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Beau Bridges
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III is an American actor. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to television. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and the elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges.
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Born 9 December 1941 · Q309640
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 6,626 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 1,726, with 0 article edits.
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2024· 1 entry
Bridges took the role of the managing partner (Howard 'Senior' Markeson) of the law firm (Jacobson Moore) where alias Maddy Matlock works in the new Matlock series
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2013· 1 entry
Bridges became a major character on the CBS television show The Millers
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2012· 1 entry
Bridges took on the role of J
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2011· 1 entry
Guest-starred as an old boyfriend of matriarch Nora Walker in Brothers and Sisters and as an attorney, estranged from his son Jared Franklin in Franklin & Bash
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2010· 2 entries
It was announced that Bridges would play the role of Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford, the father of private eye Jim Rockford, on the pilot episode of a new version of The Rockford Files, scheduled for production for broadcast in
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Bridges signed with Chris Mallick in the production of the film Columbus Circle
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2009· 2 entries
Cynthia Nixon, Blair Underwood, and Bridges won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for their recording of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth
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Bridges guest-starred as Eli Scruggs on the 100th episode of Desperate Housewives and received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance
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2008· 1 entry
Bridges co-starred in the motion picture Max Payne, based on the video game character
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2003).
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2001· 1 entry
Guest-starred as Daniel McFarland, the stepfather of Jack McFarland, in two episodes of the NBC sitcom Will & Grace
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1998· 1 entry
Starred as Judge Bob Gibbs in the one-season Maximum Bob on ABC
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Second Civil War (1997).
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1995· 1 entry
Bridges starred with his father and his son Dylan in "The Sandkings", the two-part pilot episode of the Showtime science fiction series The Outer Limits
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993).
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1992).
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1989· 1 entry
In perhaps his best-known role, he starred opposite his brother Jeff as one of The Fabulous Baker Boys
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1973· 1 entry
They have two sons, including Jordan Bridges (b. 1973).
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1965· 1 entry
Guest-starred as Corporal Corbett in "Then Came the Mighty Hunter", Season 2, Episode 3 of the military series, Twelve O'Clock High
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1959· 1 entry
Enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve and served for eight years
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1949· 1 entry
Played a third juvenile role in the film The Red Pony
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1948· 1 entry
Bridges had an uncredited juvenile role in Force of Evil, and a role as Bertram in No Minor Vices
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1941· 2 entries
Born 1941-12-09.
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In Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009)
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