Sign in Sign up

Acting

Judd Hirsch

Career: Active from 1974 to 2026, busiest in 1988 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 35
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Ordinary People
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Judd Hirsch Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Scare
1.6, average 2.6
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8
Violence
3.2, average 4.1
Uncanny
1.8, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Legal Drama 4
Character Study 4
Social Commentary 3
Comfort Viewing 3
Family Drama 3
Historical Drama 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Crime Investigation 2
Moral Dilemmas 2
Urban Setting 2
Police Procedural 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

92

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

12 titles · average score 63

Fantasy Life

70

as Fred

The Best You Can

67

as Walter Rand

Mid-Century Modern

73

TV show · as Alan

Rally Caps

70

as Herb

iMordecai

47

as Mordecai Samel

Extrapolations

51

TV show · as David Goldblatt

Showing Up

73

as Bill

Hollywood Stargirl

70

as Mr. Mitchell

The Fabelmans

82

as Uncle Boris

Burning at Both Ends

50

as Bertrand

A Deadly Legend

35

as Carl Turner

Hunters

63

TV show · as Simon Wiesenthal

2010s

23 titles · average score 66

Uncut Gems

81

as Gooey

Superior Donuts

57

TV show · as Arthur Przybyszewski

The Real Jesus of Nazareth

TV show · as Narrator

Big Mouth

80

TV show · as Lewis Glouberman (voice)

Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque

as Julius Levinson

Forever

70

TV show · as Abe

Altered Minds

48

as Dr. Nathaniel Shellner

Cosmos

85

TV show · as Robert Oppenheimer (voice)

The Goldbergs

64

TV show · as Ben 'Pop-Pop' Goldberg

Perception

64

TV show · as Sigmund Freud

Tower Heist

60

as Mr. Simon

The Muppets

79

as Judd Hirsch

2000s

15 titles · average score 71

The Good Wife

85

TV show · as Judge Harrison Creary

Warehouse 13

76

TV show · as Izzy Weisfelt

The Big Bang Theory

75

TV show · as Alfred Hofstadter

Damages

83

TV show · as Bill Herndon

Brother's Shadow

as Leo Groden

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

78

TV show · as Wes Mendell

Numb3rs

62

TV show · as Alan Eppes

American Dad!

60

TV show · as Rabbi (voice)

Zeyda and the Hitman

52

as Gideon Schub

Who Killed the Federal Theatre?

as Narrator

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Ben Elkins

A Beautiful Mind

77

as Helinger

1990s

14 titles · average score 64

Rocky Marciano

48

as Al Weill

Family Guy

64

TV show · as Judd Hirsch (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Judah Platner / Joseph Edelman

Out of the Cold

50

as Leon Axelrod

George & Leo

78

TV show · as Leo Wagonman

Color of Justice

59

as Sam Lind

Independence Day

69

as Julius Levinson

The 1964 World's Fair

as Narrator

Caroline in the City

64

TV show · as Ben Karinsky

Betrayal of Trust

62

as Jules Masserman

Coney Island

77

as (voice)

She Said No

69

as Martin Knapek

1980s

14 titles · average score 64

Dear John

62

TV show · as John Lacey

Running on Empty

75

as Arthur Pope

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

57

TV show · as David Matthews

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

51

as Capt. David Matthews

American Experience

75

TV show · as (voice)

Brotherly Love

as Ben Ryder / Harry Ryder

First Steps

as Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky

Teachers

52

as Roger Rubell

The Goodbye People

as Arthur Korman

Lights

as Narrator

Without a Trace

61

as Al Menetti

Ordinary People

83

as Dr. Berger

1970s

14 titles · average score 69

The Halloween That Almost Wasn't

61

as Count Dracula

Sooner or Later

68

as Bob Walters

Taxi

77

TV show · as Alex Reiger

King of the Gypsies

49

as Groffo

Delvecchio

TV show · as Dominick Delvecchio

The Legend of Valentino

as Jack Auerbach

Fear on Trial

as Saul

Medical Story

TV show · as Dr. Joe Dempsey

The Law

as Murray Stone

Rhoda

65

TV show

Serpico

83

as Cop (uncredited)

Columbo

83

TV show · as Make-up Artist (uncredited)