Judd Seymore Hirsch (born March 15, 1935 in The Bronx, New York) is an actor best known for his roles as Alex Rieger on Taxi and Alan Eppes on NUMB3RS., both produced by Paramount Television (but in the latter case, only for the first two seasons). Hirsch also starred in Dear John and George & Leo for Paramount.
Hirsch has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role twice: for his role as Dr. Tyrone C. Berger in the 1980 film Ordinary People, and for his role as Boris Schildkraut in the 2022 film The Fabelmans.
He was married to Elisa Sadaune and Bonni Sue Chalkin and he has three children.
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Works he has appeared in:
Film roles
- Serpico as Cop (uncredited)
- King of the Gypsies as Groffo
- Ordinary People as Dr. Tyrone C. Berger
- Without a Trace (1983) as Detective Al Manetti
- The Goodbye People as Arthur Korman
- Teachers (1984) as Roger Rubell
- Running on Empty as Arthur Pope/Paul Manfield
- Independence Day as Julius Levinson
- Independence Day: Resurgence as Julius Levinson
- Out Of The Cold as Leon Axelrod
- Man on the Moon as Judd Hirsch/actor
- A Beautiful Mind as Dr. Helinger
- Zeyda And The Hitman as Gideon Schub
- Brothers Shadow as Leo Groden
- Polish Bar as Uncle Sol
- Tower Heist as Mr. Simon
- The Muppets (2011) as Himself (Cameo)
- This Must Be the Place as Mordecai Midler
- Altered Minds as Dr. Nathan Shellner
- Sharknado 2: The Second One as Ben (TV Movie)
- The Meyerowitz Stories as L.J. Shapiro
- Uncut Gems as Gooey
- I Mordecai as Mordecai Samel
- Hollywood Stargirl as Mr. Mitchell
- Showing Up as Bill
- The Fabelmans as Uncle Boris
Television roles
- The Law as Murray Stone (3 episodes)
- Columbo as Make-up artist (1 episode)
- Visions as Joe Morris (1 episode)
- Rhoda as Mike Andretti (1 episode)
- Delvecchio as Sgt. Delvecchio
- Taxi as Alex Rieger
- Detective In The House as Press Wyman
- Dear John as John Lacey
- Caroline in the City as Ben Karinsky (1 episode)
- George & Leo as Leo Wagonman
- Welcome To New York as Dr. Bob (1 episode)
- Family Law as Daniel Bonner (1 episode)
- Philly as Rabbi Nathan Wexler (1 episode)
- Regular Joe as Baxter Binder (6 episodes)
- Street Time as Shimi Goldman (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Ben Elkins (1 episode)
- Tom Goes to the Mayor as Prisoner (1 episode)
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Wes Mendell (1 episode)
- American Dad! as Rabbi (1 episode)
- NUMB3RS as Alan Eppes
- The Whole Truth as Judge Wright (1 episode)
- Warehouse 13 as Izzy Weisfelt (1 episode)
- Damages as Bill Herndon (14 episodes)
- The Good Wife as Judge Harrison Creary (1 episode)
- Perception (2012) as Sigmund Freud (1 episode)
- Small Miracles as Mort
- Forever as Abraham "Abe" Morgan
- Family Guy as Judd Hirsches/Judd Hirsch
- Maron as Larry (5 episodes)
- The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Alfred Hofstadter (recurring)
- Superior Donuts as Arthur Przybyskewski
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Joseph Edelman/Dr. Judah Platner (2 episodes)
- Big Mouth as Lewis Glouberman (1 episode)
- Modern Love as Cop/Vendor/Taxi Driver (1 episode)
- The Goldbergs as Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg (recurring)
- God Friended Me as Abe (1 episode)
- Hunters as Simon Wisenthal (1 episode)
Theatre roles
- Talley's Folly as Matt (original cast)
- Conversations With My Father as Eddie Ross
