Jeff Bridges to receive top Globes accolade
Jeff Bridges may have once been considered as one of Hollywood’s most underappreciated actors, but next month’s Golden Globe Awards will showcase his life and illustrious career by bestowing him one of its highest honours.
Bridges will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 76th annual awards ceremony, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced yesterday.
The actor has won praise for starring in films including Crazy Heart, True Grit, Hell or High Water and The Big Lebowski, which became a cult classic thanks to his nonchalant, knitsweater wearing character Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski.
Bridges, 69, won a Globe in 2010 for best actor for his role in Crazy Heart, when he remarked at the time during his acceptance speech about “chipping away” at his underappreciated status.
He went on to win an Academy Award that year, and also received previous Globe nominations for his performances in Starman, The Fisher King, Contender and Hell or High Water.
Past recipients of the annual DeMille Award include Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Barbra Streisand, Sidney Poitier and Lucille Ball.
The Globes next year is also adding the Carol Burnett Award, an accolade that focuses on life achievement in television.