
Judd Hirsch
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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 has twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Ordinary People (1980) and The Fabelmans (2022), the longest gap between Academy Award nominations in history.
Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Columbo

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Tony Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Saturday Night Live

The Good Wife

Family Guy

Caroline in the City

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Big Mouth

God Friended Me

Damages

The Big Bang Theory

E! True Hollywood Story

American Dad!

Modern Love

Family Law

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Extrapolations

Street Time

Tom Goes to the Mayor

Medical Story

Hunters

Generation Gap

Rhoda

Serpico

The Muppets

Showing Up

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Independence Day: Resurgence

A Beautiful Mind

Tower Heist

Uncut Gems

Wild Oats

Hollywood Stargirl

Independence Day

The Fabelmans

Detective in the House

King of the Gypsies

Sharknado 2: The Second One

Color of Justice

Ordinary People

This Must Be the Place

Burning at Both Ends

First Steps

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

Superior Donuts

Forever

George & Leo

Taxi

Dear John
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