Judd Hirsch
Biography
Judd Seymore Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American actor. He is known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John (1988–1992), and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs (2005–2010). He is also well known for his career in theatre and for his roles in films such as Ordinary People (1980), Running on Empty (1988), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Uncut Gems (2019) and The Fabelmans (2022).
He has twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Ordinary People (1980) and The Fabelmans (2022), the longest gap between Academy Award nominations in history.
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Personal Info
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Acting
Known Credits
116
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-03-15 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Acting
2025
Mid-Century Modern as Alan2025
The Best You Can as Walter Rand2025
Fantasy Life as Not available2024
Rally Caps as Herb2023
Extrapolations as David Goldblatt2023
Showing Up as Bill2023
iMordecai as Mordecai Samel2023
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film as Self2022
The Fabelmans as Uncle Boris2022
Generation Gap as Self2022
Hollywood Stargirl as Mr. Mitchell2021
Burning at Both Ends as Bertrand2020
Stars in the House as Self2020
Hunters as Simon Wiesenthal2020
A Deadly Legend as Carl Turner2019
Modern Love as Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver2019
Uncut Gems as Gooey2018
God Friended Me as Abe2017
Big Mouth as Lewis Glouberman (voice)2017
Superior Donuts as Arthur Przybyszewski2017
The Real Jesus of Nazareth as Narrator2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) as L.J. Shapiro2017
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond as Self2017
Summer Camp Island as Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)2016
Independence Day: Resurgence as Julius Levinson2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self2016
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque as Julius Levinson2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self2014
Cosmos as Robert Oppenheimer (voice)2014
Forever as Abe2014
Sharknado 2: The Second One as Ben2014
Altered Minds as Dr. Nathaniel Shellner2013
The Goldbergs as Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg2012
Perception as Sigmund Freud2011
Tower Heist as Mr. Simon2011
The Muppets as Judd Hirsch2011
This Must Be the Place as Mordecai Midler2011
Silent Witness as Saul Rubin2010
Polish Bar as Uncle Sol2009
The Good Wife as Judge Harrison Creary2009
Warehouse 13 as Izzy Weisfelt2007
The Big Bang Theory as Alfred Hofstadter2007
Damages as Bill Herndon2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Wes Mendell2006
Brother's Shadow as Leo Groden2005
American Dad! as Rabbi (voice)2005
Numb3rs as Alan Eppes2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor as Prisoner (voice)2004
Zeyda and the Hitman as Gideon Schub2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self2003
Regular Joe as Baxter Binder2002
Street Time as Shimi Goldman2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Ben Elkins2001
A Beautiful Mind as Helinger1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Judah Platner1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Joseph Edelman1999
Family Guy as Judd Hirsch (voice)1999
Family Law as Daniel Bonner1999
Man on the Moon as Self (uncredited)1999
Rocky Marciano as Al Weill1999
Out of the Cold as Leon Axelrod1997
George & Leo as Leo Wagonman1997
Color of Justice as Sam Lind1996
Independence Day as Julius Levinson1996
E! True Hollywood Story as Not available1996
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen as Quote Reader1996
The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self (archive footage)1996
The 1964 World's Fair as Narrator1995
Caroline in the City as Ben Karinsky1995
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger as Not available1994
Betrayal of Trust as Jules Masserman1991
Coney Island as (voice)1990
She Said No as Martin Knapek1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest1988
American Experience as (voice)1988
Dear John as John Lacey1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as David Matthews1988
Running on Empty as Arthur Pope1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Capt. David Matthews1986
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer as Self - Narrator (voice)1985
Detective in the House as Not available1985
Brotherly Love as Ben Ryder / Harry Ryder1985
First Steps as Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky1984
Teachers as Roger Rubell1984
Lights as Narrator1984
The Goodbye People as Arthur Korman1983
Without a Trace as Al Menetti1982
Night of 100 Stars as Self1982
I Love Liberty as Self1980
Ordinary People as Dr. Berger1980
Marriage Is Alive and Well as Herb Rollie1979
Sooner or Later as Bob Walters1979
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't as Count Dracula1978
Taxi as Alex Reiger1978
King of the Gypsies as Groffo1976
Delvecchio as Sgt. Dominick Delvecchio1976
The Keegans as Lt. Marco Ciardi1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)1975
Medical Story as Not available1974
Rhoda as Not available1974
The Law as Murray Stone1973
Serpico as Cop (uncredited)1971
Columbo as Make-up Artist (uncredited)1956
Tony Awards as Self - Winner1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - NomineeNaN
The December Cross as Not availableNaN
Stay Forte as Not available1975
The Legend of Valentino as Jack Auerbach1975
Fear on Trial as Saul1971
Jump as Man (uncredited)1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience MemberCrew
2025
The Best You Can Executive Producer