VideoDetective.com

Judd Hirsch

Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch
Born: Mar 15, 1935 in Bronx, New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor
Active: '70s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Ordinary People, Running on Empty, Without a Trace
First Major Screen Credit: Taxi: Season 02 (1979)
13 Videos for Judd Hirsch
Numb3rs: Season 04 (2007) Running on Empty (1988) Without a Trace (1983)
A Beautiful Mind (2001) The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988) Ordinary People (1980)
Man on the Moon (1999) Lights: The Miracle of Chanukah (1987) King of the Gypsies (1978)
Out of the Cold (1999) Teachers (1984) Serpico (1973)
Independence Day (1996)
Photos


There are currently no photos.

Biography:

Bronx-born actor Judd Hirsch attended CCNY, where he majored in engineering and physics. A blossoming fascination in the theatre convinced Hirsch that his future lay in acting. He studied at the AADA and worked with a Colorado stock company before his 1966 Broadway debut in Barefoot in the Park.

He spent many years at New York's Circle Repertory, where he appeared in the first-ever production of Lanford Wilson's The Hot L Baltimore. After an auspicious TV-movie bow in the well-received The Law (1974), Hirsch landed his first weekly-series assignment, playing the title character in the cop drama Delvecchio (1976-77).

From 1978 to 1982, he was seen as Alex Reiger in the popular ensemble comedy Taxi, earning two Emmies in the process. While occupied with Taxi, Hirsch found time to act off-Broadway, winning an Obie award for the 1979 production Talley's Folly. In the following decade, he was honored with two Tony Awards for the Broadway efforts I'm Not Rappoport and Conversations with My Father.

His post-Taxi TV series roles include Press Wyman in Detective in the House (1985) and his Golden Globe-winning turn as John Lacey in Dear John (1988-92). Judd Hirsch could also be seen playing Jeff Goldblum's father in the movie blockbuster Independence Day (1996). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.