Stay Hungry is a 1976 American comedy-drama film by director Bob Rafelson from a screenplay by Charles Gaines (adapted from his 1972 novel of the same name).
65-461: The story centers on a young scion from Birmingham, Alabama, played by Jeff Bridges , who gets involved in a shady real-estate deal. In order to close the deal, he needs to buy a gym building to complete a multi-parcel lot. He becomes romantically interested in the gym's receptionist ( Sally Field ) and drawn to the carefree lifestyle of the Austrian bodybuilder Joe Santo ( Arnold Schwarzenegger ), who
130-590: A Golden Globe , and a Screen Actors Guild Award , in addition to nominations for three BAFTA Awards and two Emmy Awards . In 2019, he was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award . Born into a prominent acting family, Bridges appeared on the television series Sea Hunt (1958–1960) alongside his father, Lloyd , and brother, Beau . He made his feature film debut in the drama Halls of Anger (1970), followed with his first lead in The Last Picture Show (1971). This
195-554: A collaboration with the Coen brothers in which he starred alongside Matt Damon , Josh Brolin , Barry Pepper , and Hailee Steinfeld . Both the film and Bridges' performance as Rooster Cogburn , were critically praised. Bridges lost to Colin Firth , whom he had beaten for the Oscar in the same category the previous year. On December 18, 2010, Bridges hosted NBC 's Saturday Night Live ; he had hosted
260-517: A duet with Mia Farrow . He released his debut album Be Here Soon on January 1, 2000. In 2005, Bridges, known as "The Dude" in the film The Big Lebowski , showed up at a Lebowski Fest in Los Angeles singing and playing the film's theme song written by Bob Dylan , " Man in Me ". On January 15, 2010, Bridges performed the song "I Don't Know" from Crazy Heart on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien . In
325-478: A film set. On October 19, 2020, Bridges announced that he had been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and has gone through chemotherapy . On September 12, 2021, Bridges announced that his cancer was in remission : "My cancer is in remission — the 9×12 [inch; 230 mm × 300 mm] mass has shrunk down to the size of a marble ." Bridges also announced he contracted COVID-19 while in treatment and which he fought for almost five weeks. He described
390-426: A five-day 'hang' on a Montana ranch." The following year he produced and starred as the title role in dystopian drama The Giver and acted in the action fantasy film Seventh Son , which were both critically panned and the latter a box office flop. In 2015 Bridges voiced The Aviator in the animated film The Little Prince based on the 1943 children's novella of the same name . The following year he narrated
455-628: A journalist in 1948 for the Chicago Journal of Commerce . In 1951, he left Chicago for New York and was employed as a film critic by Variety for six years, before beginning to work for The New York Times . In February 1969, he was designated The New York Times ' film critic, succeeding Renata Adler . Canby was an enthusiastic supporter of only specific styles of filmmakers, notably Stanley Kubrick , Spike Lee , Jane Campion , Mike Leigh , Rainer Werner Fassbinder , James Ivory and Woody Allen , who credited Canby's rave review of Take
520-579: A leading man, he starred in the adventure film King Kong (1976); science fiction films Tron (1982) and K-PAX (2001); thrillers Jagged Edge (1985) and The Morning After (1986); and dramas The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), The Fisher King (1991), Fearless (1993), and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). He also played Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in the crime comedy film The Big Lebowski (1998), followed by several big-budget films: Seabiscuit (2003), Iron Man (2008), Tron: Legacy (2010), R.I.P.D. (2013), and Bad Times at
585-501: A musical guest for an upcoming party. As Blake moves forward with the business deal, he is smitten with the receptionist, Mary Tate Farnsworth, and befriends bodybuilder Joe Santo, who aspires to win the Mr. Universe title. He finds he ultimately cannot sell out his newfound friends at the gym for the sake of his job, so he constantly evades questions about the progress of the gym deal from friend and coworker Hal Foss. Mary Tate and Craig begin
650-447: A passionate relationship, but trouble erupts when he tries to integrate her into his country-club scene. At a party at the club, which features Santo performing with a country group, Craig's friends mock Santo as a "freak" and an outcast. A fight nearly breaks out between Halsey and Blake but is broken up. Halsey and his friend Packman formulate a plan to embarrass Santo. When Santo takes the stage, Halsey and Packman drunkenly heckle him and
