Judd Hirsch
- Acting
- March 15, 1935 · 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
Filmography
- Fantasy Life · Fred
- Stay Forte
- The Best You Can · Walter Rand, Executive producer
- 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
- Uncut Gems · Gooey
- Modern Love · Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver
- 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
- Summer Camp Island · Shark / Monster Under the Bed (Voice)
- The Real Jesus of Nazareth · Narrator
- Superior Donuts · Arthur Przybyszewski
- Independence Day: Resurgence · Julius Levinson
- Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' · Self
- Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque · Julius Levinson
- 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)
- Numb3rs · Alan Eppes
- Tom Goes to the Mayor · Prisoner (Voice)
- The Tony Danza Show · Self
- Zeyda and the Hitman · Gideon Schub
- Who Killed the Federal Theatre? · Narrator
- Regular Joe · Baxter Binder
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Street Time · Shimi Goldman
- A Beautiful Mind · Helinger
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · Ben Elkins
- Man on the Moon · Self
- Family Law · Daniel Bonner
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Judah Platner, Joseph Edelman
- Out of the Cold · Leon Axelrod
- Rocky Marciano · Al Weill
- Family Guy · Judd Hirsch (Voice)
- George & Leo · Leo Wagonman
- Color of Justice · Sam Lind
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Independence Day · Julius Levinson
- The Making of 'Independence Day' · Self
- The 1964 World's Fair · Narrator
- Caroline in the City · Ben Karinsky
- Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
- Betrayal of Trust · Jules Masserman
- Coney Island · Voice
- She Said No · Martin Knapek
- The Great Escape II: The Untold Story · David Matthews
- The Great Escape II: The Untold Story · Capt. David Matthews
- Dear John · John Lacey