Jeff Bridges facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jeff Bridges
Bridges in 2013
Born	Jeffrey Leon Bridges December 4, 1949 (1949-12-04) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, singer, producer, composer
Years active	1950–present
Spouse(s)	Susan Geston (m. 1977)
Children	3
Parent(s)	Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Bridges
Family	Beau Bridges (brother) Jordan Bridges (nephew)

Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor and musician. His most notable films include The Last Picture Show, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Tron, Starman, The Fisher King and Iron Man.

Personal life

Lloyd Bridges (father) 1966

Jeffrey Bridges was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges. He shared a close relationship with his brother, actor Beau Bridges. He and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles.

He married Susan Geston in 1977. He met Geston during the shooting of the movie Rancho Delux which was filmed on a ranch where Geston worked as a maid. The couple have three daughters.

He was also recipient of the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award.

Early career

Beau Bridges and Lloyd Bridges at the 44th Emmy Awards 1992

As a teenager, Bridges appeared, along with his brother Beau, on their father's CBS anthology series, The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962-1963).

His first major role was in the 1971 movie The Last Picture Show for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated again for the same award for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. One of his better known roles was in the 1982 science-fiction cult classic Tron, in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer.

Other work

Jeff Bridges (Berlin Film Festival 2011

In his off time while on set, he has opened up a serious business with technology. He began taking pictures on set during Starman, at the suggestion of co-star Karen Allen. He has published many of these photographs online. Bridges is also a cartoonist. Some of his "doodles" have appeared in various films.

Bridges has performed voice-over work as well: he was behind Hyundai's 2007 "Think About It" ad campaign, and has done all of the Duracell ads in the "Trusted Everywhere" campaign (2006-current).

In the film The Contender, in which he co-starred, he recorded a version of Johnny Cash's standard "Ring of Fire" with Kim Carnes that played over the pivotal opening credits. As of 2008, the song has not been released commercially outside of the film.

Filmography

• The Company She Keeps (1951) uncredited
• The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
• Halls of Anger (1970)
• The Last Picture Show (1971)
• Fat City (1972)
• Bad Company (1972)
• The Last American Hero (1973)
• The Iceman Cometh (1973)
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
• Hearts of the West (1975)
• Rancho Deluxe (1975)
• Stay Hungry (1976)
• King Kong (1976)
• Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
• Winter Kills (1979)
• The American Success Company (1980)
• Heaven's Gate (1980)
• Cutter's Way (1981)
• Tron (1982)
• The Last Unicorn (1982) (voice)
• Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
• Against All Odds (1984)
• Starman (1984)
• Jagged Edge (1985)
• 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
• The Morning After (1986)
• The Thanksgiving Promise (1986)
• Nadine (1987)
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
• See You in the Morning (1989)
• Cold Feet (1989) (Cameo)
• The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
• Texasville (1990)
• Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991) (documentary)
• The Fisher King (1991)

• American Heart (1992)
• The Vanishing (1993)
• Fearless (1993)
• Blown Away (1994)
• Wild Bill (1995)
• White Squall (1996)
• The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
• Hidden in America (1996)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Arlington Road (1999)
• The Muse (1999)
• Simpatico (1999)
• The Contender (2000)
• Scenes of the Crime (2001)
• K-PAX (2001)
• Lost in La Mancha (2002) (documentary) (narrator)
• Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002) (short subject) (narrator)
• Masked and Anonymous (2003)
• Seabiscuit (2003)
• The Door in the Floor (2004)
• Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004) (documentary)
• Backstage at the Bowl (2005) (documentary) (narrator)
• The Amateurs (also known as The Moguls, 2005)
• Tideland (2005)
• Stick It (2006)
• Chasing the Lotus (2006) (documentary) (narrator)
• Surf's Up (2007) (voice)
• A Dog Year (2008)
• Iron Man (2008)
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
• The Open Road (2008)
• Crazy Heart (2009)
• The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
• The Giver (2010)
• Tron Legacy (2010)

Images for kids

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  Jeff Bridges at an event for The Giver in 2014

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  Bridges in 2010

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  Bridges at the premiere of The Men Who Stare at Goats, during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

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  Bridges at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards

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  Jeff Bridges speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International