Beau Bridges
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 9, 1941 (age 84)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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).
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Filmography
My Jesus
Movie · as Bob Wilson
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: The Getaway
Movie · as Captain Stubbard (voice)
R.J. Decker
TV · as Reggie Decker · 2 eps
Blue Eyed Girl
Movie · as Dad
Unconventional
TV · as Wayne Guillory · 1 ep
Camera
Movie · as Eric
The Neon Highway
Movie · as Claude Allen
Desert Road
Movie · as Old Man
Matlock
TV · as Howard 'Senior' Markston · 21 eps
Dreamin' Wild
Movie · as Don Emerson Sr.
Lessons in Chemistry
TV · as Harry Wilson · 3 eps
End of the Road
Movie · as Capt. JD Hammers
A Christmas Mystery
Movie · as Mayor Donovan
Our Italian Christmas Memories
Movie · as Vincent Coluccia
Mr. Mayor
TV · as Adolphus Hass · 1 ep
The Premise
TV · as William · 1 ep
Two/One
Movie · as Alfred
Elsewhere
Movie · as Dad
One Night in Miami...
Movie · as Mr. Carlton
Sordid Lives
Movie
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Acting: The First Six Lessons
Movie · as The Teacher/Movie Director
Messiah
TV · as Edmund DeGuilles · 5 eps
Robbie
TV · as Robbie Walton Sr. · 8 eps
Words from a Bear
Movie · as Self
Hal
Movie · as Self
Supervized
Movie · as Ted
Lawless Range
Movie · as Mr. Reed
Galveston
Movie · as Stan Ptitko
All About Nina
Movie · as Larry Michaels
Mosaic
TV · as Alan Pape · 6 eps
The Mountain Between Us
Movie · as Walter
Christmas in Angel Falls
Movie · as Michael D'Angelo
Dialing Home
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner
Movie · as Self
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word
Movie · as Jeffrey Knight
Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud
Movie · as Jeffrey
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
Movie · as Jeffrey
Greenleaf
TV · as Bob Whitmore · 5 eps
Goliath
TV · as Roy Wheeler · 5 eps
Underdog Kids
Movie · as Ron Butz
Bloodline
TV · as Roy Gilbert · 10 eps
1000 to 1
Movie · as Coach
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV · as Sheriff Scaley Briggs (voice) · 4 eps
black-ish
TV · as Paul · 3 eps
Eden
Movie · as Bob
Rushlights
Movie · as Sheriff Robert Brogden Jr.
The Millers
TV · as Tom Miller · 34 eps
The Goodwin Games
TV · as Benjamin Goodwin · 4 eps
Masters of Sex
TV · as Barton Scully · 21 eps
Pablo
Movie · as Self
Columbus Circle
Movie · as Dr. Raymond Fontaine
Hit & Run
Movie · as Clint Perrkins
The Descendants
Movie · as Cousin Hugh
Game Time: Tackling the Past
Movie · as Frank Walker
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Movie · as Self
Franklin & Bash
TV · as Leonard Franklin · 3 eps
Homeland
TV · as Ralph Warner · 4 eps
Love Bites
TV · as Hal Sacovitch · 1 ep
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
Movie · as Gus Grisby
Don't Fade Away
Movie · as Chris White
Stasis
Movie · as Dr. Graham
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Movie · as Uncle Logan
Spinning Into Butter
Movie · as Dean Burton Strauss
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Movie · as Self
White Collar
TV · as Agent Kramer · 3 eps
Stargate: Continuum
Movie · as Major General Hank Landry
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Movie · as Maj. Gen. Henry Landry
Max Payne
Movie · as BB Hensley
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Movie · as Self
07 Spaceys
Movie
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Movie · as Voice 'Aftermath'
Americanizing Shelley
Movie · as Gary Gordon
The Good German
Movie · as Colonel Muller
Charlotte's Web
Movie · as Dr. Dorian
I-See-You.com
Movie · as Harvey Bellinger
Brothers and Sisters
TV · as Nick Brody · 5 eps
10.5: Apocalypse
TV · as Paul Hollister · 2 eps
The Megan Mullally Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Smile
Movie · as Steven
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Movie · as Marty Rance
American Dad!
