Alan Alda

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Alan Alda

Acting 90 January 28, 1936

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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 H…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.1 2015 TV Show
Marriage Story

Marriage Story

7.7 2019 Movie
Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

7.2 2015 Movie
The Aviator

The Aviator

7.2 2004 Movie
The Blacklist

The Blacklist

7.6 2013 TV Show
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.8 2005 TV Show
What Women Want

What Women Want

6.5 2000 Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.1 2014 TV Show
The Longest Ride

The Longest Ride

7.6 2015 Movie
Tower Heist

Tower Heist

6.1 2011 Movie
The Daily Show

The Daily Show

6.4 1996 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print

    Movie Self

  2. 2025
    The Four Seasons

    TV show Don

  3. 2025
    Just a Man: Sam the Hotel

    Movie Himself

  4. 2024
    Remembering Gene Wilder

    Movie Self

  5. 2024
    M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television

    Movie Self

  6. 2022
    Ray Donovan: The Movie

    Movie Dr. Arthur Amiot

  7. 2020
    The Making of "Marriage Story"

    Movie Self

  8. 2019
    Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

    Movie Self

  9. 2019
    Marriage Story

    Movie Bert Spitz

  10. 2019
    This Changes Everything

    Movie Self

  11. 2018
    The Emperor's Newest Clothes

    Movie Narrator

  12. 2017
    Itzhak

    Movie Self

  13. 2017
    The Good Fight

    TV show Solomon Waltzer

  14. 2016
    Horace and Pete

    TV show Uncle Pete

  15. 2015
    Bridge of Spies

    Movie Thomas Watters Jr.

  16. 2015
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    TV show Self - Guest

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  1. 2015
    The Seventies

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  2. 2015
    StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

    TV show Self

  3. 2015
    The Longest Ride

    Movie Ira Levinson

  4. 2014
    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Movie Self

  5. 2014
    50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

    Movie Self

  6. 2014
    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    TV show Self

  7. 2014
    Broad City

    TV show Dr. Jay Heller

  8. 2013
    The Blacklist

    TV show Fitch

  9. 2013
    50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  10. 2012
    Wanderlust

    Movie Carvin

  11. 2011
    Tower Heist

    Movie Arthur Shaw

  12. 2010
    Behind the Burly Q

    Movie Self

  13. 2010
    Masterclass

    TV show Self

  14. 2010
    The Human Spark

    TV show Host

  15. 2008
    Nothing But the Truth

    Movie Albert Burnside

  16. 2008
    Flash of Genius

    Movie Gregory Lawson

  17. 2008
    Diminished Capacity

    Movie Uncle Rollie

  18. 2007
    Resurrecting the Champ

    Movie Ralph Metz

  19. 2007
    The Dame Edna Treatment

    TV show

  20. 2006
    30 Rock

    TV show Milton Greene

  21. 2006
    Rachael Ray

    TV show

  22. 2005
    The Colbert Report

    TV show

  23. 2005
    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    TV show Self

  24. 2004
    The Aviator

    Movie Senator Ralph Owen Brewster