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MOVIES
Award winning performances

AMERICAN SPLENDOR
Winner: Grand Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival 2003.

JUDAH FRIEDLANDER : BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR NOMINEE - 2004 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

"The supporting performance of the year."
- Mike Clark, USA TODAY

The New York Times Magazine also named Judah Friedlander one of the Best Actors of the Year and had a full page portrait of him in their inaugural "Great Performances" photo series.

Judah Friedlander is 3rd billed & plays "Toby Radloff" opposite Paul Giamatti. Toby Radloff is a real life self-proclaimed "genuine nerd" from blue collar Cleveland. He is great friends with Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti) & works with him as a file clerk at a hospital. He also becomes a character in Harvey Pekar's comics. Judah Friedlander is both hilarious & heartbreaking in this groundbreaking movie that is part comedy, drama & documentary, which was the best reviewed movie of 2003.


Duane Hopwood
Sundance Film Festival 2005. Drama.

JUDAH FRIEDLANDER - BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR WINNER -2005 BENDFILM FESTIVAL

Judah Friedlander is 3rd billed & plays opposite David Schwimmer. Judah Friedlander's role is both serious & comic relief. He plays Anthony, a blue collar guy from South Jersey who's a slot machine repairman on the overnight shift at Ceasar's Casino in Atlantic City. He dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian. He becomes Duane Hopwood's (David Schwimmer) friend & roommate. And he helps Duane Hopwood through the difficult time he's having battling alcoholism & possibly losing custody of his children.


UPCOMING MOVIES

STARSHIP DAVE
Opens nationwide May 30, 2008. 20th Century Fox. Comedy

(No photos yet.)

Judah Friedlander plays an alien who's the engineer of a space ship who is always following the orders of his captain (Eddie Murphy).

CABIN FEVER 2: SPRING FEVER
Set to open later in 2007 from Lion's Gate Films. More info coming soon.


CHAPTER 27
Sundance Film Festival 2007. Drama.

Judah Friedlander is 3rd billed & plays opposite Jared Leto and Lindsay Lohan. The year is 1980. Judah Friedlander plays the photographer who photographed John Lennon signing an autograph for Mark David Chapman.


THE DARWIN AWARDS
Sundance Film Festival 2006. On DVD July 31, 2007.

In this dark comedy, made up of vignettes, Judah Friedlander stars in one of the vignettes opposite Lukas Haas & Metallica.


HECKLER
Tribeca Film Festival 2007 (No photos yet.)

Judah Friedlander is interviewed about stand-up comedy in this documentary.


FULL GROWN MEN
Tribeca Film Festival 2006.

Judah is the 2nd lead in this drama/comedy, starring as a children's special education teacher named "Elias Guber."


THE CASSIDY KIDS
SXSW Film Festival 2006.

Judah Friedlander is 3rd billed in this drama/comedy/mystery.


MORE MOVIES

FEAST
"DVD OF THE YEAR 2006" - MAXIM Magazine. 2006. The Weinstein Company. Horror/comedy.

Judah Friedlander is hilarious & scary as Beer Guy in this horror/comedy which earned him rave reviews from horror film critics. This film was the featured movie on the PROJECT GREENLIGHT 3 television series.


DATE MOVIE
$21.8 million opening weekend. 2006. 20th Century Fox.

Judah Friedlander plays the rat-trapping exterminator "Nicky" who's in love with Allyson Hannigan in this slapstick comedy.


PIZZA
2006 from IFC Films.

Judah plays a bouncer in this coming of age indie comedy.


GENUINE NERD
Documentary released on DVD 2006.

Judah Friedlander is interviewed in this documentary about Toby Radloff, the real-life person Judah portrayed in AMERICAN SPLENDOR.


LIVE FREE OR DIE
WINNER: BEST FILM - 2006 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: NEW AMERICAN CINEMA AWARD - 2006 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Judah Friedlander is hilarious as small town New Hampshire hardware store owner named MR. HESH who's store get's robbed.


SOUTHERN BELLES  
SXSW Film Festival 2005. Indie comedy.

Judah got excellent reviews for his hilarious role as Duane, an overbearing manager at a small town department store in the South, who has a crush on one of his employees (Anna Faris.)


THE JANITOR
2005 DVD from Elite Entertainment. Low budget horror/comedy.

Judah Friedlander plays a drunk guy offering to get beer for underage college girls.


