FORA.tv Speaker - Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges is one of Hollywood’s most successful actors and is a four-time Academy Award nominee. His most recent films include “The Men Who Stare at Goats” and “Iron Man.”

He earned his first Oscar nod in 1971 for Best Supporting Actor in “The Last Picture Show” and three years later he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.”

By 1984, he landed top kudos with a Best Actor nomination for “Starman,” which also earned him a Golden Globe nomination. In 2001, he was honored with another Golden Globe nomination and his fourth Oscar nomination for his role in “The Contender.” Some of his film credits include “Seabiscuit,” “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” “Arlington Road,” “The Big Lebowski,” “The Mirror Has Two Faces,” “Fat City,” “Against All Odds,” “The Door in the Floor” and “American Heart,” for which he won an IFP Spirit Award for Best Actor.

He also produced the Showtime movie “Hidden in America” which earned a Golden Globe nomination and two Emmy Awards. In addition to film, Mr. Bridges is passionate about photography and has shown in galleries in New York, Los Angeles, London and San Diego and released the book “Pictures: Photographs by Jeff Bridges.” He has also released an album called “Be Here Soon.” Mr. Bridges’s upcoming projects include Disney’s “Tron Legacy,” “The Open Road” and HBO’s “A Dog Year.”