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Alan Alda

Alan Alda is an American actor and comedian. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he played Hawkeye Pierce in the war television series M*A*S*H (1972–1983). Alda is known for his recurring roles on television programs such as Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing and Tina Fey's 30 Rock. He received critical acclaim for films such as Same Time, Next Year (1978) alongside Ellen Burstyn and for his directorial debut film The Four Seasons (1981).


Aliases
  • Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo
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Marriage Story

2019
as Bert Spitz

Itzhak

2017
as Self

Bridge of Spies

2015
as Thomas Watters Jr.

The Longest Ride

2015
as Ira Levinson

Wanderlust

2012
as Carvin

Tower Heist

2011
as Arthur Shaw

Nothing But the Truth

2008
as Alan Burnside

Flash of Genius

2008
as Gregory Lawson

Diminished Capacity

2008
as Uncle Rollie

The Aviator

2004
as Senator Ralph Owen Brewster

Club Land

2001
as Willie Walters

The Killing Yard

2001
as Ernie Goodman

What Women Want

2000
as Dan Wanamaker

Keepers of the Frame

1999
as Alan Alda

The Object of My Affection

1998
as Sidney Miller

Murder at 1600

1997
as Jordan

Mad City

1997
as Kevin Hollander

Everyone Says I Love You

1996
as Bob Danridge

Flirting with Disaster

1996
as Richard Schlichting

Canadian Bacon

1995
as U.S. President

White Mile

1994
as Dan Cutler

And the Band Played On

1993
as Dr. Robert Gallo

Blast 'Em

1992
as Alan Alda

Whispers in the Dark

1992
as Leo Green

Betsy's Wedding

1990
as Eddie Hopper

A New Life

1988
as Steve Giardino

Sweet Liberty

1986
as Michael Burgess

Goodbye, Farewell & Amen

1983
as Captain Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye Pierce

The Four Seasons

1981
as Jack Burroughs

California Suite

1978
as Bill Warren

Same Time, Next Year

1978
as George Peters

Kill Me If You Can

1977
as Caryl W. Chessman

6 Rms Riv Vu

1974
as Paul Friedman

The Glass House

1972
as Jonathon Paige

To Kill A Clown

1972
as Maj. Evelyn Ritchie

Playmates

1972
as Marshall Barnett

The Mephisto Waltz

1971
as Myles Clarkson

The Moonshine War

1970
as John W. (Son) Martin

The Extraordinary Seaman

1969
as Lt. (J.G.) Morton Krim

Paper Lion

1968
as George Plimpton

Lionpower from MGM

1967
as Lt. j.g. Morton Krim

Where's Everett

1966
as Arnold Barker

Gone Are the Days!

1963
as Charlie Cotchipee

Director

Movie Betsy's Wedding 1990
Movie A New Life 1988
Movie Sweet Liberty 1986
Movie Goodbye, Farewell & Amen 1983
Movie The Four Seasons 1981
Movie 6 Rms Riv Vu 1974

Writer

Movie M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion 2002
Movie Sweet Liberty 1986
Movie Goodbye, Farewell & Amen 1983
Movie The Four Seasons 1981
Movie The Seduction of Joe Tynan 1979

Producer

Movie Shooting an Elephant 2016