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Jeff Bridges




  Location Los Angeles, California , US
  Birthname Jeffrey Leon Bridges
  Spouse Susan Geston (1977-)
  Academyawards '''Nominated: Best Actor ''' <br> 1984 '' Starman '' <br>
  Goldenglobeawards '''Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama ''' <br> 1985 '' Starman '' <br>


Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4 , 1949 ) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor .


BIOGRAPHY


Personal life

Bridges was born in . He married Susan Geston on June 5 , 1977 after meeting her on the set of ''Rancho Deluxe'' in 1975, filmed on a dude ranch where Geston worked as a maid. The couple has 3 daughters, Isabelle (b. 1981), Jessica (b. 1983), and Hayley (b. 1985).


Film career

Bridges's first major role was in the 1971 movie '' The Last Picture Show '' for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actor . He was nominated again for the same award for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1974 film '' Thunderbolt And Lightfoot ''.
One of his better known roles was in the 1982 ' classic cult film '' The Big Lebowski .''

In 2000, Bridges was nominated for his fourth Academy-Award for his role in '' The Contender ''. He also starred in the Terry Gilliam movie '' Tideland '', his second with the director (the first being 1991's '' The Fisher King ''). He will play Obadiah Stane in the Marvel motion picture, '' Iron Man ''.


Other work

In his off time while on set, he has been known to document the filmmaking process by photographing fellow actors and on-set staff with a Widelux panoramic camera. He began doing this during the filming of '' Starman '' at the suggestion of co-star Karen Allen . He has published many of these photographs online and in print titled "Pictures".Hardcover, 2003, ISBN 1-57687-177-0; Library Of Congress control number: 2003046711http://catalog.loc.govhttp://www.filemagazine.org/galleries/pictures/pictures.htmlhttp://fabulousbakers.tripod.com/ab/bakerboys/albums.htmlhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/1576871770/

Bridges is also a cartoonist. Some of his "doodles" have appeared in various films, such as '' K-PAX '' and '' The Door In The Floor '' (a short story-within-story by John Irving ).

Bridges narrated the ), ''Raising the Mammoth'' (2000, TV), and ''The Heroes of Rock and Roll'' (1979, TV). He also voiced the character Big Z in the animated picture '' Surf's Up ''.


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