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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)
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68	!!Tropes associated with his roles:
69	* TheCharmer: Unless they're written to be, his characters are basically impossible not to like.
70	* 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]]
71	* 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.
72	* 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.
73	* LargeHam:
74	** "[[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude abides.]]"
75	** "[[Film/IronMan1 Tony Stark was able to build this IN A CAVE! With a box of scraps!]]"
76	** "[[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!!!!!]]'''"
77	** "[[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!]]".
78	* 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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