Jeffrey Leon Bridges

Jeff Bridges is an American actor, winner of the Academy Awards and Golden Globes. In addition to a number of other famous films, Bridges also starred in the cult films "Tron" and "The Big Lebowski", which, in a failed box office, had an incredible impact on film production, culture and society.

Jeff Bridges' acting career seems to have been sealed by fate. He was born on December 4, 1949, to the actors Lloyd and Dorothy Bridges. His brother Bo also followed in the footsteps of his parents. The Bridges learned acting from A.P. Chekhov's nephew, the Russian actor Mikhail Chekhov.

Jeff first appeared in front of the cameras as a four-month-old toddler in an episode of The Company She Owns. After school, he was sure that he wanted to connect his life with cinema. To pay for his studies in New York, Jeff worked for a time with the Coast Guard. In parallel, he took part in amateur performances in his father's show. Having improved his financial situation, the guy went to New York, where he graduated from the acting courses of Herbert Bergdorf and Uta Hagen.

As already mentioned, Jeff Bridges started acting in films from the cradle. His second appearance on the screen (at the age of 8) is associated with the TV series "Sea Hunt", where he played with his father. The first significant acting work of Jeff Bridges was the picture "The Last Session". The film's budget was small, and critics gave it mixed reviews. In spite of everything, the ambitious project was able to collect at the box office dozens of times more money spent on it. He was also successful for Jeff - the actor won his first Oscar nomination.

His popularity gradually grew, and there were more serious roles. In 1974, his appearance in the crime drama "Stormbreaker and the Swiftfoot" did not pass unnoticed - he again entered the "Oscar race" for Best Supporting Actor.

The next ten years in the film career of Jeff Bridges were not marked by resounding success. The most resounding popularity was gained by the fantastic action movie "King Kong", a modernized remake of the famous "King Kong" of 1933. In this film, Jeff Bridges played the role of paleontologist and conservationist Jack Prescott, who tricked him into joining an oil exploration expedition.

In 1982, Jeff Bridges starred in the American science fiction film Tron by Walt Disney Studios. The actor played the role of a young programmer who finds himself in the "digital world".

This film has a paradoxical fate. The film "Tron" influenced the entire history of cinema and CGI, because it was this film that became the first film to use computer graphics and even demonstrated, albeit simplified, computer animation of a face.

But the picture by itself did not gain popularity, although it created an incredibly successful franchise. Income from arcade games alone turned out to be higher than the box office of the film.

Everything changed after the premiere of The Man from the Star. In the fantastic drama, Jeff played an alien in love with an earthly woman. The actor again got the opportunity to compete for the Oscar, but as a leading male role. The next nomination did not bring him victory, but from the directors every now and then they began to receive worthwhile proposals.

The images he embodies on the screen are bright and memorable. Among them is the role of a wealthy businessman in Jagged Blade, an ex-prisoner in American Heart, an architect in the psychological drama Fearless. In 1996, Bridges played in the melodrama "The Mirror Has Two Faces," where Barbra Streisand acted as the female lead and director of the film.

Later, the actor appeared in the famous Coen comedy "The Big Lebowski". Here Jeff Bridges played the main role - an unemployed pacifist, who, thanks to the actor's long hair and tall height (185 cm), looks almost biblical.

This hero becomes a courier, whose task is to transfer a million dollars from one millionaire to the kidnappers of his young wife. This operation breaks down, and the hero, together with his friend and the eccentric characters encountered during the plot, has to extricate himself from the existing problems on his own.

This film also has a paradoxical fate. "The Big Lebowski" received a cold reaction from critics and the title of the worst film of the Coen, and also performed poorly at the box office. But at the same time, the picture gathered an army of fans and became "the first cult film of the Internet era." This film spawns a whole subculture or even a philosophical movement. Festivals named after the main character are held annually, fans write books and maintain websites with analytics and speculation about the plot of the picture, and the phrases of the heroes have become popular among those who have not watched the film.

High praise from film critics, and with it the fourth nomination for "Oscar" in 2001, Jeff Bridges brought the film "The Challenger." Viewers saw him in the guise of the American Democratic President. He demonstrated the highest degree of acting in the film "Crazy Heart". Together with the Oscar, the actor went to the Golden Globe, The Independent Spirit, and the Screen Actors Guild of the USA.

In 2008, the actor got a bright negative role in the fantastic blockbuster "Iron Man" by the Marvel Studios film company based on the adventures of the comic book character of the same name. Jeff Bridges played the role of the gunsmith Obadaya Stein, at the beginning of the film, the friend and business partner of the future Iron Man, genius and billionaire Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.).

One of the plot conflicts of the film is the difference in the views of partners on the management of the company. While Tony Stark seeks to sell weapons only for use for more or less good purposes, Obadaya Stein works in the dark with both terrorists and criminal groups.

In 2010, the actor returned to the role of the programmer Flynn in the fantastic film "Tron: Legacy". The action of the film tells about Flynn's grown-up son, who is looking for his father who disappeared in the digital world. Thanks to his role in this film, Bridges became the first actor to be created a computer rejuvenated model.

Also in 2010, the actor starred in the new film by the Coen brothers - the western "Iron Grip." In 2013, Bridges starred in the fantasy comedy Ghost Patrol about police officers who trapped the souls of the dead in the world of the living.

In 2015, the fantasy film The Seventh Son by Sergei Bodrov Sr. was released, in which Bridges played the main role. In the same year, the actor voiced The Pilot in the French-Canadian animated version of The Little Prince.

Since 1977 he has been married to the photographer Susan. Three daughters have grown up in their family - Isabelle, Jessica and Haley. In 2000, Jeff Bridges became a grandfather.

It is known that in the 1960s, the actor took drugs for some time. But he managed to cope with the bad habit.

In 1983, he became the founder of the Stop Hunger Charitable Foundation. A TV marathon was organized to raise funds, in which Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, Kenny Loggins and Bert Lancaster took part.

In addition to cinema, Bridges is also fascinated by music. In 2000, he recorded his first album, Be Here Soon. A year later, his second album appeared. The show business star finds time for other activities - photography and drawing. From time to time, the fruits of his work appear in large galleries.

In 2017, Jeff Bridges starred in the hit spy comedy Kingsman: The Golden Ring. The film continues the plot about the adventures of British superspy, but now introduces the British colleagues from the United States to the plot. The actor played the role of the head of the American secret organization "Statesman", codenamed Champagne.

Also in 2017, the actor appeared in the drama A Case for the Brave, based on the biographies of members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighters who faced one of the deadliest fires in history.

1971 - The Last Picture Show 1982 - The Throne 1993 - Fearless 1998 - The Big Lebowski 2003 - The Favorite 2005 - The Lovers 2008 - Iron Man 2009 - Crazy Heart 2010 - Iron Grip 2014 - "Initiate" 2015 - "The Seventh Son"

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