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.
64 movies · 48 shows
Fantasy Life
2026·6.2
Stay Forte
2025·10.0
The Best You Can
2025·7.0
Rally Caps
2024·6.8
Showing Up
2023·5.8
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023·7.1
iMordecai
2023·2.5
The Fabelmans
2022·7.6
Hollywood Stargirl
2022·6.6
Burning at Both Ends
2021·6.0
A Deadly Legend
2020·2.6
Uncut Gems
2019·7.2
Gone Hollywood
2019·0.0
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017·6.5
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017·7.5
Summer Camp Island
2017·7.7
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016·5.4
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
2016·7.0
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
2016·5.0
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016·4.0
Altered Minds
2014·4.6
Sharknado 2: The Second One
2014·4.6
Silent Witness
2011·6.3
The Muppets
2011·6.7
Tower Heist
2011·6.1
This Must Be the Place
2011·7.0
Polish Bar
2010·0.0
Brother's Shadow
2006·5.5
Zeyda and the Hitman
2004·5.5
Who Killed the Federal Theatre?
2003·10.0
A Beautiful Mind
2001·7.9
Man on the Moon
1999·7.2
Out of the Cold
1999·6.5
Rocky Marciano
1999·5.9
Color of Justice
1997·5.2
Independence Day
1996·6.9
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996·6.1
The 1964 World's Fair
1996·6.7
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995·8.7
Betrayal of Trust
1994·6.5
Coney Island
1991·8.0
She Said No
1990·7.7
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988·5.5
Running on Empty
1988·7.4
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
1986·6.0
Brotherly Love
1985·7.3
First Steps
1985·8.0
Lights
1984·8.0
Teachers
1984·5.7
The Goodbye People
1984·10.0
Without a Trace
1983·5.3
I Love Liberty
1982·0.0
Night of 100 Stars
1982·5.8
Ordinary People
1980·7.4
Marriage Is Alive and Well
1980·4.7
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
1979·6.2
Sooner or Later
1979·6.1
King of the Gypsies
1978·5.9
The Keegans
1976·8.0
The Legend of Valentino
1975·6.7
Fear on Trial
1975·9.0
The Law
1974·0.0
Serpico
1973·7.5
Jump
1971·9.0