Alan Alda Brief Biography

Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; 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 starring roles as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H and Arnold Vinick in The West Wing, and his supporting role in the 2004 film The Aviator, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Journalism and a member of the advisory board of The Center for Communicating Science. He serves on the board of the World Science Festival and is a judge for Math-O-Vision.

Alan Alda News

• The Almanac for July 31, the 212th day of 2019
• The Almanac for January 28, the 28th day of 2019
• Tom Hanks to present Alan Alda with SAG Life Achievement Award
• 'M*A*S*H' star Alan Alda reveals Parkinson's disease diagnosis