Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 15, 1935
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
114 titles
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 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
Filmography
Fantasy Life
Fred
Stay Forte
The Best You Can
Walter Rand
Mid-Century Modern
Alan
Rally Caps
Herb
Showing Up
Bill
Extrapolations
David Goldblatt
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Self
iMordecai
Mordecai Samel
The Fabelmans
Uncle Boris
Generation Gap
Self
Hollywood Stargirl
Mr. Mitchell
Burning at Both Ends
Bertrand
A Deadly Legend
Carl Turner
Stars in the House
Self
Hunters
Simon Wiesenthal
Modern Love
Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver
Uncut Gems
Gooey
Gone Hollywood
Lev Kertzman
God Friended Me
Abe
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
L.J. Shapiro
Big Mouth
Lewis Glouberman (voice)
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Self
The Real Jesus of Nazareth
Narrator
Summer Camp Island
Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)
Superior Donuts
Arthur Przybyszewski
Independence Day: Resurgence
Julius Levinson
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
Julius Levinson
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
Self
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
Altered Minds
Dr. Nathaniel Shellner
Forever
Abe
Sharknado 2: The Second One
Ben
Cosmos
Robert Oppenheimer (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Goldbergs
Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg
Maron
Larry
Perception
Sigmund Freud
Silent Witness
Saul Rubin
The Muppets
Judd Hirsch
Tower Heist
Mr. Simon
This Must Be the Place
Mordecai Midler
Polish Bar
Uncle Sol
The Good Wife
Judge Harrison Creary
Warehouse 13
Izzy Weisfelt
The Big Bang Theory
Alfred Hofstadter
Damages
Bill Herndon
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Wes Mendell
Brother's Shadow
Leo Groden
American Dad!
Rabbi (voice)