Beau Bridges
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).
244 acting credits · 7 directing credits
Acting · 244
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
American Dad!
2005
Stargate SG-1
1997
Desperate Housewives
2004
Homeland
2011
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Closer
2005
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Bonanza
1959
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Fugitive
1963
Will & Grace
1998
White Collar
2009
Stargate Atlantis
2004
Franklin & Bash
2011
Jeopardy!
1984
Everwood
2002
Masters of Sex
2013
Dr. Kildare
1961
My Name Is Earl
2005
black-ish
2014
My Three Sons
1960
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Combat!
1962
The F.B.I.
1965
The Outer Limits
1995
Ben Casey
1961
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Rawhide
1959
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Goliath
2016
The District
2000
Matlock
2024
Amazing Stories
1985
Gunsmoke
1955
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Sea Hunt
1958
Greenleaf
2016
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
Felony Squad
1966
Branded
1965
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
The Agency
2001
Lessons in Chemistry
2023
Bloodline
2015
Mr. Novak
1963
Mr. Mayor
2021
The Millers
2013
Cimarron Strip
1967
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
The Clear Horizon
1960
Fridays
1980
The Loner
1965
Ensign O'Toole
1962
Messiah
2020
Into the West
2005
Jerry Maguire
1996
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Medical Story
1975
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
Mosaic
2018
Charlotte's Web
2006
Max Payne
2008
10.5: Apocalypse
2006
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Descendants
2011
Maximum Bob
1998
Alice in Wonderland
1985
The Premise
2021
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
2008
Harts of the West
1993
The Don Knotts Show
1970
Space
1985
Unconventional
2025
The Mountain Between Us
2017
Flick Flack
1974
Dialing Home
2017
The Goodwin Games
2013
10.5
2004
Eden
2013
Stargate: Continuum
2008
RocketMan
1997
One Night in Miami...
2020
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
2010
Voyage of the Unicorn
2001
Sidekicks
1992
Hit & Run
2012
The Wizard
1989
Founding Fathers
2000
All About Nina
2018
The Good German
2006
Galveston
2018
Norma Rae
1979
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
End of the Road
2022
Two-Minute Warning
1976
United States
1980
Wildflower
1991
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
Vault of Horror I
1994
P.T. Barnum
1999
Blue Eyed Girl
2025
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Greased Lightning
1977
Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud
2016
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005
The Second Civil War
1997
Swashbuckler
1976
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993
Inherit the Wind
1999
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
1989
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
2010
1000 to 1
2014
Robbie
2020
Million Dollar Babies
1994
The Landlord
1970
Voyage of the Unicorn
2001
Common Ground
2000
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
2016
Losing Chase
1996
A Christmas Mystery
2022
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word
2016
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998
Christmas in Angel Falls
2017
Supervized
2019
Night Crossing
1982
The Incident
1967
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990
Zamba
1949
Columbus Circle
2012
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991
Hal
2019
The Company She Keeps
1951
Two/One
2020
The Red Pony
1949
The White River Kid
1999
Your Three Minutes Are Up
1973
Married to It
1991
The Four Feathers
1978
Lovin' Molly
1974
Force of Evil
1950
The Defenders: Taking the First
1998
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
Gaily, Gaily
1969
Desert Road
2024
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
Nightjohn
1996
The Wild Pair
1987
Debating Robert Lee
2004
Camera
2024
Smile
2005
Dreamin' Wild
2023
The Defenders: Payback
1997
Heart Like a Wheel
1983
Hidden in America
1996
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
I-See-You.com
2006
Kissinger and Nixon
1995
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
1993
Spinning Into Butter
2009
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
1995
Love Child
1982
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986
Evel Knievel
2004
Just Another Secret
1989
The Fifth Musketeer
1979
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008
Village of the Giants
1965
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
2020
Secret Sins of the Father
1994
Pablo
2012
The President's Mistress
1978
P.T. Barnum
1999
No Minor Vices
1948
Vanessa in the Garden
1985
Child's Play
1972
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007
The Uninvited
1996
The Iron Triangle
1989
The Killing Time
1987
Dragonfly
1976
Songs In Ordinary Time
2000
Adam's Woman
1970
Boys Klub
2001
Elsewhere
2020
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975
Seven Hours to Judgment
1988
Signs of Life
1989
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998
Medical Story
1975
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974
We Were the Mulvaneys
2002
Silver Dream Racer
1980
The Explosive Generation
1961
Out of the Ashes
2003
For Love of Ivy
1968
Don't Fade Away
2010
Sordid Lives
2000
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011
Can A Guy Say No?
1986
The Man Without a Country
1973
Dangerous Company
1982
Lawless Range
2018
Meeting Daddy
2000
Sightings: Heartland Ghost
2002
The Christian Licorice Store
1971
Game Time: Tackling the Past
2011
Underdog Kids
2015
The Child Stealer
1979
A Stranger to Love
1996
UFO Cafe
1990
Rushlights
2013
Shimmering Light
1978
The Kid From Nowhere
1982
The Christmas Secret
2000
Sordid Lives
2020
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
The Runner Stumbles
1979
The Neon Highway
2024
The Man with Three Wives
1993
Outrage!
1986
Atta Girl, Kelly!
1967
Stasis
2010
Words from a Bear
2019
The Red-Light Sting
1984
A Fighting Choice
1986
07 Spaceys
2007
Help Save Planet Earth
1990
Our Italian Christmas Memories
2022
Americanizing Shelley
2007
Acting: The First Six Lessons
2020
The Perfect Drug Film
1971
It's My Hobby
1974
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America
2003
The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner
2016
Are We Still Going to the Movies?
1974
What About McBride?
1974
