Beau Bridges

Lloyd Vernet “Beau” Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 7, 2003, at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the television industry.[1][2] He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges.

Bridges was born on December 9, 1941[3] in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009).[4] He was nicknamed Beau by his parents after Ashley Wilkes’ son in Gone with the Wind.[5] His younger brother is actor Jeff Bridges, and he has a younger sister, Lucinda. Another brother, Garrett, died in 1948 of sudden infant death syndrome. Beau has shared a close relationship with Jeff, for whom he acted as a surrogate father during childhood, when their father was busy with work.[6] He and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles