Jeff Bridges: Mini Biography

The son of well-known film and TV celebrity Lloyd Connects and his long-time spouse Dorothy Dean Connects, Jeffrey Leon Connects was blessed on November 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, Florida, and matured up amongst the going on Artist world with big sister Lover Connects. Both young boys jumped up unbilled with their mom in the film The Organization She Keeps (1951), and made an appearance on situation with their prominent dad on his common under the sea TV line "Sea Hunt" (1958) while increasing up. At age 14, Mark major with his dad in a level creation of "Anniversary Waltz". The "troublesome teen" years demonstrated just that for Mark and his mom and father were motivated at one point to get involved when problems with medication and pot got out of hand.

He retrieved and began creating his nascent youngster profession being on TV as a newer edition of his dad in the recommended TV-movie Subtle Night time, Single Night time (1969) (TV), and in the unusual Burgess Meredith film The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970). Following good is aware for his illustration of a white-colored college scholar found up in the racially-themed Places of Frustration (1970), his career-maker came just a year later when he generated a coming-of-age part in the critically-acclaimed clothing film The Last Photograph Show (1971). The Chris Bogdanovich- helmed film created actors out off its fresh qualified prospects (Bridges, Jimmy Feet, Cybill Shepherd) and Oscar those who win out of its old toss (Ben Fitzgibbons, Cloris Leachman). The part of Duane Fitzgibbons, for which Mark gotten his first Oscar-nomination (for "best assisting actor"), set the develop for the kinds of functions Mark would familiarize himself with his lovers -- rambling, dangerous, rascally and usually unpredictable).

Owning a recreational lighthearted handsomeness and with a continuous look and sly allure, he began instantly on an interesting 70s sojourn into offbeat shooting. Primary among them were his fighter on his way up contrary a decreasing Stacy Keach in Fat Metropolis (1972); his Municipal War-era conman in the united states Bad Organization (1972); his redneck inventory car speed in The Last National Leading man (1973); his fresh college scholar anarchist contrary a good experienced toss in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1973); his bank-robbing (also Oscar-nominated) partner to Clint Eastwood in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974); his pointless beef rustler in Rancho Luxurious (1975); his low-level united states creator who wants to be a real-life western in Spirits of the Western side (1975); and his sister of an assassinated Leader who chases results in the criminal offenses in Winter weather Eliminates (1979). All are simply outstanding people that should have powered him to the very top steps of fame...but curiously didn't.

Perhaps it was his logo convenience and naturalistic technique that created him somewhat under valued then when Artist was run by a Dustin Hoffman, John De Niro and Al Pacino-like power. Neverthless, Mark kept a scene-stealing preferred into the next several years, especially as the gaming designer in the 1982 sci-fi conspiracy vintage TRON (1982), and the having difficulties artist sister competing with sister Lover Connects over the efforts of attractive artist Mrs. Pfeiffer in The Incredible Chef Boys (1989). Mark became a third-time Oscar nominee with his extremely interesting (and curiously sexy) illustration of a blank-faced unfamiliar in Starman (1984), and generated even greater regard as the ever-optimistic designer Preston Tucker in Tucker: The Man and His Wish (1988).

Since then Mark has ongoing to put on the Connects wonder on film. Few appreciate such an lasting reputation while keeping equivalent regard with the experts. The Fisher Full (1991), National Center (1992), Courageous (1993), The Big Lebowski (1998) (now a conspiracy phenom) and The Competition (2000) (which offered him a 4th Oscar nomination) are primary cases. More lately he captured when as a bald-pated bad guy as John Downey Jr.'s enemy in Metal Man (2008) and then, at age 60, he assigned his fulfilling profession by succeeding the difficult Oscar, plus the Wonderful World and Screen Acting expert Guild prizes (among many others), for his down-and-out nation artist Bad Blake in Ridiculous Center (2009).

Jeff has been wed since 1977 to non-professional Leslie Geston (they met on the set of Rancho Luxurious (1975)). The couple have three kids, Isabelle (born 1981), Jessica (born 1983), and Hayley (born 1985). He passions as an experienced wedding photographer on and off his film places, and has been known to play around as a cartoonist and pop artist.