Alan Alda

Alan Alda has recently had the distinction of being nominated for an Oscar, a Tony, and an Emmy – as well as publishing a bestselling book – all in the same year. His memoir, entitled Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, and Other Things I’ve Learned, became a New York Times bestseller. His newest bestseller, Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, takes a funny and insightful look at those rare moments, both big and small, that define meaning in life.

Alda has earned international recognition as an actor, writer and director. His films include Crimes and Misdemeanors, Everyone Says I Love You, Flirting With Disaster, Manhattan Murder Mystery, And The Band Played On, Same Time, Next Year and California Suite, as well as The Seduction of Joe Tynan, which he wrote, and The Four Seasons, Sweet Liberty, A New Life, and Betsy’s Wedding, all of which he wrote and directed. He most recently received an Oscar nomination for his performance in The Aviator.

His Emmy win for his role as “Arnold Vinick,” a Republican candidate for the presidency on The West Wing, was the sixth in his career. It was also his 32nd Emmy nomination. The recipient of many other awards, he also received the National Science Board’s Public Service Award and has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1994, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

Alda’s Tony nominations include nods for his role in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross,” Neil Simon's "Jake’s Women" and the musical "The Apple Tree." He has appeared on Broadway as the physicist Richard Feynman in the play "QED" and starred in the first American production of the international hit play "ART." Other appearances on Broadway include "The Owl and the Pussycat,” "Purlie Victorious" and "Fair Game for Lovers," the role for which he received a Theatre World Award.

On television, Alda is perhaps best well-known for playing “Hawkeye Pierce” on the classic series M*A*S*H. He also wrote and directed many of the episodes. He previously hosted the award winning series Scientific American Frontiers on PBS for eleven years, interviewing leading scientists from around the world. His other television performances include Truman Capote's The Glass House and Kill Me If You Can, for which he received an Emmy nomination.

Alda has won the Director’s Guild Award three times for his work on television, and has received six Golden Globes from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, seven People's Choice Awards, and has been nominated for two Writer's Guild Awards. For twenty years he was a member of the Board of the Museum of Television & Radio, and for ten years, from 1989 to 1999, he was a Trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation.