Jeffrey Bridges was first seen in the 1951 John Cromwell-directed drama film ‘The Company She Keeps.’ He next appeared in television series and shows such as ‘Sea Hunt’ (1958-1960), ‘The Lloyd Bridges Show’ (1962-1963), ‘The Loner’ (1965), ‘The F.B.I.’ (1969), ‘Lassie’ (1969), and ‘The Don Knotts Show’ (1970). In 1970, he starred as ‘Doug’ in the American drama film ‘Halls of Anger’ directed by Paul Bogart. The film received a mixed response from critics upon release. The following year, he played the role of ‘Duane Jackson’ in the Peter Bogdanovich-directed American coming-of-age drama film ‘The Last Picture Show.’ The film opened to massive acclaim and performed well at the box office, grossing over $29.1 million on a budget of $1.3 million. Bridges also received an ‘Academy Award’ nomination for his portrayal of Duane Jackson in the film. He continued to star in films such as ‘Fat City’ (1972), ‘Bad Company’ (1972), ‘Lolly-Madonna XXX’ (1973), ‘The Last American Hero’ (1973), and ‘The Iceman Cometh’ (1973). Bridges received his second ‘Academy Award’ nomination for his performance as ‘Lightfoot’ in the 1974 American crime comedy film ‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’ directed by Michael Cimino. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and grossed over $25 million at the box office.Â
He was next seen in films such as ‘Rancho Deluxe’ (1975), ‘Hearts of the West’ (1975), and ‘Stay Hungry’ (1976). In 1976, he starred as ‘Jack Prescott’ in the American monster adventure film ‘King Kong’ directed by John Guillermin. The film, despite receiving a mixed response from critics, turned out to be a box office success and grossed over $90.6 million on a $24 million budget. He went on to star in films like ‘Somebody Killed Her Husband’ (1978), ‘Winter Kills’ (1979), ‘Heaven's Gate’ (1980), ‘Cutter's Way’ (1981), ‘Tron’ (1982), ‘The Last Unicorn’ (1982), and ‘Against All Odds’ (1984). Bridges received the Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of ‘Scott Hayden / Starman’ in the 1984 American science fiction romantic drama film ‘Starman’ directed by John Carpenter. Even though the film opened to a positive reception, it struggled to perform at the box office. He next starred in films such as ‘Jagged Edge’ (1985), ‘8 Million Ways to Die’ (1986), ‘Nadine’ (1987), ‘Tucker: The Man and His Dream’ (1988), ‘See You in the Morning’ (1989), ‘Texasville’ (1990), ‘The Fisher King’ (1991), ‘American Heart’ (1992), ‘The Vanishing’ (1993), and ‘Blown Away’ (1994). In 1995, he portrayed ‘James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok’ in the American Acid Western film ‘Wild Bill’ directed by Walter Hill. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial failure.Â
Bridges continued to star in films like ‘White Squall’ (1996), ‘The Mirror Has Two Faces’ (1996), ‘The Big Lebowski’ (1998), ‘Arlington Road’ (1999), ‘The Muse’ (1999), ‘The Contender’ (2000), ‘Scenes of the Crime’ (2001), ‘Masked and Anonymous’ (2003), ‘Seabiscuit’ (2003), ‘The Door in the Floor’ (2004), ‘The Amateurs’ (2005), ‘Stick It’ (2006), ‘Surf's Up’ (2007), and ‘Iron Man’ (2008). In 2009, he starred as ‘Otis "Bad" Blake’ in the Scott Cooper-directed American drama film ‘Crazy Heart.’ The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $47.4 million on a budget of $7 million. Bridges also won several awards, including the ‘Academy Award’ and the ‘Golden Globe Award,’ for his performance in the film. He was next seen in films such as ‘Tron: Legacy’ (2010), ‘True Grit’ (2010), ‘A Place at the Table’ (2012), ‘R.I.P.D.’ (2013), ‘Pablo’ (2013), ‘The Giver’ (2014), ‘Seventh Son’ (2014), ‘The Little Prince’ (2015), ‘Hell or High Water’ (2016), ‘The Only Living Boy in New York’ (2017), ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ (2017), and ‘Living in the Future's Past’ (2018). He was last seen playing the role of ‘Johnny Kohler / Dan Chase’ in the American drama thriller television series ‘The Old Man’ in 2022. The series was renewed for a second season the same year.
