About
| Birth Name: | Lloyd Vernet Bridges III |
| Birth Notes: | 9 December 1941, Hollywood, California, USA |
| Height: | 5' 10" |
| Family: | * Wendy Treece (10 April 1984 - present); 3 children * Julie Bridges (6 June 1964 - 12 March 1984) (divorced); 2 children |
| Biography: | Beau Bridges is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife, who was his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Bridges. Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his parents immediately started calling him Beau after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind (1939), a book they were reading at the time. His younger brother, actor Jeff Bridges , was born in 1949 and a sister, Cindy Bridges, the following year. Although only 5'10", Beau played basketball for UCLA his freshman year. The following year he transferred to the University of Hawaii, but dropped out to pursue acting and got his first major role in 1967. During his first marriage to Julie Landifield, they adopted Casey Bridges and then had Jordan Bridges. He and his second wife, Wendy Treece Bridges, have three children from this marriage: Dylan Bridges (born 1985); Emily Bridges, (born 1987) and Ezekiel Jeffry Bridges. Beau likes to play guitar and collects Native American percussion instruments. He also loves the ocean, including swimming and surfing. He is also active in environmental causes and handgun control. |
Filmography
| Americanizing Shelley (2007) as Gary Gordon |
| Charlotte's Web (2006) as Dr. Dorian |
| Greased Lightning (1977) as Hutch |
| Max Payne (2008) as BB Hensley |
| Norma Rae (1979) as Sonny |
| Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007) as Voice 'Aftermath' |
| Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America (2003) as Narrator |
| Sidekicks (1992) as Jerry Gabrewski |
| Smile (2005) as Steven |
| Sordid Lives (2000) as G.W. Nethercott |
| Spinning Into Butter (2007) as Dean Burton Strauss |
| The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) as Frank Baker |
| The Good German (2006) as Colonel Muller |
| The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) as Mr. Win Berry |
| The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) as Dick 'Mad Dog' Buek |
| Adam's Woman (1970) as Adam |
| Behind God's Back (1989) as Bubba |
| Boys Klub (2001) as Mario's Dad |
| Child's Play (1972) as Paul Reis |
| Columbus Circle (2010) as Dr. Raymond Fontaine |
| Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990) as Orville |
| Debating Robert Lee (2004) as Mr. Lee |
| Dirty Politics (2009) as Hank |
| Don't Fade Away (2010) as Chris White |
| Dragonfly (1976) as Jesse |
| For Love of Ivy (1968) as Tim Austin |
| Force of Evil (1948) as Frankie Tucker |
| Gaily, Gaily (1969) as Ben Harvey |
| Hammersmith Is Out (1972) as Billy Breedlove |
| Heart Like a Wheel (1983) as Connie Kalitta |
| Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) as Duane Hansen |
| I-See-You.Com (2006) as Harvey Bellinger |
| Jerry Maguire (1996) as Matt Cushman |
| Love Child (1982) as Jack Hansen |
| Lovin' Molly (1974) as Johnny |
| Married to It (1991) as John Morden |
| Meeting Daddy (2000) as Larry Branson |
| My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010) as Logan Young |
| Night Crossing (1981) as Guenter Wetzel |
| No Minor Vices (1948) as Bertram |
| Pablo (2010) as Himself |
| Picture (2009) as Himself |
| RocketMan (1997) as Bud Nesbitt |
| Rushlights (2010) as Sheriff Robert Brogden, Jr. |
| Seven Hours to Judgment (1988) as John Eden |
| Signs of Life (1989) as John Alder |
| Silver Dream Racer (1980) as Bruce McBride |
| Surfing for Life (1999) as Narrator |
| Swashbuckler (1976) as Major Folly |
| The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) as Marty Rance |
| The Christian Licorice Store (1971) as Cane |
| The Company She Keeps (1951) as Obie (boy at train station) |
| The Descendants (2011) |
| The Explosive Generation (1961) as Mark |
| The Fifth Musketeer (1979) as Louis XIV/Philippe of Gascony |
| The Incident (1967) as Pfc. Felix Teflinger |
| The Iron Triangle (1989) as Captain Keene |
| The Killing Time (1987) as Sam Wayburn |
| The Landlord (1970) as Elgar Winthrop Julius Enders |
| The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978) as Dick Buek |
| The Red Pony (1949) as Beau |
| The Runner Stumbles (1979) as Toby Felker |
| The White River Kid (1999) as Daddy Weed |
| The Wild Pair (1987) as Joe Jennings |
| The Wizard (1989) as Sam Woods |
| Two-Minute Warning (1976) as Mike Ramsay |
| Village of the Giants (1965) as Fred |
| Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973) as Charlie |
| Zamba (1949) as Tommy |
| Seven Hours to Judgment (1988) |
| The Wild Pair (1987) |
Trivia
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* 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. * Starred with father Lloyd Bridges and son Dylan Bridges in Showtime's "The Outer Limits" (1995) on 22 March 1995. * Especially active as president of an 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 Corp. * 7 April 2003: Received star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, 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 a few NBA teams. * He was born one day before his Village of the Giants (1965) co-star Tommy Kirk. * Enlisted in the US Coast Guard in 1959, and also served for eight years in the Coast Guard Reserve. * Brother-in-law of Susan Bridges . Uncle of Isabelle Bridges, Jessica Lily Bridges and Haley Roselouise Bridges. |
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