Beau Bridges

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Biography

American actor and director, born 9 December 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Son of Lloyd Bridges , father of Jordan Bridges.

  • Real name
  • Lloyd Vernet Bridges III
  • Primary profession
  • Actor·director·producer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 09 December 1941
  • Place of birth
  • Hollywood
  • Children
  • Jordan Bridges
  • Education
  • University of California· Los Angeles
  • Member of
  • UCLA Bruins men's basketball
  • Parents
  • Lloyd Bridges·Dorothy Bridges

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Son of Lloyd Bridges and Dorothy Dean Bridges.

Older brother of Jeff Bridges and Cindy Bridges.

Father of Casey Bridges (adopted, born March 16, 1969) and Jordan Bridges (born November 13, 1973) with Julie Bridges and Dylan Bridges (born October 25, 1984), Emily Bridges (born July 2, 1986) and Jeffery Bridges (born September 24, 1993) with Wendy Treece.

Has starred with father Lloyd Bridges and son Dylan Bridges on Showtimes television series episode, "The Outer Limits" {Sandkings } , on March 22, 1995.

Especially active as president of the environmental group Ventura Coast Keeper in native California. Is pushing state to buy and preserve 265 acres of wetlands near Oxnard now sought by mammoth Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 7, 2003. His star is located next to the stars of younger brother Jeff Bridges and father Lloyd Bridges.

Another brother, Garrett Myles Bridges was born on June 14, 1948 but died of SIDS less than two months later on August 3, 1948.

He was a very promising basketball player in his youth, and was scouted by quite several NBA teams.

He was born one day before his Village of the Giants co-star Tommy Kirk.

In 1959, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve and served for eight years.

Brother-in-law of Susan Bridges. Uncle of Isabelle Bridges , Jessica Lily Bridges and Haley Roselouise Bridges.

Received the inaugural Betty Garrett Lifetime Achievement Award from Theatre West in Hollywood, California on September 13, 2012, during the theater companys 50th anniversary gala.

Has stared on two different television series for the 2013 television season with Margo Martindale : "Masters of Sex" and "The Millers" .

Has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Norma Rae , Jerry Maguire and The Descendants .

Has appeared with his father Lloyd Bridges in five films: Shimmering Light , The Fifth Musketeer , Alice in Wonderland , The Wild Pair and Secret Sins of the Father .

Is the only actor to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special more than once, with two wins.

Beaus father was from a family that had long lived in the United States (since the 1600s on many lines), and had English, and some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), ancestry. Beaus maternal grandfather was an English immigrant (born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England), while Beaus maternal grandmother had Irish, Swiss-German, and German ancestry.

Quotes

And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was,just a little kid at that time.

And I like music, too, I like playing music.

My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.

I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.

I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera,man, and still photographer.

I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers. . . I,particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.

First of all, my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.

The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came,through without even thinking.

Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to,keep pressing on.

My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my,whole family went.

My brother and I are always trying to figure out a way to work again,together.

I think, I would guess most people keep secrets.

Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the,Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the,respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.

Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand,Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the,two hour pilot movie.

Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.

We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.

Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.

My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.

I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers. . . I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids. .

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