Jeffrey Leon Bridges is an American actor, musician, producer, photographer, cartoonist, storyteller, and occasional
vintner. He comes from a well-known acting family and began his first televised acting in 1958 as child with his father,
Lloyd Bridges, and brother
Beau on television's
Sea Hunt. Some of his best-known major motion films include:
Tron ,
Fearless,
Iron Man, Contender, The
The Contender,
Starman,
The Fabulous Baker Boys,
Jagged Edge,
Against All Odds, Fisher King, The
The Fisher King,
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,
Seabiscuit, and
The Big Lebowski. He won the
Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film
Crazy Heart and earned his sixth
Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of
Rooster Cogburn in 2010's
True Grit.