FrameThrower · Actors · Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
19 films · 1,283 frames · top-billed in 16 · 1971–2018
Born 4 December 1949 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Jeffrey Leon Bridges is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series Sea Hunt (1958–60), with his father, Lloyd Bridges and brother, Beau Bridges. He has won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as an alcoholic singer in the 2009 film Crazy Heart.
Bridges also earned Academy Award nominations 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).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 19 films · 1,283 frames · top-billed in 16 · 1971–2018
- Academy Award for Best Actor2010
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role2010
- Donostia Award2004
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,283 frames from the 19 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jeff takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 19 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Jeff takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 · Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
Only The Brave
2017 · Duane Steinbrink
Hell or High Water
2016 · Marcus Hamilton
True Grit
2010 · Rooster Cogburn
TRON: Legacy
2010 · Kevin Flynn / Clu
Iron Man
2008 · Obadiah Stane
Seabiscuit
2003 · Charles Howard
Arlington Road
1999 · Michael Faraday
The Big Lebowski
1998 · The Dude
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996 · Gregory Larkin
The Fisher King
1991 · Jack
Starman
1984 · Starman / Scott Hayden
Tron
1982 · Kevin Flynn / Clu
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
1974 · Lightfoot
Fat City
1972 · Ernie
The Last Picture Show
1971 · Duane Jackson
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017 · Champ
Tideland
2005 · Noah
Heaven’s Gate
1980 · John L. Bridges
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,283 frames from Jeff Bridges's 19 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.