Judd Hirsch

About Judd Hirsch

Judd Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning actor, widely known for playing the character Alex Reiger on the acclaimed television comedy series Taxi.

Hirsch was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of Sally (née Kitzis) and Joseph Sidney Hirsch, an electrician. Hirsch was raised in a Jewish family and his father was an immigrant from Russia. Hirsch attended De Witt Clinton High School and was married to his first wife from 1957 to 1958. He married Bonnie Chalkin in 1992. Hirsch has three children, Alexander and Montana Eve and London Hirsch.

For his performance in Taxi, in 1981 and again in 1983, Judd Hirsch won the Emmy Award for Lead Actor In a Comedy Series. Hirsch went on to play the title character on the modestly successful sitcom Dear John and in 1989 won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series in a Comedy or Musical for this role. He later teamed with Bob Newhart in the short-lived comedy George and Leo. He had also previously starred for one season in the series Delvecchio, playing a police detective (1976-1977).