Editing Jeff Bridges (section)

=== 2008–present: Career expansion ===
[[File:Jeff bridges 0001 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Bridges at an event for ''[[The Giver (film)|The Giver]]'' in 2014]]
In 2008, Bridges shaved his head to play the role of [[Iron Monger|Obadiah Stane]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe|Marvel]] [[comic book]] adaptation of ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]'' starring [[Robert Downey Jr]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kepnes|first1=Caroline|title=Jeff Bridges Shaves Head, Talks Iron Man|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/60534/jeff-bridges-shaves-head-talks-iron-man|access-date=August 10, 2014|website=E! Online|date=November 26, 2007}}</ref><ref name="ironman" /> In July 2008, at [[San Diego Comic-Con]], he appeared in a teaser, reprising his 1982 fan favorite role of Kevin Flynn for ''[[Tron: Legacy]]''.{{citation needed|date= March 2024}} Also in 2008 he acted in the [[HBO]] film ''[[A Dog Year]]'' earning a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination. He then acted in the comedy films ''[[How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)|How to Lose Friends & Alienate People]]'' (2008), and ''[[The Open Road]]'' (2009). He gained widespread acclaim for his role as an alcoholic country singer in ''[[Crazy Heart]]'' (2009) for which he earned the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<ref name="bridges2" /> as well as the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/jeff-bridges/|title= Jeff Bridges|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dailynews.com/2010/01/23/jeff-bridges-sandra-bullock-win-sag-honors/|title=Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock win SAG honors |website= Los Angeles Daily News|date=January 23, 2010 |accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> Bridges is one of the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees|youngest actors ever to be nominated]] for an Academy Award (1972, age 22, Best Supporting Actor, ''[[The Last Picture Show]]''), and one of the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees|oldest ever to win]] (winning the Best Actor in 2010 at age 60 for ''Crazy Heart'').<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2010 |title=Jeff Bridges wins best actor Oscar in "Crazy Heart" |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6271AZ/ |website=Reuters}}</ref>

In 2009, he acted in the satirical comedy ''[[The Men Who Stare at Goats (film)|The Men Who Stare at Goats]]'' alongside [[George Clooney]], [[Ewan McGregor]], and [[Kevin Spacey]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/2009/11/08/120227954/walking-through-walls-and-staring-at-goats|title= Walking Through Walls And Staring At Goats|website= NPR|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 2010 he reprised his role as Kevin Flynn in ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' acting with [[Garrett Hedlund]] and [[Olivia Wilde]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10011582-tron_legacy|title= Tron: Legacy|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> Bridges received his sixth Academy Award nomination for his role in ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]'', a collaboration with the Coen brothers in which he starred alongside [[Matt Damon]], [[Josh Brolin]], [[Barry Pepper]], and [[Hailee Steinfeld]]. Both the film and Bridges' performance as [[Rooster Cogburn (character)|Rooster Cogburn]], were critically praised. Bridges lost to [[Colin Firth]], whom he had beaten for the Oscar in the same category the previous year. On December 18, 2010, Bridges hosted [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''; he had hosted the show before in 1983 with his brother, Beau. With the December 18, 2010, episode Bridges beat [[Sigourney Weaver]]'s record for longest gap between hosting appearances on ''SNL'' (Weaver had a 24-year gap between her first time hosting in 1986 and her second time hosting in 2010, while Bridges had a 27-year gap between his first appearance in 1983 and his most recent one, also in 2010).{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

