Judd Hirsch

Judd Hirsch (born March 15, 1935 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actor best known for playing "Alex Rieger" on the television show Taxi.

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March 15 - 1935 - The Bronx - New York - American - Taxi

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For his performance in "Taxi," in 1981 and again in 1983, Judd Hirsch won the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series." Hirsch went on to play the title character on the sitcom Dear John and in 1989, he won a Golden Globe Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical" for this role.

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Emmy Award - Dear John - Golden Globe Award

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In motion pictures, Hirsch received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1980's Ordinary People. More recently, in 1996 he portrayed the father of Jeff Goldblum's character in Independence Day and in 2001, appeared in the acclaimed A Beautiful Mind.

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Motion picture - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Ordinary People - Jeff Goldblum - Independence Day - A Beautiful Mind

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He is currently co-starring on the CBS Television drama NUMB3RS.

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CBS Television - NUMB3RS

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Judd Hirsch's son, Alex Hirsch(www.alexhirsch.com), is a musician living in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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