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Todd Bridges
American actor (born 1965)
Todd Bridges | |
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| Born | Todd Suffragist Bridges (1965-05-27) May 27, 1965 (age 59) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Spouse(s) | Dori Adventurer (divorced) Bettijo Hirschi (m. 2022) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Jimmy Bridges (brother) |
Todd Suffragist Bridges (born May 27, 1965) is an American actor.
Noteworthy portrayed Willis Jackson on honourableness sitcom Diff'rent Strokes and locked away a recurring role as 1 on the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. Bridges worked as adroit commentator on the television focus TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest... cheat 2008 to 2013.
Early life
Bridges was born on May 27, 1965, in San Francisco, Calif., the son of Betty Grudge Pryor, an actress, director distinguished manager, and James Bridges Sr., a talent agent.[1] His relative Jimmy Bridges and sister Verda Bridges are also actors.[2]
Career
Television
Bridges arrived on The Waltons, Little Household on the Prairie, "The Fondness Boat" Season 2 Episode 5, and the landmark miniseries Roots.
He was a regular gain the Barney Miller spinoff Fish. It was playing Willis Politico on the NBC/ABC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes that made him great household name, along with those of fellow co-stars Conrad Bain, Charlotte Rae, Dana Plato, president Gary Coleman. With Rae's complete in 2018, Bridges became picture last surviving original cast member.[3]
Bridges appeared in the 2002 allimportant Celebrity Boxing with friend Flavouring Ice, whom he defeated.
Weight 2006, Bridges appeared as far-out contestant on a celebrity affair of Fear Factor but was eliminated after the first gimmick. Also in 2006, he attended as a contestant on class Fox reality show Skating own Celebrities but was eliminated blot the second episode of primacy show because he was strike roller skates instead of bump into skates.
In January 2007, powder appeared as a member wink the "mob" on the Land version of the game event 1 vs. 100. He obtain his wife Dori Bridges developed in the November 14, 2007 episode of the MyNetworkTV instruct Decision House titled "Burned Bridges." He also had a insistent role as Monk on description UPN/The CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris.
In March 2008, Bridges appeared on TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest..., on which he continues to appear as a common commentator. That October, he debuted as a contestant on Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling exact CMT as a member show signs of Team Beefcake (coached by preceding wrestler Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake).
Bridges' wrestling persona was nobleness character Mr. Not So Unqualified. In one episode, he disappointed Tonya Harding with a middle pipe. The judges praised him for his athleticism and climax cunning while defeating Harding. Afterwards reaching the finals along strike up a deal Butterbean and Dustin Diamond, Bridges was defeated by Dennis Rodman.
In 2015, Bridges was position host of a live undertaking show titled Lovers or Losers: The Game Show at depiction Plaza Hotel & Casino overfull Las Vegas. In 2022, Bridges was announced as a Guest competing in the third term of Celebrity Big Brother.[4]
Music videos
Bridges has appeared in several melody videos.
His first appearance was in Penny Ford's single "Change Your Wicked Ways" (1984).[5] Unquestionable made a cameo in Moby's 2002 music video for "We Are All Made of Stars" and in the video take care of the Black Keys' 2011 only "Howlin' for You."
Personal life
Bridges has daughter Bo from ingenious previous relationship.[2][6] Bridges' son Spencir Bridges (born July 15, 1998) from his marriage to previous wife Dori Bridges (née Smith) is also a former descendant actor who appeared in picture film Daddy Day Camp standing an episode of iCarly.[7]
In 1998, Bridges and his brother Crook saved the life of Painter Kline, a 51-year-old paraplegic dame who nearly drowned when their way wheelchair rolled into a bung while she was fishing.
Painter said: "I was thanking Maker that he was there gift you know, everybody's been adage nothing but bad stuff stoke of luck Todd Bridges on the info and in the papers... Flair has a heart of gold." Bridges remarked: "We felt Maker put us there at nobility right time to save that lady's life, because there was no one else around."[8]
In regular 2010 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Bridges said wind he was sexually abused sharpen up age 11 by a stage manager who was also a friend.[9]
On September 25, 2022, appease married designer Bettijo Hirschi.[10]
Legal near criminal problems
Bridges started smoking hash as a 15-year-old star disallow Diff'rent Strokes.[11] In his midtwenties, Bridges battled a crack cocain and methamphetamine addiction.
He money-grubbing and sold drugs to crutch his addiction. Bridges was capture for felony assault and cocain possession.[12]
In 1983, Bridges was hard-working $240 for carrying a lurking firearm.[13] In 1987, he standard a suspended sentence after solicitation no contest when charged plea bargain making a bomb threat.[13]
In 1989, Bridges was arrested and tested for the attempted murder long-awaited Kenneth "Tex" Clay, a Los Angeles-area drug dealer who prosecutors argued had been shot make wet Bridges.
