Beau Bridges
Acting
Born: December 9, 1941 (age 84) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
Jerry Maguire
1996
The Descendants
2011
Homeland
2011
The Mountain Between Us
2017
American Dad!
2005
Max Payne
2008
Desperate Housewives
2004
Stargate SG-1
1997
White Collar
2009
Charlotte's Web
2006
Stargate Atlantis
2004
My Name Is Earl
2005
Photos (3)
Movies (148)
Jerry Maguire
Matt Cushman (uncredited)
The Mountain Between Us
Walter
Charlotte's Web
Dr. Dorian
The Descendants
Cousin Hugh
Max Payne
BB Hensley
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Maj. Gen. Henry Landry
The Good German
Colonel Muller
Sidekicks
Jerry Gabrewski
Stargate: Continuum
Major General Hank Landry
The Wizard
Sam
The Neon Highway
Claude Allen
Hit & Run
Clint Perrkins
Galveston
Stan Ptitko
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Frank Baker
One Night in Miami...
Mr. Carlton
RocketMan
Bud Nesbitt
Norma Rae
Sonny
A Christmas Mystery
Mayor Donovan
End of the Road
Capt. JD Hammers
The Hotel New Hampshire
Win Berry
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
Gus Grisby
All About Nina
Larry Michaels
Greased Lightning
Hutch
Night Crossing
Guenter Wetzel
Blue Eyed Girl
Dad
Eden
Bob
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Marty Rance
Witness for the Prosecution
Leonard Vole
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Uncle Logan
Supervized
Ted
The Incident
Pfc. Felix Teflinger
I-See-You.com
Harvey Bellinger
Two-Minute Warning
Mike Ramsay
Smile
Steven
The Killing Time
Sam Wayburn
The Company She Keeps
Obie, Boy at Train Station (uncredited)
Honky Tonk Freeway
Duane Hansen
Medical Story
Dr. Steve Drucker
Seven Hours to Judgment
John Eden
Out of the Ashes
Herman Prentiss, Interrogator
Rushlights
Sheriff Robert Brogden Jr.
1000 to 1
Coach
Force of Evil
Frankie Tucker (uncredited)
Wildflower
Jack Perkins
Dreamin' Wild
Don Emerson Sr.
Voyage of the Unicorn
Professor Alan Aisling
The Red Pony
Beau
The Second Civil War
Governor Jim Farley
Elsewhere
Dad
Columbus Circle
Dr. Raymond Fontaine
Swashbuckler
Major Folly
Underdog Kids
Ron Butz
Child's Play
Paul Reis
Meeting Daddy
Larry Branson
Inherit the Wind
E. K. Hornbeck
The Fifth Musketeer
Philippe / Louis XIV
Married to It
John Morden
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
Jeffrey
Common Ground
Father Leon
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Police Chief Richard Czech
Lovin' Molly
Johnny
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Terry Harper
Sightings: Heartland Ghost
Derek
Losing Chase
Mr. Richard Phillips
The Other Side of the Mountain
Dick Buek
Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud
Jeffrey
Love Child
Jack Hansen
Silver Dream Racer
Bruce McBride
The White River Kid
Daddy Weed
Evel Knievel
John Bork
Dangerous Company
Ray Johnson
07 Spaceys
2007
Spinning Into Butter
Dean Burton Strauss
The Landlord
Elgar Enders
The Uninvited
Charles Johnson
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word
Jeffrey Knight
Debating Robert Lee
Mr. Lee
Village of the Giants
Fred
Signs of Life
John Alder
UFO Cafe
Arnold Zimmerman
Sordid Lives
G.W. Nethercott
Boys Klub
Mario's Dad
Outrage!
Bruce Gordon
Christmas in Angel Falls
Michael D'Angelo
Heart Like a Wheel
Connie Kalitta
The Christian Licorice Store
Cane
Vault of Horror I
Dr. Martin Fairbanks (archive footage)
The Runner Stumbles
Toby Felker
The Red-Light Sting
Frank Powell
The Child Stealer
David Rodman
We Were the Mulvaneys
Michael Mulvaney, Sr.
For Love of Ivy
Tim Austin
The Wild Pair
Joe Jennings
The Explosive Generation
Stephen
Americanizing Shelley
Gary Gordon
A Stranger to Love
Allan Grant / Allan Grey
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
James Brady
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Gerry Green (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Hidden in America
Bill
The Thanksgiving Promise
Hank Tilby
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Don Preston
The Iron Triangle
Capt. Keene
The Four Feathers
Harry Feversham
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
Orville
Secret Sins of the Father
Tom Thielman
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Voice 'Aftermath'
Sordid Lives
2020
The Christmas Secret
Nick
Atta Girl, Kelly!
Matt Howell
Gaily, Gaily
Ben Harvey
Lawless Range
Mr. Reed
Vanessa in the Garden
Theodore 'Teddy' Shearing
Just Another Secret
Jack Grant
Songs In Ordinary Time
Omar Duvall
Two/One
Alfred
The Perfect Drug Film
Narrator
Can a Guy Say No?
