Judd Hirsch Bio Wiki Age Height Wife Movies Taxi Dear John and Net Worth
Judd Hirsch is a noted Canadian-American actor known for playing Alex Rieger on the tv comedy series Taxi from 1978 to 1983. He also appeared in the NBC series Dear John and the CBS series Numb3rs. Hirsch also had roles in Independence Day, A Beautiful Mind, Independence Day: Resurgence, Ordinary People, Running on Empty, Uncut Gems, and The Fabelmans.
As an actor, he has won twice Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, two Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In addition, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his turn as Dr. Tyrone C. Berger in Ordinary People.
He was born on March 15, 1935, in New York City, in theUnited States. Hirsch is87 years old.
He is a man of tall stature. Hirsch stands at a height of5 ft 10 in(Approx 1.78 m).
He was born to his parents in New York City, in the United States. Hirsch is the son ofJoseph Sidney Hirsch, an electrician, andSally. He grew up with his brotherRolandand grew up in Brooklyn and The Bronx. His grandparents were Benjamin Hirsch and Rosa Hirsch Benjamin from his father’s side.
Hirsch is single and was previously married twice. He was first married toElisa Sadaune, from 1963 to 1967. In 1966, they welcomed their sonAlex Hirsch. He later got married toBonni Sue Chalkin, a fashion designer, in 1992, and the couple divorced in 2005. Sue and Hirsch have a daughterMontana, and a son,London.
He studied at DeWitt Clinton High School graduating in 1952. Later, he earned a degree in physics from the City College of New York. Upon graduating, he served in the United States Army Reserve in 1958 at Fort Leonard Wood for six months as a surveyor. Hirsch then worked as an engineer for Westinghouse before he found work in the theater. Further, he studied acting at HB Studio in New York City graduating in 1962 from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
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He had a lead role as Alex Rieger in the popular sitcom Taxi, which ran from 1978 to 1983. Hirsch won the Emmy Award for Lead Actor In a Comedy Series in 1981 and 1983 for his role. Moreover, he reprised his role from Taxi for a brief moment in Man on the Moon, the biopic of his co-star from Taxi, Andy Kaufman in 1999. Further, he was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor from 1979 to 1983 and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor from 1979 to 1980 and 1982.
He had a recurring role on The Goldbergs, playing the father of Jeff Garlin’s character Ben “Pop-Pop” Goldberg from 2015 to 2022. The sitcom is based on Goldberg’s childhood and family in the 1980s, with a childhood version of himself. Further, the series was renewed for a tenth season, which premiered on September 21, 2022.
Hirsch played the title character John Lacey on the modestly successful sitcom, Dear John, from 1988 to 1992 on NBC. For his role, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series. In the sitcom, he portrays a teacher at a preparatory school in Manhattan and after 10 years of marriage, he returns home and finds a Dear John letter: His wife, Wendy, is leaving him for his best friend.
He voiced himself in an episode of Blind Ambition” in 2005 in the FOX animated sitcom, Family Guy. He also appeared as himself in an episode of “Take a Letter” in 2016.
He is a noted Canadian-American actor, who began acting in 1959 and has a net worth of$12 Million.
Hirsch is 87 years old born on March 15, 1935, in New York City, in the United States.
Hirsch is a noted Canadian-American actor known for playing Alex Rieger on the tv comedy series Taxi from 1978 to 1983. He also appeared in the NBC series Dear John and the CBS series Numb3rs. Hirsch also had roles in Independence Day, A Beautiful Mind, Independence Day: Resurgence, Ordinary People, Running on Empty, Uncut Gems, and The Fabelmans.
