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7 | [[caption-width-right:315:''[[Film/TheBigLebowski "I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That, or His Dudeness … Duder … or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing."]]'']] |
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9 | ->''"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."'' |
10 | -->-- as '''The Dude''' in ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' |
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12 | Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. The son of the late actors Creator/LloydBridges and Creator/DorothyBridges, he has been acting for over forty years, and is probably best known for playing Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in ''Film/TheBigLebowski''. He's also found some success as a SingerSongwriter, most notably with a 2011 SelfTitledAlbum that made the pop, rock, folk, and country charts. |
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14 | He married Susan Geston in 1977 and they have three daughters and one grandchild. Jeff Bridges lives in California, and meditates every day. His older brother, Creator/BeauBridges, is an actor himself. |
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17 | !!Roles: |
18 | * ''Series/SeaHunt'' (1958-1961) as Kelly Bailey / Boy / Jimmy / Davy Crane |
19 | * ''Film/TheLastPictureShow'' (1971) as Duane Jackson |
20 | * ''[[Film/BadCompany1972 Bad Company]]'' (1972) as Jake Rumsey |
21 | * ''Film/FatCity'' (1972) as Ernie Munger |
22 | * ''Film/LollyMadonnaXXX'' (1973) as Zack Feather |
23 | * ''Film/TheLastAmericanHero'' (1973) as Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson |
24 | * ''Theatre/TheIcemanCometh'' (1973) as Don Parritt |
25 | * ''Film/ThunderboltAndLightfoot'' (1974) as Lightfoot |
26 | * ''Film/RanchoDeluxe'' (1975) as Jack [=McKee=] |
27 | * ''Film/{{King Kong|1976}}'' (1976) as Jack Prescott |
28 | * ''Film/WinterKills'' (1979) as Nick Kegan |
29 | * ''Film/HeavensGate'' (1980) as John L. Bridges |
30 | * ''Film/{{Tron}}'' (1982) as Kevin Flynn/Clu |
31 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982) as Prince Lír |
32 | * ''Film/{{Starman}}'' (1984) as Starman/Scott Hayden |
33 | * ''Film/JaggedEdge'' (1985) as Jack Forrester |
34 | * ''Film/EightMillionWaysToDie'' (1986) as Matthew 'Matt' Scudder |
35 | * ''Film/TuckerTheManAndHisDream'' (1988) as Preston Tucker |
36 | * ''Film/TheFabulousBakerBoys'' (1989) as Jack Baker |
37 | * ''Film/TheFisherKing'' (1991) as Jack Lucas |
38 | * ''[[Film/{{Fearless 1993}} Fearless]]'' (1993) as Max Klein |
39 | * ''Film/BlownAway'' (1994) as Jimmy Dove (real name Liam [=McGivney=]) |
40 | * ''Film/{{Wild Bill|1995}}'' (1995) as Wild Bill Hickok |
41 | * ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' (1998) as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski |
42 | * ''Film/ArlingtonRoad'' (1999) as Michael Faraday |
43 | * ''Film/{{The Muse|1999}}'' (1999) as Jack Warrick |
44 | * ''Film/TheContender'' (2000) as President Jackson Evans |
45 | * ''Film/KPax'' (2001) as Doctor Mark Powell |
46 | * ''Film/LostInLaMancha'' (2002) as the narrator |
47 | * ''Film/{{Seabiscuit}}'' (2003) as Charles S. Howard |
48 | * ''Film/TheDoorInTheFloor'' (2004) as Ted Cole |
49 | * ''Film/StickIt'' (2006) as Burt Vickerman |
50 | * ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'' (2007) as Ezekiel "Big Z" Topanga/Geek |
51 | * ''Film/IronMan1'' (2008) as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger |
52 | * ''Film/HowToLoseFriendsAndAlienatePeople'' (2008) as Clayton Harding |
53 | * ''Film/TheOpenRoad'' (2009) as Kyle |
54 | * ''Film/CrazyHeart'' (2009) as Bad Blake |
55 | * ''Film/TheMenWhoStareAtGoats'' (2009) as Bill Django |
56 | * ''Film/TronLegacy'' (2010) as Kevin Flynn/Clu 2 |
57 | * ''Film/TrueGrit'' (2010) as Rooster Cogburn |
58 | * ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' (2013) as Roy Pulsipher |
59 | * ''Film/TheGiver'' (2014) as [[ProtagonistTitle The Giver]] |
60 | * ''[[Film/SeventhSon2015 Seventh Son]]'' (2015) as John Gregory |
61 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Prince|2015}}'' (2015) as The Aviator |
62 | * ''Film/HellOrHighWater'' (2016) as Marcus Hamilton |
63 | * ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'' (2017) as Champagne |
64 | * ''Film/OnlyTheBrave'' (2017) as Duane Steinbrink |
65 | * ''Film/BadTimesAtTheElRoyale'' (2018) as Daniel Flynn |
66 | * ''Series/TheOldMan'' as Dan Chase (2022) |
67 | * ''Film/{{Tron}}: Ares'' as Kevin Flynn (2025) |
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69 | !!Tropes associated with his roles: |
70 | * TheCharmer: Unless they're written to be, his characters are basically impossible not to like. |
71 | * TheDanza: His iconic character of [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]] is named Jeffrey, and the character [[AdamWesting is so (exaggeratedly) similar to himself]] that he has joked that he thought the Coen brothers spied on him and interviewed his friends when writing the part. [[invoked]] |
72 | * DyeingForYourArt: In interviews, he admits that one of the reasons he took the part of Obediah Stane in ''Film/IronMan1'' was because he would get to shave his head and grow a beard, which were two things he'd always wanted to do. |
73 | * IAmNotSpock: He has played a WIDE variety of roles and has a lot of range, to say the least (he’s an Oscar winner for a reason), but let’s face it. You know what his signature role is, man. |
74 | * LargeHam: |
75 | ** "[[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude abides.]]" |
76 | ** "[[Film/IronMan1 Tony Stark was able to build this IN A CAVE! With a box of scraps!]]" |
77 | ** "[[Film/TronLegacy And unlike our selfish creator, who reserved the privilege of our world only for himself, I will make their world open and available to all of us. Yes!]] '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb4Q6EsIgIU TO ALL OF US!!!!!]]'''" |
78 | ** "[[Film/TheFisherKing I'm talking to the little people ! They say: Jack, go to the nearest liquor store and findeth the Jack of Daniels, that ye may be shitfaced! DULANG DULANG! YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND!]]". |
79 | * VerbalTic: He really does say "man" a lot. When he entered [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Little Lebowski]] store in lower Manhattan for the first time, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kENCU5cLBJU his reaction was "Cool shop, man!"]] |
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