Jeff Bridges is one of those chameleonesque actors who is perhaps better known for the indelible characters he has played than for his own persona. His memorably naturalistic performances include the charming Texan Duane Jackson in Peter Bogdanovich’s "The Last Picture Show" (garnering his first Oscar® nomination for supporting actor); the irreverent Lightfoot, sidekick to Clint Eastwood’s bank robber in Michael Cimino‘s "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (his second Oscar nomination); the computer programmer Kevin Flynn, imprisoned inside a computer in the groundbreaking "Tron"; the alien who crashes to earth in "Starman" (his third Oscar nomination and first for best actor); the lounge pianist Jack Baker in the seductive romance "The Fabulous Baker Boys"; the shock-jock talk radio host Jack Lucas in "The Fisher King"; the air crash survivor Max Klein in "Fearless"; the quintessential slacker Jeff Lebowski, aka “The Dude,” in the Coen Brothers’ "The Big Lebowski"; U.S. President Jackson Evans in the political drama "The Contender" (which garnered a fourth Oscar nomination); the industrialist super-villain Obadiah Stane in the blockbuster "Iron Man"; and, most recently, psychic Army Officer Bill Django in "The Men Who Stare at Goats."