A gangster asks a former football player Terry Brogan, to find his girlfriend. Since the latter is injured, penniless, and going through tough times, he reluctantly agrees. Eventually, Terry manages to track down Jessie, but unexpectedly, he also gets infatuated with her. Eventually, he finds himself trapped in an intricate web of suspicion and betrayal.
Depression era’s true story about thoroughbred Seabiscuit who, though relatively undersized and with slight limp, became one of the most successful racehorses. Car-dealer Charles Howard bought the disgraced horse on suggestion of down-&-out trainer Tom Smith, who selected Red Pollard as his jockey. Forming a close bond with them, Seabiscuit achieved victories that boosted spirits of his team as well as the nation.
An alien, who is stuck on Earth, kidnaps the widow of a deceased man and inhabits his body. He makes her drive him across his country so that he can unite with a vessel which will take him back to his home planet. Although he eventually forms a bond with the widow, military officials try to stop them and kill him.
A former country music star is now a traveling singer and songwriter, earning his living by singing in small town bars. He is alcoholic and alone in the world, with four or five marriages behind him. Then he meets a young reporter with a four year old son and romance begins to blossom. Although they enter into relationship his last chance of happiness is quickly threatened by his old habits.
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a comedy crime drama film which tells the story of a bank robber, who reunites his old gang to organize a new heist and rob a bank.
Brothers Toby and Tanner Howard start robbing branches of the Texas Midlands Bank to save the ranch left by their mother. However, their last robbery leads to a confrontation with the town’s people and a pursuit by two Texas rangers. The brothers try to make it out alive but suffer devastating consequences.
Frank and Jack, two brothers, are musicians who have been struggling for years, without much success. However, their lives change and they start gaining popularity after they team up with a beautiful singer named Susie. However, soon Susie and Jack find themselves attracted to each other, which threatens the stability of the trio.
14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross is determined to avenge the killing of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, but while searching for a man with "true grit", she can only find the aging, alcoholic US marshal Rooster Cogburn. However, Cogburn is more interested in the bounty Texas Ranger LaBoeuf has on Chaney's head.
Insensitive comments by shock jock Jack Lucas forces an unstable caller into committing a mass-murder suicide. Severely depressed after the incident Jack meets a homeless man Parry, who is searching for the Holy Grail. When Jack realizes Parry is actually the husband of one of the murderer’s victims, he decides to help Parry.
When a middle-aged bachelor, Jeffrey The Dude Lebowski, is attacked due to mistaken identity, he seeks compensation from the other Jeffrey The Big Lebowski who is a millionaire. Soon the latter wants Dude to deliver a ransom to secure the release of his wife Bunny; however, Dude’s friend Walter plans to keep the money.
Set in an exclusive beach community, the film tells the story of Ted Cole, who is a writer and illustrator of children’s books. He lives with his young daughter Ruth and his wife Marion. Their lives have been unstable since their two sons died in a car crash. Due to her depression, Marion starts having an affair with Ted’s assistant.
The Last Picture Show is a drama film, revolving around few high school friends who are living in a Texas town that is dying culturally as well as economically. As their graduation approaches, they think about their futures. .
This historical action drama film revolves around a group of elite firefighters who risk everything in their attempt to protect a town from a historic wildfire.
A superhero film based on the eponymous Marvel Comics character and the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man has Tony Stark, a genius billionaire, securing his release from an Afghan cave by creating high-tech suit of armor. He perfects the suit and uses it to fight evil forces to protect the world.
Gregory is a shy middle-aged professor who believes that sex ruins relationships. He gets married to a colleague named Rose, on one condition that their marriage is platonic. However, Rose starts to get physically attracted to him.
