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Jeffrey Leon Bridges is an American actor and singer. Bridges describes himself as an actor, musician, photographer, painter, sculptor, campaigner, and storyteller.
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Born 4 December 1949 · Q174843
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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?
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“That’s what makes it such a joy to look at the contact sheets. You see what you thought you had and you did, and what you didn’t think you had and you got, and that’s very similar to making movies.”
“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?”
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Far Out Magazine: The 2001 role Jeff Bridges was never truly happy with: “We thought we’d fix it, and we didn’t”
Released album “Slow Magic, 1977–1978”.
The Guardian: ‘Emotions? They’re no big thing, man!’ Jeff Bridges on satisfaction, silver linings – and his secret life in music
Shared a verse and chorus on the song "Men in Bars" from Japanese Breakfast's album For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)
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The Guardian: The Old Man season two review – Jeff Bridges’ CIA saga is so silly it’s basically unwatchable
The Guardian: Johnny Depp to play Satan opposite Jeff Bridges as God in Terry Gilliam biblical comedy
It was announced that Bridges would be reprising his role as Kevin Flynn in Tron: Ares
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Bridges received the annual Chaplin Gala Award which was held at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
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The Guardian: ‘The helmet made my hair fall out’: Jeff Bridges on making cult sci-fi film Tron
The Guardian: What links Jeff Bridges to Kendall Roy and Jerry Seinfeld?
The Guardian: The Old Man review – Jeff Bridges can barely put his socks on, but he sure can shoot
The Guardian: Actor Jeff Bridges, Welcome to ‘First Blokes’ Club, the secret to happiness – podcast
The Guardian: ‘Dealing with your mortality, it makes things more precious’: Hollywood legend Jeff Bridges on the gift of life after cancer
The Guardian: The Old Man review – Jeff Bridges shines in serviceable action series
Acted in the FX drama thriller series The Old Man opposite John Lithgow
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Bridges announced that his cancer was in remission: "My cancer is in remission — the 9" × 12" mass has shrunk down to the size of a marble
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“My cancer is in remission — the 9”
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Bridges announced that he had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and has gone through chemotherapy
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Bridges partnered with Breedlove Guitars to release his signature Oregon Concerto Bourbon CE with "All In This Together" scrawled across the fretboard
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Acted in the neo-noir ensemble thriller Bad Times at the El Royale with Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, and Jon Hamm
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Acted in the romantic drama 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
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Claimed: “"Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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Released album “Sleeping Tapes”.
Sang on the album Strangers Again, performing a duet with Judy Collins of the song "Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide by Leonard Bernstein
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Bridges voiced The Aviator in the animated film The Little Prince based on the 1943 children's novella of the same name
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Starred alongside Ryan Reynolds in the action comedy R
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Received an Infinity Award for his photos from the International Center of Photography in New York
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Bridges played Austin City Limits in support of this album
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Released album “Jeff Bridges”.
Country Music Television announced that Bridges had signed a recording contract with Blue Note Records/EMI Music Group
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Bridges hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live; he had hosted the show before in 1983 with his brother, Beau
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Bridges appeared at Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert and played a set with singer-songwriter Neko Case
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (2010).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Crazy Heart (2010).
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Bridges performed the song "I Don't Know" from Crazy Heart on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
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Reprised his role as Kevin Flynn in Tron: Legacy acting with Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde
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Acted in the satirical comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats alongside George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, and Kevin Spacey
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Bridges shaved his head to play the role of Obadiah Stane in the Marvel comic book adaptation of Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr
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Acted in the HBO film A Dog Year earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination
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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"
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Awarded Donostia Award (2004).
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Released album “Be Here Soon”.
Starred as what is arguably his most iconic role, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, in the Coen brothers' noir comedy The Big Lebowski
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Acted in the Showtime television film Hidden in America alongside his brother Beau Bridges and Frances McDormand
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Bridges received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry
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Starred in the Peter Weir directed drama Fearless (1993) alongside Isabella Rossellini, John Turturro, and Rosie Perez
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Produced and starred as a man released from prison in the Martin Bel directed drama American Heart earning the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
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Reunited with Cybill Shepherd for Peter Bogdanovich's Texasville, a sequel to the 1971 film The Last Picture Show, which Bridges had starred in
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Portrayed automobile entrepreneur Preston Tucker in the Francis Ford Coppola directed biographical film Tucker: The Man and His Dream which earned positive reviews
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“[It] was like constantly being hit over the head by deja vu. Every day I”
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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
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Bridges and other entertainment industry leaders founded the End Hunger Network aimed at encouraging, stimulating and supporting action to end childhood hunger
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With his favorite camera, a Widelux F8 that his wife bought him
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Starred in the John Carpenter–directed science fiction romance Starman playing an alien opposite Karen Allen
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Voiced the character of Prince Lír in the animated film The Last Unicorn, and in that role sang on two songs, including a duet with Mia Farrow
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Voiced Prince Lir in the animated fantasy film The Last Unicorn alongside Alan Arkin, Mia Farrow, and Angela Lansbury and starred in the romantic comedy Kiss Me Goodbye directed by Robert Mulligan, acting alongside Sa
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Bridges starred in the science fiction film Tron, in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer
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Acted in Michael Cimino's large Western ensemble film Heaven's Gate acting opposite Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, and Isabelle Huppert
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Bridges married Susan Geston
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Starred as the protagonist Jack Prescott in the first remake of King Kong, opposite Jessica Lange
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Bridges and Susan Geston performed in Stay Hungry (1976)
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Bridges and Susan Geston met while filming Rancho Deluxe (1975), on a ranch where Geston had been working as a waitress
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Starred as Junior Jackson in The Last American Hero, a film based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson
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Played the lead role Mike in the television film In Search of America
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Played Job Corps crew member Cal Baker in the Lassie episode "Success Story"
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Played a supporting role alongside his father in an episode of The Loner
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Born 1949-12-04.
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In Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009)
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