Jeff Bridges was born right into a household of actors. He joined his father Lloyd Bridges onscreen as an toddler within the 1951 film “The Firm She Retains” and once more as a younger baby in his motion collection “Sea Hunt.” A younger Bridges continued performing into his younger maturity, snagging small roles in collection like “Lassie” and famend movies like Peter Bogdanovich’s “The Final Image Present.” Bridges’ supporting function within the Bogdanovich movie earned him his first Academy Award nomination in 1972. The actor quickly earned one other nomination in the identical class for his work in “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.” It is protected to say his star was already on the rise when he landed the lead function within the 1982 sci-fi “Tron.”
After “Tron,” Bridges went on to star in acclaimed motion pictures just like the Coen Brothers’ “The Huge Lebowski” and “True Grit.” The actor even received an Oscar in 2010 for his lead function in “Loopy Coronary heart.” The identical 12 months, he reprised his function as Kevin Flynn in “Tron: Legacy,” though he was hesitant to revisit the franchise at first.
“I’ve hesitation making any type of choice, actually in my life,” he informed CinemaBlend in 2010. “I am actually gradual at it. […] I’ve issue making a choice. However I actually resisted. With this one, I stated, ‘Oh God, are we going to tug it off?’ I may see all of the expertise and every thing, however are they going to have the ability to pull it off proper? And Disney did a good looking job of that.”
“Tron: Legacy” wasn’t precisely well-received, however the reboot’s blended reception hasn’t stopped Bridges from reserving extra spectacular roles. Most lately, he starred within the Emmy-nominated motion collection “The Previous Man,” which premiered in 2022. The actor is attending to be a little bit of an previous man himself nowadays at 74 years previous however stays energetic.