
Judd Hirsch
Department: Acting
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

A Beautiful Mind
2001

Independence Day
1996

King of the Gypsies
1978

Teachers
1984

I Love Liberty
1982

Rocky Marciano
1999

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995

Ordinary People
1980

iMordecai
2023

Without a Trace
1983

Running on Empty
1988

This Must Be the Place
2011

Tower Heist
2011

Zeyda and the Hitman
2004

Silent Witness
2011

Polish Bar
2010

Out of the Cold
1999

Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
1986

The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
1979

Hollywood Stargirl
2022

Altered Minds
2014

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988

Sharknado 2: The Second One
2014

Fear on Trial
1975

The Law
1974

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023

Coney Island
1991

The Keegans
1976

Jump
1971

First Steps
1985

The Best You Can
2025

The Legend of Valentino
1975

Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
2016

Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
2016

Man on the Moon
1999

The 1964 World's Fair
1996

She Said No
1990

Sooner or Later
1979

Independence Day: Resurgence
2016

The Goodbye People
1984

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016

Brother's Shadow
2006

Brotherly Love
1985

Serpico
1973

The Muppets
2011

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017

Burning at Both Ends
2021

Uncut Gems
2019

Color of Justice
1997

Summer Camp Island
2017

The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996

A Deadly Legend
2020

Marriage Is Alive and Well
1980

Lights
1984

Betrayal of Trust
1994

Showing Up
2023

The Fabelmans
2022

Night of 100 Stars
1982

Rally Caps
2024

The December Cross
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Fantasy Life
2026

Stay Forte
2025

Gone Hollywood
2019

Who Killed the Federal Theatre?
2003

Eugene Gregan: Born Dead
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The Tony Danza Show
2004

Numb3rs
2005

Family Guy
1999

Rhoda
1974

Taxi
1978

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Family Law
1999

Dear John
1988

Delvecchio
1976

Medical Story
1975

Street Time
2002

George & Leo
1997

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006

Detective in the House
1985

Extrapolations
2023

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Regular Joe
2003

American Dad!
2005

Saturday Night Live
1975

Forever
2014

Perception
2012

Warehouse 13
2009

The Real Jesus of Nazareth
2017

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

The Big Bang Theory
2007

Superior Donuts
2017

The Good Wife
2009

Cosmos
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Modern Love
2019

American Experience
1988

Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004

Generation Gap
2022

The Goldbergs
2013

Damages
2007

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Stars in the House
2020

God Friended Me
2018

Hunters
2020

Big Mouth
2017

Columbo
1971

Caroline in the City
1995

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Mid-Century Modern
2025

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956