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Alan Alda
Alan Alda is an American actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning seven decades on both stage and screen, he is best known for portraying Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the CBS wartime sitcom M*A*S*H (1972–1983), where he also wrote and directed numerous episodes of the series. Alda has received numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards, as…
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Born 28 January 1936 · Q310394
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2026· 4 entries
Yahoo: What M*A*S*H Star Alan Alda's Life Was Like Before Finding Success With The Show
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Yahoo: What Alan Alda's M*A*S*H Co-Stars Have Really Said About Him Over The Years
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HELLO! Magazine: Alan Alda shares honest reality of living with Parkinson's at 90: 'It's a game'
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2025· 2 entries
New York Post: Alan Alda reveals he didn’t recognize his own daughter due to face blindness
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Alda appeared in a cameo role in The Four Seasons, a Netflix miniseries
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2023· 1 entry
Military.com: Why Alan Alda Is Auctioning His 'M*A*S*H' Dog Tags and Boots After 40 Years
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2021· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2021).
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Received the Kavli Foundation's first-ever Distinguished Kavli Science Communicator award for his pioneering work in communicating the excitement, mystery and marvels of science
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2019· 3 entries
Alda stated, "I'd work with him again if he wanted me
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Alda received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
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Alda appeared in Noah Baumbach's thirteenth film, Marriage Story, as a warm-hearted lawyer who represents a stage director (Adam Driver) during the divorce proceedings
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2018· 1 entry
Alda appeared on CBS This Morning and announced he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease three years earlier
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2016· 5 entries
Won NAS Public Welfare Medal (2016).
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Alda took part in the opening night show of John Mulaney and Nick Kroll's The Oh, Hello Show at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway
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"for his extraordinary application of the skills honed as an actor to communicating science on television and stage, and by teaching scientists innovative techniques that allow them to tell their stories to the public"
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Alda gained critical praise for his performance in Louis C
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“I respect Louis so much as an artist. But he did a terrible thing, and I hope he finds a way to come to terms with both of those things.”
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2015· 1 entry
Alda appeared as a lawyer, Thomas Watters, alongside Tom Hanks as James Donovan, in Steven Spielberg's cold-war drama film Bridge of Spies which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture
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2014· 3 entries
Awarded James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry (2014).
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For his work with the Center for Communicating Science and the annual Flame Challenge
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Alda was awarded the American Chemical Society's James T
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement (2013).
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2011· 3 entries
Alda wrote Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, a full-length play that focuses on Marie Curie's professional and personal life during the time between the Nobel Prizes won by her for physics and chemistry, from 1903 to
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“s professional and personal life during the time between the Nobel Prizes won by her for physics and chemistry, from 1903 to 1911. On February 18, 2021, he received the Kavli Foundation”
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Alda starred with Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick and Eddie Murphy in the comedy film Tower Heist
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2010· 1 entry
Became a visiting professor at Stony Brook University
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2009· 1 entry
Was a founder of the university's Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
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2008· 1 entry
Received a Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording nomination for Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for The West Wing (2006).
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Alda contributed his voice to a part in the audio book of Max Brooks' World War Z
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2005· 2 entries
Alda was the host for Scientific American Frontiers, which began on PBS in 1990
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Alda published his first memoir, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I've Learned
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2004· 2 entries
Alda was a regular cast member on the NBC program The West Wing, portraying California Republican U
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Alda portrayed conservative Maine Senator Owen Brewster in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award–winning film The Aviator, in which he co-starred with Leonardo DiCaprio
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Alda played National Security Adviser Alvin Jordan In Murder at 1600
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1996· 2 entries
Alda was ranked 41st on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time
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Alda played Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, in Camping With Henry and Tom, based on the book by Mark St
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1995· 1 entry
Starred as the President of the United States in Michael Moore's political satire/comedy film Canadian Bacon
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1994· 1 entry
And received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018
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1993· 1 entry
ER in 2000, 30 Rock in 2009, and The Blacklist in 2015
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1988· 1 entry
Alda starred opposite Ann-Margret in the marital comedy A New Life
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1983· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Awards for M*A*S*H (1983).
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Then it was moved to Lorimar Motion Pictures in 1986
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1982· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for M*A*S*H (1982).
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Awarded Directors Guild of America Award (1982).
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Won Golden Globe Awards for M*A*S*H (1982).
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1981· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Awards for M*A*S*H (1981).
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Awarded Directors Guild of America Award (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Awards for M*A*S*H (1980).
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for M*A*S*H (1979).
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for M*A*S*H (1977).
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1976· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Awards for M*A*S*H (1976).
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Awarded Directors Guild of America Award (1976).
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The Boston Globe dubbed him "the quintessential Honorary Woman: a feminist icon" for his activism on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment
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1975· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Awards for M*A*S*H (1975).
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for M*A*S*H (1974).
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1972· 1 entry
“television show Free to Be... You and Me. 1972–1983: M*A*S*H and acclaim In early 1972, Alda was selected to play Hawkeye Pierce in the television adaptation of the 1970 film M*A*S*H. He was nominated for twenty-one Emmy Awards, and won five. He took part in writing nineteen episodes, including the 1983 2.5-hour series finale”
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1966· 1 entry
Starred in the musical The Apple Tree on Broadway with Barbara Harris, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the role
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1964).
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1958· 1 entry
Appeared as Carlyle Thompson III on The Phil Silvers Show in the episode titled "Bilko the Art Lover"
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1957· 1 entry
When he played at the Kennebunkport Playhouse
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1956· 2 entries
Alda received his Bachelor of Arts degree
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While attending Fordham, Alda met Arlene Weiss, who was attending Hunter College
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1936· 2 entries
Born 1936-01-28.
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In Manhattan, to Robert Alda (born Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo), an actor and singer of Italian descent, and Joan Browne, a homemaker and former beauty-pageant winner of Irish descent
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