STARSKY & HUTCH
$168 million box office. 2004. Dimension & Warner Bros. Comedy.

Judah Friedlander plays an ice cream truck driver who accidentally cuts off Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson during a car chase.


ALONG CAME POLLY  
$166 million box office. 2004. Universal Pictures. Comedy.

Judah Friedlander plays a friend of Sandy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) & fakes being a cameraman from the E! Channel who films Sandy everywhere he goes so that people will think the E! Channel is doing a documentary on him.


SHOWTIME
$15 million opening weekend. 2002. Warner Bros. Action/Comedy.

Judah Friedlander plays Julio, the daredevil cameraman hired by a reality TV producer (Rene Russo) to follow two cops (Robert De Niro & Eddie Murphy) wherever they go.


HOW HIGH
2002 from Universal Pictures. Comedy.

Judah Friedlander plays a college student who refuses to accept a speeding ticket for riding his bicycle too fast.


ZOOLANDER  
$15.5 million opening weekend. 2001. Paramount Pictures. Comedy.

Judah Friedlander plays Scrappy Zoolander, one of Derek Zoolander's two coal miner brothers. Vince Vaughn plays the other brother & Jon Voight plays the father.


SPRING BREAK LAWYER
2001. MTV TV Movie. Comedy.

Judah Friedlander plays a lazy criminal defense lawyer who would tell his clients to plead guilty just so that he could go home early.


THE TRADE
2001. Independent. Drama.

Judah Friedlander was billed 2nd and plays a Wall Street broker.


WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER
2001 Sundance Film Festival. Indie comedy.

Judah Friedlander plays Gail's (Molly Shannon) estranged husband Ronald Von Kleinenstein.


MEET THE PARENTS
$296 million box office 2001 from Universal Pictures. Comedy.

Judah plays the clueless pharmacy clerk who tries to sell Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) "a whole bunch of Mumm's."


ENDSVILLE
2000. Independent comedy.

Judah Friedlander plays a guy who is trying to get accepted into a religious cult so that he can get free room & board.

 
 

TELEVISION
Current Network Series Regular


30 ROCK

Judah Friedlander is a series regular on this critically acclaimed comedy. Judah plays "Frank" opposite Tina Fey & Alec Baldwin. Filmed 21 episodes for the 2006-2007 (Season 1). Airs every Thursday at 8:30pm on NBC.


OTHER TELEVISION

BEST WEEK EVER

Judah Friedlander has been a regular guest panelist on this popular VH1 cable show since 2004.


EVERYDAY
2001 music video from the Dave Matthews Band.

Judah Friedlander stars in this music video as "The Hug Guy." It was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award, was critically acclaimed & is one of the most popular music videos ever to play on MTV & VH1.


WONDER SHOWZEN
2006. MTV2.

Judah plays "Crickey" on 2 episodes called "Horse Apples."


CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
2004. HBO. Season 4. Episode 3 "The Blind Date."

Judah Friedlander plays a mentally challenged man named "Donald" who steals Larry David's sunblock.


CHEAP SEATS
ESPN CLASSIC. 2005.

Judah Friedlander plays a caller into a sports talk show claiming to talk
about sports, but is really calling to try to sell the hosts & viewers a
collection of steak knives.


LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY
NBC. 2003-2005.

Judah has made many appearances on this show. Including stand-up, sketch and as different fake guests.

Judah Friedlander as The Gadget Guru.

Judah Friedlander as The World Thumbwrestling Champion.

Judah Friedlander as The Real Santa.


THE NEW TOM GREEN SHOW
2004. MTV.

Judah Friedlander was a guest promoting "American Splendor" and his stand-up comedy.


THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG KILBORN
CBS. 2002-2003.

Judah Friedlander made many appearances including stand-up and over 10 sketches where Judah played the shows War Correspondent in Iraq.


EXTRA
2003.

Judah Friedlander was profiled on EXTRA for his role in AMERICAN SPLENDOR & has stand-up career.


TRL: TOTAL REQUEST LIVE
MTV2001. MTV.

Judah Friedlander went on MTV's most popular show to promote the premiere of the Dave Matthews Music Video "Everyday."


THE BEAT
2000. UPN Network.

Judah Friedlander plays a peeping tom on the premiere episode directed by Barry Levinson.


LATELINE
1999. NBC.

Judah Friedlander plays the recurring role of "Techie." He filmed 4 episodes.