Know Your Judd

Judd Hirsch
Career High – cab driving protagonist in Taxi, the eponymous divorcee in Dear John

Career Low – stereotypical jew in Independence Day

Juddliness – 5: Nostalgia and reruns keep this Judd in circulation. Certainly the oldest of this Judd collection, he has hardly reigned since the mid-80s.

Judd Nelson
Career High – rebellious loser John Bender in The Breakfast Club, inaugural member of the "Brat Pack"

Career Low – member of the cast of Suddenly Susan

Juddliness – 3: If he’d done something noteworthy in the last 15 years, perhaps he’d be higher up. Voicing Rodimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie…yeah, could have been that pivot point.

Judd Winnick
Career High – parlayed Real World housemate fame into a career as a comic book writer

Career Low – parlayed Real World housemate fame into a career as a comic book writer

Juddliness – 1: You’ve never heard of him…unless you’re a total fanboy geek. Let’s keep it that way.

Judd Apatow
Career High – writer / director of The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up

Career Low – Hollywood bureaucrats canceled the genius Freaks And Geeks and Undeclared after one season

Juddliness – 8: Tops all other Judds, in no small part to his impressive credits, which also include The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and Anchorman. Plus he’s married to Leslie Mann.

The Judds
Career High – once successful country singing duo

Career Low – Hepatitis C, rapid obesity

Juddliness – 4: Diana and Christina had to get countrified as Naomi and Wynonna to sell their two-steppin’ song and dance. Country music sucks…but they got extra Judd points for actress Ashley.