Who is the actor who has gotten an Oscar nomination for 10 minutes in ‘The Fabelmans’?

The 2023 Oscar nominations have not been without surprises, many of them by omission, but if we stop to look carefully at the list of participants, many have wondered who is the actor who has gotten an Oscar nomination leaving 10 minutes in ‘The Fabelmans’the movie of the former King Midas of Hollywood that many already highlight as one of the best Steven Spielberg movies.

We talk about Judd Hirsch (New York on March 15, 1935), a classic of the North American industry whom we have seen on countless occasions playing supporting roles on the big screen since he premiered (uncredited) in ‘Serpico’ (Sidney Lumet, 1973). Productions such as ‘A place nowhere’ (Sidney Lumet, 1988), ‘Independence Day’ (Roland Emmerich, 1996), ‘Man on the Moon’ (Milos Forman, 1999), ‘A wonderful mind’ (Ron Howard, 2001 ), ‘A place to stay’ (Paolo Sorrentino, 2011), ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ (Noah Baumbach, 2017) and the recent ‘Diamonds in the rough’ (Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie, 2019) have had their priceless presence.

Nominated for an Oscar for the first (and until now) last time for his work in ‘Ordinary People’ (Robert Redford, 1980), what really made Hirsch essential in the American collective imagination was his work on television, especially when embodying Alex Reiger during the five seasons of the successful ‘Taxi’ (1978/1983), for which he won two Emmy Awards for Best Actor while sharing the lead with Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd and the uncontrollable Andy Kaufman.

On the small screen, he has also appeared in hits like ‘Numb3rs’ and the recent ‘Hunters’, one of the best series on Amazon Prime Video.

What has caught the attention of his nomination, at least among those who have already seen ‘The Fabelmans’, is the conciseness of his role in the film: barely 10 minutes of pure charisma as Uncle Boris that have earned him a new recognition from the Academy.

During filming, the cast had access to home movies, photos, and memorabilia from the Spielberg family’s past, a direct way to get close to the Fabelmans. “It was overwhelming, there was some pressure because we were with someone who was having a great experience every day, reviewing and restructuring a part of his life“Confesses Paul Dano, who plays the father of the family. “For someone like Steven to share so much of himself with us – with the public as well – it was really a profound experience.”

‘The Fabelmans’, directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written with Tony Kushner, stars Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel LaBelle, Seth Rogen and Julia Butters in the lead roles, It has been nominated for 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Direction and Original Screenplay..

‘Los Fabelman’ has a release date in Spain on February 10.