Age: 60
Character: Bad Blake in Crazy Heart
Film: Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film "Crazy Heart" from writer-director Scott Cooper.
Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times.
And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.
As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man's crazy heart.
Previous Golden Globe Wins: Bridges has no previous Golden Globe wins.
Previous Golden Globe Nominations: And this is his third nomination after picking up a Best Actor nod in 1984 in Starman.
Then in 2000 he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Contender.
Award/Nominations for role: Bridges’ performance has had a string of nominations at the Screen Actors Guild awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Critics: “It's a mark of how fine a performance Bridges gives that it succeeds beautifully even though the besotted, bedeviled country singer has been an overly familiar popular culture staple for forever.” - Los Angeles Times
“Gyllenhaal is charming and makes unexpected choices in her performance, but this is Bridges' show, and he's as Best Actor-worthy as he's ever been.” - New York Daily Times
“Jeff Bridges' character may be called Bad Blake, but his performance is incredibly good, perhaps the best of his career.” USA Today
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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