Alfonso Joseph D’Abruzzo . Known as Alan Alda , he is an American actor and film director, winner of the Golden Globe on multiple occasions.
Summary
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- 1 Biographical synthesis
- 1 Childhood and youth
- 2 Artistic career
- 2.1 Hollywood debut
- 2 Filmography
- 1 As an actor
- 2 As director
- 3 As a screenwriter
- 3 Sources
Biographical synthesis
Childhood and youth
He was born on 28 of January of 1936 , in the city of New York , United States . Her father, Robert Alda , was an actor and singer, and her mother, Joan Brown , became Miss New York.
When Alan was 7 years old, he contracted polio and to combat it, his parents administered a painful treatment, developed by Sister Elizabeth Kenny, which allowed him to recover from most of the consequences of the disease.
Later, Alda attended Archbishop Stepinac High School and graduated from Fordham University. In his last year as a university student, he studied in Europe, where he acted in a theater play in the city of Rome , and came to act alongside his father on television in Amsterdam .
After graduation, he joined the US Army Reserve and served six months in Korea during the war of the same name. In 1957 he married the clarinetist and photographer Arlene Weiss , with whom he had three daughters named Eve, Elizabeth and Beatrice.
Artistic career
He began his career in the 1950s as a member of the comedy group Compass Players. In 1966 , he starred in a musical called “The Apple Tree” on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award for such performance.
Hollywood debut
It was a supporting role in “Gone are the Days” ( 1963 ), which starred Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis . Other roles that would follow the previous one, would be his interpretation of the author, actor and humorist George Plimpton , in the film “Paper Lion” ( 1968 ), as well as roles in “The Extraordinary Seamen” ( 1969 ) with Faye Dunaway , and “Satan, Mon Amour “( 1971 ) with Jacqueline Bisset .
In early 1972 , he auditioned for the role of Hawkeye Pierce, in the television adaptation of the movie “MASH.” He was nominated for 21 Emmy Awards, winning five of them for this role. Alan also participated in the writing of 13 episodes and managed to direct 32 of them.
Alan Alda
The enormous success of the series “MASH” and with it, that of Alda himself, gave him the influence and presence necessary to launch himself into talking about political issues, such as women’s rights.
Alda has also played the role of prominent Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman in the play “QED” and has participated in several Woody Allen films .
Between the ’70s and’ 80s, he was seen in films such as “Next Year at the Same Time” ( 1978 ), “California Suite” (1978), with Maggie Smith , Jane Fonda and Michael Caine , “Sweet Freedom” (1986) with Michelle Pfeiffer and Bob Hoskins , and “Crimes and Misdemeanors” ( 1989 ) with Anjelica Huston and Woody Allen . He has guest-starred five times on the award-winning series “ER,” playing Dr. Gabriel Lawrence. He also played Dr. Robert Gallo in the TV movie “On the Edge of Doubt” ( 1993 ), with Matthew Modine.
In 1995 , he starred as the President of the United States, in Michael Moore’s satire , “Operation Canada,” opposite John Candy . In 1996 , he had the role of Henry Ford in the film “Camping with Henry and Tom”. Other appearances during the 90’s were in “Flirting with disaster” (1996) with Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette , “Mad City” (1997) with John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman , and for the new millennium, “In what women think “( 2000 ), starring Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson .
In 2004 , he was a regular cast member on the series “The West WIng”, playing Republican Senator and Presidential Aide Arnold Vinick, until the end of the series, during 2006 . That same year, she won an Emmy Award for this role. In 2004 he also played a political role in the Martin Scorsese film “The Aviator”, co-starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Cate Blanchett . During 2005 , he was the lead in the Tony Award-winning Broadway play “Glengarry Glen Ross,” directed by David Mamet .
His latest works include “Diminished Capacity” ( 2008 ) with Matthew Broderick, “Flash of Genius” (2008) and “Nothing but the Truth” (2009), with Matt Dillon and Kate Beckinsale. In 2005, he published his first memoirs, “Never Have your Dog Stuffed: and other Things I´ve Learned”. His second book was titled, “Things I overheard WHile Talking to Myself”. Alan has been dedicated to charitable work intensively, participating in activities such as fundraising for cancer research in children, among others.
Filmography
Like actor
- That Was the Week That Was ( 1964 )
- Paper Lion ( 1968 )
- Whiskey Hell ( 1970 )
- The Mephisto Waltz ( 1971 )
- The Glass House ( 1972 )
- California Suite ( 1978 )
- Next year, at the same time (1978)
- The Four Seasons ( 1981 )
- Sweet Freedom ( 1986 )
- A new life ( 1988 )
- Crimes and misdemeanors ( 1989 )
- Wedding passed through water ( 1990 )
- Whispers in the Dark ( 1992 )
- On the Edge of Doubt ( 1993 )
- Mysterious murder in Manhattan (1993)
- Jake’s Wives ( 1995 )
- Operation Canada (1995)
- Flirting with Disaster ( 1996 )
- Everybody Says I Love You (1996)
- Mad City ( 1997 )
- Much more than friends ( 1998 )
- What do women think about? ( 2000 )
- Attica: Prison of Death ( 2001 )
- Club Land (2001)
- The Aviator ( 2004 )
As director
- The Four Seasons (1981)
- Sweet Freedom (1986)
- A new life (1988)
- Wedding passed through water (1990)
As a screenwriter
- The Four Seasons (1981)
- Sweet Freedom (1986)
- A new life (1988)
- Wedding passed through water (1990)
