Anecdotes

Before earning his bachelor's degree, Bridges spent his junior year in England studying at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, staying at a tiny basement flat in Chelsea, eating lots of chicken noodles and attending West End theater productions on free passes.

He married artist Carrie Eastman in three different ceremonies: twice at the Burning Man arts festival in 2002, and once in a relatively traditional ceremony on January 2, 2003 in Kaua'i.

Born and raised in and around Los Angeles, he was raised along with four siblings by his dad, biological mother (Julie Bridges) and stepmother (Wendy Treece).

As a child actor, he acted in two television films: The Kid from Nowhere (1982) directed by his father, and The Thanksgiving Promise (1986) starring the entire Bridges family. However, he chose not to continue working as a child actor, so he could be just a regular kid.

Classically trained, he became a "cater waiter" in New York and Los Angeles for a couple of years each, before he started getting roles in television and film.

His daughter, Caroline (whose nickname is "Lola"), was born in 2003. His son, Orson, was born on October 20, 2005.

He attended the progressive Oakwood school with a strong emphasis on the arts, which got him interested in acting. He followed it up as a theater major and literature minor at New York's Bard College.

He is a graduate of Bard College where he studied performing arts.

Brother of Casey Bridges, Dylan Bridges, Jeffery Bridges and Emily Bridges.

His father is of English, as well as smaller amounts of Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Irish, Swiss-German, and German, descent. His mother is of half Russian Jewish (from her own father) and half Austrian (from her own mother) ancestry.

Shares his birthday (November 13th) with actor Gerard Butler. There is a four-year age difference, with Butler being older.