Jeff Bridges Says He Has Lymphoma - The New York Times

The actor said on Monday that he had started treatment and that his prognosis was “good.”.

Jeff Bridges, the actor known for his roles as Bad Blake in “Crazy Heart” and The Dude in “The Big Lebowski,” announced on Monday that he has lymphoma.

Bridges did not specify what his treatment entailed, but options vary based on the type and severity of the cancer, the clinic said.

There will be more than 77,000 new cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2020, according to the National Cancer Institute, accounting for 4.3 percent of all new cancer cases.

Approximately 2.1 percent of people will receive a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma during their lifetime, the institute said, based on data from 2015 to 2017.

Bridges said he wasn’t sure if he related most to the Dude out of all of his characters.

Bridges said, start with himself and he sees what lines up with the character.

Bridges said