Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

Acting

Born December 9, 1941 · Los Angeles, California, USA

7 films as director · Active 1972–1994

Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Act…

Known for

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Jeopardy!

Jeopardy!

1984

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

2004

Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1

1997

Homeland

Homeland

2011

Directed(7)

Secret Sins of the Father

1994Secret Sins of the Father★ 3.5

Seven Hours to Judgment

1988Seven Hours to Judgment★ 4.4

The Wild Pair

1987The Wild Pair★ 5.3

The Thanksgiving Promise

1986The Thanksgiving Promise★ 6.0

Don't Touch

1985Don't Touch★ 2.0

The Kid From Nowhere

1982The Kid From Nowhere★ 5.5

Acting(246)

2025Blue Eyed GirlDad

2025UnconventionalWayne Guillory

2024MatlockHoward 'Senior' Markston

2024The Neon HighwayClaude Allen

2024Desert RoadOld Man

2023Lessons in ChemistryHarry Wilson

2023Dreamin' WildDon Emerson Sr.

2022A Christmas MysteryMayor Donovan

2022Our Italian Christmas MemoriesVincent Coluccia

2022End of the RoadCapt. JD Hammers

2021The PremiseWilliam

2021Mr. MayorAdolphus Hass

2020One Night in Miami...Mr. Carlton

2020Acting: The First Six LessonsThe Teacher/Movie Director

2020Tinsel - The Lost Movie About HollywoodSelf

2020Sordid Lives

2020RobbieRobbie Walton Sr.

2020Two/OneAlfred

2020ElsewhereDad

2020MessiahEdmund DeGuilles

2019SupervizedTed

2019Words from a BearSelf

2018GalvestonStan Ptitko

2018All About NinaLarry Michaels

2018MosaicAlan Pape

2018Lawless RangeMr. Reed

2017Christmas in Angel FallsMichael D'Angelo

2017Dialing HomeSelf

2017The Mountain Between UsWalter

2016GoliathRoy Wheeler

2016The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The LonerSelf

2016Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly DepottedJeffrey

2016GreenleafBob Whitmore

2016Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the BudJeffrey

2016Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the WordJeffrey Knight

2015Underdog KidsRon Butz

2015BloodlineRoy Gilbert

2014Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroSheriff Scaley Briggs (voice)

2014black-ishPaul

20141000 to 1Coach

2013The MillersTom Miller

2013Masters of SexBarton Scully

2013RushlightsSheriff Robert Brogden Jr.

2013The Goodwin GamesBenjamin Goodwin

2012Hit & RunClint Perrkins

2012Columbus CircleDr. Raymond Fontaine

2011HomelandRalph Warner

2011The DescendantsCousin Hugh

2011Game Time: Tackling the PastFrank Walker

2011Love BitesHal Sacovitch

2011Franklin & BashLeonard Franklin

2011Jeff Bridges: The Dude AbidesSelf

2010StasisDr. Graham

2010My Girlfriend's BoyfriendUncle Logan

2010Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's CoveGus Grisby

2010Don't Fade AwayChris White

2009White CollarAgent Kramer

2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000sSelf

2009Spinning Into ButterDean Burton Strauss

2008Max PayneBB Hensley

2008Stargate: ContinuumMajor General Hank Landry

2008Stargate: The Ark of TruthMaj. Gen. Henry Landry

2008Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for TruthSelf

2007Americanizing ShelleyGary Gordon

2007Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime ExperienceVoice 'Aftermath'

2006The Good GermanColonel Muller

2006Charlotte's WebDr. Dorian

2006Brothers and SistersNick Brody

2006The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - Guest

200610.5: ApocalypsePaul Hollister

2006I-See-You.comHarvey Bellinger

2005My Name Is EarlCarl Hickey

2005The CloserDetective George Andrews / Georgette

2005Into the WestStephen Hoxie

2005SmileSteven

2005The Ballad of Jack and RoseMarty Rance

2005American Dad!Doctor / Lieutenant Thacker (voice)

2004Desperate HousewivesEli Scruggs

2004Debating Robert LeeMr. Lee

2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf

2004Evel KnievelJohn Bork

2004Stargate AtlantisHank Landry

200410.5Paul Hollister

2004On Air with Ryan SeacrestSelf

2003Out of the AshesHerman Prentiss, Interrogator

2003Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America

2002Sightings: Heartland GhostDerek

2002EverwoodDaniel Sullivan

2002We Were the MulvaneysMichael Mulvaney, Sr.

2001The AgencyTom Gage

2001Boys KlubMario's Dad

2001Voyage of the UnicornProfessor Alan Aisling

2001Voyage of the UnicornAlan Aisling

2000The Christmas SecretNick

2000Founding FathersSamuel Adams (voice)

2000Songs In Ordinary TimeOmar Duvall

2000The DistrictTom Gage

2000Meeting DaddyLarry Branson

2000Sordid LivesG.W. Nethercott

2000Common GroundFather Leon

1999P.T. BarnumP.T. Barnum

1999P.T. BarnumP.T. Barnum

1999Inherit the WindE. K. Hornbeck

1999The White River KidDaddy Weed

1998The Defenders: Taking the FirstDon Preston

1998Will & GraceDaniel McFarland

1998The Wild ThornberrysHayden Adams (voice)

1998Maximum BobJudge Bob Gibbs

1998Quincy Jones... The First 50 YearsSelf

1998The Defenders: Choice of EvilsDon Preston

1997The Second Civil WarGovernor Jim Farley

1997The Defenders: PaybackDon Preston

1997RocketManBud Nesbitt

1997Stargate SG-1Hank Landry

1996Jerry MaguireMatt Cushman (uncredited)

1996Losing ChaseMr. Richard Phillips

1996Hidden in AmericaBill

1996The UninvitedCharles Johnson

1996The Daily ShowSelf

1996NightjohnClel Waller

1996A Stranger to LoveAllan Grant / Allan Grey

1995Kissinger and NixonRichard Nixon

1995The Outer LimitsDr. Simon Kress

1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildKing Big Daddy (voice)

19955 American Handguns - 5 American KidsNarrator

1994Million Dollar BabiesDr. Allan Roy Dafoe

1994Vault of Horror IDr. Martin Fairbanks (archive footage)

1994Secret Sins of the FatherTom Thielman

1993Harts of the WestDave Hart

1993The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering MomTerry Harper

1993The Man with Three WivesDr. Norman Grayson

1993Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold StoryColonel Thomas A. Parker

1992SidekicksJerry Gabrewski

1991WildflowerJack Perkins

1991Married to ItJohn Morden

1991Without Warning: The James Brady StoryJames Brady

1990UFO CafeArnold Zimmerman

1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf

1990Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?Orville

1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionGerry Green (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")

1989The WizardSam

1989The Fabulous Baker BoysFrank Baker

1989Tales from the CryptDr. Martin Fairbanks

1989Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClurePolice Chief Richard Czech

1989The Iron TriangleCapt. Keene

1989Signs of LifeJohn Alder

1989Just Another SecretJack Grant

1988Seven Hours to JudgmentJohn Eden

1987The Wild PairJoe Jennings

1987The Killing TimeSam Wayburn

1986The Thanksgiving PromiseHank Tilby

1986A Fighting ChoiceThad Taylor

1986Outrage!Bruce Gordon

1986Can a Guy Say No?Mr. Tauscher

1985Vanessa in the GardenTheodore 'Teddy' Shearing

1985Alice in WonderlandUnicorn

1985Amazing StoriesTeddy Shearing

1985SpaceRandy Claggett

1984Jeopardy!Self

1984The Hotel New HampshireWin Berry

1984The Red-Light StingFrank Powell

1983Heart Like a WheelConnie Kalitta

1982Witness for the ProsecutionLeonard Vole

1982Love ChildJack Hansen

1982Dangerous CompanyRay Johnson

1982Night CrossingGuenter Wetzel

1982American PlayhouseJohn Alder

1982The Kid From NowhereBud Herren

1981Honky Tonk FreewayDuane Hansen

1980Silver Dream RacerBruce McBride

1980FridaysSelf

1980United StatesRichard Chapin

1979The Runner StumblesToby Felker

1979The Fifth MusketeerPhilippe / Louis XIV

1979The Child StealerDavid Rodman

1979Norma RaeSonny

1978Stubby Pringle's ChristmasStubby Pringle

1978Shimmering LightKevin Pearse

1978The President's MistressBen Morton

1978The Four FeathersHarry Feversham

1977Greased LightningHutch

1976Two-Minute WarningMike Ramsay

1976SwashbucklerMajor Folly

1976DragonflyJesse

1975The Other Side of the MountainDick Buek

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1975Medical StoryDr. Steve Drucker

1975Medical StoryDr. Steve Drucker

1974The Lives of Benjamin FranklinYoung Benjamin Franklin

1974Lovin' MollyJohnny

1974The Stranger Who Looks Like MeChris Schroeder

1974It's My HobbyHimself

1974Flick Flack

1974Are We Still Going to the Movies?

1974What About McBride?

1973Your Three Minutes Are UpCharlie

1973The Man Without a CountryFrederick Ingham

1972Child's PlayPaul Reis

1972Hammersmith Is OutBilly Breedlove

1971The Christian Licorice StoreCane

1971The Perfect Drug FilmNarrator

1970The Don Knotts ShowSelf

1970The LandlordElgar Enders

1970Adam's WomanAdam

1969Gaily, GailyBen Harvey

1968For Love of IvyTim Austin

1967The IncidentPfc. Felix Teflinger

1967Cimarron Strip

1967Atta Girl, Kelly!Matt Howell

1966Felony Squad

1965Village of the GiantsFred

1965The F.B.I.Jerry Foley

196412 O'Clock HighCorporal Corbett

1963Mr. NovakPat Knowland

1963The FugitiveGary Keller

1963Vacation PlayhouseBrandon Drood

1962Combat!Orville Putnam

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1962Ensign O'TooleSpicer

1962The Lloyd Bridges ShowCarl

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1961The Explosive GenerationStephen

1961Dr. KildareBob Colby

1960My Three Sons

1960The Clear HorizonBeau Bridges

1959BonanzaHorace Perkins

1959RawhideBilly Johanson

1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreCpl. Moss

1955GunsmokeJason

1954The Wonderful World of DisneyMatt Howell

1951Hallmark Hall of FameStubby Pringle

1951The Company She KeepsObie, Boy at Train Station (uncredited)

1950Force of EvilFrankie Tucker (uncredited)

1949The Red PonyBeau

1948No Minor VicesBertram (uncredited)

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf