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