Early life

Reinhold was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of Regina Celeste (née Fleming) and Edward Ernest Reinhold, Sr., a trial lawyer. He was raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia, until his family moved to Martin County, Florida, prior to his junior year in high school. His father nicknamed him "Judge" when he was just two weeks old.

Reinhold graduated from Martin County High School, although he attended Alexis I. duPont High School in the 9th and 10th grades. He went on to attend Mary Washington College and North Carolina School of the Arts, after which he performed at various regional theaters, including Burt Reynolds' Dinner Theater in Jupiter, Florida.

Career

Reinhold has appeared in more than 60 films. His first appearance on screen was in the Wonder Woman episode "Amazon Hot Wax" (1979), in which he played Jeff Gordon, a singer who gets caught up in an extortion ring in the music business. Reinhold's first major film role was as high school senior Brad Hamilton in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), along with then-unknown actors Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Nicolas Cage. He appeared in an uncredited role in Pat Benatar's music video for "Shadows of the Night". He later played Detective Billy Rosewood, the junior police detective sent to trail Eddie Murphy's character, in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), and in 1986 starred in Ruthless People.

Reinhold starred in the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem's 1992 music video "Honestly" as the male love interest.

In 1994, Reinhold appeared in Beverly Hills Cop III and The Santa Clause. He has reprised the role of Dr. Neal Miller for the Santa Clause sequels, as well. Reinhold appeared as himself on two episodes of the third season of Arrested Development, headlining a fictional court TV show called Mock Trial with J. Reinhold.

Reinhold was nominated for an Emmy for a role on Seinfeld in which he played the infamous "close talker" who developed an obsession with Jerry's parents. He has also been seen in Steven Spielberg's epic miniseries Into the West and replaced Charles Grodin in two direct-to-video movies in the Beethoven film series.

Reinhold appeared in the 2008 political satire Swing Vote.

Reinhold will return as Det. William Rosewood for the fourth installment of the Beverly Hills Cop series, with Eddie Murphy, with Rush Hour's Brett Ratner directing.

Cultural references

In the film Fanboys, Billy Dee Williams, in recognition of his Star Wars persona of Lando Calrissian, appears as a character, who is a judge, named "Judge Reinhold".

Filmography

Main article: Judge Reinhold filmography

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1994	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Seinfeld	Nominated

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