Beau Bridges

Acting · 2.7 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

Eden

20136.5

The Wizard

19896.1

The Good German

20065.8

Hit & Run

20125.7

Night Crossing

19826.2

Force of Evil

19506.6

One Night in Miami...

20207.0

RocketMan

19975.2

End of the Road

20226.0

Galveston

20186.1

Elsewhere

20205.5

All About Nina

20185.9

The Fabulous Baker Boys

19896.6

Sidekicks

19925.3

Blue Eyed Girl

20256.1

Lovin' Molly

19744.9

Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove

20106.1

Silver Dream Racer

19805.6

The Hotel New Hampshire

19845.7

Medical Story

19757.0

Norma Rae

19797.2

Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted

20166.5

Smile

20055.1

Sightings: Heartland Ghost

20024.5

Two-Minute Warning

19766.3

Swashbuckler

19766.2

Meeting Daddy

20004.7

Supervized

20195.2

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

20056.1

Voyage of the Unicorn

20016.8

Dreamin' Wild

20236.1

UFO Cafe

19907.0

Boys Klub

20015.1

1000 to 1

20146.1

Night of 100 Stars III

19904.0

The White River Kid

19995.1

The Fifth Musketeer

19794.9

A Christmas Mystery

20226.3

Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud

20166.4

Wildflower

19916.1

07 Spaceys

20075.0

The Incident

19677.4

Dangerous Company

19826.0

The Other Side of the Mountain

19756.3

Honky Tonk Freeway

19815.3

Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word

20166.7

Greased Lightning

19776.4

The Second Civil War

19976.1

The Company She Keeps

19516.2

Witness for the Prosecution

19826.5

The Landlord

19706.0

Sordid Lives

20006.5

Inherit the Wind

19996.3

Columbus Circle

20125.8

I-See-You.com

20064.9

The Red-Light Sting

19843.5

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

20105.8

Outrage!

19865.3

Pablo

20126.9

Underdog Kids

20155.2

Hal

20196.6

The Four Feathers

19786.8

Vault of Horror I

19945.3

Two/One

20206.2

Rushlights

20134.8

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

19905.8

The Wild Pair

19875.3

Americanizing Shelley

20073.9

Christmas in Angel Falls

20176.0

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

20116.7

Married to It

19916.0

Signs of Life

19894.9

The Christian Licorice Store

19714.8

A Stranger to Love

19965.7

Out of the Ashes

20036.1

The Red Pony

19496.0

Child's Play

19726.1

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

19746.5

It's My Hobby

1974

Heart Like a Wheel

19835.8

Help Save Planet Earth

19909.0

The Explosive Generation

19615.0

Secret Sins of the Father

19943.5

The Killing Time

19875.0

Kissinger and Nixon

19957.9

Village of the Giants

19653.7

Debating Robert Lee

20046.5

Evel Knievel

20045.3

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

19904.4

The Thanksgiving Promise

19866.0

P.T. Barnum

19997.0

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

19984.5

Spinning Into Butter

20095.9

Your Three Minutes Are Up

19734.6

Hidden in America

19965.1

The Runner Stumbles

19796.7

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

19896.0

Camera

20246.3

The Iron Triangle

19895.6

Common Ground

20005.0

The Man with Three Wives

19938.0

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

19917.0

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

19936.4

Lawless Range

20184.0

Dragonfly

19767.3

The Christmas Secret

20005.9

Desert Road

20241.0

Our Italian Christmas Memories

20225.3

Losing Chase

19966.1

Hammersmith Is Out

19725.9

The Defenders: Payback

19974.5

The Neon Highway

20244.9

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

2009

Sordid Lives

2020

The President's Mistress

19786.8

The Man Without a Country

19736.5

What About McBride?

1974

Gaily, Gaily

19694.3

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

20208.5

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years

1998

Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story

19935.3

Atta Girl, Kelly!

1967

The Kid From Nowhere

19825.5

For Love of Ivy

19686.2

Game Time: Tackling the Past

20112.8

The Uninvited

19965.4

Words from a Bear

2019

We Were the Mulvaneys

20026.8

The Defenders: Taking the First

19985.8

Acting: The First Six Lessons

202010.0

Love Child

19825.6

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

20076.6

The Child Stealer

19798.0

5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids

19956.4

Nightjohn

19965.8

Songs In Ordinary Time

20004.3

Zamba

19495.0

Just Another Secret

19899.0

Can a Guy Say No?

1986

Stasis

20102.8

No Minor Vices

19487.1

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

19787.0

Vanessa in the Garden

19856.0

Don't Fade Away

20104.1

Adam's Woman

19706.9

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008

A Fighting Choice

19868.5

Shimmering Light

19789.0

Are We Still Going to the Movies?

1974

The Perfect Drug Film

1971

The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner

2016

Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America

20039.0