Beau Bridges

ActorProducerWriterProductionDirector Dec 9 (age 84) Los Angeles, California, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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 Vic…

Known For

Film

Stargate SG-1

Hank Landry

Film

Jerry Maguire

Matt Cushman (uncredited)

Film

The Descendants

Cousin Hugh

Film

The Mountain Between Us

Walter

Film

One Night in Miami...

Mr. Carlton

Film

Stargate: Continuum

Major General Hank Landry

Film

Charlotte's Web

Dr. Dorian

Film

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

Maj. Gen. Henry Landry

Filmography

Acting (245)

Movies (159)

Blue Eyed Girl

as Dad

The Neon Highway

as Claude Allen

Camera

as Eric

Desert Road

as Old Man

Dreamin' Wild

as Don Emerson Sr.

A Christmas Mystery

as Mayor Donovan

End of the Road

as Capt. JD Hammers

Our Italian Christmas Memories

2022

as Vincent Coluccia

5.3

Acting: The First Six Lessons

2020

as The Teacher/Movie Director

10.0

TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood

as Self

Elsewhere

as Dad

One Night in Miami...

as Mr. Carlton

Two/One

as Alfred

Sordid Lives

Supervized

as Ted

Hal

as Self

Words from a Bear

as Self

Galveston

as Stan Ptitko

Lawless Range

as Mr. Reed

All About Nina

as Larry Michaels

The Mountain Between Us

2017

as Walter

6.6

Christmas in Angel Falls

2017

as Michael D'Angelo

6.0

Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word

2016

as Jeffrey Knight

6.7

Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted

2016

as Jeffrey

6.6

Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud

2016

as Jeffrey

6.5

The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner

2016

as Self

Underdog Kids

as Ron Butz

1000 to 1

as Coach

Eden

as Bob

Rushlights

as Sheriff Robert Brogden Jr.

Hit & Run

as Clint Perrkins

Pablo

as Self

Columbus Circle

as Dr. Raymond Fontaine

5.8

Game Time: Tackling the Past

as Frank Walker

The Descendants

as Cousin Hugh

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

as Self

Stasis

as Dr. Graham

Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove

2010

as Gus Grisby

6.2

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

as Uncle Logan

Don't Fade Away

as Chris White

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

2009

as Self

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

2008

as Maj. Gen. Henry Landry

7.1

Stargate: Continuum

2008

as Major General Hank Landry

7.1

Max Payne

2008

as BB Hensley

5.4

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008

as Self

Americanizing Shelley

as Gary Gordon

07 Spaceys

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

2007

as Voice 'Aftermath'

6.9

Spinning Into Butter

2007

as Dean Burton Strauss

Charlotte's Web

as Dr. Dorian

The Good German

as Colonel Muller

I-See-You.com

as Harvey Bellinger

Smile

as Steven

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

as Marty Rance

Evel Knievel

as John Bork

Debating Robert Lee

as Mr. Lee

Out of the Ashes

as Herman Prentiss, Interrogator

6.1

Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America

2003

We Were the Mulvaneys

2002

as Michael Mulvaney, Sr.

6.5

Sightings: Heartland Ghost

2002

as Derek

4.3

Voyage of the Unicorn

2001

as Professor Alan Aisling

6.7

Boys Klub

2001

as Mario's Dad

4.8

Songs In Ordinary Time

as Omar Duvall

The Christmas Secret

as Nick

Sordid Lives

as G.W. Nethercott

Meeting Daddy

as Larry Branson

Common Ground

as Father Leon

The White River Kid

as Daddy Weed

Inherit the Wind

as E. K. Hornbeck

P.T. Barnum

as P.T. Barnum

The Defenders: Taking the First

1998

as Don Preston

4.7

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

1998

as Don Preston

3.4

Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

1998

as Self

RocketMan

1997

as Bud Nesbitt

5.2

The Defenders: Payback

1997

as Don Preston

2.7

The Second Civil War

1997

as Governor Jim Farley

6.0

Jerry Maguire

1996

as Matt Cushman (uncredited)

