Beau Bridges was born on December 9, 1941 in Hollywood, California. Beau was given the birth name of Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, but his parents started calling him Beau after seeing the classic film: "GONE WITH THE WIND."

Beau Bridges is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges who is known for his role in "HOT SHOTS!." Beau's mother was Dorothy Dean Bridges she was in the hit movie "FINDERS KEEPERS."

Jeff Bridges is Beau Bridges' brother, Jeff was in the popular race horse movie SEABISCUIT.

It seems that acting will be staying in the family, Beau Bridges' children have also taken up acting Casey Bridges and Dylan Bridges were in THE WILD PAIR, Jordan Bridges was in MONA LISA SMILE, and Emily Bridges was in DADDY'S DYIN...WHO'S GOT THE WILL?

For the movie, "THE WILD PAIR," Beau Bridges was the director and played the role of Joe Jennings. Beau Bridges was able to work with his kids Casey, Dylan, and Lloyd on " The Wild Pair." . Casey Bridges played Paul, Dylan Bridges was Little Billy and Lloyd Bridges played Col. Heser.

"STARGATE SG-1" is Beau Bridges' newest TV series he plays Major General Hank Landry. Beau Bridges has also had parts on the Series "THE AGENCY" playing Sen. Tom Gage and "THE CLEAR HORIZON" as Eddie Tinker.

On the series, "THE OUTER LIMITS," Beau Bridges starred with his father Lloyd Bridges and son Dylan Bridges in March of 1995.

Beau Bridges has had over 120 movies with a mix of TV series, minis and feature films, Beau Bridges got his start in 1948 on "NO MINOR VICES" as Bertram, this would be his debut role.

In 1995 Beau Bridges took an uncredited role in the football romance JERRY MAGUIRE with Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr and Renée Zellweger. Bridges played the role of Matt Cushman.

Next to his younger brother, Jeff and his dad Lloyd, Beau Bridges received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in April 2003.

Beau Bridges's other notable credits include...

MY GIRLFRIEND'S BOYFRIEND (2010)
DON'T FADE AWAY (2010)
COLUMBUS CIRCLE (2010)
COLUMBUS CIRCLE (2010)
DIRTY POLITICS (2009)

MAY PAYNE (2008)

SPINNING INTO BUTTER (2007)

AMERICANIZING SHELLEY (2007)

CHARLOTTE'S WEB (2006)

THE GOOD GERMAN (2006)

I-SEE-YOU.COM (2006)

SMILE (2005)

THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE (2005)

DEBATING ROBERT LEE (2004)

THE WHITE RIVER KID (1999)

ROCKET MAN (1997)

SIDEKICKS (1992)

THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (1989)