Beau Bridges
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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
Credits
Jerry Maguire (1996)
as Matt Cushman (uncredited)
Charlotte's Web (2006)
as Dr. Dorian
The Descendants (2011)
as Cousin Hugh
Medical Story (1975)
as Dr. Steve Drucker
The Mountain Between Us (2017)
as Walter
Sidekicks (1992)
as Jerry Gabrewski
RocketMan (1997)
as Bud Nesbitt
Meeting Daddy (2000)
as Larry Branson
Max Payne (2008)
as BB Hensley
Night Crossing (1982)
as Guenter Wetzel
Lovin' Molly (1974)
as Johnny
Dangerous Company (1982)
as Ray Johnson
UFO Cafe (1990)
as Arnold Zimmerman
Elsewhere (2020)
as Dad
Supervized (2019)
as Ted
One Night in Miami... (2020)
as Mr. Carlton
Smile (2005)
as Steven
Rushlights (2013)
as Sheriff Robert Brogden Jr.
Columbus Circle (2012)
as Dr. Raymond Fontaine
Outrage! (1986)
as Bruce Gordon
Boys Klub (2001)
as Mario's Dad
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
as Maj. Gen. Henry Landry
End of the Road (2022)
as Capt. JD Hammers
Americanizing Shelley (2007)
as Gary Gordon
Blue Eyed Girl (2025)
as Dad
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
as Major General Hank Landry
07 Spaceys (2007)
Actor
Galveston (2018)
as Stan Ptitko
The Good German (2006)
as Colonel Muller
My Jesus (—)
as Bob Wilson
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove (2010)
as Gus Grisby
All About Nina (2018)
as Larry Michaels
The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
as Philippe / Louis XIV
Force of Evil (1950)
as Frankie Tucker (uncredited)
Sightings: Heartland Ghost (2002)
as Derek
The Wizard (1989)
as Sam
A Christmas Mystery (2022)
as Mayor Donovan
Hit & Run (2012)
as Clint Perrkins
Silver Dream Racer (1980)
as Bruce McBride
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
as Frank Baker
Vault of Horror I (1994)
as Dr. Martin Fairbanks (archive footage)
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides (2011)
as Self
Norma Rae (1979)
as Sonny
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted (2016)
as Jeffrey
Eden (2013)
as Bob
The Wild Pair (1987)
as Joe Jennings
Voyage of the Unicorn (2001)
as Professor Alan Aisling
The Red-Light Sting (1984)
as Frank Powell
It's My Hobby (1974)
as Himself
The Explosive Generation (1961)
as Stephen
1000 to 1 (2014)
as Coach
Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
as Leonard Vole
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
as Marty Rance
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word (2016)
as Jeffrey Knight
The White River Kid (1999)
as Daddy Weed
Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud (2016)
as Jeffrey
The Red Pony (1949)
as Beau
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
as Win Berry
Swashbuckler (1976)
as Major Folly
Camera (2024)
as Eric
The Second Civil War (1997)
as Governor Jim Farley
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010)
as Uncle Logan
I-See-You.com (2006)
as Harvey Bellinger
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
as Mike Ramsay
Atta Girl, Kelly! (1967)
as Matt Howell
What About McBride? (1974)
Actor
The Incident (1967)
as Pfc. Felix Teflinger
Wildflower (1991)
as Jack Perkins
Dreamin' Wild (2023)
as Don Emerson Sr.
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
as Terry Harper
The Killing Time (1987)
as Sam Wayburn
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Hal (2019)
as Self
Pablo (2012)
as Self
Inherit the Wind (1999)
as E. K. Hornbeck
Greased Lightning (1977)
as Hutch
The Landlord (1970)
as Elgar Enders
Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
as Connie Kalitta
The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
as Dick Buek
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)
as Police Chief Richard Czech
Christmas in Angel Falls (2017)
as Michael D'Angelo
Out of the Ashes (2003)
as Herman Prentiss, Interrogator
The Company She Keeps (1951)
as Obie, Boy at Train Station (uncredited)
Sordid Lives (2000)
as G.W. Nethercott
Don't Fade Away (2010)
as Chris White
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
as Duane Hansen
Underdog Kids (2015)
as Ron Butz
The Defenders: Payback (1997)
as Don Preston
The Man with Three Wives (1993)
as Dr. Norman Grayson
The Christian Licorice Store (1971)
as Cane
For Love of Ivy (1968)
as Tim Austin
Our Italian Christmas Memories (2022)
as Vincent Coluccia
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood (2020)
as Self
Hidden in America (1996)
as Bill
Common Ground (2000)
as Father Leon
Seven Hours to Judgment (1988)
as John Eden
Village of the Giants (1965)
as Fred
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
as Chris Schroeder
The Four Feathers (1978)
as Harry Feversham
The Christmas Secret (2000)
as Nick
Songs In Ordinary Time (2000)
as Omar Duvall
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990)
as Orville
The Neon Highway (2024)
as Claude Allen
Secret Sins of the Father (1994)
as Tom Thielman
We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
as Michael Mulvaney, Sr.
A Stranger to Love (1996)
as Allan Grant / Allan Grey
Evel Knievel (2004)
as John Bork
The Man Without a Country (1973)
as Frederick Ingham
The President's Mistress (1978)
as Ben Morton
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007)
as Voice 'Aftermath'
The Thanksgiving Promise (1986)
as Hank Tilby
Losing Chase (1996)
as Mr. Richard Phillips
P.T. Barnum (1999)
as P.T. Barnum
Acting: The First Six Lessons (2020)
as The Teacher/Movie Director
Lawless Range (2018)
as Mr. Reed
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
as Billy Breedlove
Vanessa in the Garden (1985)
as Theodore 'Teddy' Shearing
Words from a Bear (2019)
as Self
Gaily, Gaily (1969)
as Ben Harvey
Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
as James Brady
The Runner Stumbles (1979)
as Toby Felker
Child's Play (1972)
as Paul Reis
Married to It (1991)
as John Morden
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
as Self
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years (1998)
as Self
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
as Gerry Green (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993)
as Colonel Thomas A. Parker
Nightjohn (1996)
as Clel Waller
The Iron Triangle (1989)
as Capt. Keene
The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)
as Don Preston
Love Child (1982)
as Jack Hansen
Signs of Life (1989)
as John Alder
The Uninvited (1996)
as Charles Johnson
The Defenders: Choice of Evils (1998)
as Don Preston
Game Time: Tackling the Past (2011)
as Frank Walker
Can a Guy Say No? (1986)
as Mr. Tauscher
Two/One (2020)
as Alfred
Desert Road (2024)
as Old Man
Kissinger and Nixon (1995)
as Richard Nixon
Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1978)
as Stubby Pringle
Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973)
as Charlie
Debating Robert Lee (2004)
as Mr. Lee
The Child Stealer (1979)
as David Rodman
Spinning Into Butter (2009)
as Dean Burton Strauss
The Kid From Nowhere (1982)
as Bud Herren
No Minor Vices (1948)
as Bertram (uncredited)
Are We Still Going to the Movies? (1974)
Actor
Sordid Lives (2020)
Actor
The Perfect Drug Film (1971)
as Narrator
Stasis (2010)
as Dr. Graham
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids (1995)
as Narrator
Just Another Secret (1989)
as Jack Grant
Dragonfly (1976)
as Jesse
Adam's Woman (1970)
as Adam
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America (2003)
Actor
The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner (2016)
as Self
Zamba (1949)
as Tommy
A Fighting Choice (1986)
as Thad Taylor
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth (2008)
as Self
Shimmering Light (1978)
as Kevin Pearse