TV · as Doctor / Lieutenant Thacker (voice) · 1 ep
My Name Is Earl
TV · as Carl Hickey · 7 eps
Into the West
TV · as Stephen Hoxie · 6 eps
The Closer
TV · as Detective George Andrews / Georgette · 1 ep
Evel Knievel
Movie · as John Bork
Debating Robert Lee
Movie · as Mr. Lee
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Desperate Housewives
TV · as Eli Scruggs · 1 ep
Stargate Atlantis
TV · as Hank Landry, Major General Henry Landry, Major General Hank Landry · 3 eps
10.5
TV · as Paul Hollister · 2 eps
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Out of the Ashes
Movie · as Herman Prentiss, Interrogator
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America
Movie
Sightings: Heartland Ghost
Movie · as Derek
We Were the Mulvaneys
Movie · as Michael Mulvaney, Sr.
Everwood
TV · as Daniel Sullivan · 1 ep
Voyage of the Unicorn
Movie · as Professor Alan Aisling
Boys Klub
Movie · as Mario's Dad
The Agency
TV · as Tom Gage · 31 eps
Voyage of the Unicorn
TV · as Alan Aisling · 2 eps
Sordid Lives
Movie · as G.W. Nethercott
The Christmas Secret
Movie · as Nick
Songs In Ordinary Time
Movie · as Omar Duvall
Meeting Daddy
Movie · as Larry Branson
Common Ground
Movie · as Father Leon
The District
TV · as Tom Gage · 1 ep
Founding Fathers
TV · as Samuel Adams (voice) · 4 eps
The White River Kid
Movie · as Daddy Weed
P.T. Barnum
Movie · as P.T. Barnum
Inherit the Wind
Movie · as E. K. Hornbeck
P.T. Barnum
TV · as P.T. Barnum · 2 eps
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Movie · as Don Preston
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
Movie · as Self
The Defenders: Taking the First
Movie · as Don Preston
Maximum Bob
TV · as Judge Bob Gibbs · 7 eps
Will & Grace
TV · as Daniel McFarland · 2 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
TV · as Hayden Adams (voice) · 1 ep
RocketMan
Movie · as Bud Nesbitt
The Defenders: Payback
Movie · as Don Preston
The Second Civil War
Movie · as Governor Jim Farley
Stargate SG-1
TV · as Hank Landry · 40 eps
Losing Chase
Movie · as Mr. Richard Phillips
A Stranger to Love
Movie · as Allan Grant / Allan Grey
The Uninvited
Movie · as Charles Johnson
Hidden in America
Movie · as Bill
Jerry Maguire
Movie · as Matt Cushman (uncredited)
Nightjohn
Movie · as Clel Waller
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Family Film and TV Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Kissinger and Nixon
Movie · as Richard Nixon
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
Movie · as Narrator
The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. Simon Kress · 1 ep
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as King Big Daddy (voice) · 1 ep
Secret Sins of the Father
Movie · as Tom Thielman
Vault of Horror I
Movie · as Dr. Martin Fairbanks (archive footage)
Million Dollar Babies
TV · as Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe · 2 eps
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Movie · as Terry Harper
The Man with Three Wives
Movie · as Dr. Norman Grayson
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
Movie · as Colonel Thomas A. Parker
Harts of the West
TV · as Dave Hart · 15 eps
Sidekicks
Movie · as Jerry Gabrewski
Wildflower
Movie · as Jack Perkins
Married to It
Movie · as John Morden
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Movie · as James Brady
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
Movie · as Orville
UFO Cafe
Movie · as Arnold Zimmerman
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Movie · as Gerry Green (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
Help Save Planet Earth
Movie · as Self
The Wizard
Movie · as Sam
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Movie · as Frank Baker
Signs of Life
Movie · as John Alder
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Movie · as Police Chief Richard Czech
The Iron Triangle
Movie · as Capt. Keene
Just Another Secret
Movie · as Jack Grant
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Dr. Martin Fairbanks · 1 ep
Seven Hours to Judgment
Movie · as John Eden
The Killing Time
Movie · as Sam Wayburn
The Wild Pair
Movie · as Joe Jennings
Outrage!
Movie · as Bruce Gordon
Can a Guy Say No?
