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[[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."]]'']]

->''"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."''
-->-- as '''The Dude''' in ''Film/TheBigLebowski''

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.

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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!!Roles:
* ''Series/SeaHunt'' (1958-1961) as Kelly Bailey / Boy / Jimmy / Davy Crane
* ''Film/TheLastPictureShow'' (1971) as Duane Jackson
* ''[[Film/BadCompany1972 Bad Company]]'' (1972) as Jake Rumsey
* ''Film/FatCity'' (1972) as Ernie Munger
* ''Film/LollyMadonnaXXX'' (1973) as Zack Feather
* ''Film/TheLastAmericanHero'' (1973) as Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson
* ''Theatre/TheIcemanCometh'' (1973) as Don Parritt
* ''Film/ThunderboltAndLightfoot'' (1974) as Lightfoot
* ''Film/RanchoDeluxe'' (1975) as Jack [=McKee=]
* ''Film/{{King Kong|1976}}'' (1976) as Jack Prescott
* ''Film/WinterKills'' (1979) as Nick Kegan
* ''Film/HeavensGate'' (1980) as John L. Bridges
* ''Film/{{Tron}}'' (1982) as Kevin Flynn/Clu
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' (1982) as Prince Lír
* ''Film/{{Starman}}'' (1984) as Starman/Scott Hayden
* ''Film/JaggedEdge'' (1985) as Jack Forrester
* ''Film/EightMillionWaysToDie'' (1986) as Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
* ''Film/TuckerTheManAndHisDream'' (1988) as Preston Tucker
* ''Film/TheFabulousBakerBoys'' (1989) as Jack Baker
* ''Film/TheFisherKing'' (1991) as Jack Lucas
* ''[[Film/{{Fearless 1993}} Fearless]]'' (1993) as Max Klein
* ''Film/BlownAway'' (1994) as Jimmy Dove (real name Liam [=McGivney=])
* ''Film/{{Wild Bill|1995}}'' (1995) as Wild Bill Hickok
* ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' (1998) as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski
* ''Film/ArlingtonRoad'' (1999) as Michael Faraday
* ''Film/{{The Muse|1999}}'' (1999) as Jack Warrick
* ''Film/TheContender'' (2000) as President Jackson Evans
* ''Film/KPax'' (2001) as Doctor Mark Powell
* ''Film/LostInLaMancha'' (2002) as the narrator
* ''Film/{{Seabiscuit}}'' (2003) as Charles S. Howard
* ''Film/TheDoorInTheFloor'' (2004) as Ted Cole
* ''Film/StickIt'' (2006) as Burt Vickerman
* ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'' (2007) as Ezekiel "Big Z" Topanga/Geek
* ''Film/IronMan1'' (2008) as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
* ''Film/HowToLoseFriendsAndAlienatePeople'' (2008) as Clayton Harding
* ''Film/TheOpenRoad'' (2009) as Kyle
* ''Film/CrazyHeart'' (2009) as Bad Blake
* ''Film/TheMenWhoStareAtGoats'' (2009) as Bill Django
* ''Film/TronLegacy'' (2010) as Kevin Flynn/Clu 2
* ''Film/TrueGrit'' (2010) as Rooster Cogburn
* ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' (2013) as Roy Pulsipher
* ''Film/TheGiver'' (2014) as [[ProtagonistTitle The Giver]]
* ''[[Film/SeventhSon2015 Seventh Son]]'' (2015) as John Gregory
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Prince|2015}}'' (2015) as The Aviator
* ''Film/HellOrHighWater'' (2016) as Marcus Hamilton
* ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'' (2017) as Champagne
* ''Film/OnlyTheBrave'' (2017) as Duane Steinbrink
* ''Film/BadTimesAtTheElRoyale'' (2018) as Daniel Flynn
* ''Series/TheOldMan'' as Dan Chase (2022)
* ''Film/{{Tron}}: Ares'' as Kevin Flynn (2025)
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!!Tropes associated with his roles:
* TheCharmer: Unless they're written to be, his characters are basically impossible not to like.
* 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]]
* 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.
* 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.
* LargeHam:
** "[[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude abides.]]"
** "[[Film/IronMan1 Tony Stark was able to build this IN A CAVE! With a box of scraps!]]"
** "[[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!!!!!]]'''"
** "[[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!]]".
* 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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