Judd Seymore Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American actor known
for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi
(19781983), John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John (19881992), and
Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs (20052010). He is also well known
for his career in theatre and for his roles in films such as Ordinary
People (1980), Running on Empty (1988), Independence Day (1996), A
Beautiful Mind (2001) and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016).He has
twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Comedy Series, twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, won
the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Television Series Musical or
Comedy and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor.Hirsch was born in The Bronx, a borough of New York
City, New York, the son of Sally and Joseph Sidney Hirsch, an
electrician. Hirsch's father was born in New York, to a German-Jewish
father, Benjamin Hirsch, and an English-born mother, Rosa Hirsch
Benjamin, whose family were Dutch Jews. Hirsch's mother was born in
Russia, also to a Jewish family. Hirsch has a brother named Roland.He
grew up in both Brooklyn and The Bronx and graduated from DeWitt
Clinton High School (in The Bronx) in 1952. He earned a degree in
physics from City College of New York.
for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi
(19781983), John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John (19881992), and
Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs (20052010). He is also well known
for his career in theatre and for his roles in films such as Ordinary
People (1980), Running on Empty (1988), Independence Day (1996), A
Beautiful Mind (2001) and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016).He has
twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Comedy Series, twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, won
the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Television Series Musical or
Comedy and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor.Hirsch was born in The Bronx, a borough of New York
City, New York, the son of Sally and Joseph Sidney Hirsch, an
electrician. Hirsch's father was born in New York, to a German-Jewish
father, Benjamin Hirsch, and an English-born mother, Rosa Hirsch
Benjamin, whose family were Dutch Jews. Hirsch's mother was born in
Russia, also to a Jewish family. Hirsch has a brother named Roland.He
grew up in both Brooklyn and The Bronx and graduated from DeWitt
Clinton High School (in The Bronx) in 1952. He earned a degree in
physics from City College of New York.
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