Beau Bridges is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife--who was his college sweetheart--Dorothy. Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his parents immediately started calling him Beau after Ashley Wilkes' son in "Gone with the Wind (1939)", a book they were reading at the time. His youn ...
show all Beau Bridges is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife--who was his college sweetheart--Dorothy. Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his parents immediately started calling him Beau after Ashley Wilkes' son in "Gone with the Wind (1939)", a book they were reading at the time. His younger brother, actor Jeff Bridges , was born in 1949 and a sister, Cindy, the following year.
Although only 5'10", Beau played basketball for UCLA his freshman year. The following year he transferred to the University of Hawaii, but dropped out to pursue acting and got his first major role in 1967. During his first marriage to Julie Landifield, they adopted Casey, and then had Jordan. He and his second wife, Wendy, have three children from this marriage - Dylan (b. 1985), Emily (b. 1987) and Ezekiel.
Beau likes to play guitar and collects Native American percussion instruments. He also loves the ocean, including swimming and surfing. He is also active in environmental causes and handgun control.
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