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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 15, 1935
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- جاد هیرش
- Judd Seymore Hirsch
Judd Hirsch
1.3 Popularity
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
Credits
Stay Forte
2025
10.0
The Best You Can
as Walter Rand
2025
6.8
Mid-Century Modern
as Alan
2025
5.8
🎬
Fantasy Life
2025
1.0
Rally Caps
as Herb
2024
5.7
Showing Up
as Bill
2023
5.8
Extrapolations
as David Goldblatt
2023
6.0
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
as Self
2023
7.0
iMordecai
as Mordecai Samel
2023
1.3
The Fabelmans
as Uncle Boris
2022
7.6
Generation Gap
as Self
2022
6.8
Hollywood Stargirl
as Mr. Mitchell
2022
6.6
Burning at Both Ends
as Bertrand
2021
6.0
A Deadly Legend
as Carl Turner
2020
2.7
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
Hunters
as Simon Wiesenthal
2020
7.2
Modern Love
as Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver
2019
7.3
Uncut Gems
as Gooey
2019
7.2
Gone Hollywood
as Lev Kertzman
2019
0.0
God Friended Me
as Abe
2018
7.7
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as L.J. Shapiro
2017
6.5
Big Mouth
as Lewis Glouberman (voice)
2017
7.6
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
as Self
2017
7.5
Summer Camp Island
as Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)
2017
7.7
The Real Jesus of Nazareth
as Narrator
2017
7.6
Superior Donuts
as Arthur Przybyszewski
2017
6.2
Independence Day: Resurgence
as Julius Levinson
2016
5.3
🎬
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
as Julius Levinson
2016
5.0
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
as Self
2016
7.0
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
2016
4.1
Altered Minds
as Dr. Nathaniel Shellner
2014
4.6
Forever
as Abe
2014
7.8
Sharknado 2: The Second One
as Ben
2014
4.6
Cosmos
as Robert Oppenheimer (voice)
2014
8.5
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Goldbergs
as Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg
2013
7.5
Perception
as Sigmund Freud
2012
7.2
Silent Witness
as Saul Rubin
2011
6.1
The Muppets
as Judd Hirsch
2011
6.7
Tower Heist
as Mr. Simon
2011
6.1
This Must Be the Place
as Mordecai Midler
2011
7.0
Polish Bar
as Uncle Sol
2010
0.0
The Good Wife
as Judge Harrison Creary
2009
7.6
Warehouse 13
as Izzy Weisfelt
2009
7.7
The Big Bang Theory
as Alfred Hofstadter
2007
7.9
Damages
as Bill Herndon
2007
7.4
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
as Wes Mendell
2006
7.3
Brother's Shadow
as Leo Groden
2006
4.9
American Dad!
as Rabbi (voice)
2005
7.0
Numb3rs
as Alan Eppes
2005
7.0
Tom Goes to the Mayor
as Prisoner (voice)
2004
6.8
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
Zeyda and the Hitman
as Gideon Schub
2004
3.0
Who Killed the Federal Theatre?
as Narrator
2003
0.0
Regular Joe
as Baxter Binder
2003
0.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Street Time
as Shimi Goldman
2002
2.5
A Beautiful Mind
as Helinger
2001
7.9
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Ben Elkins
2001
7.6
Man on the Moon
as Self (uncredited)
1999
7.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Judah Platner
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Joseph Edelman
1999
7.9
Family Law
as Daniel Bonner
1999
8.2
Out of the Cold
as Leon Axelrod
1999
5.0
Rocky Marciano
as Al Weill
1999
5.7
Family Guy
as Judd Hirsch (voice)
1999
7.4
George & Leo
as Leo Wagonman
1997
0.0
Color of Justice
as Sam Lind
1997
4.8
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
The Making of 'Independence Day'
as Self (archive footage)
1996
5.9
Independence Day
as Julius Levinson
1996
6.9
🎬
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
as Quote Reader
1996
3.8
The 1964 World's Fair
as Narrator
1996
6.7
Caroline in the City
as Ben Karinsky
1995
6.4
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
9.0
Betrayal of Trust
as Jules Masserman
1994
6.0
Coney Island
as (voice)
1991
6.0
She Said No
as Martin Knapek
1990
8.0
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as David Matthews
1988
5.7
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as Capt. David Matthews
1988
5.2
Dear John
as John Lacey
1988
5.5
American Experience
as (voice)
1988
6.9
Running on Empty
as Arthur Pope
1988
7.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
🎬
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1986
5.8
Brotherly Love
as Ben Ryder / Harry Ryder
1985
7.0
First Steps
as Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky
1985
0.0
🎬
Detective in the House
1985
5.0
Lights
as Narrator
1984
0.0
Teachers
as Roger Rubell
1984
5.6
The Goodbye People
as Arthur Korman
1984
0.0
Without a Trace
as Al Menetti
1983
5.2
I Love Liberty
as Self
1982
0.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Ordinary People
as Dr. Berger
1980
7.5
Marriage Is Alive and Well
as Herb Rollie
1980
2.0
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
as Count Dracula
1979
5.8
Sooner or Later
as Bob Walters
1979
5.5
King of the Gypsies
as Groffo
1978
5.7
Taxi
as Alex Reiger
1978
7.2
Delvecchio
as Dominick Delvecchio
1976
0.0
The Keegans
as Lt. Marco Ciardi
1976
0.0
The Legend of Valentino
as Jack Auerbach
1975
5.5
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Fear on Trial
as Saul
1975
9.0
Medical Story
1975
3.0
The Law
as Murray Stone
1974
0.0
Rhoda
1974
6.2
Serpico
as Cop (uncredited)
1973
7.5
Columbo
as Make-up Artist (uncredited)
1971
8.1
Jump
as Man (uncredited)
1971
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter/ Winner
1956
5.9
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1944
7.2
🎬
The December Cross
N/A
0.0
🎬
Eugene Gregan: Born Dead
as Self
N/A
0.0