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).
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The Daily Show
1996 · Self
American Dad!
2005 · Doctor / Lieutenant Th...
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Desperate Housewives
2004 · Eli Scruggs
Stargate SG-1
1997 · Hank Landry
Jeopardy!
1984 · Self
Homeland
2011 · Ralph Warner
The Closer
2005 · Detective George Andre...
Stargate Atlantis
2004 · Hank Landry
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Everwood
2002 · Daniel Sullivan
White Collar
2009 · Agent Kramer
The Fugitive
1963 · Gary Keller
Bonanza
1959 · Horace Perkins
Goliath
2016 · Roy Wheeler
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self
Rawhide
1959 · Billy Johanson
My Three Sons
1960
black-ish
2014 · Paul
Will & Grace
1998 · Daniel McFarland
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Nick Brody
My Name Is Earl
2005 · Carl Hickey
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Cpl. Moss
Combat!
1962 · Orville Putnam
Gunsmoke
1955 · Jason
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Dr. Martin Fairbanks
American Playhouse
1982 · John Alder
Matlock
2024 · Howard 'Senior' Markst...
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Bob Colby
The F.B.I.
1965 · Jerry Foley
The Outer Limits
1995 · Dr. Simon Kress
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Hayden Adams (voice)
Franklin & Bash
2011 · Leonard Franklin
The District
2000 · Tom Gage
Masters of Sex
2013 · Barton Scully
Ben Casey
1961
Amazing Stories
1985 · Teddy Shearing
The Agency
2001 · Tom Gage
Greenleaf
2016 · Bob Whitmore
Bloodline
2015 · Roy Gilbert
12 O'Clock High
1964 · Corporal Corbett
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Sea Hunt
1958
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · King Big Daddy (voice)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014 · Sheriff Scaley Briggs...
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004 · Self
Felony Squad
1966
Branded
1965
Lessons in Chemistry
2023 · Harry Wilson
Mr. Novak
1963 · Pat Knowland
The Millers
2013 · Tom Miller
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1996 · Matt Cushman (uncredit...
Into the West
2005 · Stephen Hoxie
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1980 · Self
Messiah
2020 · Edmund DeGuilles
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2017 · Self
Love Bites
2011 · Hal Sacovitch
Mr. Mayor
2021 · Adolphus Hass
The Loner
1965
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1967
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Matt Howell
Seven Hours to Judgment
1988 · John Eden
Charlotte's Web
2006 · Dr. Dorian
Max Payne
2008 · BB Hensley
Mosaic
2018 · Alan Pape
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962 · Carl
Stargate: Continuum
2008 · Major General Hank Lan...
The Descendants
2011 · Cousin Hugh
The Premise
2021 · William
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1975 · Dr. Steve Drucker
The Mountain Between Us
2017 · Walter
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1962 · Spicer
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2008 · Maj. Gen. Henry Landry
Alice in Wonderland
1985 · Unicorn
Hit & Run
2012 · Clint Perrkins
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2006 · Paul Hollister
Maximum Bob
1998 · Judge Bob Gibbs
RocketMan
1997 · Bud Nesbitt
Sidekicks
1992 · Jerry Gabrewski
Harts of the West
1993 · Dave Hart
The Good German
2006 · Colonel Muller
The Goodwin Games
2013 · Benjamin Goodwin
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2004 · Paul Hollister
The Wizard
1989 · Sam
Night Crossing
1982 · Guenter Wetzel
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Stubby Pringle
Eden
2013 · Bob
One Night in Miami...
2020 · Mr. Carlton
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989 · Frank Baker
Space
1985 · Randy Claggett
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1974
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2020 · Dad
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2020 · Robbie Walton Sr.
UFO Cafe
1990 · Arnold Zimmerman
Blue Eyed Girl
2025 · Dad
End of the Road
2022 · Capt. JD Hammers
Unconventional
2025 · Wayne Guillory
Voyage of the Unicorn
2001 · Professor Alan Aisling
Medical Story
1975 · Dr. Steve Drucker
Voyage of the Unicorn
2001 · Alan Aisling
Supervized
2019 · Ted
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005 · Marty Rance
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984 · Win Berry
Norma Rae
1979 · Sonny
Lovin' Molly
1974 · Johnny
P.T. Barnum
1999 · P.T. Barnum
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2000 · Larry Branson
Galveston
2018 · Stan Ptitko
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Force of Evil
1950 · Frankie Tucker (uncred...
Swashbuckler
1976 · Major Folly
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974 · Young Benjamin Frankli...
Dangerous Company
1982 · Ray Johnson
07 Spaceys
2007
Boys Klub
2001 · Mario's Dad
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
2010 · Gus Grisby
Inherit the Wind
1999 · E. K. Hornbeck
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2014 · Coach
All About Nina
2018 · Larry Michaels
The Second Civil War
1997 · Governor Jim Farley
Witness for the Prosecution
1982 · Leonard Vole
Wildflower
1991 · Jack Perkins
Rushlights
2013 · Sheriff Robert Brogden...
