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Judd Hirsch

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Judd Hirsch: Biography

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Birth Place: Bronx, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/15/1935, Pisces
Profession: Actor; director

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Judd Hirsch Fast Facts:

First professional stage appearance was in the 1964 summer stock production of Herb Gardner's A Thousand Clowns; Broadway debut, two years later, was in Barefoot in the Park.
Originally wanted to play the role of Latka, not Alex, on Taxi.
Reprised his Taxi character, Alex, in 1999's Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon.
David Krumholtz, who played Hirsch's son on NUMB3RS, appeared as Hirsch's son in the 1992 Broadway play Conversations with My Father, when Krumholtz was 13.

Judd Hirsch Relationships:
Alexander Hirsch - Son
Bonnie Chalkin Hirsch - Wife
Joseph Sidney Hirsch - Father
Sally Kitzis Hirsch - Mother
Elissa Hirsch - Ex-wife
Montana Eve Hirsch - Daughter
Judd Hirsch Awards:
1978 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1979 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1980 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1981 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Winner
1982 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1983 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Winner
1979 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1980 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1981 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1982 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1983 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1989 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Winner
1990 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1981 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1980 Tony: Actor (Play) - Nominee
1986 Tony: Actor (Play) - Winner
1992 Tony: Actor (Play) - Winner
1980 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
2001 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
College:
Attended Cooper Union, New York, NY; City University of New York, City College, New York, NY (BS in Physics, 1960)