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