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.
as Self
as Fred
as Walter Rand
as Alan(1 ep)
as Herb
as Bill
as David Goldblatt(1 ep)
as Mordecai Samel
as Uncle Boris
as Self(1 ep)
as Mr. Mitchell
as Bertrand
as Carl Turner
as Self(1 ep)
as Simon Wiesenthal(3 eps)
as Gooey
as Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver(1 ep)
as Lev Kertzman
as Abe(1 ep)
as L.J. Shapiro
as Lewis Glouberman (voice)(2 eps)
as Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)
as Narrator(4 eps)
as Arthur Przybyszewski(34 eps)
as Julius Levinson
as Julius Levinson
as Dr. Nathaniel Shellner
as Abe(22 eps)
as Robert Oppenheimer (voice)(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg(22 eps)
as Larry(5 eps)
as Sigmund Freud(1 ep)
as Saul Rubin
as Judd Hirsch
as Mr. Simon
as Mordecai Midler
as rusty (voice)(1 ep)
as Uncle Sol
as Judge Harrison Creary(1 ep)
as Izzy Weisfelt(1 ep)
as Alfred Hofstadter(2 eps)
as Bill Herndon(14 eps)
as Wes Mendell(1 ep)
as Leo Groden
as Rabbi (voice)(1 ep)
as Alan Eppes(118 eps)
as Prisoner (voice)(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Gideon Schub
as Narrator
as Baxter Binder(4 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Shimi Goldman(1 ep)
as Helinger
as Ben Elkins(1 ep)
as Self (uncredited)
as Daniel Bonner(1 ep)
as Judah Platner(1 ep)
as Joseph Edelman(1 ep)
as Leon Axelrod
as Al Weill
as Judd Hirsch (voice)(2 eps)
as Leo Wagonman(22 eps)
as Sam Lind
as Julius Levinson
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator
as Ben Karinsky(1 ep)
as Jules Masserman
as (voice)
as Martin Knapek
as David Matthews(2 eps)
as Capt. David Matthews
as John Lacey(90 eps)
as (voice)(1 ep)
as Arthur Pope
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Ben Ryder / Harry Ryder
as Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky
as Narrator
as Roger Rubell
as Arthur Korman
as Al Menetti
as Self
as Self
as Dr. Berger
as Herb Rollie
as Count Dracula
as Bob Walters
as Groffo
as Alex Reiger(114 eps)
as Dominick Delvecchio(19 eps)
as Lt. Marco Ciardi
as Jack Auerbach
as Self (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Saul
as Dr. Joe Dempsey(1 ep)
as Murray Stone
as Cop (uncredited)
as Make-up Artist (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Man (uncredited)
as Self - Nominee(1 ep)
as Self - Winner(1 ep)
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)
as Self - Nominee(1 ep)
as Self - Audience Member(1 ep)