Mr. Tauscher
Camera
Eric
Adam's Woman
Adam
The Defenders: Taking the First
Don Preston
Acting: The First Six Lessons
The Teacher/Movie Director
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
Colonel Thomas A. Parker
The Kid From Nowhere
Bud Herren
Nightjohn
Clel Waller
Don't Fade Away
Chris White
No Minor Vices
Bertram (uncredited)
Hammersmith Is Out
Billy Breedlove
The Man Without a Country
Frederick Ingham
Your Three Minutes Are Up
Charlie
The President's Mistress
Ben Morton
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
Narrator
Kissinger and Nixon
Richard Nixon
The Defenders: Payback
Don Preston
Desert Road
Old Man
P.T. Barnum
P.T. Barnum
The Man with Three Wives
Dr. Norman Grayson
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Chris Schroeder
Our Italian Christmas Memories
Vincent Coluccia
Stasis
Dr. Graham
Dragonfly
Jesse
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Stubby Pringle
Shimmering Light
Kevin Pearse
Game Time: Tackling the Past
Frank Walker
Zamba
Tommy
What About McBride?
1974
A Fighting Choice
Thad Taylor
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America
2003
Are We Still Going to the Movies?
1974
TV Shows (82)
American Dad!
Doctor / Lieutenant Thacker (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Lieutenant Thacker (voice) · 1 eps
Desperate Housewives
Eli Scruggs · 1 eps
Homeland
Ralph Warner · 4 eps
Stargate SG-1
Hank Landry · 40 eps
The Closer
Detective George Andrews / Georgette · 1 eps
Bonanza
Horace Perkins · 1 eps
American Playhouse
John Alder · 1 eps
Everwood
Daniel Sullivan · 1 eps
Stargate Atlantis
Hank Landry · 3 eps
Stargate Atlantis
Major General Henry Landry · 1 eps
Stargate Atlantis
Major General Hank Landry · 1 eps
White Collar
Agent Kramer · 3 eps
The Fugitive
Gary Keller · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Larry Corby · 1 eps
Will & Grace
Daniel McFarland · 2 eps
black-ish
Paul · 3 eps
Goliath
Roy Wheeler · 5 eps
My Name Is Earl
Carl Hickey · 7 eps
The Outer Limits
Dr. Simon Kress · 1 eps
Brothers and Sisters
Nick Brody · 5 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
Hayden Adams (voice) · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Bob Colby · 1 eps
My Three Sons
2 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Dr. Martin Fairbanks · 1 eps
Combat!
Orville Putnam · 1 eps
Rawhide
Billy Johanson · 1 eps
Franklin & Bash
Leonard Franklin · 3 eps
Matlock
Howard 'Senior' Markston · 21 eps
The District
Tom Gage · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Jerry Foley · 1 eps
Masters of Sex
Barton Scully · 21 eps
Gunsmoke
Jason · 1 eps
Ben Casey
2 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cpl. Moss · 1 eps
Amazing Stories
Teddy Shearing · 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Corporal Corbett · 1 eps
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Sheriff Scaley Briggs (voice) · 4 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
King Big Daddy (voice) · 1 eps
Bloodline
Roy Gilbert · 10 eps
Greenleaf
Bob Whitmore · 5 eps
Branded
1 eps
The Agency
Tom Gage · 31 eps
Sea Hunt
2 eps
Lessons in Chemistry
Harry Wilson · 3 eps
Felony Squad
1 eps
Mr. Novak
Pat Knowland · 1 eps
Mr. Novak
Jay Bartlett · 1 eps
Cimarron Strip
1 eps
Love Bites
Hal Sacovitch · 1 eps
The Millers
Tom Miller · 34 eps
Messiah
Edmund DeGuilles · 5 eps
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Carl · 1 eps
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Skippy Mannox · 1 eps
Into the West
Stephen Hoxie · 6 eps
Mr. Mayor
Adolphus Hass · 1 eps
Ensign O'Toole
Spicer · 6 eps
Ensign O'Toole
Seaman Howard Spicer · 2 eps
The Loner
1 eps
Mosaic
Alan Pape · 6 eps
Medical Story
Dr. Steve Drucker · 1 eps
Alice in Wonderland
Unicorn · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Matt Howell · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Thad Taylor · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Hank Tilby · 1 eps
The Premise
William · 1 eps
10.5
Paul Hollister · 2 eps
10.5: Apocalypse
Paul Hollister · 2 eps
Space
Randy Claggett · 5 eps
Maximum Bob
Judge Bob Gibbs · 7 eps
Harts of the West
Dave Hart · 15 eps
The Goodwin Games
Benjamin Goodwin · 1 eps
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Young Benjamin Franklin · 4 eps
Unconventional
Wayne Guillory · 1 eps
Flick Flack
1 eps
Robbie
Robbie Walton Sr. · 8 eps
Voyage of the Unicorn
Alan Aisling · 2 eps
P.T. Barnum
P.T. Barnum · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Stubby Pringle · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Leonard Vole · 1 eps
Founding Fathers
Samuel Adams (voice) · 4 eps
Million Dollar Babies
Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (20)
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Jeopardy!
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self · 1 eps
Fridays
Self · 1 eps
Dialing Home
Self · 5 eps
Words from a Bear
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Self
Pablo
Self
Hal
Self
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Self
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
Self
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
Self
It's My Hobby
Himself