715-455: A set with singer-songwriter Neko Case . On April 19, 2011, Country Music Television announced that Bridges had signed a recording contract with Blue Note Records / EMI Music Group . He worked with producer T Bone Burnett and released his second album, Jeff Bridges , on August 16, 2011. On November 5, 2011, Bridges played Austin City Limits in support of this album. In 2015, he sang on
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#1732869771144780-688: A stage production of Anniversary Waltz , and then moved to New York City , where he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio . He also served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve as a boatswain's mate from 1967 to 1975 in San Luis Obispo, California , with a terminal rating of Boatswain's Mate Second Class. Bridges made his first screen appearance in an uncredited role in The Company She Keeps (1951);
845-476: A while to feel it, to truly appreciate the craft and the preparation. Plus, I was still playing music a lot, and I guess I had a hard time choosing: was I an actor or a musician, or could I be both?" Bridges studied piano at a young age, strongly encouraged by his mother. Before his first lead role as an actor he already sold two songs to the acclaimed musician and composer Quincy Jones , who used his "Lost in Space" for
910-457: Is a young Southern man born of a wealthy family, but left lonely and idle after his parents died in a plane crash. He is content to spend his time fishing, hunting, and puttering around his large family mansion in Birmingham, Alabama, inhabited only by himself and a butler. Blake is employed at a shady investment firm run by a slick con artist named Jabo where Blake does very little actual work. He
975-543: Is also an actor; a younger sister Lucinda; and a brother named Garrett, who died of sudden infant death syndrome in 1948. His maternal grandfather was an immigrant from Liverpool , England. Bridges and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles. He shared a close relationship with his brother Beau, who acted as a surrogate father when their father was working. He graduated from University High School in 1967. At age 17 he toured with his father in
1040-555: Is asked to handle the purchase of a small gym that the firm is buying to clear space for an office high-rise. Blake represents himself as a businessman looking to buy the gym and meets its owner Thor Erikson and employees Franklin and Newton. He is strangely fascinated with the world he discovers there. Blake's usual social life is centered around his upscale country club and its crowd, including his friends Lester and Halsey, and spends his time there playing tennis, shooting poker dice and flirting with women, one of whom asks Blake to find
1105-510: Is drunk and distracted with the prostitutes, Newton secretly stashes the prize money inside his bag and flees. Blake visits the gym and engages in a fight with the drunken and drugged Thor. He finds Mary Tate, who earlier had been assaulted by Thor in an amyl nitrite -fueled rage. When the Mr. Universe contestants discover that the prize money has been stolen, they run after Santo, who is running to meet Mary Tate. The chase of bodybuilders pours out into
1170-405: Is machine to dazzle and delight us...[and] in a technical way maybe it's breaking ground for a generation of movies in which computer-generated universes will be the background for mind-generated stories about emotion-generated personalities". Also in 1982 he voiced Prince Lir in the animated fantasy film The Last Unicorn alongside Alan Arkin , Mia Farrow , and Angela Lansbury and starred in
1235-528: Is training there for the Mr. Universe competition. Schwarzenegger won a Golden Globe for Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture, but it was not his true debut role; he had played Hercules (as Arnold Strong) in the 1970 film Hercules in New York , a gangster's henchman in Robert Altman 's 1973 film The Long Goodbye , and a masseur in the 1974 television movie Happy Anniversary and Goodbye . Craig Blake
1300-641: The Alan J. Pakula directed See You in the Morning with Alice Krige and Farrah Fawcett and the Steve Kloves directed The Fabulous Baker Boys starring opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and his real life brother Beau Bridges . In 1990 he reunited with Cybill Shepard for Peter Bogdanovich 's Texasville , a sequel to the 1971 film The Last Picture Show , which Bridges had starred in. The film also starred Cloris Leachman , Eileen Brennan , and Randy Quaid . The film
1365-709: The Coen brothers ' noir comedy The Big Lebowski . He played a fictional president of the United States in the political drama The Contender acting opposite Gary Oldman and Joan Allen . For his performance he earned his fourth Academy Award nomination as well as nods for the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. The following year he acted in the science-fiction drama K-Pax opposite Kevin Spacey . He portrayed businessman Charles S. Howard in
