Alan Alda Overview:

Actor, Alan Alda, was born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo on Jan 28, 1936 in New York City, NY. As of December 2025, Alan Alda was 89 years old.

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Although Alda was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
2004Best Supporting ActorThe AviatorSenator Ralph Owen BrewsterNominated
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Alda was inducted into the TV Hall of Fame .

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A New Life (1988, )

on Apr 23, 2012 From The Stop Button

Alda opens A New Life likes it?s going to juxtapose he and Ann-Margret?s lives immediately follow their divorce. For a while, it does. Alda?s got Hal Linden as a sidekick, Ann-Margret?s got Mary Kay Place. It?s all very even. She?s going back to school, he?s trying to figure out how to date. The beg... Read full article


The Four Seasons (1981, )

on Jul 14, 2010 From The Stop Button

I didn’t read anything about The Four Seasons before watching it–I didn’t even know it was Carol Burnett in a dramatic role (she’s fantastic)–and if I had, maybe I would have had some idea where Alda was taking the film. Because he doesn’t take it where I was expe... Read full article


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Briefly considered a run for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in New Jersey after Bill Bradley announced his retirement in 1995.

1975 People's Choice Award: Favourite Male TV-Performer

Richard Hooker, who wrote the novel on which the film (M*A*S*H (1970)) and TV show ("M*A*S*H" (1972)) were based, did not like the TV series and in particular did not like Alda's portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce.

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