About
Alan Alda, born Alphonso D'Abruzzo in the Bronx, is an American actor, director, and writer. He is best known for his role as Captain Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H (1972-1983), for which he also wrote and directed episodes. He has won six Emmy Awards, including one in each of the categories acting, writing, and directing, as well as six Golden Globes. In film, he was nominated for an Oscar for The Aviator (2004) and appeared in movies such as Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Marriage Story (2019). A science enthusiast, he hosted Scientific American Frontiers and founded the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University. He is also a bestselling memoirist.
* 1936-01-28
Major works
- M*A*S*H (1972)TV series
- Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (2005)memoir
- Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself (2008)memoir
- The Aviator (2004)film
- Marriage Story (2019)film
Key milestones
- 1972Begins role as Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H, lasting until 1983.
- 2006Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- 2016Receives the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.
Themes
War and humanityScience communicationFamily and relationshipsMemory and identityImprovisation and creativity
Sources: televisionacademy.com · amacad.org · fordham.edu