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#17328697711441430-555: The Duracell advertisements in the "Trusted Everywhere" campaign. In 2008, Bridges shaved his trademark mane of hair to play the role of Obadiah Stane in the Marvel comic book adaptation of Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr . In July 2008, at San Diego Comic-Con , he appeared in a teaser, reprising his 1982 fan favorite role of Kevin Flynn for Tron: Legacy . Also in 2008 he acted in
1495-613: The HBO film A Dog Year earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He then acted in the comedy films How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008), and The Open Road (2009). He gained widespread acclaim for his role as an alcoholic country singer in Crazy Heart (2009) for which he earned the Academy Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama and
1560-572: The International Center of Photography in New York. A follow-up book, Jeff Bridges: Pictures Volume Two , was published in 2019. Bridges married Susan Geston in 1977. They had met while filming Rancho Deluxe (1975), on a ranch where Geston had been working as a waitress . They have three daughters, born in 1981, 1983 and 1985. Bridges has studied Buddhism and has described himself as "a Buddhistly bent guy". On most days, he meditates for half an hour before beginning work on
1625-678: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama . In 2024 it was announced that Bridges would receive the annual Chaplin Gala Award which will be held at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center . In 2024 it was announced that Bridges would be reprising his role as Kevin Flynn in Tron: Ares . Referring to his career as an actor and his passion for music, Bridges says, "I dug what an actor did, but it took me
1690-876: The Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role . Bridges is one of the youngest actors ever to be nominated for an Academy Award (1972, age 22, Best Supporting Actor, The Last Picture Show ), and one of the oldest ever to win (winning the Best Actor in 2010 at age 60 for Crazy Heart ). In 2009, he acted in the satirical comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats alongside George Clooney , Ewan McGregor , and Kevin Spacey . In 2010 he reprised his role as Kevin Flynn in Tron: Legacy acting with Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde . Bridges received his sixth Academy Award nomination for his role in True Grit ,
1755-614: The El Royale (2018). For his roles on television, he earned Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for his performances in the HBO film A Dog Year (2009), and the Hulu series The Old Man (2022). Bridges was born on December 4, 1949, in Los Angeles , the son of actor Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009). He is one of four children: older brother Beau Bridges (born December 9, 1941), who
1820-735: The Money and Run as a crucial point in his career. On the other hand, Canby was also highly critical of some otherwise acclaimed films, such as Rocky , The Empire Strikes Back , Return of the Jedi , Night of the Living Dead , After Hours , Blazing Saddles , A Christmas Story , Witness , Mask , The Natural , Rain Man , The Exorcist , One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , Deliverance , The Godfather Part II , Alien and The Thing . Among
1885-549: The No Kid Hungry campaign of the organization Share our Strength . Its goal is to present and undertake a state-by-state strategy to end childhood hunger in the United States by 2015. Bridges also supports environmental causes and organizations such as the Amazon Conservation Team . Vincent Canby Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as
1950-466: The action comedy R.I.P.D. which was a box office and critical failure. That same year Bridges wrote The Dude and the Zen Master with Bernie Glassman . Bridges found himself at a party with Glassman and Ram Dass and their conversation led to discussing the parallels between "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski and Zen Buddhism . The book was formed from what has been described as a "transcript of
2015-646: The album Strangers Again , performing a duet with Judy Collins of the song "Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide by Leonard Bernstein . The same year, he released an ambient / spoken-word album entitled Sleeping Tapes . All proceeds from the album go directly to Bridges' charity No Kid Hungry. Bridges plays many guitars, including the Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentlemen Model G6122-19. In 2020, Bridges partnered with Breedlove Guitars to release his signature Oregon Concerto Bourbon CE with "All In This Together" scrawled across
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2080-445: The band. Santo tries to ignore it but soon stops playing his violin and leaves the party. Craig tries to convince Mary Tate to see him for who he really is, and not for his snobbish friends and surroundings. When Jabo realizes that Blake will not purchase the building, he plies Thor and his assistant Newton with drugs, booze, and hookers. The Mr. Universe competition arrives and Santo is hoping to beat his rival Dougie Stewart. While Thor
