Beau Bridges
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
250
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-12-09 (83 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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Daily Show
The Mike Douglas Show
American Dad!
American Dad!
Bonanza
Stargate SG-1
Desperate Housewives
Saturday Night Live
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
Jeopardy!
The Closer
Goliath
Homeland
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis
White Collar
My Three Sons
Everwood
Will & Grace
My Name Is Earl
Matlock
Rawhide
black-ish
Amazing Stories
Dr. Kildare
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Masters of Sex
Combat!
The Outer Limits
The Megan Mullally Show
Brothers and Sisters
Franklin & Bash
Ben Casey
The F.B.I.
The Wild Thornberrys
Tales from the Crypt
Lessons in Chemistry
The District
Felony Squad
The Tony Danza Show
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Gunsmoke
Greenleaf
Branded
Sea Hunt
Bloodline
The Clear Horizon
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Mr. Novak
Mr. Novak
Messiah
Eden
Cimarron Strip
Mr. Mayor
Seven Hours to Judgment
Jerry Maguire
The Millers
Charlotte's Web
The Agency
Game Time: Tackling the Past
Max Payne
The Descendants
The Don Knotts Show
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Voyage of the Unicorn
Vacation Playhouse
Into the West
The Loner
Hit & Run
Two-Minute Warning
Dialing Home
The Incident
The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Child Stealer
The Fabulous Baker Boys
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
The Christian Licorice Store
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Stargate: Continuum
Dragonfly
Ensign O'Toole
Ensign O'Toole
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Vault of Horror I
The Second Civil War
Alice in Wonderland
Lawless Range
Honky Tonk Freeway
The Runner Stumbles
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
Days When the Rains Came
Heart Like a Wheel
The Uninvited
Love Child
The Killing Time
Married to It
The Neon Highway
Mosaic
10.5: Apocalypse
The Mountain Between Us
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
The Christmas Secret
Stasis
Signs of Life
Sordid Lives
The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner
Sightings: Heartland Ghost
Hammersmith Is Out
Sordid Lives
Galveston
Losing Chase
Shimmering Light
Kissinger and Nixon
Your Three Minutes Are Up
The Premise
Harts of the West
The Thanksgiving Promise
Medical Story
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Adam's Woman
Night Crossing
The Wild Pair
Inherit the Wind
A Christmas Mystery
Debating Robert Lee
The Four Feathers
Can A Guy Say No?
The Wizard
The Company She Keeps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
End of the Road
RocketMan
Norma Rae
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
Maximum Bob
The Iron Triangle
Desert Road
Underdog Kids
Acting: The First Six Lessons
Spinning Into Butter
Hal
Night of 100 Stars III
Sidekicks
Dreamin' Wild
Songs In Ordinary Time
10.5
Robbie
Silver Dream Racer
Common Ground
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
Village of the Giants
The Good German
The Defenders: Taking the First
The Explosive Generation
Hidden in America
No Minor Vices
Child's Play
Pablo
Wildflower
Our Italian Christmas Memories
For Love of Ivy
1000 to 1
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
All About Nina
Witness for the Prosecution
One Night in Miami...
United States
Columbus Circle
Americanizing Shelley
The President's Mistress
Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud
Unconventional
The Fifth Musketeer
Space
The Goodwin Games
Force of Evil
It's My Hobby
Secret Sins of the Father
Rushlights
The Hotel New Hampshire
A Fighting Choice
Voyage of the Unicorn
Zamba
Founding Fathers
Out of the Ashes
The Man Without a Country
The Defenders: Payback
Don't Fade Away
Camera
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
07 Spaceys
Smile
We Were the Mulvaneys
Flick Flack
The Landlord
Greased Lightning
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word
Evel Knievel
Outrage!
The White River Kid
Nightjohn
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Just Another Secret
P.T. Barnum
Two/One
The Red Pony
Christmas in Angel Falls
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Lovin' Molly
Boys Klub
A Stranger to Love
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
The Man with Three Wives
The Red-Light Sting
Supervized
Elsewhere
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Million Dollar Babies
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
Dangerous Company
Meeting Daddy
Atta Girl, Kelly!
Swashbuckler
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
I-See-You.com
Vanessa in the Garden
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Gaily, Gaily
The Other Side of the Mountain
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
The Perfect Drug Film
TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
What About McBride?
Medical Story
The Kid From Nowhere
Words from a Bear
Are We Still Going to the Movies?
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
