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).
160 movies · 87 shows
Blue Eyed Girl
2025·6.1
Camera
2024·6.4
The Neon Highway
2024·4.9
Desert Road
2024·1.0
Dreamin' Wild
2023·6.1
A Christmas Mystery
2022·6.3
Our Italian Christmas Memories
2022·5.3
End of the Road
2022·6.0
One Night in Miami...
2020·7.0
Acting: The First Six Lessons
2020·10.0
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood
2020·8.5
Sordid Lives
2020·0.0
Two/One
2020·6.2
Elsewhere
2020·5.5
Supervized
2019·5.2
Hal
2019·6.6
Words from a Bear
2019·0.0
Galveston
2018·6.1
All About Nina
2018·5.9
Lawless Range
2018·4.0
Christmas in Angel Falls
2017·6.0
The Mountain Between Us
2017·6.6
The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner
2016·0.0
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
2016·6.5
Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud
2016·6.4
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word
2016·6.7
Underdog Kids
2015·5.2
1000 to 1
2014·6.1
Rushlights
2013·4.8
Eden
2013·6.5
Pablo
2012·6.9
Hit & Run
2012·5.7
Columbus Circle
2012·5.8
The Descendants
2011·6.8
Game Time: Tackling the Past
2011·2.8
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011·6.7
Stasis
2010·2.8
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
2010·5.8
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
2010·6.1
Don't Fade Away
2010·4.1
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009·0.0
Spinning Into Butter
2009·5.9
Max Payne
2008·5.4
Stargate: Continuum
2008·7.2
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
2008·7.1
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008·0.0
Americanizing Shelley
2007·3.9
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
2007·6.6
07 Spaceys
2007·5.0
The Good German
2006·5.8
Charlotte's Web
2006·6.2
I-See-You.com
2006·4.9
Smile
2005·5.1
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005·6.1
Debating Robert Lee
2004·6.5
Evel Knievel
2004·5.3
Out of the Ashes
2003·6.1
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America
2003·9.0
Sightings: Heartland Ghost
2002·4.5
We Were the Mulvaneys
2002·6.8
Boys Klub
2001·5.1
Voyage of the Unicorn
2001·6.8
The Christmas Secret
2000·5.9
Songs In Ordinary Time
2000·4.3
Meeting Daddy
2000·4.7
Sordid Lives
2000·6.5
Common Ground
2000·5.0
P.T. Barnum
1999·7.0
Inherit the Wind
1999·6.3
The White River Kid
1999·5.1
The Defenders: Taking the First
1998·5.8
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998·0.0
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998·4.5
The Second Civil War
1997·6.1
The Defenders: Payback
1997·4.5
RocketMan
1997·5.2
Jerry Maguire
1996·7.0
Losing Chase
1996·6.1
Hidden in America
1996·5.1
The Uninvited
1996·5.4
Nightjohn
1996·5.8
A Stranger to Love
1996·5.7
Kissinger and Nixon
1995·7.9
5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
1995·6.4
Vault of Horror I
1994·5.3
Secret Sins of the Father
1994·3.5
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993·6.4
The Man with Three Wives
1993·8.0
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
1993·5.3
Sidekicks
1992·5.3
Wildflower
1991·6.1
Married to It
1991·6.0
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991·7.0
UFO Cafe
1990·7.0
Night of 100 Stars III
1990·4.0
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990·5.8
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990·4.4
Help Save Planet Earth
1990·9.0
The Wizard
1989·6.1
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989·6.6
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
1989·6.0
The Iron Triangle
1989·5.6
Signs of Life
1989·4.9
Just Another Secret
1989·9.0
Seven Hours to Judgment
1988·4.4
The Wild Pair
1987·5.3
The Killing Time
1987·5.0
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986·5.8
A Fighting Choice
1986·8.5
Outrage!
1986·5.3
Can a Guy Say No?
1986·0.0
Vanessa in the Garden
1985·6.0
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984·5.7
The Red-Light Sting
1984·3.5
Heart Like a Wheel
1983·5.8
Witness for the Prosecution
1982·6.5
Love Child
1982·5.6
Dangerous Company
1982·6.0
Night Crossing
1982·6.2
The Kid From Nowhere
1982·5.5
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981·5.3
Silver Dream Racer
1980·5.6
The Runner Stumbles
1979·6.7
The Fifth Musketeer
1979·4.9
The Child Stealer
1979·8.0
Norma Rae
1979·7.2
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978·7.0
Shimmering Light
1978·9.0
The President's Mistress
1978·6.8
The Four Feathers
1978·6.8
Greased Lightning
1977·6.4
Two-Minute Warning
1976·6.3
Swashbuckler
1976·6.1
Dragonfly
1976·7.3
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975·6.3
Medical Story
1975·7.0
Lovin' Molly
1974·4.9
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974·6.5
It's My Hobby
1974·0.0
Are We Still Going to the Movies?
1974·0.0
What About McBride?
1974·0.0
Your Three Minutes Are Up
1973·4.6
The Man Without a Country
1973·6.5
Child's Play
1972·6.1
Hammersmith Is Out
1972·5.9
The Christian Licorice Store
1971·4.8
The Perfect Drug Film
1971·0.0
The Landlord
1970·6.0
Adam's Woman
1970·6.9
Gaily, Gaily
1969·4.3
For Love of Ivy
1968·6.2
The Incident
1967·7.4
Atta Girl, Kelly!
1967·0.0
Village of the Giants
1965·3.7
The Explosive Generation
1961·5.0
The Company She Keeps
1951·6.2
Force of Evil
1950·6.6
Zamba
1949·5.0
The Red Pony
1949·6.0
No Minor Vices
1948·7.1