2145-541: The best-known texts written by Canby was an extremely negative review of the movie Heaven's Gate by Michael Cimino . In December 1994, Canby switched his attention from film to theatre, having been named the Sunday theatre critic. He was replaced as the Times' chief film critic by Janet Maslin . Canby was also an occasional playwright and novelist, penning the novels Living Quarters (1975) and Unnatural Scenery (1979) and
2210-452: The bodybuilders!' People were rushing us, even scratching us!" In her autobiography, Sally Field wrote that during the audition with director Bob Rafelson, she was asked by him to take her shirt off and kiss him. For The New York Times , critic Vincent Canby wrote that the film "isn't all bad. It just seems that way when it pretends to be more eccentric than it is and to have more on its mind than it actually does." However, Canby praised
2275-519: The box office, with its release a few weeks after another explosive-themed film, Speed . On July 11, 1994, Bridges received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry. The star is located at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard . Bridges portrayed James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok in the western film Wild Bill (1995) acting with Ellen Burstyn , John Hurt and Bruce Dern . The film received mixed reviews and
2340-545: The chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000. He reviewed more than one thousand films during his tenure there. Canby was born in Chicago, the son of Katharine Anne (née Vincent) and Lloyd Canby. He attended boarding school in Christchurch, Virginia , with novelist William Styron , and the two became friends. He introduced Styron to
2405-522: The documentary Dream Big: Engineering Our World (2015) and acted in the Taylor Sheridan directed neo-Western drama film Hell or High Water (2015) opposite Chris Pine and Ben Foster . For the role he received his a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , which would be his seventh Oscar nomination. In 2017, he acted in the romantic drama The Only Living Boy in New York with Callum Turner and Kate Beckinsale and in
2470-515: The end of the decade he acted in mystery Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978) opposite Farrah Fawcett , the satirical black comedy Winter Kills (1979) alongside John Huston , and the comedy-drama The American Success Company (1979). In 1980 he acted in Michael Cimino 's large Western ensemble film Heaven's Gate acting opposite Kris Kristofferson , Christopher Walken , John Hurt , Sam Waterston , and Isabelle Huppert . The film
2535-461: The film The Contender , in which he co-starred, Bridges recorded a version of Johnny Cash 's standard " Ring of Fire " with Kim Carnes that played over the pivotal opening credits. In February 2010, he was among the nearly 80 musicians to sing on the charity-single remake of We Are the World . On October 24, 2010, Bridges appeared at Neil Young 's annual Bridge School Benefit concert and played
2600-487: The film has an approval rating of 69% based on reviews from 16 critics, with an average rating of 6.5/10. On Metacritic , it has a score of 60% based on reviews from 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Jeff Bridges Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor. He is known for his leading man roles in film and television. In a career spanning over seven decades, he has received various accolades , including an Academy Award ,
2665-747: The film he plays a misanthropic radio shock jock who befriends a homeless person on the quest to find love and the Holy Grail . For their performances they both received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . In 1992 he produced and starred as a man released from prison in the Martin Bel directed drama American Heart earning the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead . Film critic Janet Maslin of The New York Times praised Bridges' performance writing, "It's time to recognize Mr. Bridges as
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2730-549: The film was released shortly after his first birthday. In his youth, Bridges and his brother Beau made occasional appearances on their father's show Sea Hunt (1958–1961) and the CBS anthology series The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963). In 1965, he played a supporting role alongside his father in an episode of The Loner . In 1969, he played Job Corps crew member Cal Baker in the Lassie episode "Success Story". In 1971, he played
2795-458: The film's depiction of the New South and the performances by Bridges, Field and Schwarzenegger. Los Angeles Times reviewer Charles Champlin wrote: "It is several movies not quite rolled into one, good performances and good sequences tossed together in the lap of chance, leading to a denouement that would be even cheerier if what went before had engaged belief or concern." On Rotten Tomatoes ,