The Incident
1967 · Pfc. Felix Teflinger
Columbus Circle
2012 · Dr. Raymond Fontaine
Founding Fathers
2000 · Samuel Adams (voice)
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2007 · Gary Gordon
Two-Minute Warning
1976 · Mike Ramsay
A Christmas Mystery
2022 · Mayor Donovan
Greased Lightning
1977 · Hutch
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
2016 · Jeffrey
Sightings: Heartland Ghost
2002 · Derek
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
2010 · Uncle Logan
Outrage!
1986 · Bruce Gordon
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2016 · Jeffrey
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
Dreamin' Wild
2023 · Don Emerson Sr.
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990 · Orville
The Landlord
1970 · Elgar Enders
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975 · Dick Buek
The Fifth Musketeer
1979 · Philippe / Louis XIV
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word
2016 · Jeffrey Knight
Silver Dream Racer
1980 · Bruce McBride
Heart Like a Wheel
1983 · Connie Kalitta
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011 · Self
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2024 · Eric
Common Ground
2000 · Father Leon
Vault of Horror I
1994 · Dr. Martin Fairbanks (...
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998 · Don Preston
Out of the Ashes
2003 · Herman Prentiss, Inter...
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981 · Duane Hansen
The Red Pony
1949 · Beau
Secret Sins of the Father
1994 · Tom Thielman
Debating Robert Lee
2004 · Mr. Lee
The Red-Light Sting
1984 · Frank Powell
Million Dollar Babies
1994 · Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe
Vanessa in the Garden
1985 · Theodore 'Teddy' Shear...
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991 · James Brady
The Christian Licorice Store
1971 · Cane
Hal
2019 · Self
The Wild Pair
1987 · Joe Jennings
The Killing Time
1987 · Sam Wayburn
Village of the Giants
1965 · Fred
The Company She Keeps
1951 · Obie, Boy at Train Sta...
The White River Kid
1999 · Daddy Weed
Acting: The First Six Lessons
2020 · The Teacher/Movie Dire...
Spinning Into Butter
2009 · Dean Burton Strauss
Christmas in Angel Falls
2017 · Michael D'Angelo
Help Save Planet Earth
1990 · Self
I-See-You.com
2006 · Harvey Bellinger
Married to It
1991 · John Morden
Losing Chase
1996 · Mr. Richard Phillips
The Christmas Secret
2000 · Nick
The Man Without a Country
1973 · Frederick Ingham
The Four Feathers
1978 · Harry Feversham
Evel Knievel
2004 · John Bork
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993 · Terry Harper
Kissinger and Nixon
1995 · Richard Nixon
Sordid Lives
2000 · G.W. Nethercott
Child's Play
1972 · Paul Reis
The Defenders: Taking the First
1998 · Don Preston
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
2020 · Self
The Explosive Generation
1961 · Stephen
The Man with Three Wives
1993 · Dr. Norman Grayson
Pablo
2012 · Self
Two/One
2020 · Alfred
Underdog Kids
2015 · Ron Butz
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986 · Hank Tilby
A Stranger to Love
1996 · Allan Grant / Allan Gr...
The Runner Stumbles
1979 · Toby Felker
Your Three Minutes Are Up
1973 · Charlie
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
1989 · Police Chief Richard C...
Love Child
1982 · Jack Hansen
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974 · Chris Schroeder
Just Another Secret
1989 · Jack Grant
We Were the Mulvaneys
2002 · Michael Mulvaney, Sr.
The Neon Highway
2024 · Claude Allen
For Love of Ivy
1968 · Tim Austin
Our Italian Christmas Memories
2022 · Vincent Coluccia
Hammersmith Is Out
1972 · Billy Breedlove
Hidden in America
1996 · Bill
Words from a Bear
2019 · Self
The President's Mistress
1978 · Ben Morton
Dragonfly
1976 · Jesse
The Defenders: Payback
1997 · Don Preston
It's My Hobby
1974 · Himself
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990 · Gerry Green
Songs In Ordinary Time
2000 · Omar Duvall
Game Time: Tackling the Past
2011 · Frank Walker
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007 · Voice 'Aftermath'
The Uninvited
1996 · Charles Johnson
Desert Road
2024 · Old Man
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998 · Self
The Child Stealer
1979 · David Rodman
Gaily, Gaily
1969 · Ben Harvey
Signs of Life
1989 · John Alder
P.T. Barnum
1999 · P.T. Barnum
Nightjohn
1996 · Clel Waller
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009 · Self
What About McBride?
1974
Atta Girl, Kelly!
1967 · Matt Howell
The Kid From Nowhere
1982 · Bud Herren
The Iron Triangle
1989 · Capt. Keene
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978 · Stubby Pringle
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
1993 · Colonel Thomas A. Park...
A Fighting Choice
1986 · Thad Taylor
Sordid Lives
2020
Don't Fade Away
2010 · Chris White
Lawless Range
2018 · Mr. Reed
Adam's Woman
1970 · Adam
Can a Guy Say No?
1986 · Mr. Tauscher
Zamba
1949 · Tommy
No Minor Vices
1948 · Bertram (uncredited)
Shimmering Light
1978 · Kevin Pearse
Stasis
2010 · Dr. Graham
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America
2003
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
1995 · Narrator
Are We Still Going to the Movies?
1974
The Perfect Drug Film
1971 · Narrator