[[File:Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson and Jeff Bridges.png|thumb|right|[[Jon Hamm]], [[Dakota Johnson]], and Bridges promoting ''[[Bad Times at the El Royale]]'' (2018)]]
In 2013, he starred alongside [[Ryan Reynolds]] in the action comedy ''[[R.I.P.D.]]'' which was a box office and critical failure.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.businessinsider.com/ryan-reynolds-turbo-and-ripd-flop-2013-7|title= Ryan Reynolds Has Two Huge Movie Flops — Here's Your Box-Office Roundup|website= Business Insider|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ripd|title= R.I.P.D|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> That same year Bridges wrote ''The Dude and the Zen Master'' with [[Bernie Glassman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Bridges On Zen Buddhism And 'The Big Lebowski'|url=http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/01/08/jeff-bridges|publisher=[[On Point]]|date=January 8, 2013|access-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> Bridges found himself at a party with Glassman and [[Ram Dass]] and their conversation led to discussing the parallels between "The Dude" from ''The Big Lebowski'' and [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jeff Bridges On The Zen Message In 'The Big Lebowski'|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/jeff-bridges-big-lebowski-zen_n_6599352.html|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=February 2, 2015|access-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> The book was formed from what has been described as a "transcript of a five-day 'hang' on a Montana ranch."<ref>{{cite news|last=Oppenheimer|first=Mark|title=If Lebowski Calls, Will You Be in? Or Out Bowling?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/books/jeff-bridges-and-bernie-glassmans-dude-and-the-zen-master.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 6, 2013|access-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> The following year he produced and starred as the title role in [[dystopia]]n drama ''[[The Giver (film)|The Giver]]'' and acted in the action fantasy film ''[[Seventh Son (film)|Seventh Son]]'', which were both critically panned and the latter a box office flop.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1198425601/|title= Seventh Son|website= Boxofficemojo|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_giver|title= The Giver|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seventh_son|title= Seventh Son|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 2015 Bridges voiced The Aviator in the animated film ''[[The Little Prince (2015 film)|The Little Prince]]'' based on the [[The Little Prince|1943 children's novella of the same name]]. The following year he narrated the documentary ''[[Dream Big: Engineering Our World]]'' (2015) and acted in the [[Taylor Sheridan]] directed [[neo-Western]] drama film ''[[Hell or High Water (2016 film)|Hell or High Water]]'' (2015) opposite [[Chris Pine]] and [[Ben Foster (actor)|Ben Foster]]. For the role he received his a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]], which would be his seventh Oscar nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017|title= The 89th Academy Awards|website= March 3, 2024|date= April 18, 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, he acted in the romantic drama ''[[The Only Living Boy in New York (film)|The Only Living Boy in New York]]'' with [[Callum Turner]] and [[Kate Beckinsale]] and in the spy action comedy ''[[Kingsman: The Golden Circle]]'' starring [[Taron Egerton]] and [[Colin Firth]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://comicbook.com/movies/news/kingsman-2-jeff-bridges-interview-agent-champagne/|title= Kingsman 2: Jeff Bridges Explains His Role As Agent Champagne|website= Comicbook.com|date= November 9, 2017|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 2018 he acted in the neo-noir ensemble thriller ''[[Bad Times at the El Royale]]'' with [[Cynthia Erivo]], [[Dakota Johnson]], and [[Jon Hamm]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_times_at_the_el_royale|title= Bad Times at the El Royale|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> For his contribution to films, he was presented with the [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award|Cecil B. DeMille Award]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Legaspi|first=Althea|date=January 7, 2019|title=Jeff Bridges Accepts Golden Globes Cecil B. DeMille Award|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/jeff-bridges-golden-globes-speech-775580/|access-date=November 13, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> Starting in 2022 he acted in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] drama thriller series ''[[The Old Man (TV series)|The Old Man]]'' opposite [[John Lithgow]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105190880/jeff-bridges-makes-a-triumphant-return-to-tv-in-the-old-man|title= Jeff Bridges makes a triumphant return to TV in 'The Old Man'|website= NPR|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> For his performance he earned nominations for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/shows/old-man|title= The Old Man - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins|website= Emmy Awards|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/old-man-the/|title= The Old Men|website= Golden Globe Awards|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 2024, Bridges received the annual [[Film at Lincoln Center|Chaplin Gala Award]] which was held at [[Alice Tully Hall]] at [[Lincoln Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.filmlinc.org/about-us/chaplin-award-gala/|title= Chaplin Award Gala|website= Film at Lincoln Center|accessdate= March 3, 2024}}</ref> Also in 2024, it was announced that Bridges would be reprising his role as Kevin Flynn in ''[[Tron: Ares]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2024-04-29 |title=Jeff Bridges Returning For 'Tron: Ares' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/jeff-bridges-returning-tron-ares-1235898717/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

In June 2024, he was cast as [[God]] in the upcoming comedy film ''[[Carnival: At the End of Days]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johnny Depp to play Satan opposite Jeff Bridges as God in Terry Gilliam biblical comedy|url=https://theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/05/johnny-depp-play-satan-jeff-bridges-god-terry-gilliam-he-carnival-at-the-end-of-days|first=Andrew|last=Pulver|access-date=February 26, 2025|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>