7.0

A Stranger to Love

1996

as Allan Grant / Allan Grey

Nightjohn

as Clel Waller

Losing Chase

as Mr. Richard Phillips

The Uninvited

as Charles Johnson

Hidden in America

as Bill

Kissinger and Nixon

as Richard Nixon

5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids

1995

as Narrator

5.8

Vault of Horror I

1994

as Dr. Martin Fairbanks (archive footage)

5.3

Secret Sins of the Father

1994

as Tom Thielman

3.5

The Man with Three Wives

1993

as Dr. Norman Grayson

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

1993

as Terry Harper

6.2

Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story

1993

as Colonel Thomas A. Parker

Sidekicks

as Jerry Gabrewski

Married to It

as John Morden

Wildflower

as Jack Perkins

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

1991

as James Brady

6.0

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0

UFO Cafe

1990

as Arnold Zimmerman

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

1990

as Orville

5.2

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

as Gerry Green

The Iron Triangle

as Capt. Keene

The Wizard

as Sam

The Fabulous Baker Boys

1989

as Frank Baker

6.6

Just Another Secret

1989

as Jack Grant

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

1989

as Police Chief Richard Czech

5.9

Signs of Life

1989

as John Alder

4.6

Seven Hours to Judgment

as John Eden

The Killing Time

as Sam Wayburn

The Wild Pair

as Joe Jennings

Outrage!

as Bruce Gordon

The Thanksgiving Promise

as Hank Tilby

A Fighting Choice

as Thad Taylor

Can A Guy Say No?

as Mr. Tauscher

Vanessa in the Garden

1985

as Theodore 'Teddy' Shearing

6.0

The Hotel New Hampshire

as Win Berry

The Red-Light Sting

as Frank Powell

Heart Like a Wheel

as Connie Kalitta

Night Crossing

as Guenter Wetzel

Dangerous Company

as Ray Johnson

Love Child

as Jack Hansen

Witness for the Prosecution

as Leonard Vole

The Kid From Nowhere

as Bud Herren

Honky Tonk Freeway

as Duane Hansen

Silver Dream Racer

as Bruce McBride

Norma Rae

as Sonny

The Fifth Musketeer

as Philippe / Louis XIV

The Runner Stumbles

as Toby Felker

The Child Stealer

as David Rodman

The Four Feathers

as Harry Feversham

Shimmering Light

as Kevin Pearse

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

1978

as Stubby Pringle

The President's Mistress

as Ben Morton

Greased Lightning

as Hutch

Two-Minute Warning

as Mike Ramsay

Swashbuckler

as Major Folly

Dragonfly

as Jesse

Medical Story

as Dr. Steve Drucker

The Other Side of the Mountain

as Dick Buek

Lovin' Molly

as Johnny

Are We Still Going to the Movies?

1974

What About McBride?

1974

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

1974

as Chris Schroeder

6.0

It's My Hobby

1974

as Himself

Your Three Minutes Are Up

1973

as Charlie

3.5

The Man Without a Country

as Frederick Ingham

Hammersmith Is Out

as Billy Breedlove

Child's Play

as Paul Reis

The Christian Licorice Store

1971

as Cane

4.1

The Perfect Drug Film

1971

as Narrator

Adam's Woman

as Adam

The Landlord

as Elgar Enders

Gaily, Gaily

as Ben Harvey

For Love of Ivy

as Tim Austin

The Incident

as Pfc. Felix Teflinger

7.3

Atta Girl, Kelly!

1967

as Matt Howell

Village of the Giants

1965

as Fred

3.5

The Explosive Generation

1961

as Stephen

5.0

The Company She Keeps

1951

as Obie, Boy at Train Station (uncredited)

5.9

Force of Evil

1950

as Frankie Tucker (uncredited)

The Red Pony

as Beau

Zamba

as Tommy

No Minor Vices

as Bertram (uncredited)

6.7

Television (86)

Unconventional

2025

as Wayne Guillory

4.0

Matlock

2024

as Howard 'Senior' Markston

Lessons in Chemistry

as Harry Wilson

The Premise

as William

Mr. Mayor

as Adolphus Hass

Messiah

as Edmund DeGuilles

Robbie

as Robbie Walton Sr.

Mosaic

as Alan Pape

Dialing Home

as Self

Goliath

as Roy Wheeler

Greenleaf

as Bob Whitmore

Bloodline

as Roy Gilbert

black-ish

as Paul

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

2014

as Sheriff Scaley Briggs (voice)

Masters of Sex

as Dr. Barton Scully

The Millers

as Tom Miller

The Goodwin Games

as Benjamin Goodwin

Homeland

as Ralph Warner

Franklin & Bash

as Leonard Franklin

White Collar

as Agent Kramer

Brothers and Sisters

as Nick Brody

The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

10.5: Apocalypse

as Paul Hollister

American Dad!

as Doctor / Lieutenant Thacker (voice)

7.0

The Closer

2005

as Detective George Andrews / Georgette

My Name Is Earl

as Carl Hickey

Into the West

as Stephen Hoxie

Desperate Housewives

as Eli Scruggs

Stargate Atlantis

as Major General Henry Landry

8.0

The Tony Danza Show

2004

as Self

6.1

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

as Self

10.5

as Paul Hollister

Everwood

as Daniel Sullivan

The Agency

as Tom Gage

The Agency

as Tom Gage

Voyage of the Unicorn

as Alan Aisling

The District

as Tom Gage

Founding Fathers

as Samuel Adams (voice)

P.T. Barnum

as P.T. Barnum

Will & Grace

as Daniel McFarland

The Wild Thornberrys

as Hayden Adams (voice)

Maximum Bob

as Judge Bob Gibbs

Stargate SG-1

as Hank Landry

The Daily Show

as Self

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Simon Kress

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as King Big Daddy (voice)

6.0

Million Dollar Babies

1994

as Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe

8.5

Harts of the West

1993

as Dave Hart

6.2

Tales from the Crypt - Uncut

1992

Tales from the Crypt

1989

as Dr. Martin Fairbanks

Amazing Stories

as Teddy Shearing

Alice in Wonderland

as Unicorn

Space

as Randy Claggett

Jeopardy!

as Self

Fridays

as Self

United States

as Richard Chapin

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Medical Story

Flick Flack

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

1974

as Young Benjamin Franklin

The Don Knotts Show

1970

as Self

Cimarron Strip

Felony Squad

The F.B.I.

as Jerry Foley

Branded

The Loner

The Fugitive

as Gary Keller

Mr. Novak

as Pat Knowland

Vacation Playhouse

as Brandon Drood

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Combat!

as Orville Putnam

The Lloyd Bridges Show

as Carl

Ensign O'Toole

as Spicer

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Dr. Kildare

as Bob Colby

Ben Casey

My Three Sons

The Clear Horizon

as Beau Bridges

Bonanza

as Horace Perkins

Rawhide

as Billy Johanson

Sea Hunt

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Cpl. Moss

Gunsmoke

as Jason

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Matt Howell

7.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Stubby Pringle

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

Crew (13)

Movies (12)

Camera

2024

Producer

6.2

Acting: The First Six Lessons

2020

Producer

10.0

Acting: The First Six Lessons

2020

Writer

10.0

The Defenders: Taking the First

1998

Executive Producer

4.7

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

1998

Co-Executive Producer

3.4

The Defenders: Payback

1997

Producer

2.7

Secret Sins of the Father

1994

Director

3.5

Seven Hours to Judgment

Director

The Wild Pair

Director

The Thanksgiving Promise

1986

Director

5.7

Don't Touch

1985

Director

The Kid From Nowhere

1982

Director

3.0

Television (1)

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

Director

6.4