Judd Hirsch

Judd Seymore Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American stage, television and screen actor.
He portrays Leonard's father, Alfred Hofstadter, first appearing in the Season 9 finale of The Big Bang Theory, The Convergence Convergence. Judd is best known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi (TV Series), John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John (TV Series), and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs (2005–2010). He has also been in the films Ordinary People (1980), Running on Empty (1988), Independence Day (1996), and A Beautiful Mind (2001).
He has twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, has twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
==Family and Personal life==
Hirsch was born in The Bronx, a borough of New York City, the son of Sally (née Kitzis) and Joseph Sidney Hirsch, an electrician. Hirsch's father was born in New York, to a German Jewish father, Benjamin Hirsh, and an English-born mother, Rosa Hirsch (née Benjamin), whose family were Dutch Jews. Hirsch's mother was born in Russia, also to a Jewish family. Hirsch has a brother named Roland Hirsch.
He grew up in both Brooklyn and the Bronx, but graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School, located in The Bronx, in 1952, and later earned a degree in physics from City College of New York.
After graduating from college, Hirsch served a tour in the United States Army. Hirsch worked as an engineer for Westinghouse before he found work in the theater.
Hirsch had a child with his first wife, Elisa Sadaune, whom he was with from 1956 to 1967. He was married to his second wife, fashion designer Bonni Sue Chalkin, from 1992 to 2005.
Hirsch has three children. Son Alexander was born in 1966 with Elisa. From his second marriage, Hirsch has a daughter Montana and son London.
== Filmography ==
Film
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1971	Jump 	Unknown 	Uncredited
1973	Serpico 	Cop 	Uncredited
1978	King of the Gypsies 	Groffo 	
1980	Ordinary People 	Dr. Tyrone C. Berger 	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1983	Without a Trace 	Detective Al Manetti 	
1984	The Goodbye People 	Arthur Korman 	
1984	Teachers 	Roger Rubell 	
1988	Running on Empty 	Arthur Pope/Paul Manfield	
1996	Independence Day 	Julius Levinson 	
1999	Out of the Cold 	Leon Axelrod 	
1999	Man on the Moon 	Alex Rieger 	Uncredited cameo
2001	A Beautiful Mind 	Dr. Helinger 	Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2004	Zeyda and the Hitman 	Gideon Schub 	
2006	Brother's Shadow 	Leo Groden 	
2011	Tower Heist 	Mr. Simon 	
2011	The Muppets 	Himself 	Cameo
2011	This Must Be the Place 	Mordecai Midler 	
2013	Altered Minds 	Dr. Nathan Shellner 	
2016	Independence Day: Resurgence	Julius Levinson 	
2017	The Meyerowitz Stories 	L.J. Shapiro 	
2019	Uncut Gems 	Gooey 	
2022	The Fabelmans 	 	
TBA 	Hollywood Stargirl 	Mr. Mitchell 	
TBA 	Showing Up 	 	
Television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1974 	The Law 	Murray Stone 	Television movie
1975 	The Law 	Murray Stone 	3 episodes
1975 	Fear on Trial 	Saul 	Television movie
1975 	Medical Story 	Dr. Joe Dempsey 	Episode: "Waste Land"
1975 	The Legend of Valentino 	Jack Auerbach 	Television movie
1976 	The Keegans 	Lieutenant Marco Ciardi 	Television movie
1976 	Visions 	Joe Morris 	Episode: "Two Brothers"
1977 	Rhoda 	Mike 	2 episodes: "Rhoda Likes Mike", "The Weekend"
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
1976–1977	Delvecchio 	Sergeant Dominick Delvecchio	22 episodes
1979 	Sooner or Later 	Bob Walters 	Television movie
1979 	The Halloween That Almost Wasn't 	Count Dracula 	Television movie
1980 	Marriage Is Alive and Well 	Herb Rollie 	Television movie
1980 	The Last Resort 	Dr. Zegelman 	Episode: "Zegelmania"
1981 	The Robert Klein Show 	Unknown 	Television movie
1983 	Lights: The Miracle of Chanukah 	Unknown 	Television movie
