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Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch

Judd Hirsch

ActingBorn March 15, 1935 (age 91)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.

Filmography

2026Movie
2025Movie
2025
The Best You Can

as Walter Rand

Movie
2025TV
2024
Rally Caps

as Herb

Movie
2023
Showing Up

as Bill

Movie
2023
Extrapolations

as David Goldblatt

TV
2023
iMordecai

as Mordecai Samel

Movie
2022
The Fabelmans

as Uncle Boris

Movie
2022TV
2022
Hollywood Stargirl

as Mr. Mitchell

Movie
2021Movie
2020
A Deadly Legend

as Carl Turner

Movie
2020TV
2020
Hunters

as Simon Wiesenthal

TV
2019
Modern Love

as Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver

TV
2019
Uncut Gems

as Gooey

Movie
2019
Gone Hollywood

as Lev Kertzman

Movie
2018TV
2017
Big Mouth

as Lewis Glouberman (voice)

TV
2017
Summer Camp Island

as Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)

Movie
2017
Superior Donuts

as Arthur Przybyszewski

TV
2016Movie
2016Movie
2014
Altered Minds

as Dr. Nathaniel Shellner

Movie
2014
Forever

as Abe

TV
2014
Cosmos

as Robert Oppenheimer (voice)

TV
2013
The Goldbergs

as Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg

TV
2013
Maron

as Larry

TV
2012
Perception

as Sigmund Freud

TV
2011
Silent Witness

as Saul Rubin

Movie
2011
The Muppets

as Judd Hirsch

Movie
2011
Tower Heist

as Mr. Simon

Movie
2011
This Must Be the Place

as Mordecai Midler

Movie
2010
Polish Bar

as Uncle Sol

Movie
2009
The Good Wife

as Judge Harrison Creary

TV
2009
Warehouse 13

as Izzy Weisfelt

TV
2007
The Big Bang Theory

as Alfred Hofstadter

TV
2007
Damages

as Bill Herndon

TV
2006TV
2006
Brother's Shadow

as Leo Groden

Movie
2005
American Dad!

as Rabbi (voice)

TV
2005
Numb3rs

as Alan Eppes

TV
2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor

as Prisoner (voice)

TV
2004
The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

TV
2004
Zeyda and the Hitman

as Gideon Schub

Movie
2003
Regular Joe

as Baxter Binder

TV
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2002
Street Time

as Shimi Goldman

TV
2001
A Beautiful Mind

as Helinger

Movie
2001TV
1999
Man on the Moon

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1999
Family Law

as Daniel Bonner

TV
1999TV
1999TV
1999
Out of the Cold

as Leon Axelrod

Movie
1999
Rocky Marciano

as Al Weill

Movie
1999
Family Guy

as Judd Hirsch (voice)

TV
1997
George & Leo

as Leo Wagonman

TV
1997
Color of Justice

as Sam Lind

Movie
1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1996
Independence Day

as Julius Levinson

Movie
1996Movie
1995
Caroline in the City

as Ben Karinsky

TV
1994
Betrayal of Trust

as Jules Masserman

Movie
1991
Coney Island

as (voice)

Movie
1990
She Said No

as Martin Knapek

Movie
1988Movie
1988
Dear John

as John Lacey

TV
1988TV
1988
Running on Empty

as Arthur Pope

Movie
1988TV
1985
Brotherly Love

as Ben Ryder / Harry Ryder

Movie
1985
First Steps

as Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky

Movie
1984
Lights

as Narrator

Movie
1984
Teachers

as Roger Rubell

Movie
1984
The Goodbye People

as Arthur Korman

Movie
1983
Without a Trace

as Al Menetti

Movie
1982Movie
1982Movie
1980
Ordinary People

as Dr. Berger

Movie
1980Movie
1979Movie
1979
Sooner or Later

as Bob Walters

Movie
1978Movie
1978
Taxi

as Alex Reiger

TV
1976
Delvecchio

as Dominick Delvecchio

TV
1976
The Keegans

as Lt. Marco Ciardi

Movie
1975
The Legend of Valentino

as Jack Auerbach

Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1975Movie
1975
Medical Story

as Dr. Joe Dempsey

TV
1974
The Law

as Murray Stone

Movie
1974TV
1973
Serpico

as Cop (uncredited)

Movie
1971
Columbo

as Make-up Artist (uncredited)

TV
1971
Jump

as Man (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Audience Member

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 15, 1935
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Popularity2.2
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