Judd Hirsch

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1935-03-15

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Jump	Man (uncredited)	0
2	1973	Serpico	Cop (uncredited)	75
3	1974	The Law	Murray Stone	0
4	1975	Fear on Trial	Saul	90
5	1975	The Legend of Valentino	Jack Auerbach	55
6	1976	The Keegans	Lt. Marco Ciardi	0
7	1978	King of the Gypsies	Groffo	56
8	1979	Sooner or Later	Bob Walters	55
9	1979	The Halloween That Almost Wasn't	Count Dracula	58
10	1980	Marriage Is Alive and Well	Herb Rollie	20
11	1980	Ordinary People	Dr. Berger	75
12	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
13	1982	I Love Liberty	Self	0
14	1983	Without a Trace	Al Menetti	54
15	1984	The Goodbye People	Arthur Korman	0
16	1984	Teachers	Roger Rubell	56
17	1984	Lights	Narrator	0
18	1985	First Steps	Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky	0
19	1985	Brotherly Love	Ben Ryder / Harry Ryder	70
20	1986	Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer	Self - Narrator (voice)	58
21	1988	Running on Empty	Arthur Pope	75
22	1988	The Great Escape II: The Untold Story	Capt. David Matthews	47
23	1990	She Said No	Martin Knapek	80
24	1991	Coney Island	(voice)	60
25	1994	Betrayal of Trust	Jules Masserman	60
26	1995	Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger		90
27	1996	Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen	Quote Reader	47
28	1996	The 1964 World's Fair	Narrator	67
29	1996	Independence Day	Julius Levinson	69
30	1996	The Making of 'Independence Day'	Self (archive footage)	59
31	1997	Color of Justice	Sam Lind	48
32	1999	Rocky Marciano	Al Weill	57
33	1999	Out of the Cold	Leon Axelrod	50
34	1999	Man on the Moon	Self (uncredited)	72
35	2001	A Beautiful Mind	Helinger	79
36	2004	Zeyda and the Hitman	Gideon Schub	30
37	2006	Brother's Shadow	Leo Groden	49
38	2010	Polish Bar	Uncle Sol	0
39	2011	This Must Be the Place	Mordecai Midler	70
40	2011	Tower Heist	Mr. Simon	61
41	2011	The Muppets	Judd Hirsch	67
42	2011	Silent Witness	Saul Rubin	61
43	2014	Sharknado 2: The Second One	Ben	46
44	2014	Altered Minds	Dr. Nathaniel Shellner	44
45	2016	Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows	Self	41
46	2016	Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'	Self	0
47	2016	Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque	Julius Levinson	0
48	2016	Independence Day: Resurgence	Julius Levinson	53
49	2017	Summer Camp Island	Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)	77
50	2017	Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond	Self	75
51	2017	The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)	L.J. Shapiro	65
52	2019	Uncut Gems	Gooey	72
53	2020	A Deadly Legend	Carl Turner	27
54	2021	Burning at Both Ends	Bertrand	61
55	2022	Hollywood Stargirl	Mr. Mitchell	66
56	2022	The Fabelmans	Uncle Boris	76
57	2023	iMordecai	Mordecai Samel	13
58	2023	The Fabelmans: A Family in Film	Self	72
59	2023	Showing Up	Bill	58
60	2024	Rally Caps	Herb	70
61		The December Cross		0
62	2025	Fantasy Life		0
63	2025	The Best You Can	Walter Rand	0
64		Stay Forte		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Audience Member	72
3	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner	51
4	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
5	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	51
6	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter/ Winner	51
7	1971	Columbo	Make-up Artist (uncredited)	81
8	1974	Rhoda		63
9	1975	Medical Story		30
10	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
11	1976	Delvecchio	Sgt. Dominick Delvecchio	0
12	1978	Taxi	Alex Reiger	73
13	1985	Detective in the House		50
14	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
15	1988	American Experience	(voice)	74
16	1988	Dear John	John Lacey	57
17	1988	The Great Escape II: The Untold Story	David Matthews	55
18	1995	Caroline in the City	Ben Karinsky	64
19	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
20	1997	George & Leo	Leo Wagonman	0
21	1999	Family Guy	Judd Hirsch (voice)	74
22	1999	Family Law	Daniel Bonner	82
23	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Judah Platner	79
24	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Joseph Edelman	79
25	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Ben Elkins	76
26	2002	Street Time	Shimi Goldman	25
27	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
28	2003	Regular Joe	Baxter Binder	0
29	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
30	2004	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Prisoner (voice)	68
31	2005	Numb3rs	Alan Eppes	71
32	2005	American Dad!	Rabbi (voice)	70
33	2006	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Wes Mendell	73
34	2007	Damages	Bill Herndon	75
35	2007	The Big Bang Theory	Alfred Hofstadter	79
36	2009	Warehouse 13	Izzy Weisfelt	77
37	2009	The Good Wife	Judge Harrison Creary	76
38	2012	Perception	Sigmund Freud	72
39	2013	The Goldbergs	Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg	75
40	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
41	2014	Cosmos	Robert Oppenheimer (voice)	85
42	2014	Forever	Abe	78
43	2017	Superior Donuts	Arthur Przybyszewski	63
44	2017	The Real Jesus of Nazareth	Narrator	70
45	2017	Big Mouth	Lewis Glouberman (voice)	77
46	2018	God Friended Me	Abe	78
47	2019	Modern Love	Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver	73
48	2020	Hunters	Simon Wiesenthal	72
49	2020	Stars in the House	Self	0
50	2022	Generation Gap	Self	68
51	2023	Extrapolations	David Goldblatt	60
52	2025	Mid-Century Modern	Alan	54

Judd Hirsch

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