1978–1983	Taxi 	Alex Reiger 	114 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1981, 1983)
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1979–1983)
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1979–1980, 1982)
1985 	Detective in the House 	Press Wyman 	6 episodes
1985 	First Steps 	Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky 	Television movie
1985 	Brotherly Love 	Ben Ryder/Harry Brand 	Television movie
1988–1992	Dear John 	John Lacey 	90 episodes
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1989)
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1990)
1988 	The Great Escape II: The Untold Story	Capt. David Matthews 	Television movie
1990 	She Said No 	Martin Knapek 	Television movie
1994 	Betrayal of Trust 	Dr. Jules Masserman 	Television movie
1996 	Caroline in the City 	Ben Karinsky 	Episode: "Caroline and the Comic"
1997 	Color of Justice 	Sam Lind 	Television movie
1997–1998	George and Leo 	Leo Wagonman 	22 episodes
1999 	Rocky Marciano 	Al Weill 	Television movie
2000 	Welcome to New York 	Dr. Bob 	Episode: "Dr. Bob"
2001 	Family Law 	Daniel Bonner 	Episode: "Security"
2002 	Philly 	Rabbi Nathan Wexler 	Episode: "The Curse of the Klopman Diamonds"
2003 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 	Dr. Judah Platner 	Episode: "Mercy"
2003 	Regular Joe 	Baxter Binder 	5 episodes
2003 	Street Time 	Shimi Goldman 	Episode: "High Holly Roller"
2003 	Law & Order: Criminal Intent 	Ben Elkins 	Episode: "Pravda"
2003 	Who Killed the Federal Theatre 	Narrator 	Television movie
2005 	Family Guy 	Himself (voice) 	Episode: "Blind Ambition"
2006 	Tom Goes to the Mayor 	Prisoner (voice) 	Episode: "Spray a Carpet or Rug"
2006 	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 	Wes Mendell 	Episode: "Pilot"
2009 	American Dad! 	Rabbi (voice) 	2 episodes
2005–2010	Numb3rs 	Alan Eppes 	114 episodes
2010 	Warehouse 13 	Isadore Weisfelt 	Episode: "Secret Santa"
2011–2012	Damages 	Bill Herndon 	14 episodes
2012 	The Good Wife 	Judge Harrison Creary 	Episode: "Here Comes the Judge"
2013–2015	Maron 	Larry Maron 	4 episodes
2014 	Sharknado 2: The Second One 	Ben 	Television movie
2014–2015	Forever 	Abraham "Abe" Morgan 	22 episodes
2014 	Small Miracles 	Mort 	4 episodes
2015–2021	The Goldbergs 	Ben "Pop-Pop" Goldberg 	8 episodes
2016 	The Big Bang Theory 	Dr. Alfred Hofstadter 	2 episodes
2016 	Family Guy 	Himself (voice) 	Episode: "Take a Letter"
2017–2018	Superior Donuts 	Arthur Przybyszewski 	34 episodes
2018 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 	Joseph Edelman 	Episode: "Alta Kockers"
2019–2020	Big Mouth 	Lewis Glouberman (voice) 	2 episodes
2019 	Modern Love 	Cop, Vendor, Taxi Driver 	Episode: "Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am"
2020 	God Friended Me 	Abe 	Episode: "A New Hope"
2020 	Hunters 	Simon Wiesenthal 	Episode: "The Jewish Question"
2020 	A Deadly Legend 	Carl Turner 	Television movie
Theatre
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1963 	Barefoot in the Park 	Telephone Man 	
1972–1973	The Hot l Baltimore 	Bill Lewis 	Best American Play - New York Drama Critics' Circle
Best American Play - Obie Award
1976 	Knock Knock 	Multiple roles 	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
1977–1978	Chapter Two 	George Schneider	Nominated - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
1980 	Talley's Folly 	Matt Friedman 	Nominated - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
Nominated - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
1985–1988	I'm Not Rappaport 	Nat 	Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
1992–1993	Conversations with My Father	Eddie 	Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
1996 	A Thousand Clowns 	Murray Burns 	
1998–1999	Art 	Marc 	
2002 	I'm Not Rappaport 	Nat 	
2004 	Sixteen Wounded 	Hans 	
==References==
Category:The Big Bang Theory Cast
Category:Fathers
Category:Guest Appearances
Category:Season 9 (The Big Bang Theory)
Category:Season 10 (The Big Bang Theory)