The son of well-known film and TV star Lloyd Bridges and his long-time wife Dorothy Dean Bridges, Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, and grew up amid the happening Hollywood scene with big brother Beau Bridges. Both boys popped up unbilled alongside their mother in the film
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Episode #1.140
(2010)
(performer: "I Don't Know" - uncredited)
2009Crazy Heart
(performer: "Hold On You" 2009, "I Don't Know" 2009, "Fallin' and Flyin'", "The Weary Kind Theme from Crazy Heart" 2009, "The Weary Kind Theme from Crazy Heart")
1985Live Aid
(TV special documentary)
Himself - Host
1985The 57th Annual Academy Awards
(TV special documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Original Score & Best Animated Short Film
The hardest thing about acting is getting a foot in the door and that was all handled by my dad. The fact is, I'm a product of nepotism. And that took some getting used to. Life will supply you with gutters. Having a famous father. Feeling that stench of nepotism. That's a gutter right there.
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Trivia:
Turned down the lead role of Indiana Jones, one of the most famous movie characters of all time, in
Raiders of the Lost Ark. He does not regret it.
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