Beau Bridges

Acting · 2.8 popularity

Age

Movies

160

Born: December 9, 1941
From: Los Angeles, California, USA

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).

Works

160 films

Jerry Maguire

19967.0

Seven Hours to Judgment

19884.4

Charlotte's Web

20066.2

The Descendants

20116.8

Max Payne

20085.4

The Mountain Between Us

20176.6

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

20087.1

Stargate: Continuum

20087.2

The Good German

20065.8

Hit & Run

20125.7

The Wizard

19896.1

RocketMan

19975.2

One Night in Miami...

20207.0

Eden

20136.5

End of the Road

20226.0

Sidekicks

19925.3

Galveston

20186.1

The Fabulous Baker Boys

19896.6

Night Crossing

19826.2

Force of Evil

19506.6

Elsewhere

20205.5

Blue Eyed Girl

20256.1

Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove

20106.1

Norma Rae

19797.2

The Hotel New Hampshire

19845.7

Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted

20166.5

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

20056.1

Voyage of the Unicorn

20016.8

Smile

20055.1

Supervized

20195.2

1000 to 1

20146.1

Swashbuckler

19766.2

Medical Story

19757.0

Meeting Daddy

20004.7

Lovin' Molly

19744.9

Boys Klub

20015.1

All About Nina

20185.9

Wildflower

19916.1

UFO Cafe

19907.0

Witness for the Prosecution

19826.5

Inherit the Wind

19996.3

Dangerous Company

19826.0

Sightings: Heartland Ghost

20024.5

Dreamin' Wild

20236.1

Two-Minute Warning

19766.3

The White River Kid

19995.1

The Second Civil War

19976.1

Silver Dream Racer

19805.6

The Incident

19677.4

The Landlord

19706.0

A Christmas Mystery

20226.3

Rushlights

20134.8

Greased Lightning

19776.4

Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud

20166.4

Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word

20166.7

The Fifth Musketeer

19794.9

The Other Side of the Mountain

19756.3

Night of 100 Stars III

19904.0

Columbus Circle

20125.8

Americanizing Shelley

20073.9

The Wild Pair

19875.3

07 Spaceys

20075.0

Outrage!

19865.3

Vault of Horror I

19945.3

The Explosive Generation

19615.0

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

20105.8

Out of the Ashes

20036.1

I-See-You.com

20064.9

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

20116.7

The Company She Keeps

19516.2

Honky Tonk Freeway

19815.3

Heart Like a Wheel

19835.8

Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?

19905.8

The Christian Licorice Store

19714.8

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

19746.5

Hal

20196.6

Christmas in Angel Falls

20176.0

Two/One

20206.2

Child's Play

19726.1

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

19904.4

The Red-Light Sting

19843.5

Underdog Kids

20155.2

Sordid Lives

20006.5

Kissinger and Nixon

19957.9

The Red Pony

19496.0

Evel Knievel

20045.3

The Man Without a Country

19736.5

Losing Chase

19966.1

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

19896.0

The Defenders: Taking the First

19985.8

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

19984.5

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

19936.4

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

19917.0

Married to It

19916.0

Our Italian Christmas Memories

20225.3

Debating Robert Lee

20046.5

Hidden in America

19965.1

Spinning Into Butter

20095.9

Secret Sins of the Father

19943.5

A Stranger to Love

19965.7

Signs of Life

19894.9

The Thanksgiving Promise

19866.0

Village of the Giants

19653.7

It's My Hobby

1974

Help Save Planet Earth

19909.0

The Killing Time

19875.0

The Man with Three Wives

19938.0

P.T. Barnum

19997.0

Camera

20246.3

Gaily, Gaily

19694.3

Pablo

20126.9

Atta Girl, Kelly!

1967

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years

1998

Acting: The First Six Lessons

202010.0

We Were the Mulvaneys

20026.8

Common Ground

20005.0

The Defenders: Payback

19974.5

Love Child

19825.6

The Four Feathers

19786.8

What About McBride?

1974

The President's Mistress

19786.8

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

2009

Your Three Minutes Are Up

19734.6

Stasis

20102.8

The Christmas Secret

20005.9

The Iron Triangle

19895.6

The Uninvited

19965.4

Hammersmith Is Out

19725.9

The Neon Highway

20244.9

For Love of Ivy

19686.2

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

19787.0

Dragonfly

19767.3

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

20076.6

The Runner Stumbles

19796.7

Songs In Ordinary Time

20004.3

Vanessa in the Garden

19856.0

Sordid Lives

2020

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

20208.5

Words from a Bear

2019

The Kid From Nowhere

19825.5

Desert Road

20241.0

No Minor Vices

19487.1

Just Another Secret

19899.0

Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story

19935.3

Don't Fade Away

20104.1

The Child Stealer

19798.0

Game Time: Tackling the Past

20112.8

Can a Guy Say No?

1986

A Fighting Choice

19868.5

Lawless Range

20184.0

Nightjohn

19965.8

Zamba

19495.0

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008

Adam's Woman

19706.9

Shimmering Light

19789.0

5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids

19956.4

Are We Still Going to the Movies?

1974

The Perfect Drug Film

1971

Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America

20039.0

The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner

2016