"Tony [Kushner] and I immediately realized that, without saying it, we'd written the part for him. So it was Judd or bust," Steven Spielberg says of casting Judd Hirsch, above, in "The Fabelmans." ...

Hirsch also tells PEOPLE working with the comic legend on the short-lived sitcom was an "old dream" of his JP Mangalindan is a Senior Writer for TV at PEOPLE. He joined PEOPLE in May 2023. JP's work ...

The 87-year-old actor on how his five-decade-plus career taught him that sometimes the supporting players are a film’s most important. By Jason Diamond With more than 50 years of credits, two Tony ...

Eight years after starring in Sidney Lumet’s Running on Empty (1988), the native New Yorker broke an extended big-screen ...

Judd Hirsch may win come March 12, but even if he doesn't, he's already made Oscars history. His span between nominations — 42 years since 1980's Ordinary People — is the longest of any acting ...

On a warm winter day, Judd Hirsch returned to Coney Island. The first time he was here was more than 80 years ago. What's different now? "Only three things that are the same," he said. "There's the ...

Performances at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA, will play Jan. 11-Feb. 10, 2013. Since its 2010 premiere, the title has blossomed in theatres around the world. According to the producers, ...

I will always be amused by how Sarah Silverman kicked off a casting debate over a Joan Rivers series that never even happened, and just how quickly the conversation fizzled out. Over dinner, Uncle ...

NEW YORK – Michelle Williams' new film is a comedy, depending what continent you're on. Directed by Kelly Reichardt, "Showing Up" (now in theaters) follows the day-to-day of a reticent sculptor named ...

At about the 47-minute mark of Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” Judd Hirsch strolls in and makes the movie his own. Playing Boris, the cantankerous, Old World great-uncle of the movie’s teenage ...