Alan Alda

Highest Rated:
100% And the Band Played On (1993)
Lowest Rated:
14% Canadian Bacon (1994)
Birthday:
Jan 28, 1936
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Bio:
The son of actor Robert Alda, Alan Alda grew up around vaudeville and burlesque comedians, soaking up as many jokes and routines as was humanly possible. Robert Alda hoped that his son would become a doctor, but the boy's urge to perform won out. After graduating from Fordham University, Alda first…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 14% - 100%
Number of Movies: 50
Box Office Since 2001: $387.1M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2012 Wanderlust: Bizarro Cut
  • Actor
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2012 59% Wanderlust
  • Carvin
$17.3M
2011 69% Tower Heist
  • Arthur Shaw
$78.0M
2010 62% Howl
  • Actor
$0.6M
2010 The Human Spark With Alan Alda
  • Actor
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2010 78% Behind The Burly Q
  • Actor
$23.9k
2008 59% Flash of Genius
  • Gregory Lawson
$4.2M
2008 80% Nothing But the Truth
  • Albert Burnside
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2008 35% Diminished Capacity
  • Uncle Rollie
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2007 58% Resurrecting the Champ
  • Metz
$2.9M
2004 87% The Aviator
  • Sen. Ralph Owen Brewster
$102.6M
2004 The Italian Americans
  • Actor
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2001 Killing Yard
  • Actor
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2000 54% What Women Want
  • Dan Wanamaker
$181.5M
1999 Keepers Of The Frame
  • Actor
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1998 49% The Object of My Affection
  • Sidney Miller
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1997 37% Mad City
  • Kevin Hollander
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1997 35% Murder at 1600
  • Director
  • Alvin Jordan
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1996 86% Flirting With Disaster
  • Richard Schlicting
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1996 79% Everyone Says I Love You
  • Bob
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1996 Neil Simon's Jake's Women
  • Jake
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1994 14% Canadian Bacon
  • President of the United States
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1994 White Mile
  • Actor
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1993 92% Manhattan Murder Mystery
  • Ted
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1993 100% And the Band Played On
  • Dr. Robert Gallo
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1992 25% Whispers in the Dark
  • Leo Green
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1990 50% Betsy's Wedding
  • Director
  • Eddie Hopper
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1989 92% Crimes and Misdemeanors
  • Lester
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1988 29% A New Life
  • Director
  • Steve Giardino
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1986 Lily Tomlin
  • Actor
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1986 75% Sweet Liberty
  • Michael Burgess
  • Director
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1983 M.A.S.H. - Goodbye, Farewell, Amen
  • Director
  • Actor
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1981 86% The Four Seasons
  • Jack Burroughs
  • Director
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1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan
  • Joe Tynan
  • Screenwriter
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1978 40% Same Time, Next Year
  • George
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1978 58% California Suite
  • Bill Warren
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1977 Kill Me If You Can (The Caryl Chessman Story)
  • Caryl Chessman
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1974 Free to Be...You and Me
  • Actor
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1974 Free to Be You and Me
  • Actor
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1972 Playmates
  • Actor
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1972 To Kill a Clown
  • Maj. Ritchie
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1972 Glass House
  • Jonathan Paige
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1971 60% The Mephisto Waltz
  • Myles Clarkson
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1970 The Moonshine War
  • Son Martin
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1970 87% Catch-22
  • Extra
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1969 Jenny
  • Delano
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1968 Paper Lion
  • George Plimpton
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1963 Purlie Victorious
  • Charlie Cotchipee
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Lily Tomlin
  • Actor
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M.A.S.H. - V. 5
  • Actor
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Quotes from Alan Alda's Characters

    1. Howard Hughes: You want to go to war with me?
    2. Sen. Ralph Owen Brewster: It's not me, Howard. It's the United States Government. We just beat Germany and Japan. Who the hell are you?
    From The Aviator. Submitted by MarieBella C (8 months ago)
    1. Albert Burnside: Some time ago, I began to feel the personal human digression on Rachel Armstrong. And I told her that I was there to represent her and not her principle. And it was not until I met her that I realized that with great people there's no difference between principle and the person.
    From Nothing But the Truth. Submitted by Ryan B (8 months ago)
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