Lloyd Vernet Beau Bridges born December 9 1941 is an American actor and director He is a threetime Emmy twotime Golden Globe and onetime Grammy Award winner as well as a twotime Screen Actors Guild Award nominee He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 7 2003 for his contributions to the television industry He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges In 1948 he had an uncredited role in Force of Evil and No Minor Vices while in 1949 he played in the film The Red Pony In the 19621963 television season he and his brother Jeff appeared on their fathers series The Lloyd Bridges Show He appeared in other television series too including National Velvet 1962 The Fugitive 1963 Bonanza 1967 Mr Novak 1963 and The Loner 1966 He appeared in such feature films during that time as The Landlord 1970 The Other Side of the Mountain 1975 Greased Lightning 1977 Norma Rae 1979 Heart Like a Wheel 1983 and The Hotel New Hampshire 1984 In 1989 in perhaps his bestknown role he starred in The Fabulous Baker Boys In the 199394 television season he appeared with his father in the 15episode series Harts of the West In 1998 he starred as Judge Bob Gibbs in the oneseason Maximum Bob on ABC He had a recurring role in the Showtime series Beggars and Choosers 19992000 In 2001 he gueststarred as Daniel McFarland in two episodes in Will Grace From 2002 to 2003 he took on the role of Senator Tom Gage in The Agency In January 2005 he was cast as Major General Hank Landry in Stargate SG1 He also played the character in five episodes of the spinoff series Stargate Atlantis as well as the two direct to DVD films Stargate The Ark of Truth and Stargate Continuum both in 2008 In 2005 he gueststarred as Carl Hickey in My Name Is Earl later his character became recurring He received a 2007 Emmy Award nomination for his performance In 2009 he gueststarred as Eli Scruggs on the 100th episode of Desperate Housewives and received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance In 2011 he gueststarred in Brothers and Sisters and in Franklin Bash In 2012 he took on the role of JB Biggley in the hit revival of the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying In 2013 he became a major character on the CBS television show The Millers He has had several roles in movies since then including Underdog Kids 2015 and Lawless Range 2016 He has also had guest roles on the shows Masters of Sex 20132016 and Code Black 2016 Description above is from the Wikipedia article Beau Bridges licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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