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 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.
114 acting credits
Acting · 114
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Family Guy
1999
American Dad!
2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Columbo
1971
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Good Wife
2009
The Big Bang Theory
2007
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Numb3rs
2005
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
American Experience
1988
The Goldbergs
2013
Damages
2007
Tony Awards
1956
Warehouse 13
2009
Big Mouth
2017
Taxi
1978
Stars in the House
2020
Caroline in the City
1995
Perception
2012
Family Law
1999
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Rhoda
1974
Hunters
2020
Cosmos
2014
God Friended Me
2018
Forever
2014
Independence Day
1996
Dear John
1988
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
Modern Love
2019
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
Extrapolations
2023
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Street Time
2002
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016
Uncut Gems
2019
George & Leo
1997
Maron
2013
Medical Story
1975
The Fabelmans
2022
Mid-Century Modern
2025
Delvecchio
1976
Tower Heist
2011
The Muppets
2011
Superior Donuts
2017
Serpico
1973
Man on the Moon
1999
Generation Gap
2022
Ordinary People
1980
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Best You Can
2025
Fantasy Life
2026
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
Regular Joe
2003
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Showing Up
2023
Running on Empty
1988
Hollywood Stargirl
2022
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
King of the Gypsies
1978
Sharknado 2: The Second One
2014
Teachers
1984
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
This Must Be the Place
2011
Detective in the House
1985
Stay Forte
2025
Without a Trace
1983
The Real Jesus of Nazareth
2017
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996
Rocky Marciano
1999
I Love Liberty
1982
Silent Witness
2011
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
2016
Brotherly Love
1985
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Burning at Both Ends
2021
Coney Island
1991
First Steps
1985
The December Cross
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Fear on Trial
1975
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023
Betrayal of Trust
1994
Color of Justice
1997
The Keegans
1976
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
1979
Marriage Is Alive and Well
1980
A Deadly Legend
2020
Polish Bar
2010
Altered Minds
2014
The Legend of Valentino
1975
Brother's Shadow
2006
Jump
1971
Out of the Cold
1999
Rally Caps
2024
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
2016
Sooner or Later
1979
iMordecai
2023
The Law
1974
Zeyda and the Hitman
2004
Gone Hollywood
2019
She Said No
1990
Summer Camp Island
2017
The Goodbye People
1984
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
1986
Who Killed the Federal Theatre?
2003
Lights
1984
Eugene Gregan: Born Dead
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The 1964 World's Fair
1996