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