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Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch’s screen credits include Helinger in A Beautiful Mind, Gooey in Uncut Gems, and Julius Levinson in Independence Day.
Born March 15, 1935 New York City, New York, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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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- 2026Fantasy LifeFred
- 2025Stay ForteActor
- 2025The Best You CanProducer · Walter Rand
- 2024Rally CapsHerb
- 2023Showing UpBill
- 2023The Fabelmans: A Family in FilmSelf
- 2023iMordecaiMordecai Samel
- 2022The FabelmansUncle Boris
- 2022Hollywood StargirlMr. Mitchell
- 2021Burning at Both EndsBertrand
- 2020A Deadly LegendCarl Turner
- 2019Gone HollywoodLev Kertzman
- 2017The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)L.J. Shapiro
- 2017Jim & Andy: The Great BeyondSelf
- 2017Summer Camp IslandShark / Monster Under the Bed (voice)
- 2016Independence Day: ResurgenceJulius Levinson
- 2016Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'Self
- 2016Resurgence: It's Early AlbuquerqueJulius Levinson
- 2016Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James BurrowsSelf
- 2014Altered MindsDr. Nathaniel Shellner
- 2014Sharknado 2: The Second OneBen
- 2011Silent WitnessSaul Rubin
- 2011The MuppetsJudd Hirsch
- 2011Tower HeistMr. Simon
- 2011This Must Be the PlaceMordecai Midler
- 2010Polish BarUncle Sol
- 2006Brother's ShadowLeo Groden
- 2004Zeyda and the HitmanGideon Schub
- 2003Who Killed the Federal Theatre?Narrator
- 1999Man on the MoonSelf (uncredited)
- 1999Out of the ColdLeon Axelrod
- 1999Rocky MarcianoAl Weill
- 1997Color of JusticeSam Lind
- 1996The Making of 'Independence Day'Self (archive footage)
- 1996The 1964 World's FairNarrator
- 1995Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in DangerActor
- 1994Betrayal of TrustJules Masserman
- 1991Coney Island(voice)
- 1990She Said NoMartin Knapek
- 1988The Great Escape II: The Untold StoryCapt. David Matthews
- 1988Running on EmptyArthur Pope
- 1986Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis SingerSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1985Brotherly LoveBen Ryder / Harry Ryder
- 1985First StepsDr. Jerrold Petrofsky
- 1984LightsNarrator
- 1984TeachersRoger Rubell
- 1984The Goodbye PeopleArthur Korman
- 1983Without a TraceAl Menetti
- 1982I Love LibertySelf
- 1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
- 1980Ordinary PeopleDr. Berger
- 1980Marriage Is Alive and WellHerb Rollie
- 1979The Halloween That Almost Wasn'tCount Dracula
- 1979Sooner or LaterBob Walters
- 1978King of the GypsiesGroffo
- 1976The KeegansLt. Marco Ciardi
- 1975The Legend of ValentinoJack Auerbach
- 1975Fear on TrialSaul
- 1974The LawMurray Stone
- 1973SerpicoCop (uncredited)
- 1971JumpMan (uncredited)
- Eugene Gregan: Born DeadSelf
- The December CrossActor
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