen appearance at the age of almost two years in The Company She Keeps in 1951. The following is the list of awards and nominations received by Jeff Bridges. 8th place. ", "Chart News August 24: Country Dominates as Luke Bryan Still Top Dawg", Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bridges&oldid=979616997, Best Drama Actor Golden Globe (film) winners, Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead winners, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild Award winners, University High School (Los Angeles) alumni, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2019, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Father Daniel Flynn / Donald "Dock" O'Reilly, Episode: "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories", This page was last edited on 21 September 2020, at 19:18. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998)[2][3] and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009). In his youth, Bridges and brother Beau made occasional appearances on their father's show Sea Hunt (1958–1961) and the CBS anthology series, The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963). The film managed to recoup $30 million of its $50 million budget at the box office. On April 19, 2011, Country Music Television announced that Bridges had signed a recording contract with Blue Note Records/EMI Music Group. [43] He supported President Obama's initiative to End Childhood Hunger by 2015. In 1973 he starred as Junior Jackson in the film The Last American Hero based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson. "[26], Bridges has been an amateur photographer since high school and began taking photographs on film sets during Starman, at the suggestion of co-star Karen Allen. [18], In 2013, Bridges wrote The Dude and the Zen Master with Bernie Glassman. 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, "Man in Me". On July 11, 1994, Bridges received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry. Awards.