Beau Bridges

Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor. 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. Bridges also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to television. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and the elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges.

Early life Bridges was born on December 9, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009). He was nicknamed Beau by his parents after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind. He and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles.

Wanting to become a basketball star, he played in his freshman year at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under legendary coach John Wooden, where he joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He later transferred to the University of Houston, playing under Coach Guy V. Lewis. In 1959, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve and served for eight years.

Career In 1948, Bridges had an uncredited juvenile role in Force of Evil, and a role as Bertram in No Minor Vices. In 1949, he played a third juvenile role in the film The Red Pony. In the 1962–1963 television season, Bridges, along with his younger brother, Jeff, appeared on their father's CBS anthology series, The Lloyd Bridges Show. He appeared in other television series too, including: National Velvet, The Fugitive, Combat, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Mr. Novak and The Loner. In 1965, he guest-starred as Corporal Corbett in "Then Came the Mighty Hunter", Season 2, Episode 3 of the military series, Twelve O'Clock High. He found steady work in television and film throughout the 1970s and 1980s. 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), The Fifth Musketeer (1979), Heart Like a Wheel (1983), and The Hotel New Hampshire (1984).

In 1989, in perhaps his best-known role, he starred opposite his brother Jeff as one of The Fabulous Baker Boys. In the 1993–94 television season, Bridges appeared with his father in the 15-episode CBS comedy/western series, Harts of the West, set at a dude ranch in Nevada. In 1995, Bridges starred with his father and his son Dylan in "The Sandkings", the two-part pilot episode of the Showtime science fiction series The Outer Limits. 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, the stepfather of Jack McFarland, in two episodes of the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. He played a single father and college professor in the fantasy adventure film Voyage of the Unicorn, based on the novel by James C. Christensen.

From 2002 to 2003, he took on the role of Senator Tom Gage, newly appointed Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in over 30 episodes of the drama series The Agency. In January 2005, he was cast as Major General Hank Landry, the new commander of Stargate Command 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.

In November 2005, he guest-starred as Carl Hickey, the father of the title character in the hit NBC comedy My Name Is Earl. Bridges' character became recurring. Bridges received a 2007 Emmy Award nomination for his performance.

In 2008, Bridges co-starred in the motion picture Max Payne, based on the video game character. The film also starred Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. Bridges portrayed "BB" Hensley, an ex-cop who aids Wahlberg on his quest to bring down a serial killer. The film received mixed reviews, but Bridges' participation was noted for being a positive one. It was not the first motion picture with Bridges regarding the video game world; The Wizard had him in a role as a landscaping company owner who was later found, like his son Jimmy (played by actor Luke Edwards), to have a skill with NES games.

On February 8, 2009, Cynthia Nixon, Blair Underwood, and Bridges won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for their recording of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.

In 2009, Bridges guest-starred as Eli Scruggs on the 100th episode of Desperate Housewives and received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance.

In 2010, Bridges signed with Chris Mallick in the production of the film Columbus Circle. On March 19, 2010, it was announced that Bridges would play the role of Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford, the father of private eye Jim Rockford, on the pilot episode of a new version of The Rockford Files, scheduled for production for broadcast in fall 2010. In 2011, he guest-starred as an old boyfriend of matriarch Nora Walker in Brothers and Sisters and as an attorney, estranged from his son Jared Franklin in Franklin & Bash.

On January 3, 2012, Bridges took on the role of J.B. Biggley in the hit revival of the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, taking over for John Larroquette. He was contracted to play the role until July 1, 2012; however, the revival closed on May 20, 2012.

On October 3, 2013, Bridges became a major character on the CBS television show The Millers. He plays Tom, the father of two children: son Nathan Miller (Will Arnett) and daughter Debbie (Jayma Mays). Tom, after forty-three years of marriage, has gotten divorced and has moved back in with his daughter, driving her crazy. Bridges joined the series in early March 2013.

Bridges has had several roles in films since then, including Underdog Kids and Lawless Range in 2016. He has also had guest roles on the shows Masters of Sex and Code Black.

In 2024, Bridges took the role of the managing partner (Howard 'Senior' Markeson) of the law firm (Jacobson Moore) where alias Maddy Matlock works in the new Matlock series.

