Jordan Bridges
Bridges in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Jordan Philip Bridges
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: November 13, 1973
Ethnicity:
*father – English, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, Swiss-German, German, and Cornish, remote Welsh
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish, Austrian
Jordan Bridges is an American actor.
He is the son of Julie Landfield and actor Beau Bridges (Lloyd Vernet Bridges III). He is a grandson of actors Dorothy Bridges and Lloyd Bridges, and a nephew of actor Jeff Bridges. He is married to artist and inventor Caroline Sherman Eastman, with whom he has two children.
Jordan’s father has English, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, Swiss-German, German, and Welsh, and remote Cornish, ancestry. Jordan’s maternal grandfather was Jewish (of Russian Jewish descent), and Jordan’s maternal grandmother was of Austrian (Catholic) background. Jordan played a Jewish character in the 2011 movie Holiday Engagement.
Jordan’s paternal grandfather was Lloyd Bridges (Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr., the son of Lloyd Vernet Bridges and Harriet Evelyn “Hattie” Brown). Jordan’s grandfather Lloyd was born in California. Jordan’s great-grandfather Lloyd was the son of John Hewston Bridges and Minnie Ellen Hortense Tibbetts/Tibbits, whose father was from Vermont and whose mother was from Ontario, Canada. Harriet was the daughter of Prairie Frank Brown, whose parents were from Vermont, and of Mary/Maria/Marie Elizabeth Barnhill.
Jordan’s paternal grandmother was Dorothy Bridges (born Dorothy Dean Simpson, the daughter of Frederick Walter Simpson and Louise Myles). Dorothy was born in Massachusetts. Frederick was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, the son of Henry Simpson and Jane Anne/Ann Jago. The name Jago is Cornish. Louise was the daughter of Frederick William Myles, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, and of Eliza R. Gunter/Gunten/VanGunten, who was of German and Swiss-German descent.
Jordan’s maternal grandfather was Marvin M. Landfield (the son of Phillip/Philip E. Landfield and Rose Plane). Marvin was born in Illinois. Phillip was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada, to Russian Jewish parents. Rose was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
Jordan’s maternal grandmother was Magdalene Anne Polries (the son of John Polries and Anna Sperger). Magdalene was born in North Dakota, to Austrian (Catholic) parents.
Sources: Genealogies of Jordan Bridges (focusing on his father’s side) – http://gw.geneanet.org
https://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Jordan’s paternal grandparents, Lloyd Vernet Bridges and Dorothy Dean (Simpson) Bridges – https://www.findagrave.com
Jordan’s paternal great-grandparents, Lloyd Vernet Bridges and Harriet Evelyn “Hattie” Brown, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Jordan’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Minnie Ellen Hortense Tibbetts – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Jordan’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Minnie Ellen Hortense (Tibbetts) Bridges – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Jordan’s paternal great-great-great-great-grandmother, Hannah (Griswold) Brown – https://www.familysearch.org
Jordan’s paternal great-grandfather, Frederick Walter Simpson, on the 1901 England and Wales Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Article about Jordan’s maternal grandparents, Marvin M. Landfield and Magdalene Anne Polries – http://articles.latimes.com
Jordan’s maternal grandfather, Marvin M. Landfield, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jordan’s maternal grandmother, Magdalene Anne Polries, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
@Follers if you wrote something in response to what I said on the Michael Bennett page I am not able to see it.
I wrote “Yes. And 4 current U.S. governors (counting Jay Nixon, who is very tenuous).”
That’s cool I believe Jay Nixon is of English, Scottish, and Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
Yes. The other governors are Jack Markell, Terry Branstad (who has a page on here), and Peter Shumlin.
The Bridges family always reminded me of the Bushes. Lloyd Bridges looked like George H. W. Bush. Jeff Bridges looks like George W. Bush. Beau Bridges looks like Jeb Bush. And I guess Jordan Bridges therefore looks like George P. Bush.
Thank you for the submission @follers! Two things, one is there are pictures of him on prphotos.com. Secondly if you’re okay with it mind adding ethnic background in movies for other celebrities? For example, Robert De Niro plays David “Noodles” Aaronson (who is Jewish) in the movie Once Upon a Time in America. Liam Neeson plays “Oskar Schindler” (German character) in the movie Schindler’s List and also Rob McGregory (Scottish character) in Rob Roy. Abigail Breslin is going to play Frances Houseman (Jewish) in the Dirty Dancing remake. This is only a suggestion I understand if you don’t wan’t to.
i think that info is interesting and relevant.
Thanks ethnic, also Liev Schreiber playing Irish character Ray Donavan I thought was interesting as well! I think if an actor/actress plays a character of a different ethnic background that would be interesting to add to their profile :-)
@follers
Jeff Bridges looks nothing like George W. Bush. I rather found a resemblance between Ryan Reynolds (who according to many people looks like Ben Affleck too) and Bush.
Jordan Bridges looks like the half-brother of Liev Schreiber.
Jordan Bridges looks more like James Ransone.