Beau Bridges
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 9, 1941 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Credits
- 248
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
1996Movie
Matt Cushman (uncredited)
The Descendants
2011Movie
Cousin Hugh
Homeland
2011TV
Ralph Warner
The Mountain Between Us
2017Movie
Walter
American Dad!
2005TV
Doctor / Lieutenant Thacker (voice), Lieutenant Thacker (voice)
Max Payne
2008Movie
BB Hensley
Filmography
R.J. Decker
2026TV
Reggie Decker
Blue Eyed Girl
2025Movie
Dad
Unconventional
2025TV
Wayne Guillory
Matlock
2024TV
Howard 'Senior' Markston
Camera
2024Movie
Eric
The Neon Highway
2024Movie
Claude Allen
Desert Road
2024Movie
Old Man
Lessons in Chemistry
2023TV
Harry Wilson
Dreamin' Wild
2023Movie
Don Emerson Sr.
A Christmas Mystery
2022Movie
Mayor Donovan
Our Italian Christmas Memories
2022Movie
Vincent Coluccia
End of the Road
2022Movie
Capt. JD Hammers
The Premise
2021TV
William
Mr. Mayor
2021TV
Adolphus Hass
One Night in Miami...
2020Movie
Mr. Carlton
Acting: The First Six Lessons
2020Movie
The Teacher/Movie Director
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
2020Movie
Self
Sordid Lives
2020Movie
Robbie
2020TV
Robbie Walton Sr.
Two/One
2020Movie
Alfred
Elsewhere
2020Movie
Dad
Messiah
2020TV
Edmund DeGuilles
Supervized
2019Movie
Ted
Hal
2019Movie
Self
Words from a Bear
2019Movie
Self
Galveston
2018Movie
Stan Ptitko
All About Nina
2018Movie
Larry Michaels
Mosaic
2018TV
Alan Pape
Lawless Range
2018Movie
Mr. Reed
Christmas in Angel Falls
2017Movie
Michael D'Angelo
Dialing Home
2017TV
Self
The Mountain Between Us
2017Movie
Walter
Goliath
2016TV
Roy Wheeler
The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner
2016Movie
Self
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
2016Movie
Jeffrey
Greenleaf
2016TV
Bob Whitmore
Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud
2016Movie
Jeffrey
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word
2016Movie
Jeffrey Knight
Underdog Kids
2015Movie
Ron Butz
Bloodline
2015TV
Roy Gilbert
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014TV
Sheriff Scaley Briggs (voice)
black-ish
2014TV
Paul
1000 to 1
2014Movie
Coach
The Millers
2013TV
Tom Miller
Masters of Sex
2013TV
Barton Scully
Rushlights
2013Movie
Sheriff Robert Brogden Jr.
The Goodwin Games
2013TV
Benjamin Goodwin
Eden
2013Movie
Bob
Pablo
2012Movie
Self
Hit & Run
2012Movie
Clint Perrkins
Columbus Circle
2012Movie
Dr. Raymond Fontaine
Homeland
2011TV
Ralph Warner
The Descendants
2011Movie
Cousin Hugh
Game Time: Tackling the Past
2011Movie
Frank Walker
Love Bites
2011TV
Hal Sacovitch
Franklin & Bash
2011TV
Leonard Franklin
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011Movie
Self
Stasis
2010Movie
Dr. Graham
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
2010Movie
Uncle Logan
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
2010Movie
Gus Grisby
Don't Fade Away
2010Movie
Chris White
White Collar
2009TV
Agent Kramer
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009Movie
Self
Spinning Into Butter
2009Movie
Dean Burton Strauss
Max Payne
2008Movie
BB Hensley
Stargate: Continuum
2008Movie
Major General Hank Landry
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
2008Movie
Maj. Gen. Henry Landry
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008Movie
Self
Americanizing Shelley
2007Movie
Gary Gordon
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007Movie
Voice 'Aftermath'
07 Spaceys
2007Movie
The Good German
2006Movie
Colonel Muller
Charlotte's Web
2006Movie
Dr. Dorian
Brothers and Sisters
2006TV
Nick Brody
The Megan Mullally Show
2006TV
Self - Guest
10.5: Apocalypse
2006TV
Paul Hollister
I-See-You.com
2006Movie
Harvey Bellinger
My Name Is Earl
2005TV
Carl Hickey
The Closer
2005TV
Detective George Andrews / Georgette
Into the West
2005TV
Stephen Hoxie
Smile
2005Movie
Steven
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005Movie
Marty Rance
American Dad!
