Jeff Bridges was born on 4 December 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges.

Jeff appeared in the television series Sea Hunt as a child, and after military academy and the coastguards he became a professional actor, receiving Oscar nominations for The Last Picture Show (1971), Starman (1984), and Tucker (1988).

His talent for playing a non-threatening everyman was especially useful for one of his best-known roles, as The Dude in the Coen brothers' 1998 comedy The Big Lebowski.

Also he starred in low-key thriller Cutter's Way (1981); the Disney-made, semi-animated Tron (1982); the Francis Ford Coppola - directed biopic Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988); the rueful romance The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989); the creepy thriller The Vanishing (1993); the heartbreaking drama Fearless (1993); the jittery bomb gripper Blown Away (1994); and the inspirational horse drama Seabiscuit (2003).

In 2004, Bridges starred in director Tod Wiliams' Door in the Floor, which is based on John Irving's novel - A Widow for One Year.

His future project will be A Dog Year (2007) and Iron Man (2008).

Filmography

• Iron Man (2008)
• Surf's Up (2007)
• A Dog Year (2007)
• Stick It (2006)
• Tideland (2005)
• The Moguls (2005)
• The Door in the Floor (2004)
• Seabiscuit (2003)
• Masked and Anonymous (2003)
• Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002)
• K-PAX (2001)
• Scenes of the Crime (2001)
• The Contender (2000)
• Simpatico (1999)
• The Muse (1999)
• Arlington Road (1999)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Hidden in America (1996)
• The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
• White Squall (1996)
• Wild Bill (1995)
• Blown Away (1994)
• Fearless (1993)
• The Vanishing (1993)
• American Heart (1992)
• The Fisher King (1991)
• Texasville (1990)
• The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
• Cold Feet (1989)
• See You in the Morning (1989)
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
• Nadine (1987)
• The Morning After (1986)
• The Thanksgiving Promise (1986)
• 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
• Jagged Edge (1985)
• Starman (1984)
• Against All Odds (1984)
• "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1 episode, 1983)
• "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1983)
• Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
• The Last Unicorn (1982)
• Tron (1982)
• The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories by Irwin Shaw (1981)
• Cutter's Way (1981)
• Heaven's Gate (1980)
• The American Success Company (1980)
• Winter Kills (1979)
• Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
• King Kong (1976)
• Stay Hungry (1976)
• Hearts of the West (1975)
• Rancho Deluxe (1975)
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
• The Iceman Cometh (1973)
• The Last American Hero (1973)
• Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
• Bad Company (1972)
• Fat City (1972)
• The Last Picture Show (1971)
• In Search of America (1971)
• "The Most Deadly Game" (1 episode, 1970)
• Halls of Anger (1970)
• The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
• Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969)
• "The F.B.I." (1 episode, 1969)
• "The Loner" (1 episode, 1965)
• "The Lloyd Bridges Show" (3 episodes, 1962-1963)
• "Sea Hunt" (2 episodes, 1958)
• The Company She Keeps (1951)

Awards

• National Board of Review Career Achievement 2004
• Movieline Young Hollywood Award Special Lifetime Achievement 1999
• Independent Spirit Award Best Actor "American Heart" 1993
• National Association of Theater Owners Award Male Star of the Year 1990
• ShoWest Award Male Star of the Year 1990