Beau Bridges
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
254
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-12-09 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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).
Known For
Homeland
The Daily Show
American Dad!
American Dad!
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Stargate SG-1
Desperate Housewives
Saturday Night Live
White Collar
The Mike Douglas Show
Bonanza
Will & Grace
Jeopardy!
Goliath
The Closer
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
black-ish
Everwood
Combat!
Matlock
My Name Is Earl
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
My Three Sons
The Outer Limits
Brothers and Sisters
The Wild Thornberrys
Gunsmoke
Dr. Kildare
Rawhide
Tales from the Crypt
The Tony Danza Show
Bloodline
Masters of Sex
Franklin & Bash
Felony Squad
The District
Ben Casey
The F.B.I.
Amazing Stories
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Greenleaf
Sea Hunt
Lessons in Chemistry
Jerry Maguire
The Incident
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Megan Mullally Show
The Agency
Mr. Novak
Mr. Novak
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Greased Lightning
Eden
Branded
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
The Millers
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Hit & Run
Charlotte's Web
Galveston
Mr. Mayor
The Descendants
Cimarron Strip
Shimmering Light
Fridays
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
Underdog Kids
Camera
Americanizing Shelley
Max Payne
Vacation Playhouse
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Night Crossing
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Zamba
Into the West
The Clear Horizon
Messiah
The Wizard
Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
Blue Eyed Girl
Stasis
Sidekicks
RocketMan
Pablo
Sordid Lives
Hal
Rushlights
Common Ground
Mosaic
Losing Chase
Boys Klub
Love Child
Alice in Wonderland
Wildflower
Desert Road
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
A Christmas Mystery
Dragonfly
Elsewhere
The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Nightjohn
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Norma Rae
The Premise
Columbus Circle
Ensign O'Toole
Ensign O'Toole
Dreamin' Wild
The Mountain Between Us
The Loner
The Landlord
TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
10.5
10.5: Apocalypse
Swashbuckler
End of the Road
Supervized
All About Nina
The Man Without a Country
Two/One
The Four Feathers
Smile
Voyage of the Unicorn
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
Stargate: Continuum
Evel Knievel
The Don Knotts Show
Medical Story
07 Spaceys
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
Harts of the West
Witness for the Prosecution
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Seven Hours to Judgment
Outrage!
The Second Civil War
The Goodwin Games
Lawless Range
Dangerous Company
Dialing Home
The Good German
Married to It
Force of Evil
Maximum Bob
Night of 100 Stars III
No Minor Vices
Honky Tonk Freeway
Christmas in Angel Falls
The Company She Keeps
Kissinger and Nixon
Lovin' Molly
One Night in Miami...
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word
Child's Play
Two-Minute Warning
Game Time: Tackling the Past
The Christmas Secret
1000 to 1
Our Italian Christmas Memories
The Thanksgiving Promise
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
I-See-You.com
Space
Heart Like a Wheel
The White River Kid
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
The Fifth Musketeer
The Christian Licorice Store
The Child Stealer
Debating Robert Lee
The Runner Stumbles
Signs of Life
The Killing Time
Inherit the Wind
The Neon Highway
Can A Guy Say No?
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
A Stranger to Love
Songs In Ordinary Time
We Were the Mulvaneys
Adam's Woman
The Wild Pair
Spinning Into Butter
Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud
For Love of Ivy
Flick Flack
Acting: The First Six Lessons
The Man with Three Wives
The Explosive Generation
Vault of Horror I
The Perfect Drug Film
Robbie
Voyage of the Unicorn
Unconventional
Out of the Ashes
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Secret Sins of the Father
The Iron Triangle
The Red-Light Sting
The President's Mistress
Village of the Giants
Meeting Daddy
Hidden in America
Hammersmith Is Out
Gaily, Gaily
Sightings: Heartland Ghost
The Defenders: Taking the First
Just Another Secret
Vanessa in the Garden
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
Silver Dream Racer
The Defenders: Payback
The Uninvited
It's My Hobby
The Red Pony
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Are We Still Going to the Movies?
The Hotel New Hampshire
Million Dollar Babies
A Fighting Choice
Medical Story
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
Don't Fade Away
United States
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America
The Other Side of the Mountain
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
P.T. Barnum
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
P.T. Barnum
What About McBride?
Atta Girl, Kelly!
Founding Fathers
The Kid From Nowhere
Sordid Lives
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Words from a Bear
Your Three Minutes Are Up
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner
