Judd Hirsch
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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
The Tony Danza Show
6.1
Numb3rs
7.024
Family Guy
7.39
Rhoda
6.204
Taxi
7.252
E! True Hollywood Story
8.103
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.6
Family Law
8.2
Dear John
5.528
Delvecchio
0
Medical Story
3
Street Time
2.5
George & Leo
0
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
7.3
Detective in the House
5
Extrapolations
6.041
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.933
Regular Joe
0
American Dad!
7
Saturday Night Live
7
Forever
7.798
Perception
7.152
Warehouse 13
7.665
The Real Jesus of Nazareth
7
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
The Big Bang Theory
7.913
Tony Awards
5.917
Superior Donuts
6.211
The Good Wife
7.59
Cosmos
8.472
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.323
Modern Love
7.318
American Experience
7.4
Tom Goes to the Mayor
6.8
Generation Gap
6.8
The Goldbergs
7.5
Damages
7.468
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
5.667
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
5.543
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.933
Stars in the House
0
God Friended Me
7.8
Hunters
7.2
Tony Awards
5.917
Big Mouth
7.659
Columbo
8.097
Caroline in the City
6.4
Tony Awards
5.917
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Mid-Century Modern
5.448
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Tony Awards
5.917
Movies
A Beautiful Mind
7.855
Independence Day
6.9
King of the Gypsies
5.6
Teachers
5.6
I Love Liberty
0
Rocky Marciano
5.694
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
9
Ordinary People
7.475
iMordecai
1.3
Without a Trace
5.442
Running on Empty
7.458
This Must Be the Place
6.994
Tower Heist
6.106
Zeyda and the Hitman
3
Silent Witness
6.1
Polish Bar
0
Out of the Cold
5
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
5.8
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
5.8
Hollywood Stargirl
6.6
Altered Minds
4.4
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
4.7
Sharknado 2: The Second One
4.572
Fear on Trial
9
The Law
0
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
7.2
Coney Island
6
The Keegans
0
Jump
0
First Steps
0
The Best You Can
0
The Legend of Valentino
5.5
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
0
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
0
Man on the Moon
7.247
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
4.7
The 1964 World's Fair
6.7
She Said No
8
Sooner or Later
5.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
5.344
The Goodbye People
0
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
4.115
Brother's Shadow
4.857
Brotherly Love
7
Serpico
7.531
The Muppets
6.684
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
7.455
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
6.465
Burning at Both Ends
6.1
Uncut Gems
7.157
Color of Justice
4.786
Summer Camp Island
7.7
The Making of 'Independence Day'
5.9
A Deadly Legend
2.667
Marriage Is Alive and Well
2
Lights
0
Betrayal of Trust
6
Showing Up
5.8
The Fabelmans
7.587
Night of 100 Stars
6.667
Rally Caps
6
The December Cross
0
Fantasy Life
0
Stay Forte
0