Los Angeles, Jan 18 (Inditop.com) Hollywood actor Jeff Bridges left behind George Clooney to win the Golden Globe best actor award here Sunday night.

The actor won the award for “Crazy Heart”, written and directed by Scott Cooper. The movie is based on the 1987 novel “Crazy Heart” by Thomas Cobb.

Others nominated in the category were George Clooney for “Up In The Air”, Colin Firth for “A Single Man”, Morgan Freeman for “Invictus” and Tobey Maguire for “Brothers”.