He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart, and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in The Last Picture Show (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Starman (1984), The Contender (2000), True Grit (2010), and Hell or High Water (2016).
Isu ket nangabak ti Kalaingan nga Aktor para iti papelna a kas ni Otis "Bad" Blake iti pelikula ti 2009 iti Crazy Heart, ken nakaala kadagiti nominasion ti Gunguna ti Akademia para kadagiti papelna iti The Last Picture Show (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Starman (1984), The Contender (2000) ken ti True Grit (2010).