2860-406: The final film for production designer Toby Carr Rafelson, Rafelson's wife and film-production partner. After learning that her husband pursued women during production, including Sally Field, she filed for divorce and never worked for Rafelson again. Roger Callard, a top bodybuilder of the era, said of his experience making the film: "The director was screaming over his megaphone, 'Please do not touch
2925-523: The first being 1991's The Fisher King alongside Robin Williams . Bridges hosted VH1 's Top 100 Greatest Albums of Rock and Roll series in 2001. Bridges narrated the documentary Lost in La Mancha (2002), about the making of a Terry Gilliam retelling of Don Quixote , tentatively titled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote , which would have starred Johnny Depp as Sancho Panza and Jean Rochefort as
2990-432: The fretboard. Bridges has been an amateur photographer since high school. He began taking photographs on film sets during Starman at the suggestion of co-star Karen Allen in 1984, with his favorite camera, a Widelux F8 that his wife bought him. He published many of these photographs online and in a 2003 book entitled Pictures: Photographs by Jeff Bridges . In 2013, he received an Infinity Award for his photos from
3055-422: The horse racing drama film Seabiscuit co-starring with Tobey Maguire and Chris Cooper . The film was based on the 1999 book of the same name by Laura Hillenbrand . The film earned an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination. He also starred in the 2005 Terry Gilliam fantasy film film Tideland co-starring with Janet McTeer and Jennifer Tilly . That was Bridges' second collaboration with Gilliam,
3120-462: The lead role Mike in the television film In Search of America . His first major role came in the 1971 film The Last Picture Show , for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . He next co-starred in the 1972 gritty boxing film Fat City , directed by John Huston . In 1973, he starred as Junior Jackson in The Last American Hero , a film based on
3185-603: The long process of recovery from both diseases, relating how large his tumor had grown, yet giving him no indication it was there. After five weeks in the hospital with Covid, he had months of recuperation at home before he could function again. In 1984, Bridges and other entertainment industry leaders founded the End Hunger Network aimed at encouraging, stimulating and supporting action to end childhood hunger. He supported President Obama's initiative to End Childhood Hunger by 2015. In November 2010, Bridges became spokesman for
3250-407: The most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived". In 1994, he starred as Lt. Jimmy Dove in the action film Blown Away , opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Forest Whitaker . His real-life father Lloyd Bridges was also featured in the film, playing the uncle of Bridges' character. The film was not a financial success, managing to recoup $ 30 million of its $ 50 million budget at
3315-463: The most underappreciated great actor of his generation...he has managed to transform himself to an astonishing degree." In 1993 he starred in the Peter Weir directed drama Fearless (1993) alongside Isabella Rossellini , John Turturro , and Rosie Perez . His role is thought by some critics to be one of his best performances. One critic dubbed it a masterpiece; Pauline Kael wrote that he "may be
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#17328697711443380-552: The plays End of the War (1978), After All (1981) and The Old Flag (1984), a drama set during the American Civil War . The career of Vincent Canby is discussed in the film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism by contemporary critics such as The Nation ' s Stuart Klawans , who talks of Canby's influence. Canby never married, but was, for many years,
3445-491: The quixotic hero. Bridges also narrated the documentaries National Geographic 's Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002, IMAX ), Discovery Channel 's Raising the Mammoth (2000), and ABC 's Heroes of Rock and Roll (1979). He voiced the character Big Z in the animated film Surf's Up (2007). Bridges has performed TV commercial voiceover work as well, including Hyundai 's 2007 "Think About It" advertising campaign, and
3510-544: The romantic comedy Kiss Me Goodbye directed by Robert Mulligan , acting alongside Sally Field . In 1984, he starred in the John Carpenter directed science fiction romance Starman playing an alien opposite Karen Allen . For his performance he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. During this period he also performed in the neo-noir Against All Odds (1984) with James Woods and Rachel Ward ,