Movie · as Mr. Tauscher
A Fighting Choice
Movie · as Thad Taylor
The Thanksgiving Promise
Movie · as Hank Tilby
Vanessa in the Garden
Movie · as Theodore 'Teddy' Shearing
Amazing Stories
TV · as Teddy Shearing · 1 ep
Space
TV · as Randy Claggett · 5 eps
Alice in Wonderland
TV · as Unicorn · 1 ep
The Hotel New Hampshire
Movie · as Win Berry
The Red-Light Sting
Movie · as Frank Powell
Jeopardy!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Heart Like a Wheel
Movie · as Connie Kalitta
Witness for the Prosecution
Movie · as Leonard Vole
Love Child
Movie · as Jack Hansen
Night Crossing
Movie · as Guenter Wetzel
The Kid From Nowhere
Movie · as Bud Herren
Dangerous Company
Movie · as Ray Johnson
American Playhouse
TV · as John Alder · 1 ep
Honky Tonk Freeway
Movie · as Duane Hansen
Silver Dream Racer
Movie · as Bruce McBride
United States
TV · as Richard Chapin · 13 eps
Fridays
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Fifth Musketeer
Movie · as Philippe / Louis XIV
Norma Rae
Movie · as Sonny
The Runner Stumbles
Movie · as Toby Felker
The Child Stealer
Movie · as David Rodman
The Four Feathers
Movie · as Harry Feversham
Shimmering Light
Movie · as Kevin Pearse
The President's Mistress
Movie · as Ben Morton
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Movie · as Stubby Pringle
Greased Lightning
Movie · as Hutch
Two-Minute Warning
Movie · as Mike Ramsay
Swashbuckler
Movie · as Major Folly
Dragonfly
Movie · as Jesse
The Other Side of the Mountain
Movie · as Dick Buek
Medical Story
Movie · as Dr. Steve Drucker
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Medical Story
TV · as Dr. Steve Drucker · 1 ep
Are We Still Going to the Movies?
Movie
What About McBride?
Movie
Lovin' Molly
Movie · as Johnny
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Movie · as Chris Schroeder
It's My Hobby
Movie · as Himself
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
TV · as Young Benjamin Franklin · 4 eps
Flick Flack
TV · 1 ep
Your Three Minutes Are Up
Movie · as Charlie
The Man Without a Country
Movie · as Frederick Ingham
Child's Play
Movie · as Paul Reis
Hammersmith Is Out
Movie · as Billy Breedlove
The Perfect Drug Film
Movie · as Narrator
The Christian Licorice Store
Movie · as Cane
The Landlord
Movie · as Elgar Enders
Adam's Woman
Movie · as Adam
The Don Knotts Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gaily, Gaily
Movie · as Ben Harvey
For Love of Ivy
Movie · as Tim Austin
The Incident
Movie · as Pfc. Felix Teflinger
Atta Girl, Kelly!
Movie · as Matt Howell
Cimarron Strip
TV · 1 ep
Felony Squad
TV · 1 ep
Village of the Giants
Movie · as Fred
The F.B.I.
TV · as Jerry Foley · 1 ep
The Loner
TV · 1 ep
Branded
TV · 1 ep
12 O'Clock High
TV · as Corporal Corbett · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Gary Keller, Larry Corby · 1 ep
Mr. Novak
TV · as Pat Knowland, Jay Bartlett · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as Brandon Drood · 1 ep
Combat!
TV · as Orville Putnam · 1 ep
Ensign O'Toole
TV · as Spicer, Seaman Howard Spicer · 6 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV · as Carl, Skippy Mannox · 1 ep
The Explosive Generation
Movie · as Stephen
Ben Casey
TV · 2 eps
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Bob Colby · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Three Sons
TV · 2 eps
The Clear Horizon
TV · as Beau Bridges · 230 eps
Rawhide
TV · as Billy Johanson · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Horace Perkins · 1 ep
Sea Hunt
TV · as Warren Tucker · 1 ep
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Cpl. Moss · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Jason · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Matt Howell, Thad Taylor, Hank Tilby · 1 ep
The Company She Keeps
Movie · as Obie, Boy at Train Station (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Stubby Pringle, Leonard Vole · 1 ep
Force of Evil
Movie · as Frankie Tucker (uncredited)
The Red Pony
Movie · as Beau
Zamba
Movie · as Tommy
No Minor Vices
Movie · as Bertram (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self, Self - Nominee · 2 eps