Judd Hirsch

Infobox actor


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birthdate = birth date and age|1935|3|15
birthplace = Bronx, New York, USA
occupation = Actor, writer
yearsactive = 1971-present
spouse = Bonnie Chalkin
academyawards =
goldenglobeawards = Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series (Musical or Comedy)
1989 "Dear John"
baftaawards =
emmyawards = Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series
1981 "Taxi"
1983 "Taxi"
tonyawards = Best Lead Actor in a Play
1986 "I'm Not Rappaport"
1992 "Conversations With My Father"

Judd Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American actor, known for playing the character Alex Reiger on the television comedy series "Taxi".

Biography

Personal life

Hirsch was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of Sally (née Kitzis) and Joseph Sidney Hirsch, an electrician.cite web | author= | title=Judd Hirsch Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/40/Judd-Hirsch.html | work=filmreference | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-04-10] Hirsch was raised in a Jewish family and his father was an immigrant from Russia. [cite news | author=Ari L. Goldman | title= THEATER; Judd Hirsch Finds the Echoes in 'Conversations'| url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&res=9E0CEEDE1131F931A15750C0A964958260&oref=slogin | work=The New York Times | date=22 March 1992 | accessdate=2008-04-10] Hirsch attended De Witt Clinton High School and later earned a college degree in physics. He was married to his first wife from 1956 to 1958. He married Bonnie Chalkin in 1992. Hirsch has three children: Alexander, Montana Eve, and London Hirsch.

Career

For his performance in "Taxi", in 1981 and again in 1983, [ [http://www.emmys.tv/awards/primetimeawards.php Emmy Awards Official Website] ] Judd Hirsch won the Emmy Award for Lead Actor In a Comedy Series. Hirsch went on to play the title character on the modestly successful sitcom "Dear John" and in 1989 won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series in a Comedy or Musical for this role. [ [http://www.hfpa.org/browse/year/1988 Golden Globe Official Website] , 1989 awards.] He later teamed with Bob Newhart in the short-lived comedy "George and Leo". He had also previously starred for one season in the series "Delvecchio", playing a police detective (1976-1977).

In motion pictures, Hirsch received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1980s "Ordinary People". Other films in the 1980s include the 1983 drama "Without a Trace", the 1984 dramedies "Teachers" and "The Goodbye People", and the 1988 drama "Running on Empty" directed by Sidney Lumet and co-starring River Phoenix. In 1996 Hirsch portrayed the father of Jeff Goldblum's character in "Independence Day", and in 2001 he appeared in the acclaimed "A Beautiful Mind".

Hirsch is co-starring on the CBS Television drama "NUMB3RS" as Alan Eppes, father of FBI agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and Professor Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz). Hirsch and Krumholtz also played father and son in "Conversations with My Father", a Herb Gardner play for which Hirsch won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. [ [http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search?start=0&year=&award=&lname=Judd+Hirsch&fname=&show= Tony Awards Official Website] ] Krumholtz credits Hirsch with jump-starting his career after Hirsch chose him during the audition process for "Conversations". Other noteworthy stage performances include "The Hot l Baltimore," "Talley's Folley," and his starring role in "I'm Not Rappaport," in which Hirsch also won a Tony Award in 1986.

Hirsch once voiced himself on an episode of "Family Guy". He is seen building a nuclear bomb within a bowling ball dispenser. His two lines consisted of three words. He starred on an episode of "" as a pediatrician accused of murder.

Most recently, Hirsch was a guest star on the pilot episode of the NBC series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" as the producer of an SNL-esque sketch show who goes into an on-air rant reminiscent of the 1976 film "Network". On the cable TV channel TV Land, an archived coffee commercial (the channel dubs them "retromercials") from the 1960s is sometimes shown with Hirsch playing the husband, as well as a Listerine commercial from the 1970s where he played a radio DJ. In 1979, he portrayed Count Dracula in ABC's holiday telefilm The Halloween That Almost Wasn't.

References

External links

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* [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/interactive/video/index.html#h TonyAwards.com Interview with Judd Hirsch]

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title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
years=1975-1976
for "Knock Knock"
before=Frank Langella
for "Seascape"
after=Bob Dishy
for "Sly Fox"