Person
Alan Alda
Acting · Born 1936-01-28 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Alan Alda (born January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series MASH. He is currently a visiting professor at the Stony Brook University School of Journalism.
Known for
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Blacklist
Fitch
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
The West Wing
Arnold Vinick
ER
Gabriel Lawrence
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Guest Host
Filmography
- 2025Dear Ms.: A Revolution in PrintSelf
- 2025The Four SeasonsDon
- 2025Just a Man: Sam the HotelHimself
- 2024Remembering Gene WilderSelf
- 2024M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed TelevisionSelf
- 2022Ray Donovan: The MovieDr. Arthur Amiot
- 2020The Making of "Marriage Story"Self
- 2019Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelf
- 2019Marriage StoryBert Spitz
- 2019This Changes EverythingSelf
- 2018The Emperor's Newest ClothesNarrator
- 2017ItzhakSelf
- 2017The Good FightSolomon Waltzer
- 2016Horace and PeteUncle Pete
- 2015Bridge of SpiesThomas Watters Jr.
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
- 2015The SeventiesSelf (archive footage)
- 2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSelf
- 2015The Longest RideIra Levinson
- 2014Life's Essentials with Ruby DeeSelf
- 201450 Years of BBC Two ComedySelf
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
- 2014Broad CityDr. Jay Heller
- 2013The BlacklistFitch
- 201350 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. KrausNarrator (voice)
- 2012WanderlustCarvin
- 2011Tower HeistArthur Shaw
- 2010Behind the Burly QSelf
- 2010MasterclassSelf
- 2010The Human SparkHost
- 2008Nothing but the TruthAlan Burnside
- 2008Flash of GeniusGregory Lawson
- 2008Diminished CapacityUncle Rollie
- 2007Resurrecting the ChampRalph Metz
- 2007The Dame Edna Treatment
- 200630 RockMilton Greene
- 2006Rachael Ray
- 2005The Colbert Report
- 2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
- 2004The AviatorSenator Ralph Owen Brewster
- 2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest
- 2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
- 2002M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary ReunionHimself
- 2001The Killing YardErnie Goodman
- 2001Good Day LiveSelf
- 2001Club LandWillie Walters
- 2000What Women WantDan Wanamaker
- 1999The West WingArnold Vinick
- 1999Keepers of the FrameHimself
- 1998The Object of My AffectionSidney Miller
- 1997Mad CityKevin Hollander
- 1997The ViewSelf - Guest
- 1997Murder at 1600Jordan
- 1996Everyone Says I Love YouBob Dandridge
- 1996The Daily ShowSelf
- 1996Flirting with DisasterRichard Schlichting
- 1996Jake's WomenJake
- 1995Canadian BaconU.S. President
- 1994ERGabriel Lawrence
- 1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
- 1994White MileDan Cutler
- 1993Intimate PortraitSelf
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
- 1993And the Band Played OnDr. Robert Gallo
- 1993Manhattan Murder MysteryTed
- 1992Whispers in the DarkLeo Green
- 1992Blast 'EmSelf (uncredited)
- 1991Memories of M*A*S*HSelf / Hawkeye Pierce
- 1990Scientific American Frontiers
- 1990Betsy's WeddingEddie Hopper
- 1989Crimes and MisdemeanorsLester
- 1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest
- 1988A New LifeSteve Giardino
- 1986Sweet LibertyMichael Burgess
- 1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star BloopersSelf (archive footage)
- 1984The Ratings GameAlan Alda (uncredited)
- 1984The Four SeasonsJack Burroughs
- 1981The Four SeasonsJack Burroughs
- 1981Making 'M*A*S*H'Self
- 1981She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th CenturyNarrator
- 1979The Seduction of Joe TynanJoe Tynan
- 1978Same Time, Next YearGeorge Peters
- 1978California SuiteBill Warren
- 1978Ciné regardsSelf
- 1977Kill Me If You CanCaryl W. Chessman
- 1975We'll Get ByCreator
- 1975People's Choice AwardsSelf - Presenter
- 1974Dinah!Self
- 19746 RMS RIV VUPaul Friedman
- 1974Free to Be… You and MeSelf
- 1973Juke and OpalJimmy
- 1973Lily
- 1973Isn't It Shocking?Dan
- 1972PlaymatesMarshall Barnett
- 1972M*A*S*HHawkeye Pierce
- 1972To Kill a ClownMaj. Evelyn Ritchie
- 1972The Glass HouseJonathon Paige
- 1971The Mephisto WaltzMyles Clarkson
- 1970The Moonshine WarJohn W. (Son) Martin
- 1970JennyDelano
- 1969The Extraordinary SeamanLt. J / G Morton Krim
- 1968Paper LionGeorge Plimpton
- 1968PremiereFrank St. John
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest / Morton / Various Characters
- 1967Coronet BlueClay Breznia
- 1967Lionpower from MGMSelf - Lt. j.g. Morton Krim (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1966Where's Everett?Arnold Barker
- 1963Gone Are the Days!Charlie Cotchipee
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962The NursesDr. John Griffin
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Guest Host
- 1960Route 66Dr. Glazer
- 1958Naked CityYoung Poet
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1949The Emmy AwardsSelf
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
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