2005TV
Doctor / Lieutenant Thacker (voice), Lieutenant Thacker (voice)
Desperate Housewives
2004TV
Eli Scruggs
Debating Robert Lee
2004Movie
Mr. Lee
The Tony Danza Show
2004TV
Self
Evel Knievel
2004Movie
John Bork
Stargate Atlantis
2004TV
Hank Landry, Major General Henry Landry, Major General Hank Landry
10.5
2004TV
Paul Hollister
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004TV
Self
Out of the Ashes
2003Movie
Herman Prentiss, Interrogator
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America
2003Movie
Sightings: Heartland Ghost
2002Movie
Derek
Everwood
2002TV
Daniel Sullivan
We Were the Mulvaneys
2002Movie
Michael Mulvaney, Sr.
The Agency
2001TV
Tom Gage
Boys Klub
2001Movie
Mario's Dad
Voyage of the Unicorn
2001Movie
Professor Alan Aisling
Voyage of the Unicorn
2001TV
Alan Aisling
The Christmas Secret
2000Movie
Nick
Founding Fathers
2000TV
Samuel Adams (voice)
Songs In Ordinary Time
2000Movie
Omar Duvall
The District
2000TV
Tom Gage
Meeting Daddy
2000Movie
Larry Branson
Sordid Lives
2000Movie
G.W. Nethercott
Common Ground
2000Movie
Father Leon
P.T. Barnum
1999Movie
P.T. Barnum
P.T. Barnum
1999TV
P.T. Barnum
Inherit the Wind
1999Movie
E. K. Hornbeck
The White River Kid
1999Movie
Daddy Weed
The Defenders: Taking the First
1998Movie
Don Preston
Will & Grace
1998TV
Daniel McFarland
The Wild Thornberrys
1998TV
Hayden Adams (voice)
Maximum Bob
1998TV
Judge Bob Gibbs
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998Movie
Self
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998Movie
Don Preston
The Second Civil War
1997Movie
Governor Jim Farley
The Defenders: Payback
1997Movie
Don Preston
RocketMan
1997Movie
Bud Nesbitt
Stargate SG-1
1997TV
Hank Landry
Jerry Maguire
1996Movie
Matt Cushman (uncredited)
Losing Chase
1996Movie
Mr. Richard Phillips
Hidden in America
1996Movie
Bill
The Uninvited
1996Movie
Charles Johnson
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
Nightjohn
1996Movie
Clel Waller
A Stranger to Love
1996Movie
Allan Grant / Allan Grey
Kissinger and Nixon
1995Movie
Richard Nixon
The Outer Limits
1995TV
Dr. Simon Kress
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995TV
King Big Daddy (voice)
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
1995Movie
Narrator
Million Dollar Babies
1994TV
Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe
Vault of Horror I
1994Movie
Dr. Martin Fairbanks (archive footage)
Secret Sins of the Father
1994Movie
Tom Thielman
Harts of the West
1993TV
Dave Hart
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993Movie
Terry Harper
The Man with Three Wives
1993Movie
Dr. Norman Grayson
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
1993Movie
Colonel Thomas A. Parker
Sidekicks
1992Movie
Jerry Gabrewski
Wildflower
1991Movie
Jack Perkins
Married to It
1991Movie
John Morden
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991Movie
James Brady
UFO Cafe
1990Movie
Arnold Zimmerman
Night of 100 Stars III
1990Movie
Self
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990Movie
Orville
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990Movie
Gerry Green (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
The Wizard
1989Movie
Sam
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989Movie
Frank Baker
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Dr. Martin Fairbanks
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
1989Movie
Police Chief Richard Czech
The Iron Triangle
1989Movie
Capt. Keene
Signs of Life
1989Movie
John Alder
Just Another Secret
1989Movie
Jack Grant
Seven Hours to Judgment
1988Movie
John Eden
The Wild Pair
1987Movie
Joe Jennings
The Killing Time
1987Movie
Sam Wayburn
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986Movie
Hank Tilby
A Fighting Choice
1986Movie
Thad Taylor
Outrage!
