Jeffrey Leons "Jeff" Bridges (born Dec. 4, 1949) is an American actor, country musician, & producer. He began his televised acting in 1958 as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother, Beau, on TV's Sea Hunt. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in The Last Picture Show (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Starman (1984), The Contender (2000), and True Grit (2010).