3575-491: The show before in 1983 with his brother, Beau. With the December 18, 2010, episode Bridges beat Sigourney Weaver 's record for longest gap between hosting appearances on SNL (Weaver had a 24-year gap between her first time hosting in 1986 and her second time hosting in 2010, while Bridges had a 27-year gap between his first appearance in 1983 and his most recent one, also in 2010). In 2013, he starred alongside Ryan Reynolds in
3640-510: The soundtrack of the 1970 film John and Mary and let Bridges contribute the vocals. While working on the 1980 film Heaven's Gate , he often played guitar with his co-star, singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson , between takes. His character in Crazy Heart , Bad Blake, was later based partly on Kristofferson. In 1982, he voiced the character of Prince Lír in the animated film The Last Unicorn , and in that role sang on two songs, including
3705-521: The spy action comedy Kingsman: The Golden Circle starring Taron Egerton and Colin Firth . In 2018 he acted in the neo-noir ensemble thriller Bad Times at the El Royale with Cynthia Erivo , Dakota Johnson , and Jon Hamm . For his contribution to films, he was presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2019. Starting in 2022 he acted in the FX drama thriller series The Old Man opposite John Lithgow . For his performance he earned nominations for
3770-420: The streets of Birmingham and attracts an amazed crowd of onlookers. The bodybuilders engage in an impromptu posing routine for the crowd. Craig sarcastically derides his former bosses at the real-estate firm and goes into the gym business with Santo. Craig mocks Jabo with an exaggerated bodybuilding pose and moves out of his family's mansion, leaving his old family memorabilia to his butler. Stay Hungry marked
3835-476: The thrillers Jagged Edge (1985) opposite Glenn Close and The Morning After (1986) with Jane Fonda , and the crime comedy Nadine (1987) alongside Kim Basinger . In 1988 he portrayed automobile entrepreneur Preston Tucker in the Francis Ford Coppola directed biographical film Tucker: The Man and His Dream which earned positive reviews. The following year he acted in two romance films,
3900-502: The true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson . He was again nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot . In 1976, he starred as the protagonist Jack Prescott in the first remake of King Kong , opposite Jessica Lange . This film was a commercial success, earning $ 90 million worldwide, more than triple its $ 23 million budget, and also winning an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects . Towards
3965-650: The works of E.B. White and Ernest Hemingway ; the pair hitchhiked to Richmond to buy For Whom the Bell Tolls . He became an ensign in the United States Navy Reserve on October 13, 1942, and reported aboard the Landing Ship, Tank 679 on July 15, 1944. He was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) on January 1, 1946, while on LST 679 sailing near Japan. After the war, he attended Dartmouth College , but did not graduate. He obtained his first job as
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#17328697711444030-581: Was a box-office bomb . In 1996 he acted in the Showtime television film Hidden in America alongside his brother Beau Bridges and Frances McDormand . The following year acted in Ridley Scott 's survival drama White Squall and co-starred with Barbra Streisand in the romantic comedy The Mirror Has Two Faces . In 1998, he starred as what is arguably his most iconic role, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski , in
4095-414: Was a public critical and commercial failure and was blamed for the downfall of the studio, United Artists . In 1982, Bridges starred in one of his better-known roles in the science fiction film Tron , in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer . Critic Roger Ebert praised the film describing it as "brilliant" and comparing it to The Empire Strikes Back (1980), writing, "This movie
4160-562: Was based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry . Bridges said of making the film, "[It] was like constantly being hit over the head by deja vu. Every day I'd grab Peter and place him in some corner on the street where we were shooting and I'd say, 'Now 20 years ago what did you say to me as I was standing right here?'". The following year he starred in Terry Gilliam 's fantasy comedy-drama The Fisher King (1991) opposite Robin Williams , Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer . In
4225-414: Was quickly succeeded by a string of leading roles in dramas. He went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as an alcoholic singer in Crazy Heart (2009). He was additionally Oscar-nominated for his roles in The Last Picture Show (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Starman (1984), The Contender (2000), True Grit (2010), and Hell or High Water (2016). As
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