Beau Bridges
Biography
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor and director. 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. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 7, 2003, for his contributions to the television industry. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges.
In 1948, he had an uncredited role in Force of Evil, and No Minor Vices, while in 1949, he played in the film The Red Pony. In the 1962–1963 television season, he and his brother, Jeff, appeared on their father's series, The Lloyd Bridges Show. He appeared in other television series too, including National Velvet (1962), The Fugitive (1963), Bonanza (1967), Mr. Novak (1963), and The Loner (1966). He appeared in such feature films during that time as The Landlord (1970), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), Greased Lightning (1977), Norma Rae (1979), Heart Like a Wheel (1983), and The Hotel New Hampshire (1984).
In 1989, in perhaps his best-known role, he starred in The Fabulous Baker Boys. In the 1993–94 television season, he appeared with his father in the 15-episode series Harts of the West. In 1998, he starred as Judge Bob Gibbs in the one-season Maximum Bob on ABC. He had a recurring role in the Showtime series Beggars and Choosers (1999–2000).
In 2001, he guest-starred as Daniel McFarland, in two episodes in Will & Grace. From 2002 to 2003, he took on the role of Senator Tom Gage in The Agency. In January 2005, he was cast as Major General Hank Landry in Stargate SG-1. He also played the character in five episodes of the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis, as well as the two direct to DVD films Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum, both in 2008. In 2005, he guest-starred as Carl Hickey in My Name Is Earl; later, his character became recurring. He received a 2007 Emmy Award nomination for his performance. In 2009, he guest-starred as Eli Scruggs on the 100th episode of Desperate Housewives and received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance.
In 2011, he guest-starred in Brothers and Sisters, and in Franklin & Bash. In 2012, he took on the role of J.B. Biggley in the hit revival of the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. In 2013, he became a major character on the CBS television show The Millers. He has had several roles in movies since then including Underdog Kids (2015), and Lawless Range (2016). He has also had guest roles on the shows Masters of Sex (2013–2016) and Code Black (2016).
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-12-09
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Cast
The Wizard
1989
6.03
The Good German
2006
5.76
End of the Road
2022
6.00
07 Spaceys
2007
5.00
The Fifth Musketeer
1979
5.00
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
6.62
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
6.32
Voyage of the Unicorn
2001
6.70
Wildflower
1991
5.80
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
5.60
Dreamin' Wild
2023
5.80
Two-Minute Warning
1976
6.20
The Red Pony
1949
5.70
Sidekicks
1992
5.25
Silver Dream Racer
1980
5.40
The Killing Time
1987
4.70
Married to It
1991
5.90
Stargate: Continuum
2008
7.13
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
2008
7.13
Max Payne
2008
5.38
Charlotte's Web
2006
6.22
Heart Like a Wheel
1983
5.60
Norma Rae
1979
7.20
Greased Lightning
1977
6.28
Swashbuckler
1976
6.20
I-See-You.com
2006
4.90
RocketMan
1997
5.20
Village of the Giants
1965
3.60
Don't Fade Away
2010
4.30
Pablo
2012
6.90
Stasis
2010
2.80
Smile
2005
4.90
Camera
2024
7.00
The Landlord
1970
5.86
The Descendants
2011
6.84
The Incident
1967
7.30
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005
6.09
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
5.17
The White River Kid
1999
5.00
Out of the Ashes
2003
6.50
Sordid Lives
2000
6.50
For Love of Ivy
1968
5.90
The Christmas Secret
2000
5.70
Child's Play
1972
6.06
Love Child
1982
5.80
Game Time: Tackling the Past
2011
2.80
Columbus Circle
2012
5.75
Signs of Life
1989
4.00
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
5.70
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975
6.20
Night Crossing
1982
6.10
Eden
2013
6.51
The Wild Pair
1987
4.00
Vanessa in the Garden
1985
0.00
Hit & Run
2012
5.70
Losing Chase
1996
6.10
The Iron Triangle
1989
5.36
The Man with Three Wives
1993
0.00
What About McBride?
1974
0.00
A Stranger to Love
1996
5.40
The Runner Stumbles
1979
6.80
The Uninvited
1996
5.50
Songs In Ordinary Time
2000
3.80
Gaily, Gaily
1969
4.00
Sightings: Heartland Ghost
2002
4.80
The Explosive Generation
1961
5.30
Seven Hours to Judgment
1988
4.20
Meeting Daddy
2000
3.00
Rushlights
2013
4.80
Your Three Minutes Are Up
1973
4.80
Lovin' Molly
1974
4.70
The Four Feathers
1978
6.70
Dragonfly
1976
10.00
Medical Story
1975
0.00
The Defenders: Payback
1997
3.50
We Were the Mulvaneys
2002
6.50
Underdog Kids
2015
5.70
The Man Without a Country
1973
6.50
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974
6.00
Outrage!
1986
5.00
P.T. Barnum
1999
7.00
Just Another Secret
1989
0.00
Kissinger and Nixon
1995
7.90
Hidden in America
1996
5.50
The Second Civil War
1997
6.20
Shimmering Light
1978
0.00
A Christmas Mystery
2022
6.50
Jerry Maguire
1996
6.96
Americanizing Shelley
2007
3.60
The Neon Highway
2024
4.50
Nightjohn
1996
5.60
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
4.00
The Child Stealer
1979
6.00
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998
4.00
Adam's Woman
1970
7.60
Our Italian Christmas Memories
2022
5.50
Evel Knievel
2004
5.50
The Kid From Nowhere
1982
3.00
Boys Klub
2001
5.60
Words from a Bear
2019
0.00
Zamba
1949
3.50
Desert Road
2024
0.00
Force of Evil
1950
6.60
The Perfect Drug Film
1971
0.00
It's My Hobby
1974
0.00
Secret Sins of the Father
1994
3.50
Debating Robert Lee
2004
6.30
The Red-Light Sting
1984
2.50
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
2010
5.70
Lawless Range
2018
3.80
Common Ground
2000
4.70
Can A Guy Say No?
1986
0.00
Spinning Into Butter
2007
5.50
The President's Mistress
1978
6.70
Hal
2019
6.50
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
0.00
Inherit the Wind
1999
6.30
A Fighting Choice
1986
7.00
Galveston
2018
6.10
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986
5.69
No Minor Vices
1948
6.50
The Company She Keeps
1951
5.90
The Mountain Between Us
2017
6.65
Dangerous Company
1982
6.00
The Christian Licorice Store
1971
4.40
All About Nina
2018
5.97
Christmas in Angel Falls
2017
6.00
Two/One
2020
6.50
Elsewhere
2020
5.40
Supervized
2019
5.09
Vault of Horror I
1994
5.00
Atta Girl, Kelly!
1967
0.00
One Night in Miami...
2020
7.00
1000 to 1
2014
6.00
The Defenders: Taking the First
1998
6.50
Sordid Lives
2020
0.00
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011
6.70
Acting: The First Six Lessons
2020
10.00
