Jeff Bridges

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q174843: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Fearless, which Fearless with Timothy Simons credits them on.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (31 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Gary Busey: 1 line

  1. unmapped (research) · them, directly: Gary Busey ⇒ Jeff Bridges (the maker said so: Busey's description to Bridges). Bridges called his friend Busey, a motorcycle-crash survivor, to prepare.
    “Bridges called Gary Busey, one of his close friends, who had been in a serious motorcycle accident and survived.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:10:51 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Lloyd Bridges: 1 line

  1. unmapped (family) · them, directly: Lloyd Bridges ⇒ Jeff Bridges (the host's read). Jeff's work ethic comes from his actor father, who put his kids in small parts on his shows.
    “And it is instilled in him and his brother, just the fucking work ethic of this is a job.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:39:22 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

The Big Lebowski (1998): 1 line

  1. career (career turn) · them, directly: The Big Lebowski ⇒ Jeff Bridges (the host's read). Lebowski broke something in Bridges and led to his later gruff-coot era.
    “And then Lebowski obviously, like, breaks something in him that leads to the next era of, I'm a billy goat, gruff eating a tin can.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:57:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (55) everyone in acting

Other (7) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (13)

  1. career (career fallout): Jeff Bridges → Heaven's Gate. Heaven's Gate did not hurt Bridges because he was not a major part of it.
    “He's not even a big part of that movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:39:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career turn): Jeff Bridges → The Big Lebowski. Lebowski broke something in Bridges and led to his later gruff-coot era.
    “And then Lebowski obviously, like, breaks something in him that leads to the next era of, I'm a billy goat, gruff eating a tin can.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:57:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career contrast): Alec Baldwin → Jeff Bridges. Baldwin was another consolation lead, always one movie from A-list.
    “Baldwin, kind of an interesting counterpoint to the Bridges discussion.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:44:50 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career parallel): Christian Bale → Jeff Bridges. Like Bridges, Bale came to acting as a child by family expectation and had to find his own reason to take it seriously.
    “it sounds almost a bit like what Jeff Bridges went through.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:17:06 · Bilge Ebiri (0.85 sure it was them)
  5. career (career phases): Jeff Bridges → The Big Lebowski. Lebowski came out ignored, then became his defining mode, and Hollywood asked him to do it again.
    “everyone's like, oh, Lebowski's the best shit ever.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:44:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. career (career association): Jeff Bridges → Hell or High Water. Serrano reaches for Jeff Bridges as a real actor in the Neeson mold, citing Hell or High Water.
    “Jeff Bridges, hell or high water, Jeff Bridges?”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:44:01 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Jeff Bridges → Crazy Heart. Iron Man is the start of the older, bearded, weirdo Bridges that peaks with Crazy Heart.
    “This is the beginning of him with the beard, tight-mouthed, is Crazy Heart?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:13:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Jeff Bridges → Surf's Up. Bridges had made nothing in two years except the animated Surf's Up before Iron Man.
    “except for he had an animated role.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:25:27 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Jeff Bridges → Seabiscuit. Bridges' bad stretch (Tideland, The Door in the Floor) came after Seabiscuit, the last hit, and an Oscar nomination for The Contender.
    “These are bad years.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:29:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. career (career): Jeff Bridges → Tron: Legacy. Two years later Bridges has his biggest star year with Tron Legacy and True Grit, each about $180M domestic.
    “He has Tron legacy and true grit, which both make $180 million in theaters at the same time.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:29:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  11. career (career): Jeff Bridges → Hell or High Water. After bad choices (R.I.P.D., Seventh Son), he is back in great character actor mode in Hell or High Water.
    “And now he's back in like great character actor mode.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:30:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  12. career (career): Jeff Bridges → The Big Lebowski. Casting him coincided with the 10-year anniversary of The Big Lebowski becoming a phenomenon.
    “We're at like the 10 year anniversary of Big Lebowski.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:30:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  13. career (career): Jeff Bridges → The Big Lebowski. His Stane is the midpoint between the Dude and his Crazy Heart character.
    “This is the perfect midpoint between the dude and his billy goat groth.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:07:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (star contrast): Jeff Bridges → Mel Gibson. Mel or Bruce would have made the same material wish-fulfillment; Bridges stays grounded.
    “where if it was Mel Gibson, there would be 30 minutes of this movie that felt like, yes, man, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:59:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Jeff Bridges → Robert Downey Jr.. Bridges and Downey threw the script down and made the scenes real acting exercises.
    “And the 2 of them and Favreau are controlling the scene because they decide to throw the script down.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:46:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (Oscar): Jeff Bridges → Crazy Heart. Crazy Heart won the Oscar over strong rivals, with True Grit coming a year later.
    “I just remember like when he's on the Crazy Heart Oscar Trail being like, he's doing true grit with the Coen brothers next.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:47:28 · Katey Rich (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (casting): Mel Gibson → Jeff Bridges. Gibson had wanted Bridges for his own The Man Without a Face.
    “I wanted to cast him in midnight, man, without a phase.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:09:22 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (4)

  1. unmapped (family): Jeff Bridges → Lloyd Bridges. Jeff's work ethic comes from his actor father, who put his kids in small parts on his shows.
    “And it is instilled in him and his brother, just the fucking work ethic of this is a job.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:39:22 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (research): Jeff Bridges → Gary Busey. Bridges called his friend Busey, a motorcycle-crash survivor, to prepare.
    “Bridges called Gary Busey, one of his close friends, who had been in a serious motorcycle accident and survived.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:10:51 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (method detail): Jeff Bridges → The Fabulous Baker Boys. Pfeiffer told the Oscar story of painted broken capillaries on his nose.
    “He had the makeup people paint broken capillaries onto his nose to like belide the characters, pass as an alcoholic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:47:02 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (irony): Jeff Bridges → K-PAX. Bridges plays the man trying to get into the head of a man claiming to be an alien in K-PAX, after playing an alien here.
    “It's funny that Jeff Bridges is in K-pax.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:40:12 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Jeff Bridges → Iron Man. Argues Bridges is wrongly ranked bottom five in Marvel villain lists; it is one of the best performances.
    “It's one of the best performances.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:44:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Jeff Bridges → Jamey Sheridan. A bigger star like Jeff Bridges or Nick Nolte in Sheridan's role would make the cast an event.
    “If that was like Jeff Bridges, you'd be like, oh, wow, this movie has a fucking event.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:42 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (casting what-if): Jeff Bridges → Liam Neeson. Jeff Bridges was the first choice for Brian but dropped out because it was too physical, paving the way for Neeson.
    “paving the way for Liam Neeson to be Brian?”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:43:46 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Jeff Bridges: His Oscar speech line was 'what a groovy profession, man', remembered as proof of his working-actor spirit.
    “he gets up there and just says, what a groovy profession, man.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:44:19 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Jeff Bridges: He is cast as the 'most interesting consolation movie star': directors get Bridges after the top ten pass.
    “Like, he's kind of the most interesting consolation movie star.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:49:41 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Jeff Bridges: Oscar story: Pfeiffer recalled Bridges had broken capillaries painted on his nose for Baker Boys; 'doesn't read on camera' - 'yeah, but it helps me'.
    “yeah, but it helps me.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:47:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Jeff Bridges: Five eras of hot: babyface 70s, grown-up 80s, dad-handsome 90s, the Lebowski phase, marble-mouth Crazy Heart onward.
    “Bridges has had 5 distinct eras of hot.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:41:59 · Katey Rich (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Jeff Bridges: The honor segment halted the show, with a jab at his IMDb page.
    “And it certainly halted for the Jeff Bridges IMDb page.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:22:44 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Jeff Bridges: Stressed by the improvised shoot, Bridges adjusted three days in by treating it as a $150M student film.
    “you have to treat this, like a $150000000 student film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:53:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Jeff Bridges: See the scene where Stane takes one strip of bacon and chews it while delivering the villain monologue over paralyzed Tony, getting close in his face.
    “He's just taking a one strip of bacon and chewing it very, very deliberately.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:45:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)