This biographical drama film tells the story of Preston Tucker, the well-known auto designer, who had revolutionized the auto industry. The film shows how he had struggled in his early days, and how his dreams are challenged by the established auto manufacturers of Detroit.
At the once-popular but now-deserted hotel El Royale of Lake Tahoe, six strangers, and the hotel manager, meet on a fateful night. They may not be what they appear to be, but have their own secrets which are disclosed over the course of night. As their stories intertwined, the hotel too reveals its own dark secrets - together, everything leads to wild twists and turns.
Michael Faraday losts his wife Leah, an FBI agent, in the line of duty. When he starts suspecting, his new neighbors Oliver and Cheryl Lang might be involved in a right-wing terrorist plot against the U.S. Government, his suspicions are dismissed as paranoia. But the Langs might have more sinister plans for him.
After the Vice President passes away, Senator Laine Hanson is appointed by the President as the first lady Vice President to hold office. However soon, shocking secrets from her past are revealed, which not only leads to controversy, but also threatens her personal and professional life.
The film revolves around ‘prot,’ a patient at a psychiatric hospital who claims to be from a far-off planet, K-PAX. Though nobody believes him, he adeptly provides accurate answers about his background. Also, he seems to have positive influence on other patients. Psychiatrist Dr. Powell is baffled and treats him for ‘multiple personality disorder’, but then has doubts about his conclusions.
Fat City is a sports drama film which tells the story of Billy Tully, a boxer past his prime, who meets an 18-year-old named Ernie Munger. He sees a lot of potential in the youngster, and suggest him to look up Ruben, his former manager and trainer. Inspired by the skills of the kid, Tully decides to go back into boxing himself, although his life has been a total mess, since his wife left him.
After surviving a plane crash, the personality of Max Klein totally changes as he becomes a completely different person. Meanwhile, he also tries to help and support another survivor who lost her child.
Kevin Flynn, the CEO of ENCOM International, disappears mysteriously. Twenty years later, his son, Sam sets out to investigate a signal that only his father could send and ends up in a digital world where the latter has been trapped. The duo now have to traverse the dangerous cyber universe ruled by malevolent program Clu and ruin his plans of capturing the real world.
Poppy Adams, the world’s most powerful drug cartel leader destroys the Kingsman headquarters killing almost everybody. Eggsy survives along with Merlin and travels to America to team up with the American counterpart of Kingsman, Statesman. They also find Harry alive but Merlin sacrifices himself before they can stop Poppy and a corrupt US President.
Tron is an action adventure science fiction film which tells the story of Kevin, a software programmer and computer hacker, who is dragged into the virtual world, where he finds himself forced to take part in gladiatorial games. Soon, he realizes that his only chance of escape is a security program named Tron.
Heaven’s Gate is an American Western drama film which revolves around Sheriff James Averill, of Jackson County, who gets involved in a a class war against Nathan Champion, a mercenary who has been supporting the rich cattle farmers in the area, while the poor immigrants are forced to live in terrible conditions.
Captain Christopher Sheldon goes on a sailing voyage with a few teen boys. When they encounter a white squall, the boys learn discipline and how to trust each other, while also trying to survive.
While a young woman is passing through rural Tennessee, she gets caught unintentionally in a feud between two local neighboring clans.
Paige is a rich socialite who is murdered at her beach house by a masked intruder with a hunting knife. However, the person who is arrested for the murder is her husband Jack. He tries to hire a high-profile lawyer named Teddy Barnes for his defense, who reluctantly accepts the case. She soon starts falling in love with him.
After being killed by his shrewd partner, detective sergeant, Nick Walker, is assigned to the Rest in Peace Department that is responsible for returning deados—unwilling souls hiding among the living—to the afterlife. Teamed up with veteran agent, Roy Pulsifer, Nick soon uncovers a sinister plot to reverse the flow of souls from Earth to the afterlife.
Living in a colorless idyllic world devoid of feelings, 16-year-old Jonas learns that he will be the next Receiver of Memory, responsible for safeguarding past memories from the rest of the community. Training with his predecessor, now called the Giver, he experiences the colorful world of emotions and rebels against the ruling elders to release all past memories.