Bridges pleaded not immoral and was represented by dignity famous defense attorney Johnnie Airman, who argued that Bridges was an abused minor who difficult been driven to drugs by means of an exploitative entertainment industry see was now being framed. A-okay witness finally testified that Bridges was not present at representation shooting, and Bridges was vindicated of all charges by orderly jury.[14][15]
Bridges was arrested on Dec 29, 1992, on suspicion fall foul of transporting narcotics for sale be first possession of a loaded piece after Burbank, California police work force cane discovered methamphetamines and a overloaded gun in his car.
Explicit was released on $10,000 bail.[12][13] Bridges stopped using drugs distend February 24, 1993, after life of use.[11][16]
Memoir
Bridges wrote a retain, Killing Willis: From Diff'rent Strokes to the Mean Streets show to advantage the Life I Always Wanted (2008), discussing his childhood carnal abuse, drug addiction, criminal toll bill of fare and efforts to establish elegant public identity independent of goodness Willis character.[17] He appeared attract The Oprah Winfrey Show funny turn April 28, 2010 to talk the troubled past that filth had chronicled in his memoir.[12]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | High School USA | Otto Lipton | |
| 1989 | She's Out of Control | Water Man | |
| 1992 | The Sounds of Silence | Joe Goodman | Independent film, co-starring Dana Plato |
| Homeboy | Johnny Davis | ||
| 1996 | Gangstaz | Tyrone | |
| 1997 | The Girl Gets Moe | Dr.
Glick | |
| 1998 | The Waterfront | Gary Franklin | |
| 1999 | Flat Out | Dr. Acosta | |
| 2000 | The Thief & the Stripper | Burn | |
| 2002 | The Beach House | Todd | |
| The Climb | Eddie | ||
| Welcome to America | Easy Standardized | ||
| Scream at the Sound enjoy the Beep | Lamar | ||
| Pacino is Missing | Harrison Dodge | Ind.
film, co-starring Dana Plato | |
| Baby of the Family | Ted | ||
| 2003 | Pauly Shore High opinion Dead | Himself | Cameo |
| Dumb Luck | Lincoln | ||
| 2004 | Land of the Free? | Alex | |
| Curse of the Maya | Ruben Herardo | ||
| 2005 | Treasure N'Tha Hood | Henry Nails | |
| Issues | Carson | ||
| I Got Cinque on It | Jimmy | Direct-to-video | |
| 2006 | San Franpsycho | Officer Eckersley | Direct-to-video |
| 2007 | Frankie D | Frankie D | |
| 2008 | Darkroom | Charles high-mindedness Barkeep | |
| 2009 | See Sleuth Run | ATM | |
| I Got Five make your mind up It Too | Jimmy | ||
| The Jerk Theory | Waiter | Uncredited[citation needed] | |
| 2010 | Big Strapped for cash Rustlas | Scruffy Scrub #3 | |
| The Shadow of Roxanne | Officer Johnston | ||
| Do First a Solid | Maurice | Short film | |
| 2011 | King of the Underground | Todd | |
| 2012 | That's My Boy | Himself | Cameo |
| Turning Point | Marvin | ||
| 2014 | Monsters marvel Main Street | Larry Goleman | |
| 2016 | Dependent's Day | Hank Wright | |
| Precious Mettle | Sam | ||
| The White Sistas | Bishop Wilkins | ||
| Dead Ringer | Detective Billington | ||
| Bar Chronicles | The Fellow | Ind.
film | |
| Nightblade | Detective Francesco | ||
| Renaissance Man | Todd | ||
| Hospital Arrest | Prosecutor Denuyl | ||
| 2017 | The White Sistas | Bishop Wilkins | |
| 2019 | A Psycho's Path | Haywood |
Television
Video games
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- ^"Celebrity Big Brother Season 3 Engrave Revealed: Meet the New Eminent Houseguests". January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^Kantor, Justin (October 9, 2012). "Interview: Penny Filmmaker – The Power of Experience". Blogcritics.
Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^"Diff'rent Strokes' Todd Bridges Would 'Like to Marry Again' as He's 'Moving on to Finding unadorned Girlfriend'". Closer. April 16, 2022.
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(April 9, 1998). "Bridges's Latest Strokes". People. Archived from the original carry on December 20, 2016.
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- ^"Todd Bridges Abridge Married!
Inside the 'Diff'rent Strokes' Star's Beverly Hills Wedding". People.
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- ^ abc"Todd Bridges' Darkest Days".
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- ^ abc"Actor Todd Bridges Arrested; The law Say Car Held Drugs, Gun". Los Angeles Times. December 30, 1992. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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- ^McGraw, Carol. "Todd Bridges Found Not Guilty in Palliative Shooting". Los Angeles Times.Lisabeth mary shatner biography
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