Awards Bridges has 14 Emmy Award nominations with three wins. He is one of only two actors to win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or Special more than once, with two wins, Michael Moriarty is the second. 1992 Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or Special, for Without Warning: The James Brady Story 1993 Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or Special, for The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom 1997 Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or Special, for The Second Civil War

Personal life

Bridges married Julie Landfield in 1964; the two divorced in 1974. They have two sons, including Jordan Bridges (b. 1973). He married Wendy Treece on April 10, 1984. They have three children.

Bridges is a Christian. He has stated that if the script calls for his character to say God's name in vain, he will ask the director if he can change the line. Bridges has been a vegan since 2004.

Bridges, his brother Jeff Bridges and late father Lloyd Bridges were among six veterans – the others being Jerry Coleman, Bob Feller and Brian Lamb – honored with the Lone Sailor Award by the United States Navy Memorial in 2011. The award recognizes Navy, Marine and Coast Guard veterans who have distinguished themselves in their civilian careers.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1948 No Minor Vices Bertram Force of Evil Frankie Tucker Uncredited 1949 The Red Pony Beau Zamba Tommy 1951 The Company She Keeps Obie Uncredited 1961 The Explosive Generation Mark 1965 Village of the Giants Fred 1967 The Incident Felix 1968 For Love of Ivy Tim Austin 1969 Gaily, Gaily Ben Harvey 1970 Adam's Woman Adam The Landlord Elgar 1971 The Christian Licorice Store Cane 1972 Hammersmith Is Out Billy Breedlove Child's Play Paul Reis 1973 Your Three Minutes Are Up Charlie 1974 Lovin' Molly Johnny 1975 The Other Side of the Mountain Dick Buek 1976 One Summer Love Jesse Swashbuckler Major Folly Two-Minute Warning Mike Ramsay 1977 Greased Lightning Hutch 1978 The Four Feathers Harry Faversham 1979 Norma Rae Sonny The Fifth Musketeer Louis XIV The Runner Stumbles Toby Felker 1980 Silver Dream Racer Bruce McBride 1981 Honky Tonk Freeway Duane Hansen 1982 Night Crossing Günter Wetzel Witness for the Prosecution Leonard Vole Love Child Jack Hansen 1983 Heart Like a Wheel Connie Kalitta 1984 The Hotel New Hampshire Mr. Win Berry 1985 Alice in Wonderland Unicorn 1987 The Killing Time Sam Wayburn The Wild Pair Joe Jennings Also director 1988 Seven Hours to Judgment John Eden 1989 The Iron Triangle Capt. Keene Signs of Life John Alder The Fabulous Baker Boys Frank Bakerco-starring Jeff Bridges The Wizard Sam Woods 1990 Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? Orville Turnover 1991 Married to It John Morden 1992 Sidekicks Jerry 1996 Jerry Maguire Matt Cushman Uncredited Hidden in America Bill Januson 1997 RocketMan Bud Nesbitt 1999 The White River Kid Daddy Weed 2000 Common Ground Father Leon Sordid Lives G.W. Nethercoth Meeting Daddy Larry Branson Songs in Ordinary Time Omar Duvall 2001 Voyage of the Unicorn Alan Aisling Boys Klub Mario's Dad 2003 Out of the Ashes Herman Prentiss 2004 10.5 President Paul Hollister Debating Robert Lee Mr. Lee 2005 The Ballad of Jack and Rose Marty Rance Smile Steven 2006 I-See-You.Com Harvey Bellinger The Good German Colonel Muller Charlotte's Web Dr. Dorian 2007 Americanizing Shelley Gary Gordon Spinning Into Butter Dean Burton Strauss 2008 Stargate: The Ark of Truth Major General Hank Landry Video Stargate: Continuum Max Payne B.B. Hensley 2010 Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove Gus Grisby Video My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Logan Young 2011 Don't Fade Away Chris White The Descendants Cousin Hugh 2012 Columbus Circle Dr. Ray Fontaine Eden Bob Gault Hit & Run Clint Perkins From Up on Poppy Hill Yoshio Onodera Voice, English dub 2013 Rushlights Sheriff Brogden 2014 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story Coach Video The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Prince Kuramochi Voice, English dub 2015 Underdog Kids Ron 2016 Lawless Range Mr. Reed 2017 The Mountain Between Us Walter 2018 Galveston