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Judd Hirsch
New York City, New York, USA
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…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Fantasy Life
Movie Fred
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2025
Stay Forte
Movie
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2025
The Best You Can
Movie Walter Rand
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2025
Mid-Century Modern
TV show Alan
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2024
Rally Caps
Movie Herb
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2023
Showing Up
Movie Bill
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2023
Extrapolations
TV show David Goldblatt
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2023
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Movie Self
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2023
iMordecai
Movie Mordecai Samel
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2022
The Fabelmans
Movie Uncle Boris
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2022
Generation Gap
TV show Self
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2022
Hollywood Stargirl
Movie Mr. Mitchell
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2021
Burning at Both Ends
Movie Bertrand
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2020
A Deadly Legend
Movie Carl Turner
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2020
Stars in the House
TV show Self
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2020
Hunters
TV show Simon Wiesenthal
More credits
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2019
Uncut Gems
Movie Gooey
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2019
Modern Love
TV show Cop / Vendor / Taxi Driver
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2019
Gone Hollywood
Movie Lev Kertzman
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2018
God Friended Me
TV show Abe
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2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Movie L.J. Shapiro
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2017
Big Mouth
TV show Lewis Glouberman (voice)
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2017
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Movie Self
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2017
The Real Jesus of Nazareth
TV show Narrator
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2017
Summer Camp Island
Movie Shark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)
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2017
Superior Donuts
TV show Arthur Przybyszewski
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2016
Independence Day: Resurgence
Movie Julius Levinson
- 2016
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2016
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
Movie Julius Levinson
- 2016
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2014
Altered Minds
Movie Dr. Nathaniel Shellner
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2014
Forever
TV show Abe
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2014
Sharknado 2: The Second One
Movie Ben
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2014
Cosmos
TV show Robert Oppenheimer (voice)
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2013
The Goldbergs
TV show Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg
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2013
Maron
TV show Larry
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2012
Perception
TV show Sigmund Freud
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2011
Silent Witness
Movie Saul Rubin
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2011
The Muppets
Movie Judd Hirsch
