Judd Hirsch

Acting · Born 1935-03-15 in New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

• A Beautiful Mind as Helinger
• Independence Day as Julius Levinson
• Ordinary People as Dr. Berger
• Running on Empty as Arthur Pope
• This Must Be the Place as Mordecai Midler
• Man on the Moon as Self (uncredited)
• Serpico as Cop (uncredited)
• Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond as Self
• Uncut Gems as Gooey
• The Fabelmans as Uncle Boris

TV

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Judah Platner
• Forever as Abe
• Warehouse 13 as Izzy Weisfelt
• The Big Bang Theory as Alfred Hofstadter
• Cosmos as Robert Oppenheimer (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Joseph Edelman
• God Friended Me as Abe
• Big Mouth as Lewis Glouberman (voice)
• Columbo as Make-up Artist (uncredited)
• The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest