Cast & creator
Judd Hirsch
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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.
Also known as: جاد هیرش, Judd Seymore Hirsch
67
film credits
52
television credits
118
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (119)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judah Platner
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Joseph Edelman
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Family Guy
Judd Hirsch (voice)
1999
American Dad!
Rabbi (voice)
2005
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Ben Elkins
2001
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Good Wife
Judge Harrison Creary
2009
Columbo
Make-up Artist (uncredited)
1971
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member
1944
The Goldbergs
Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg
2013
Numb3rs
Alan Eppes
2005
American Experience
(voice)
1988
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Taxi
Alex Reiger
1978
The Big Bang Theory
Alfred Hofstadter
2007
Warehouse 13
Izzy Weisfelt
2009
Damages
Bill Herndon
2007
Big Mouth
Lewis Glouberman (voice)
2017The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Perception
Sigmund Freud
2012
Caroline in the City
Ben Karinsky
1995
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Family Law
Daniel Bonner
1999
Dear John
John Lacey
1988
Rhoda
1974
Hunters
Simon Wiesenthal
2020
Cosmos
Robert Oppenheimer (voice)
2014
Street Time
Shimi Goldman
2002
God Friended Me
Abe
2018
Extrapolations
David Goldblatt
2023
A Beautiful Mind
Helinger
2001
Independence Day
Julius Levinson
1996
Forever
Abe
2014
Maron
Larry
2013
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Prisoner (voice)
2004
Uncut Gems
Gooey
2019
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Wes Mendell
2006
Modern Love
Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver
2019
The Fabelmans
Uncle Boris
2022
Mid-Century Modern
Alan
2025
George & Leo
Leo Wagonman
1997
Independence Day: Resurgence
Julius Levinson
2016
The Muppets
Judd Hirsch
2011
Superior Donuts
Arthur Przybyszewski
2017
Medical Story
Dr. Joe Dempsey
1975
Tower Heist
Mr. Simon
2011
Delvecchio
Dominick Delvecchio
1976
Man on the Moon
Self (uncredited)
1999
Ordinary People
Dr. Berger
1980
Serpico
Cop (uncredited)
1973
Generation Gap
Self
2022
Showing Up
Bill
2023
Hollywood Stargirl
Mr. Mitchell
2022
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Sharknado 2: The Second One
Ben
2014
The Best You Can
Walter Rand
2025The Best You Can
Executive Producer
2025
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
David Matthews
1988
This Must Be the Place
Mordecai Midler
2011
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
L.J. Shapiro
2017
Running on Empty
Arthur Pope
1988
The Real Jesus of Nazareth
Narrator
2017
Regular Joe
Baxter Binder
2003
Burning at Both Ends
Bertrand
2021
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Capt. David Matthews
1988
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
King of the Gypsies
Groffo
1978Detective in the House
1985
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Self
2017
Silent Witness
Saul Rubin
2011
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
2016
Rally Caps
Herb
2024Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
Julius Levinson
2016
Coney Island
(voice)
1991
Without a Trace
Al Menetti
1983
Fantasy Life
Fred
2026
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Self
2023
Teachers
Roger Rubell
1984
The Making of 'Independence Day'
Self (archive footage)
1996
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
Self
2016
First Steps
Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky
1985
The Legend of Valentino
Jack Auerbach
1975
iMordecai
Mordecai Samel
2023
Out of the Cold
Leon Axelrod
1999
Rocky Marciano
Al Weill
1999
I Love Liberty
Self
1982
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
Count Dracula
1979
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Color of Justice
Sam Lind
1997
Sooner or Later
Bob Walters
1979
Stay Forte
2025
Marriage Is Alive and Well
Herb Rollie
1980
Zeyda and the Hitman
Gideon Schub
2004
A Deadly Legend
Carl Turner
2020
The Goodbye People
Arthur Korman
1984
She Said No
Martin Knapek
1990
Polish Bar
Uncle Sol
2010
Eugene Gregan: Born Dead
Self
Summer Camp Island
Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)
2017
The Keegans
Lt. Marco Ciardi
1976
Lights
Narrator
1984
Brotherly Love
Ben Ryder / Harry Ryder
1985
Altered Minds
Dr. Nathaniel Shellner
2014
Jump
Man (uncredited)
1971
Gone Hollywood
Lev Kertzman
2019
The Law
Murray Stone
1974
Brother's Shadow
Leo Groden
2006
Betrayal of Trust
Jules Masserman
1994
Fear on Trial
Saul
1975The December Cross
Who Killed the Federal Theatre?
Narrator
2003Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
Self - Narrator (voice)
1986
The 1964 World's Fair
Narrator
1996