I don't think anyone can really make up their mind and say, Now I'm going to be a director.

Hirsch was raised Jewish. [citation needed]


Career
Hirsch's first major television appearance was in the mini-series The Law (1974). Krumholtz credits Hirsch with jump-starting his career after Hirsch chose him during the audition process for Conversations.

Judd Hirsch (born March 15 1935) is an American actor most known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs.