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 Blacklist
Fitch
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The West Wing
Arnold Vinick
The Colbert Report
2005
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Guest Host
ER
Gabriel Lawrence
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
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
- 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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