Judd Hirsch
Acting
🎂 1935-03-15
Judd Seymore Hirsch 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.
Cast credits(116)
Dr. Judah Platner
1999
Joseph Edelman
1999
Judd Hirsch (voice)
1999
Rabbi (voice)
2005
Make-up Artist (uncredited)
1971
Ben Elkins
2001
Alfred Hofstadter
2007
Judge Harrison Creary
2009
Self
2014
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self - Winner
1956
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Nominee
1956
Self - Presenter/ Winner
1956
Izzy Weisfelt
2009
Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg
2013
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Audience Member
1944
(voice)
1988
Alan Eppes
2005
Lewis Glouberman (voice)
2017
Alex Reiger
1978
Self - Guest
1988
Self
2003
Sigmund Freud
2012
Self - Guest
2004
1974
Robert Oppenheimer (voice)
2014
Bill Herndon
2007
Ben Karinsky
1995
Julius Levinson
1996
Simon Wiesenthal
2020
Abe
2014
Helinger
2001
Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver
2019
Daniel Bonner
1999
Herb Rollie
1980
John Lacey
1988
Julius Levinson
2016
Abe
2018
Gooey
2019
Self
2020
Mr. Simon
2011
David Goldblatt
2023
Uncle Boris
2022
Capt. David Matthews
1988
Judd Hirsch
2011
Self (uncredited)
1999
Alan
2025
1995
Cop (uncredited)
1973
Prisoner (voice)
2004
Leo Wagonman
1997
Arthur Przybyszewski
2017
Wes Mendell
2006
1975
Self
1982
Ben
2014
Shimi Goldman
2002
Mordecai Midler
2011
Self
2017
Dr. Berger
1980
Saul
1975
Roger Rubell
1984
Self
2016
L.J. Shapiro
2017
Dr. Nathaniel Shellner
2014
Mr. Mitchell
2022
Self
2023
Saul Rubin
2011
Uncle Sol
2010
Mordecai Samel
2023
Sgt. Dominick Delvecchio
1976
Arthur Pope
1988
Quote Reader
1996
Groffo
1978
Carl Turner
2020
Bertrand
2021
Self
1982
Sam Lind
1997
Gideon Schub
2004
Murray Stone
1974
Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky
1985
Al Menetti
1983
Man (uncredited)
1971
Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)
2017
Bill
2023
David Matthews
1988
Al Weill
1999
Self
2022
Self
2016
Baxter Binder
2003
Leon Axelrod
1999
Lt. Marco Ciardi
1976
Ben Ryder / Harry Ryder
1985
Self (archive footage)
1996
Bob Walters
1979
Walter Rand
2025
Arthur Korman
1984
1996
Herb
2024
Leo Groden
2006
Jules Masserman
1994
2025
Narrator
2017
(voice)
1991
Count Dracula
1979
1985
Jack Auerbach
1975
Martin Knapek
1990
Narrator
1984
Julius Levinson
2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
1986
Narrator
1996