Biography of Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles from a family of actors: her father is Lloyd Bridges, while his mother is Dorothy Simpson; her brother, however, will become the actor Beau Bridges. After working since childhood in showbiz (television participates in "Sea hunt" in 1958, "The Lloyd Bridges Show" in 1962, "The Loner" in 1965, "F.B.I." and "Silent night, lonely night" in 1969 and in the telefilm "The most deadly game" in 1970), at the end of the military service is called by Peter Bogdanovich to star in "the last picture show" (which allows him to get a nomination for best supporting actor); a little later, gets a small role in John Huston's "fat city".
Is the 1972: a year later, Jeff takes part in "the Earth turned red", directed by Richard c. Sarafin, and the remake of "King Kong" by John Guillermin, where has the opportunity to play alongside Jessica Lange. In 1977 he married Susan Geston, waitress known during the filming of "Scandal at the ranch", which will give him three daughters: Isabelle Annie, Jessica Lily Jessie and Hayley Roselouise. After acting for Bob Rafelson in "stay hungry", plays with Anthony Perkins "Rebus for an assassination", by William Richert.
The 1980s started with the masterpiece "Heaven's Gate" of his friend Michael Cimino, known in 1974 at the time of "A 20 gauge for the specialist" (film that had given him another Oscar nomination). Also noteworthy is the participation in the Walt Disney film "Tron". The 1984 sees the cast of "Starman" by John Carpenter (which earned him an Academy Award nomination for best actor at the Oscars); two years later, however, Bridges participates in "The morning after" (by Sidney Lumet, starring Jane Fonda) and "8 million ways to die", by Hal Hashby. Francis Ford Coppola directs it in "Tucker, a man and his dream" in 1988, and the following year Bridges starred in "We'll do tomorrow," comedy directed by Alan j. Pakula, and in "the fabulous Baker boys," where did haul in a jazzy atmosphere in the company of Michelle Pfeiffer and brother Beau Bridges. "The Fisher King" by Terry Gilliam, which allows him to get a Golden Globe nomination for best actor in a musical or comedy and a nomination for best actor at the Saturn Awards, anticipates "Fearless", Director Peter Weir: is the 1993. The 1990s saw him, among other things, the protagonist of the drama film by Ridley Scott "the albatross-Beyond the storm" and the Duet with Barbra Streisand in "the love of two halves", which featured Lauren Bacall.
After playing Jeffrey the dude Lebowski in "the Big Lebowski, the Coen brothers ' cult, takes part in" dangerous Deceits ", thriller by Matthew Warchus, starring Albert Finney. Directed by Iain Softley "K-Pax", that also has Kevin Spacey, Jeff reads in 2003 for Gary Ross in "Seabiscuit-A timeless myth"; Tile then Kim Basinger in Tod Williams "The door in The floor". Winner of an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for best actor for "Crazy Heart" (Scott Cooper whose film is also an executive producer), back in the role of Kevin Flynn/Clu in Tron sequel, "Tron Legacy": movies that won him a Saturn Award for best actor. The 2000s also saw him reprise the role as a voice actor, with whom he had already competed in 1982 in "the last Unicorn": happens in 2002 in the documentary "Lost in La Mancha" and for the short film "Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West" in 2007 for the film "Surf's up King of the waves" and the video game connected "Surf's up", and in 2011 for "Pablo". In 2000, Bridges devoted to music, always been his great passion (as a boy he studied piano, particularly encouraged by her mother) and released the album "Be here soon", followed, in 2011, "Jeff Bridges".
Scholar of Buddhism and practitioner (prior to joining dedicates itself for about half an hour of meditation), is the actor settled in California in Montecito, has long been involved in the humanitarian front, having founded in 1984 the "End hunger network," Organization aimed at encouraging, supporting and stimulating activities to reduce hunger in the world of children. Spokesman for the "No kid hungry campaign" to "Share our strength" in 2010, he supported Barack Obama in his race for the White House.
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