FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES JEFF BRIDGES AS RECIPIENT OF THE 49th CHAPLIN AWARD

AWARD TO BE PRESENTED ON APRIL 29

 

 

“Jeff Bridges just moves into a role and lives so deep in it that the little things seem to come straight from the character’s soul.”

— Pauline Kael, 1973

 

New York, NY (January 17, 2024) – Film at Lincoln Center announces that Academy Award®-winning actor Jeff Bridges is the recipient of the 49th Chaplin Award. He will be honored at a gala evening at Lincoln Center on April 29, 2024.

 

An acclaimed actor, producer, and musician, Jeff Bridges has created a range of memorable characters over a rich and varied film career spanning seven decades. Nominated for more than 100 awards, he has made over 70 films, among them The Last Picture Show, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Fearless, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, Hell or High Water, Heaven’s Gate, Tron, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Starman, The Contender, and Crazy Heart, for which he won an Academy Award®, Golden Globe, and SAG Award. The Chaplin Award Tribute will feature excerpts from a selection of his work, appearances by co-stars, friends, and colleagues, and the presentation of the award itself.

 

The Chaplin Award has been bestowed upon legendary actors and filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Poitier, Barbara Streisand, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, and Viola Davis (complete list of honorees below). The Chaplin Award Gala is the major annual fundraiser for Film at Lincoln Center; proceeds support the nonprofit organization’s year-round programs, including film series, student programs, and film festivals such as the New York Film Festival and New Directors/New Films.

 

Dan Stern, Chairman of the Board of Film at Lincoln Center, said, “Jeff Bridges is one of our most distinguished and beloved actors whose body of work, commitment to his art, and lifetime of career achievements demonstrate a significant contribution to the art of film. We at Film at Lincoln Center are honored to present the 49th Chaplin Award to Jeff Bridges, and look forward to celebrating with Jeff, his family, his colleagues, and the Film at Lincoln Center and supporters.”

 

“One of America’s greatest actors, Jeff Bridges is an artist and creative soul who naturally brings compassion and depth to every role he inhabits. His humanity and intelligence inform iconic characters such as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit, Duane Jackson in The Last Picture Show (NYFF9), and of course the iconic Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski in The Big Lebowski,” said Lesli Klainberg, president of Film at Lincoln Center. “The Chaplin Award is meant to recognize the work of artists who believe in cinema and Film at Lincoln Center is delighted that Jeff Bridges will receive the 49th Chaplin Award.”

 

Jeff Bridges is one of the most lauded actors of his generation; the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award®, a SAG Award, and two Golden Globes, a seven-time Academy Award® nominee, and a producer, singer, composer, and photographer. His first major role was in Peter Bogdanovich’s coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show, for which Bridges earned an Academy Award® nomination. He went on to earn nominations for his work in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Starman (1984), The Contender (2000), True Grit (2010), and Hell or High Water (2016). For his performance as an alcoholic country music singer in Crazy Heart (2009), he received the Academy Award® for Best Actor, Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, and SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. He was presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2019 for his lifelong contribution to film.

 

Born in 1949 to actors Lloyd and Dorothy Bridges, his first role was as a baby in The Company She Keeps.­­­ His work in television began in his youth with his brother Beau in occasional appearances on their father’s show Sea Hunt (1958–1961) and the CBS anthology series The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963). He also appeared in episodes of Lassie and TV movie In Search of America. He is currently starring as retired CIA operative Dan Chase in the FX/Hulu dramatic thriller The Old Man.

 

Over the course of a robust seven-decade career, Bridges has starred in numerous critically acclaimed films such as The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), The Fisher King (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), and Bad Times at the El Royale (2018). He also had roles in the commercially successful films King Kong (1976), Tron (1982), Iron Man (2008), and Tron: Legacy (2010). Additional roles include The Last American Hero (1973), Against All Odds (1984), Jagged Edge (1985), and Fearless (1993).

 

His additional accomplishments include the publication of two photography books: Pictures and Pictures, Volume 2; and co-writer of The Dude and the Zen Master with Bernie Glassman.

 

Bridges lives in California and Montana with his wife of 46 years Susan Geston. He plays guitar, sings, composes songs, and performs with his band The Abiders. Committed to several philanthropic causes, Bridges is the national spokesperson for No Kid Hungry.

 

Gala tickets are on sale now. Tribute-only tickets range in price from $80 – $500. You can secure premium seating at the Chaplin Award Gala Tribute by purchasing Gala Dinner and Tribute tickets, available here or by contacting us at galarsvp@filmlinc.org. All proceeds from the Chaplin Award Gala benefit Film at Lincoln Center’s programs and activities as a nonprofit organization.

 

For information about attending the Gala, please contact galarsvp@filmlinc.org. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Liz Gardner at egardner@filmlinc.org or call (212) 671-4559.

 

 

역대 채플린상 수상자 Past Chaplin Award Gala Honorees:

2023 배우 비올라 데이비스 Viola Davis

2022 배우 케이트 블랜쳇 Cate Blanchett

2021 감독 스파이크 리 Spike Lee

2018 배우 헬렌 미렌 Helen Mirren

2017 배우 로버트 드 니로 Robert De Niro

2016 배우 모간 프리만 Morgan Freeman

2015 배우/감독 로버트 레드포드 Robert Redford

2014 감독 로브 라이너 Rob Reiner

2013 배우/감독 바브라 스트라이샌드 Barbra Streisand

2012 배우 카트린느 드뇌브 Catherine Deneuve

2011 배우 시드니 포이티어 Sidney Poitier

2010 배우 마이클 더글라스 Michael Douglas

2009 배우 톰 행크스 Tom Hanks

2008 배우 메릴 스트립 Meryl Streep

2007 배우 다이앤 키튼 Diane Keaton

2006 배우 제시카 랭 Jessica Lange

2005 배우 더스틴 호프만 Dustin Hoffman

2004 배우 마이클 케인 Michael Caine

2003 배우 수잔 새런든 Susan Sarandon

2002 감독 프란시스 포드 코폴라 Francis Ford Coppola

2001 배우 제인 폰다 Jane Fonda

2000 배우 알 파치노 Al Pacino

1999 감독 마이크 니콜스 Mike Nichols

1998 감독 마틴 스콜세지 Martin Scorsese

1997 배우 숀 코너리 Sean Connery

1996 배우/감독 클린트 이스트우드 Clint Eastwood

1995 배우 셜리 맥클레인 Shirley MacLaine

1994 감독 로버트 알트만 Robert Altman

1993 배우 잭 레몬 Jack Lemmon

1992 배우 그레고리 펙 Gregory Peck

1991 배우 오드리 헵번 Audrey Hepburn

1990 배우 제임스 스튜어트 James Stewart

1989 배우 베티 데이비스 Bette Davis

1988 배우 이브 몽탕 Yves Montand

1987 배우 알렉 기네스 Alec Guinness

1986 배우 엘리자베스 테일러 Elizabeth Taylor

1985 감독 페데리코 펠리니 Federico Fellini

1984 배우 클로데트 콜베르 Claudette Colbert

1983 배우 로렌스 올리비에 Laurence Olivier

1982 감독 빌리 와일더 Billy Wilder

1981 배우 바바라 스탠윅 Barbara Stanwyck

1980 감독 존 휴스턴 John Huston

1979 배우 밥 호프 Bob Hope

1978 감독 조지 쿠커 George Cukor

1975 배우 조안 우드워드 & 폴 뉴만 Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman

1974 감독 알프레드 히치코크 Alfred Hitchcock

1973 배우 프레드 아스테어 Fred Astaire

1972 배우/감독 찰리 채플린 Charles Chaplin