Beau Bridges has appeared in over fifty feature films, including “The Landlord”, “The Other Side of the Mountain”, “Norma Rae”, “Heart Like a Wheel”, “The Wizard”, “Jerry Maguire”, “Sordid Lives”, “Max Payne”, “The Descendants” and “The Fabulous Baker Boys”, opposite his brother Jeff, for which Beau received the Best Supporting Actor Award  from the National Society of Film Critics. 

In television, Bridges has received sixteen Emmy nominations and won three, along with two Golden Globes, for “Without Warning: The James Brady Story”, “The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom” and “The Second Civil War.”   He can be seen currently in OWN’s “Greenleaf”,  Showtime’s “Homeland”, Netflix’s “Messiah” and Amazon Prime’s “Goliath” On Broadway, he recently appeared in “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”.  He co-authored a play with his daughter Emily, “Acting: The First Six Lessons”, published by Samuel French. She also directed Beau in a movie based on the play.  He won a 2009 Grammy for Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” in the category of Best Spoken Word Album. Beau has performed a reading of a one-man show, “Coach”, written by John Wilder, about the life of Beau’s basketball coach at UCLA, John Wooden. 

In the seventies, Beau established The Pearl White Theatre of Performing Arts in the Oakwood section of Venice, California.  It was a program designed to provide a place for youth in this underserved community to express themselves and engage in joyous, productive activities in a safe environment.  There was training provided in writing, acting, technical expertise, modeling and martial arts.  Many of the young people who participated went on to have careers in front of and behind the camera in the film industry.

An environmental activist, Beau was the first board president of The Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation, an organization that protects and preserves the culture, history, and life ways of indigenous peoples and the environment we all depend upon.  The mission is implemented through education programs, community outreach, restoration projects, and legal action. 

Beau’s son Casey established the first Boys & Girls Club in South Africa, a longtime dream of Rick and Susan Goings. The important work done by Casey laid the foundation for the future successful expansion of nine additional Clubs in that country.  

Beau was inspired by his father Lloyd to work towards promoting and preserving a healthy planet. He continues to be an environmental activist. Beau and his wife Wendy have five adult children, six grandchildren and a French Bulldog.