Alan Alda

Actor, Film actor

1936 –

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Who is Alan Alda?

Alan Alda 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.

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Born
Jan 28, 1936
New York City
Also known as
  • Alfonso Joseph D'Abruzzo
  • Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo
  • Alda, Alan
  • Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
  • Agnosticism
Ethnicity
  • Irish American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Fordham University
  • Archbishop Stepinac High School
Lived in
  • White Plains
  • The Bronx
  • New York City
  • Chicago

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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