Stan All About Nina Larry Michaels Dirty Politics Hank 2019 Supervized Ted Elsewhere Dad 2020 One Night in Miami... Mr. Carlton 2022 Dreamin' Wild Don Sr. End of the Road Captain J.D. Hammers 2024 The Neon Highway Claude Allen 2025 Desert Road Old Man Blue Eyed Girl Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 1960–1963 My Three Sons Russ Burton 3 episodes 1960–1961 Sea Hunt Warren Tucker 2 episodes 1961 The Real McCoys Randy Cooperton Episode: "The Rich Boy" 1962 National Velvet Mercutio Episode: "The Star" Wagon Train Larry Gill Episode: "The John Bernard Show" 1962–1963 Ensign O'Toole Seaman Howard Spicer 32 episodes 1963 Rawhide Billy Johanson Episode: "Incident at Paradise" Ben Casey Larry Masterson 2 episodes 1964 The Eleventh Hour Leonard Episode: "Cannibal Plants, They Eat You Alive" Combat! Private Orville Putnam Episode: "The Short Day of Private Putnam" My Three Sons Howard Sears 2 episodes 1965 Twelve O'Clock High Cpl. Steven Corbett Episode: "Then Came the Mighty Hunter" The F.B.I. Jerry Foley Season 1, Episode 12: "An Elephant is Like a Rope" 1966 Gunsmoke Jason Episode: "My Father's Guitar" The Fugitive Gary Keller Episode:"Stroke of Genius" Branded Lon Allison Episode:"Nice Day for a Hanging" The Loner Johnny Sharp Episode:"The Mourners of Johnny Sharp" 1967 The Fugitive Larry Corby Episode: "The Other Side Of The Coin" Bonanza Horace Perkins Episode: "Justice" Cimarron Strip Billie Joe Show Episode: "Legend of Jud Starr" 1971 Robert Young and the Family Sketch Actor Television film 1973 The Man Without a Country Frederick Ingham 1974 The Stranger Who Looks Like Me Chris Schroeder 1978 The Four Feathers Harry Faversham The President's Mistress Ben Morton Mutual Respect Kevin Pearse Hallmark Hall of Fame Stubby Pringle Episode: "Stubby Pringle's Christmas" 1979 The Child Stealer David Rodman Television film 1980 United States Richard Chapin 13 episodes 1982 The Kid from Nowhere Bud Herren Television film Dangerous Company Ray Johnson Witness for the Prosecution Leonard Vole 1984 The Red-Light Sting Frank Powell 1985 Space Randy Claggett Five-part miniseries 1986 Outrage! Brad Gordon Television film 1989 Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure Richard Czech Frederick Forsyth Presents: Just Another SecretGrant 1991 Without Warning: The James Brady Story James Brady 1990 Women & Men: Stories of Seduction Gerry Green Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? Arnold Zimmerman 1991 Wildflower Jack Perkins Tales from the Crypt Dr. Martin Fairbanks Episode: "Abra Cadaver" 1993 Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold StoryCol. Tom Parker Television film The Man with Three Wives Norman Grayson The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Terry Harper 1993–1994 Harts of the West Dave Heart 15 episodes 1994 Secret Sins of the Father Tom Thielman Television film Million Dollar Babies Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe 1995 Kissinger and Nixon Richard Nixon The Outer Limits Dr. Simon Kress Episode: "The Sandkings" 1996 A Stranger to Love Allan Grant Television film Nightjohn Clel Waller Losing Chase Richard Phillips The Uninvited Charles Johnson Hidden in America Bill Januson 1997 The Second Civil War Jim Farley 1998 Maximum Bob Judge Bob Gibbs 7 episodes 1999 Inherit the Wind E.K. Hornbeck Television film P.T. Barnum P.T. Barnum 2000 The Wild Thornberrys Hayden Adam Voice, episode: "Every Little Bit Alps" Code Black Pete Delaney Episode: "Hail Mary" 2016–2017 Bloodline Roy Gilbert 12 episodes 2017 Christmas in Angel Falls Michael Television film 2017–2018 Mosaic Alan Pape 8 episodes 2018–2020 Homeland Vice President Ralph Warner 6 episodes Greenleaf Bob Whitmore 5 episodes 2019 Goliath Roy Wheeler 5 episodes 2020 Messiah Edmund DeGuilles 5 episodes Robbie Robbie Walton Sr. 8 episodes 2021 Mr. Mayor Adolphus Hass Episode: "Avocado Crisis" The Premise William Episode: "Moment of Silence" 2022 Our Christmas Italian Memories Vincent Colucci Television film 2023 Lessons in Chemistry Harry Wilson 3 episodes 2024–Present Matlock Senior Recurring

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2025 Goodnight Universe Angus

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