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
Family Guy
7.4
Rhoda
6.25
Taxi
7.236
E! True Hollywood Story
8.103
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.565
Family Law
8.2
Dear John
5.7
Delvecchio
0
Medical Story
5
Street Time
2.5
George & Leo
0
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
7.347
Detective in the House
5
Extrapolations
6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
Regular Joe
0
American Dad!
6.975
Saturday Night Live
7
Forever
7.797
Perception
7.2
Warehouse 13
7.66
The Real Jesus of Nazareth
7
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
The Big Bang Theory
7.909
Tony Awards
5.1
Superior Donuts
6.3
The Good Wife
7.598
Cosmos
8.47
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.3
Modern Love
7.299
American Experience
7.4
Tom Goes to the Mayor
6.8
Generation Gap
6.8
The Goldbergs
7.5
Damages
7.5
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
5.5
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
5.5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
Stars in the House
0
God Friended Me
7.8
Hunters
7.22
Tony Awards
5.1
Big Mouth
7.655
Columbo
8.088
Caroline in the City
6.4
Tony Awards
5.1
Golden Globe Awards
7
Mid-Century Modern
5.4
Golden Globe Awards
7
Movies
A Beautiful Mind
7.855
Independence Day
6.893
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
7.472
iMordecai
1.3
Without a Trace
5.442
Running on Empty
7.5
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
5.818
Hollywood Stargirl
6.6
Altered Minds
4.4
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
4.727
Sharknado 2: The Second One
4.6
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
7.244
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
4.7
The 1964 World's Fair
6.7
She Said No
6
Sooner or Later
5.5
Independence Day: Resurgence
5.3
The Goodbye People
0
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
4.3
Brother's Shadow
6
Brotherly Love
7
Serpico
7.531
The Muppets
6.675
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
7.459
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
6.467
Burning at Both Ends
6.2
Uncut Gems
7.16
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
0
Lights
0
Betrayal of Trust
6
Showing Up
5.827
The Fabelmans
7.597
Night of 100 Stars
6.667
Rally Caps
7
The December Cross
0
Fantasy Life
0
Stay Forte
0