1986Movie
Bruce Gordon
Can a Guy Say No?
1986Movie
Mr. Tauscher
Vanessa in the Garden
1985Movie
Theodore 'Teddy' Shearing
Alice in Wonderland
1985TV
Unicorn
Amazing Stories
1985TV
Teddy Shearing
Space
1985TV
Randy Claggett
Jeopardy!
1984TV
Self
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984Movie
Win Berry
The Red-Light Sting
1984Movie
Frank Powell
Heart Like a Wheel
1983Movie
Connie Kalitta
Witness for the Prosecution
1982Movie
Leonard Vole
Love Child
1982Movie
Jack Hansen
Dangerous Company
1982Movie
Ray Johnson
Night Crossing
1982Movie
Guenter Wetzel
American Playhouse
1982TV
John Alder
The Kid From Nowhere
1982Movie
Bud Herren
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981Movie
Duane Hansen
Silver Dream Racer
1980Movie
Bruce McBride
Fridays
1980TV
Self
United States
1980TV
Richard Chapin
The Runner Stumbles
1979Movie
Toby Felker
The Fifth Musketeer
1979Movie
Philippe / Louis XIV
The Child Stealer
1979Movie
David Rodman
Norma Rae
1979Movie
Sonny
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978Movie
Stubby Pringle
Shimmering Light
1978Movie
Kevin Pearse
The President's Mistress
1978Movie
Ben Morton
The Four Feathers
1978Movie
Harry Feversham
Greased Lightning
1977Movie
Hutch
Two-Minute Warning
1976Movie
Mike Ramsay
Swashbuckler
1976Movie
Major Folly
Dragonfly
1976Movie
Jesse
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975Movie
Dick Buek
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
Medical Story
1975Movie
Dr. Steve Drucker
Medical Story
1975TV
Dr. Steve Drucker
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974TV
Young Benjamin Franklin
Lovin' Molly
1974Movie
Johnny
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974Movie
Chris Schroeder
It's My Hobby
1974Movie
Himself
Flick Flack
1974TV
Are We Still Going to the Movies?
1974Movie
What About McBride?
1974Movie
Your Three Minutes Are Up
1973Movie
Charlie
The Man Without a Country
1973Movie
Frederick Ingham
Child's Play
1972Movie
Paul Reis
Hammersmith Is Out
1972Movie
Billy Breedlove
The Christian Licorice Store
1971Movie
Cane
The Perfect Drug Film
1971Movie
Narrator
The Don Knotts Show
1970TV
Self
The Landlord
1970Movie
Elgar Enders
Adam's Woman
1970Movie
Adam
Gaily, Gaily
1969Movie
Ben Harvey
For Love of Ivy
1968Movie
Tim Austin
The Incident
1967Movie
Pfc. Felix Teflinger
Cimarron Strip
1967TV
Atta Girl, Kelly!
1967Movie
Matt Howell
Felony Squad
1966TV
Village of the Giants
1965Movie
Fred
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Jerry Foley
The Loner
1965TV
Branded
1965TV
12 O'Clock High
1964TV
Corporal Corbett
Mr. Novak
1963TV
Pat Knowland, Jay Bartlett
The Fugitive
1963TV
Gary Keller, Larry Corby
Vacation Playhouse
1963TV
Brandon Drood
Combat!
1962TV
Orville Putnam
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
Ensign O'Toole
1962TV
Spicer, Seaman Howard Spicer
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962TV
Carl, Skippy Mannox
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
The Explosive Generation
1961Movie
Stephen
Ben Casey
1961TV
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Bob Colby
My Three Sons
1960TV
The Clear Horizon
1960TV
Beau Bridges
Bonanza
1959TV
Horace Perkins
Rawhide
1959TV
Billy Johanson
Sea Hunt
1958TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Cpl. Moss
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Jason
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Matt Howell, Thad Taylor, Hank Tilby
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Stubby Pringle, Leonard Vole
The Company She Keeps
1951Movie
Obie, Boy at Train Station (uncredited)
Force of Evil
1950Movie
Frankie Tucker (uncredited)
Zamba
1949Movie
Tommy
The Red Pony
1949Movie
Beau
No Minor Vices
1948Movie
Bertram (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self, Self - Nominee
My Jesus
Movie
Bob Wilson