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Acting

Alan Alda

Career: Active from 1963 to 2019, busiest in 1972 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 36
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: And the Band Played On
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Alan Alda Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.7, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Scare
1.5, average 2.6
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Social Commentary 5
Character Study 4
Ensemble Cast 4
Quirky Characters 3
Star-Studded Cast 3
Psychological Tension 3
Nostalgic Feel 2
Romantic Drama 2
Emotional 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Woody Allen 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 70

The Four Seasons

70

TV show · as Don

Ray Donovan: The Movie

69

as Dr. Arthur Amiot

2010s

11 titles · average score 73

Marriage Story

87

as Bert Spitz

The Emperor's Newest Clothes

as Narrator (voice)

The Good Fight

80

TV show · as Solomon Waltzer

Horace and Pete

85

TV show · as Uncle Pete

The Longest Ride

49

as Ira Levinson

Bridge of Spies

81

as Thomas Watters Jr.

Broad City

79

TV show · as Dr. Jay Heller

50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus

73

as Narrator (voice)

The Blacklist

80

TV show · as Fitch

Wanderlust

53

as Carvin

Tower Heist

60

as Arthur Shaw

2000s

12 titles · average score 63

Diminished Capacity

42

as Uncle Rollie

Nothing but the Truth

71

as Albert Burnside

Flash of Genius

62

as Gregory Lawson

Resurrecting the Champ

61

as Ralph Metz

The Dame Edna Treatment

TV show

30 Rock

79

TV show · as Milton Greene

Rachael Ray

47

TV show

The Colbert Report

72

TV show · as Self (uncredited)

The Aviator

78

as Senator Ralph Owen Brewster

Club Land

as Willie Walters

The Killing Yard

61

as Ernie Goodman

What Women Want

55

as Dan Wanamaker

1990s

15 titles · average score 62

The Object of My Affection

54

as Sidney Miller

Murder at 1600

48

as Jordan

Mad City

49

as Kevin Hollander

Everyone Says I Love You

71

as Bob Dandridge

Flirting with Disaster

76

as Richard Schlichting

Jake's Women

64

as Jake

Canadian Bacon

37

as U.S. President

White Mile

47

as Dan Cutler

And the Band Played On

87

as Dr. Robert Gallo

Manhattan Murder Mystery

78

as Ted

Betsy's Wedding

48

as Eddie Hopper

Scientific American Frontiers

TV show · Presenter

1980s

7 titles · average score 60

Crimes and Misdemeanors

82

as Lester

A New Life

37

as Steve Giardino

Sweet Liberty

62

as Michael Burgess

The Four Seasons

TV show · as Jack Burroughs

The Ratings Game

52

as Alan Alda (uncredited)

The Four Seasons

66

as Jack Burroughs

She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century

as Narrator

1970s

14 titles · average score 59

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

52

as Joe Tynan

Same Time, Next Year

56

as George Peters

California Suite

52

as Bill Warren

Kill Me If You Can

87

as Caryl W. Chessman

6 RMS RIV VU

as Paul Friedman

Isn't It Shocking?

64

as Dan

M*A*S*H

78

TV show · as Hawkeye Pierce

The Glass House

68

as Jonathon Paige

To Kill a Clown

41

as Maj. Evelyn Ritchie

The Mephisto Waltz

48

as Myles Clarkson

The Moonshine War

50

as John W. (Son) Martin

Jenny

52

as Delano

1960s

8 titles · average score 57

The Extraordinary Seaman

34

as Lt. J / G Morton Krim

Paper Lion

58

as George Plimpton

TV show · as Frank St. John

Coronet Blue

74

TV show · as Clay Breznia

Where's Everett?

as Arnold Barker

Gone Are the Days!

71

as Charlie Cotchipee

The Nurses

TV show · as Dr. John Griffin

Route 66

48

TV show · as Dr. Glazer

1950s

1 title · average score 69

Naked City

69

TV show · as Young Poet