
Beau Bridges
Born December 9, 1941 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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).
Movies

Jerry Maguire

The Descendants

Charlotte's Web

The Mountain Between Us

Max Payne

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

End of the Road

One Night in Miami...

The Good German

Stargate: Continuum

The Fabulous Baker Boys

The Wizard

The Hotel New Hampshire

Hit & Run

Galveston

RocketMan

Blue Eyed Girl

I-See-You.com

All About Nina

The Second Civil War

Sidekicks

Night Crossing

Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove

The White River Kid

Night of 100 Stars III

Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted

Seven Hours to Judgment

A Christmas Mystery

Norma Rae

Christmas in Angel Falls

Voyage of the Unicorn

Columbus Circle

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

Two-Minute Warning

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

Witness for the Prosecution

Honky Tonk Freeway

Eden

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

Inherit the Wind

Swashbuckler

Heart Like a Wheel

Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

Elsewhere

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word

Dangerous Company

The Incident

Lovin' Molly

A Stranger to Love

Secret Sins of the Father

Out of the Ashes

For Love of Ivy

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

UFO Cafe

Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story

Supervized

The Fifth Musketeer

Wildflower

Meeting Daddy

The Christmas Secret

Force of Evil

The Other Side of the Mountain

Rushlights

Vault of Horror I

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

The Christian Licorice Store

Don't Fade Away

Smile

Medical Story

The Company She Keeps

Village of the Giants

Dreamin' Wild

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

Our Italian Christmas Memories

Greased Lightning

The President's Mistress

Underdog Kids
TV Shows

Saturday Night Live

Desperate Housewives

Jeopardy!

Stargate SG-1

The Outer Limits

The Closer

Golden Globe Awards

Bonanza

Homeland

Will & Grace

black-ish

American Playhouse

The Fugitive

White Collar

Stargate Atlantis

Dr. Kildare

The F.B.I.

My Name Is Earl

Brothers and Sisters

Everwood

My Three Sons

Ben Casey

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Franklin & Bash

The Wild Thornberrys

Rawhide

Combat!

The District

Tales from the Crypt

Goliath

Gunsmoke

Amazing Stories

Masters of Sex

Matlock

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

The Megan Mullally Show

The Agency

Greenleaf

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Felony Squad

12 O'Clock High

The Loner

Sea Hunt

Branded

Mr. Novak

Lessons in Chemistry

Bloodline

The Clear Horizon

The Millers

Fridays

Cimarron Strip

Mr. Mayor

Love Bites

Medical Story

Messiah

Into the West

The Wonderful World of Disney

Ensign O'Toole

Dialing Home

Mosaic

The Lloyd Bridges Show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Premise

Alice in Wonderland

Harts of the West

10.5: Apocalypse

Maximum Bob

The Goodwin Games

Space

Unconventional

Flick Flack

Voyage of the Unicorn

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

10.5

P.T. Barnum

Robbie

Founding Fathers

Million Dollar Babies
More Movies

The Kid From Nowhere

The Defenders: Taking the First

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

Child's Play

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years

The Red Pony

The Killing Time

Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

The Red-Light Sting

07 Spaceys

Sightings: Heartland Ghost

Vanessa in the Garden

The Landlord

1000 to 1

Love Child

Can a Guy Say No?

The Man with Three Wives

Losing Chase

Boys Klub

P.T. Barnum

Sordid Lives

The Man Without a Country

Spinning Into Butter

Your Three Minutes Are Up

The Explosive Generation

Pablo

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Outrage!

Evel Knievel

The Wild Pair

Words from a Bear

Americanizing Shelley

Hidden in America

Gaily, Gaily

Hal

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

The Neon Highway

Songs In Ordinary Time

Debating Robert Lee

Married to It

The Four Feathers

The Child Stealer

The Runner Stumbles

Signs of Life

Acting: The First Six Lessons

Game Time: Tackling the Past

Silver Dream Racer

Hammersmith Is Out

No Minor Vices

The Thanksgiving Promise

We Were the Mulvaneys

Desert Road

Lawless Range

The Iron Triangle

Common Ground

Camera

Two/One

Nightjohn

Kissinger and Nixon

Atta Girl, Kelly!

The Uninvited

The Defenders: Payback

It's My Hobby

Just Another Secret

Shimmering Light

The Perfect Drug Film

Sordid Lives

Zamba

Are We Still Going to the Movies?

Dragonfly

5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids

What About McBride?

Adam's Woman

Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America

Stasis




