Lloyd 'Beau' Bridges III

         Lloyd ‘Beau’ Bridges III, son of actor Lloyd Bridges, was born in Hollywood, California in 1941. He had to be delivered by candlelight because of a power outage, and was nicknamed Beau after a character in Gone With the Wind, which his parents were reading at the time. Beau had several roles in movies as a child, notably in film noir Force of Evil and No Minor Vices, but despite this Beau wanted to be a basketball player. He went to college at UCLA where he was on the basketball team despite being five foot ten, and later transferred to University of Hawaii. Beau eventually enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, where he served for eight years. In 1962 Beau returned to the screen in his father’s series The Lloyd Bridges Show, and from there he found steady work in series such as Bonanza, and Twelve o’Clock High. He then made his way into film, acting in The Landlord, Greased Lightning, and Norma Rae, which was nominated for Academy Award for best picture.

Beau was nominated for multiple awards throughout the 1990s and won several including multiple Golden Globe award for best actor and best supporting actor, and multiple Emmy awards for lead actor and supporting actor. Along with awards for film and television, Beau also received a Grammy for his part in the spoken word album by Al Gore. In 2003 he received a star on the Hollywood walk of Fame. In 2011 Beau was awarded the Lone Sailor Award, which honors Coast Guard veterans who distinguish themselves in civilian careers. Beau is an outspoken Christian and a Vegan, supports environmental causes, and loves swimming. Beau continues to stay active in film and television today, and in 2012 he took part in the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. In 2013, Beau played the character Tom in television show The Millers, and this year he already has three projects listed on IMBD that he is currently working on.