Judd Hirsch

Judd Hirsch

Known for
Acting
Born
March 15, 1935 (age 91)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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 won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The 42-year gap between his first nomination (Ordinary People in 1980) and second (The Fabelmans in 2022) is the longest in history.

Known For

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Filmography

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The December Cross

The December Cross

Movie

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Eugene Gregan: Born Dead poster

Eugene Gregan: Born Dead

Movie · as Self

2026
Fantasy Life poster

Fantasy Life

Movie · as Fred

2025
The Best You Can poster

The Best You Can

Movie · as Walter Rand

2025
Stay Forte poster

Stay Forte

Movie

2025
Mid-Century Modern poster

Mid-Century Modern

TV · as Alan · 1 ep

2024
Rally Caps poster

Rally Caps

Movie · as Herb

2023
iMordecai poster

iMordecai

Movie · as Mordecai Samel

2023
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film poster

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film

Movie · as Self

2023
Showing Up poster

Showing Up

Movie · as Bill

2023
Extrapolations poster

Extrapolations

TV · as David Goldblatt · 1 ep

2022
Hollywood Stargirl poster

Hollywood Stargirl

Movie · as Mr. Mitchell

2022
The Fabelmans poster

The Fabelmans

Movie · as Uncle Boris

2022
Generation Gap poster

Generation Gap

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Burning at Both Ends poster

Burning at Both Ends

Movie · as Bertrand

2020
A Deadly Legend poster

A Deadly Legend

Movie · as Carl Turner

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Hunters poster

Hunters

TV · as Simon Wiesenthal · 3 eps

2019
Uncut Gems poster

Uncut Gems

Movie · as Gooey

2019
Gone Hollywood poster

Gone Hollywood

Movie · as Lev Kertzman

2019
Modern Love poster

Modern Love

TV · as Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver · 1 ep

2018
God Friended Me poster

God Friended Me

TV · as Abe · 1 ep

2017
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton poster

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton

Movie · as Self

2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) poster

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Movie · as L.J. Shapiro

2017
Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island

Movie · as Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)

2017
The Real Jesus of Nazareth poster

The Real Jesus of Nazareth

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

2017
Superior Donuts poster

Superior Donuts

TV · as Arthur Przybyszewski · 34 eps

2017
Big Mouth poster

Big Mouth

TV · as Lewis Glouberman (voice) · 2 eps

2016
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' poster

Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'

Movie · as Self

2016
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque

Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque

Movie · as Julius Levinson

2016
Independence Day: Resurgence poster

Independence Day: Resurgence

Movie · as Julius Levinson

2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows poster

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

Movie · as Self

2014
Altered Minds poster

Altered Minds

Movie · as Dr. Nathaniel Shellner

2014
Sharknado 2: The Second One poster

Sharknado 2: The Second One

Movie · as Ben

2014
Forever poster

Forever

TV · as Abe · 22 eps

2014
Cosmos poster

Cosmos

TV · as Robert Oppenheimer (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Goldbergs poster

The Goldbergs

TV · as Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg · 22 eps

2013
Maron poster

Maron

TV · as Larry · 5 eps

2012
Perception poster

Perception

TV · as Sigmund Freud · 1 ep

2011
This Must Be the Place poster

This Must Be the Place

Movie · as Mordecai Midler

2011
Tower Heist poster

Tower Heist

Movie · as Mr. Simon

2011
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

Movie · as Saul Rubin

2011
The Muppets poster

The Muppets

Movie · as Judd Hirsch

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as rusty (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Polish Bar poster

Polish Bar

Movie · as Uncle Sol

2009
Warehouse 13 poster

Warehouse 13

TV · as Izzy Weisfelt · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Judge Harrison Creary · 1 ep

2007
The Big Bang Theory poster

The Big Bang Theory

TV · as Alfred Hofstadter · 2 eps

2007
Damages poster

Damages

TV · as Bill Herndon · 14 eps

2006
Brother's Shadow poster

Brother's Shadow

Movie · as Leo Groden

2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip poster

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

TV · as Wes Mendell · 1 ep

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Alan Eppes · 118 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Rabbi (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Zeyda and the Hitman poster

Zeyda and the Hitman

Movie · as Gideon Schub

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor poster

Tom Goes to the Mayor

TV · as Prisoner (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Who Killed the Federal Theatre? poster

Who Killed the Federal Theatre?

Movie · as Narrator

2003
Regular Joe poster

Regular Joe

TV · as Baxter Binder · 4 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Street Time poster

Street Time

TV · as Shimi Goldman · 1 ep

2001
A Beautiful Mind poster

A Beautiful Mind

Movie · as Helinger

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Ben Elkins · 1 ep

1999
Rocky Marciano poster

Rocky Marciano

Movie · as Al Weill

1999
Out of the Cold poster

Out of the Cold

Movie · as Leon Axelrod

1999
Man on the Moon poster

Man on the Moon

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Judd Hirsch (voice) · 2 eps

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as Daniel Bonner · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Judah Platner, Joseph Edelman · 1 ep

1997
Color of Justice poster

Color of Justice

Movie · as Sam Lind

1997
George & Leo poster

George & Leo

TV · as Leo Wagonman · 22 eps

1996
Independence Day poster

Independence Day

Movie · as Julius Levinson

1996
The 1964 World's Fair poster

The 1964 World's Fair

Movie · as Narrator

1996
The Making of 'Independence Day' poster

The Making of 'Independence Day'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1995
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger poster

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

Movie

1995
Caroline in the City poster

Caroline in the City

TV · as Ben Karinsky · 1 ep

1994
Betrayal of Trust poster

Betrayal of Trust

Movie · as Jules Masserman

1991
Coney Island poster

Coney Island

Movie · as (voice)

1990
She Said No poster

She Said No

Movie · as Martin Knapek

1988
Running on Empty poster

Running on Empty

Movie · as Arthur Pope

1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story poster

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

Movie · as Capt. David Matthews

1988
Dear John poster

Dear John

TV · as John Lacey · 90 eps

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story poster

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

TV · as David Matthews · 2 eps

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1986
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1985
First Steps poster

First Steps

Movie · as Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky

1985
Brotherly Love poster

Brotherly Love

Movie · as Ben Ryder / Harry Ryder

1985
Detective in the House poster

Detective in the House

TV · 6 eps

1984
Teachers poster

Teachers

Movie · as Roger Rubell

1984
The Goodbye People poster

The Goodbye People

Movie · as Arthur Korman

1984
Lights poster

Lights

Movie · as Narrator

1983
Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace

Movie · as Al Menetti

1982
I Love Liberty poster

I Love Liberty

Movie · as Self

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1980
Ordinary People poster

Ordinary People

Movie · as Dr. Berger

1980
Marriage Is Alive and Well poster

Marriage Is Alive and Well

Movie · as Herb Rollie

1979
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't poster

The Halloween That Almost Wasn't

Movie · as Count Dracula

1979
Sooner or Later poster

Sooner or Later

Movie · as Bob Walters

1978
King of the Gypsies poster

King of the Gypsies

Movie · as Groffo

1978
Taxi poster

Taxi

TV · as Alex Reiger · 114 eps

1976
The Keegans poster

The Keegans

Movie · as Lt. Marco Ciardi

1976
Delvecchio poster

Delvecchio

TV · as Dominick Delvecchio · 19 eps

1975
Fear on Trial poster

Fear on Trial

Movie · as Saul

1975
The Legend of Valentino poster

The Legend of Valentino

Movie · as Jack Auerbach

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1975
Medical Story poster

Medical Story

TV · as Dr. Joe Dempsey · 1 ep

1974
The Law poster

The Law

Movie · as Murray Stone

1974
Rhoda poster

Rhoda

TV · 2 eps

1973
Serpico poster

Serpico

Movie · as Cop (uncredited)

1971
Jump poster

Jump

Movie · as Man (uncredited)

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Make-up Artist (uncredited) · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Winner, Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member · 1 ep