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Top 10 Jeff Bridges Performances


both a box-office fave and a critical
darling
hey now flattery is not gonna get you
guys anywhere he’s a cinema legend
that’s right dude
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for Jeff Bridges
top ten performances better yet the
beautiful simplicity were ripe
strawberry look at you number 10 Obadiah
Stane Iron Man but if I were Tony I
would tell you how honored I feel and
what a joy it is to receive this very
prestigious award in a rare villain role
Bridges gives Iron Man what every
superhero needs a kick-ass bad guy Tony
Stark was able to build this in a cave
with a bunch of scrubs Obadiah Stane is
Tony Stark’s longtime business partner
driven to madness when stark attempts to
cut out profitable weapons sales really
think just because you have an ID
it belongs to you with bridges in the
roll stains cutthroat intensity and
personal vendetta lead to an effects
build battle with more emotion than your
typical superhero finale of fireworks
and one-liners world of weapons best one
ever pepper and now I’m gonna kill you
with it you shouldn’t have come back hey
hey it’s the big master control program
everybody’s been talking about number 9
Kevin Flynn Tron remember the time you
spend playing chess together
bolstered by the rise of Atari video
games bridges makes computer programmers
cool with his lead role in Tron when are
you embezzling embezzling is such an
ugly word
portraying income designer Kevin Flynn
bridges is physically taken inside the
computer system a virtual world of
visual effects and video game battles on
the other side of the screen it all
looks so easy by valiantly fighting off
threats from corrupt programmers bridges
brings a fiery quality to the wunderkind
part which he reprised in a
revolutionary sequel decades later who
are you number 8 starmon Scott Hayden
starmon
as the title character bridges is an
alien who arrives on earth taking the
form of Jenny Hayden’s recently deceased
husband I can’t get no satisfaction they
fall in love you find love but must race
to get the star man back into space
before he dies
we are interested in your species
bridges rigid physical acting and
homeless speech infused the alien with a
childlike wonder and mysticism like
what’s two very carefully
red light stop green light go yellow
light go very fast his simple
expressions feel a hundred percent
sincere and draw the audience into the
enriching love story
I can eat in that side 90-yard number
seven Reuben J rooster cogburn true grit
that tenement in front of them she
killed on me again reuniting with the
Coen brothers bridges adds his own
unique flavour to John Wayne’s rooster
cogburn in this spirited remake a
Marshall on a mission to help a young
girl avenge her father’s death
Cogburn is a lovable loser how many men
have you shot jaw or kill ridges gruff
delivery and excellent comedic timing
disguise a deadly intensity that
reawakens when justice needs to be
served deep with him this tired shell of
a man lies a warrior I’m going to kill
you in one minute net number six
President Jackson Evans the contender
mr. Webster good to see you it’s an
honor sir the polar opposite of many
film presidents bridges Jackson Evans is
a personable leader filled with
character and conviction you know what
this is that’s a shark steak sandwich a
shark steak though not a main role Evans
is essential to the plot as he’s
fighting for the appointment of the
first female vice president are you
asking me to step down sir no no it’s
not gonna be that easy for you and it’s
not gonna be that easy for them Bridges
maintains a genial delivery in dealing
with associates what turns up the volume
when it’s not many phases undo prejudice
adding a spark to an already passionate
film right from the start I should have
come down here pointed a finger your way
pointed a finger your way and asked you
have you no decency sir
hey it’s Monday morning and I’m Jack
Lucas number five Jack Lucas the Fisher
King this is a beautiful woman
yeah and Pinocchio is a true story Edie
you’re never gonna get this tart to your
dessert plate in this terry gilliam
classic Bridges plays former shock jock
Jack Lucas who’s guilt-stricken when his
harsh words lead to a violent shoot it
was mr. Lucas’s offhand remark that
seemed to have fatal impact on mr.
Melnick mark saffron is on the scene on
the brink of suicide and
offbeat victim of the shooting saves him
Oh feel the sting of my show as Lucas
befriends this eccentric man played by
an electric Robin Williams Bridges gives
the ultimate character transformation
trust me on this a woman who loves you
keeps you going gives you strength a
brash egotistical showman slowly becomes
a loving charitable confidant in this
tale of human Redemption okay first a
money now this oh that’s so sweet all
you fabulous guide me home we’re good
together number four
Lightfoot thunderbolt and Lightfoot
thunderbolt and Lightfoot that sounds
like something doesn’t it this film
pairs Jeff Bridges with legendary action
hero Clint Eastwood as a duo intent on
robbing a small town bank why not do it
again
what’s he mouthing off about now playing
the laid-back affable Lightfoot to
Eastwood stone-cold Thunderbolt bridges
sets the blueprint for comic foil in
decades of buddy comedy movies to come a
stick pistachio what we do now
drop your cocks and reach for your socks
don’t look at me I didn’t say a word
despite the life-or-death stakes bridges
Lightfoot consistently leaves
Thunderbolt hilariously baffled brought
back some extra goodies you enter your
mind and as a heavy dose of character to
a very unique road movie are you sexy
bitch didn’t call you myself
no Lester’s fall kinky basketball my dog
there I want to do is stay with the man
I love God bear number three Wayne
Jackson The Last Picture Show with this
oscar-nominated effort Jeff Bridges was
introduced to the world
as rural high school team Dwayne Jackson
bridges is a standout in a small-town
ensemble of quirky tragic residents
brimming with youthful testosterone and
night a Jackson is the quintessential
loss team losing his faithless
girlfriend and battling his supposed
best friend Jason never lets you screw
you ain’t that good a consummate sure
it’s a character type we already know
but bridges injects it with so much life
it doesn’t matter
oh oh but you did right anyway number
two
Otis bad Blake crazy heart I’m bad Blake
I’m born bad
when I die my tombstone will have my
real name on it a stunning character
study bridges poignant take on burnt-out
country singer bad Blake netted him an
Oscar never too late son never too late
a music legend whose best days are
behind him
Blake reinvents himself with a musical
partnership and new family
but things slowly fall apart we all see
we can go out and find some trouble to
get into
huh yeah big trouble ridges helpless
pitiful emotions as he struggles with
alcoholism and failure are some of the
most soul shredding acting ever seen on
screen okay got brown hair poor your
golden baby buddy buddy what was he
wearing oh I don’t remember okay
whoa where’d you can see him more before
we unveil our number one pick here are a
few honorable mentions
not yet
but what do you say to that Mary have
nothing to say except you’re a bigger
fool than he is to listen to him was
that solo he’s no fool you’re concerned
he’s got your number all right you’re
doing such a bang-up job a few months
ago
you had him paying us not to play that’s
ingenious
what are you doing and still we feel
safe because we know his name I am NOT
mr. Lebowski you’re mr. Lebowski I’m the
dude
number one Jeff the dude Lebowski the
Big Lebowski you can see it is a ransom
note Lebowski hosts Jeff Bridges
ultimate performance a role that stands
tall among many as Jeff Lebowski sorry
as the dude bridges just wants to chill
and Bowl only he’s caught in the middle
of a never-ending kidnapping you got the
wrong guy I’m the dude man but thanks to
his happy-go-lucky nature and endless
quotes he escapes one Jam after another
oh oh it’s down there somewhere let me
take another lock naturally nailing his
role bridges abides to each unusual
situation creating a timeless cult
classic you figured oh here’s a loser
you know a deadbeat somebody the square
community won’t give a shit about do you
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