Judd Hirsch Biography

who was twice honored with the coveted Tony Award on Broadway (I'm Not Rappaport and Conversations With My Father, both by Herb Gardner), has just returned from the extensive national tour of Art after starring in it both on Broadway and in London. Mr. Hirsch made his Broadway debut in Barefoot in the Park and created the role of Matt Friedman in Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Talley's Folly, for which he was nominated for a Tony. On Broadway, he also starred in Chapter Two and played the multi-faceted character of Wiseman in Jules Feiffer's Knock, Knock, for which he won a Drama Desk Award. Mr. Hirsch developed a production of Death of a Salesman playing Willy Loman at the Manitoba Theatre Center in Winnipeg and then at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. He appeared off-Broadway with a string of performances, including Bruce Jay Friedman's Scuba Duba, Jean-Claude Van Itallie's King of the United States, Lanford Wilson's Hot L Baltimore, and Mr. Wilson's Talley's Folly, before receiving an Obie Award for these achievements. Afterwards, he appeared in Chekhov's The Seagull and Richard Dresser's Below the Belt. He made his TV debut in the Emmy Award-winning movie The Law and has since headlined four TV series: "Delvecchio," "Taxi" (two Emmy Awards), "Dear John" (Golden Globe Award), and "George & Leo" with Bob Newhart. Mr. Hirsch's film credits include: King of the Gypsies, Ordinary People (Oscar nomination), Herb Gardner's The Goodbye People, Without a Trace, Teachers, Sidney Lumet's Running on Empty, Independence Day, Man on the Moon, and most recently A Beautiful Mind with Russell Crowe.