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Judd Hirsch

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  • In 2002, Judd was nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture for A Beautiful Mind. []
  • While starring in Dear John, Judd appeared in 3 public service announcements for NBC's The More You Know campaign. His topics were substance abuse, parental involvement, and school support. []
  • Judd was the lead actor in the Emmy-winning TV movie called The Law in 1974. It was an inside look into a big city's criminal courts system. []
  • Judd is Jewish. []
  • Judd grew up in extreme poverty, and by the time he was in second grade, his family had moved 14 times! []
  • Judd got Emmy nominations for every season of Taxi, and won twice! []
  • Judd currently lives in New York City. []
  • Judd studied architecture at Cooper Union. []
  • Judd studied engineering at the City College of New York. []
  • Judd won a Golden Globe Award for 'Best Actor in a Television Series - in a Comedy or Musical' for his role in the sitcom Dear John in 1989. []
  • Judd has won two Emmys in the catagory of 'Lead Actor In A Comedy Series' for his performance on Taxi; one was in 1981 and the next in 1983. []
  • Judd attended DeWitt Clinton High School, which is located in New York.

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  • Judd was born at 7:20am-EST. []
  • Judd has won two Tony Awards as Best Actor (For a play): Once in 1986 for I'm Not Rappaport and again in 1992 for Conversations With My Father, both written by Herb Gardner. He was also nominated in the same category in 1980 for Lanford Wilson's Talley's Folly. []
  • Judd is 6' tall. []
  • He voiced himself in an episode of Family Guy. []
  • He has a college degree in physics. []
  • Judd starred opposite David Krumholtz in the Broadway production of Conversations with My Father in 1992. Now Judd and David again play father and son on their hit series Numb3rs. []
  • Judd received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Ordinary People. []
  • Judd is probably best known for playing 'Alex Rieger' on the show Taxi. []
  • Judd's son, Alex, is a musician living in the San Francisco Bay Area. []
  • Judd attended New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where his future Taxi co-star Danny DeVito also attended. []
  • Judd has a son named Alexander Hirsch, who was born in 1966. He also has a daughter, Montana Eve Hirsch, with his current wife, Bonnie. Montana was born in March of 1994. []

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