1. Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III was born on December 9,1941 and is an American actor.
28 Facts About Beau Bridges
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Beau Bridges 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.
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Beau Bridges is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges.
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Beau Bridges was nicknamed Beau by his parents after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind.
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Beau Bridges has shared a close relationship with Jeff, for whom he acted as a surrogate father during childhood when their father was busy with work.
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In 1948, Beau Bridges had an uncredited juvenile role in Force of Evil, and a role as Bertram in No Minor Vices.
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Beau Bridges appeared in other television series too, including: National Velvet, The Fugitive, Combat, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Mr Novak and The Loner.
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Beau Bridges found steady work in television and film throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
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Beau Bridges appeared in such feature films during that time as The Landlord, The Other Side of the Mountain, Greased Lightning, Norma Rae, The Fifth Musketeer, Heart Like a Wheel, and The Hotel New Hampshire.
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In 1995, Beau Bridges starred with his father and his son Dylan in "The Sandkings", the two-part pilot episode of the Showtime science fiction series The Outer Limits.
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Beau Bridges had a recurring role in the Showtime series Beggars and Choosers.
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Beau Bridges played a single father and college professor in the fantasy adventure film, Voyage of the Unicorn, based on the novel by James C Christensen.
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Beau Bridges 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.
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Beau Bridges received a 2007 Emmy Award nomination for his performance.
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In 2008, Beau Bridges co-starred in the motion picture Max Payne, based on the video game character.
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Beau Bridges portrayed "BB" Hensley, an ex-cop who aides Wahlberg on his quest to bring down a serial killer.
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The film received mixed reviews, but Beau Bridges' participation was noted for being a positive one.
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On February 8,2009, Cynthia Nixon, Blair Underwood, and Beau Bridges won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for their recording of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.
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In 2009, Beau Bridges guest-starred as Eli Scruggs on the 100th episode of Desperate Housewives and received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance.
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In 2010, Beau Bridges signed with Chris Mallick in the production of the film Columbus Circle.
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Beau Bridges was contracted to play the role until July 1,2012.
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On October 3,2013, Beau Bridges became a major character on the CBS television show The Millers.
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Beau Bridges plays Tom, the father of two children: son Nathan Miller and daughter Debbie.
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Beau Bridges has had several roles in films since then including Underdog Kids and Lawless Range in 2016.
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Beau Bridges is one of only two actors to win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or Special more than once, with two wins, Michael Moriarty is the second.
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Beau Bridges married Julie Landfield in 1964, the two divorced in 1974.
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Beau Bridges has six grandchildren: Lola, Orson, Clark, Oliver, Parker and Mack.
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Beau Bridges has stated that if the script calls for his character to say God's name in vain, he will ask the director if he can change the line.