On relocating to New York City after securing a job at the popular glossy magazine Sharps, British polemic journalist Sydney Young has a tough time, making blunders, being scorned by one and all until he learns to compromise. But one cannot live forever on a borrowed image and his true nature is soon revealed.
After her drug-addict mother passes away, a little girl's father leaves her alone in a country estate, where she enters into a fantastic world of her own imagination.
Stick It is a comedy-drama sports film, which tells the story of Haley, who is a rebellious teenager. She decides to enroll in an elite gymnastics academy run by the legendary Burt Vickerman. However, due to her rebellious behavior, she starts creating conflicts everywhere, and Vickerman therefore attempts to tame her.
The Vanishing is a mystery thriller film which revolves around Barney, a disturbed professor who is intent on abducting a woman. Eventually, after numerous failed attempts, he manages to kidnap her while she is vacationing with Jeff, her boyfriend. Three years later, he decides to investigate and find out, what exactly happened to her.
When reporter Bob Wilton’s wife leaves him for his superior, he decides to prove his worth. He flies to Iraq in search of a good story and meets Lyn Cassady who claims to be a part of an experimental U.S. military unit—the New Earth Army—that uses paranormal powers to fight wars. The founder of the unit is nowhere to be found and Lyn seeks to find him.
As a serial bomber, targeting Boston bomb-squad members, kills a close friend of the recently retired explosive expert Jimmy Dove, he returns to help find the bomber. Dove soon identifies the man behind the bombings as former-colleague, radical Irishman Ryan Gaerity, who had escaped from prison to avenge Dove, whom he held responsible for his imprisonment. But can Dove stop the mad bomber?
A Dog Year is a comedy drama film which tells the story of Jon Katz, a man facing a midlife crisis. His wife leaves him as he had becomes too distant. His life takes a crazy turn after he is convinced by a dog breeder to take in an abused and hyperactive dog named Devon.
Due to a court order, an all-black inner city school is to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transferred there, but the black students oppose this vehemently. Therefore the school brings a tough black teacher to handle the situation.
An expedition to find petroleum takes Jack Prescott to an island that is said to be rich in oil. However, upon reaching the island, he encounters a colossal giant gorilla, Kong, who wreaks havoc.
The Muse
Centuries ago, the knight Gregory imprisoned the malevolent witch Mother Malkin underground. But she has escaped now and Gregory has only a few days to teach his new apprentice, Tom Ward, everything about magic to defeat Malkin. On their way Tom and the witch Alice fall in love with each other, complicating matters.
Somebody Killed Her Husband is a comedy mystery film which tells the story of a married woman and her lover who finds her husband’s corpse with a kitchen knife in his back. Now they must find the killer before they are accused of committing the murder themselves.
This fantasy thriller film revolves around a man who has a power that is able to change a person’s nature into the opposite. He soon faces a villain whose intent is global domination.
The Little Prince is an animated fantasy film, which revolves around a little girl, who is taken by her neighbor, the Aviator, to a magical world, the world of the Little Prince.
The Last Unicorn is an animated fantasy adventure film which tells the story of a young unicorn who comes to know that the evil King Haggard is planning to eliminate all the unicorns in the world. She decides to seek the help of a sorcerer, and save the unicorns from extinction.
Rock-hopper penguin Cody Maverick, a passionate surfer, travels from hometown Shiverpool, Antarctica, to Pen Gu Island to participate in the most important competition ‘Big Z Memorial Surf Off,’ held in honor of Cody’s idol Big Z. He wants to win to earn appreciation and respect, but a meeting with a hermitic old surfer, Geek, makes him realize the true meaning of winning.
This drama film revolves around the life of a female convict, who tries to rebuild her life after her release from prison. She soon meets a handsome man, and they begin dating. While she hides the fact that she was in prison, he hides the fact that he was involved with her parole officer.
Jeff Bridges Awards
| Crazy Heart | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | 2010 |
| Crazy Heart | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | 2010 |
