Alan Alda, 7-time Emmy Award–winner, played Hawkeye Pierce and wrote many of the episodes on the classic TV series M*A*S*H, the final episode of which was seen by more than 105 million people, still a record audience. Alan has starred in, written and directed many films, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Aviator. He has appeared in continuing roles on ER, The West Wing, 30 Rock, The Blacklist, Horace and Pete, CBS’s new streaming series The Good Fight, and a recurring role on Showtime’s Ray Donovan. Alan is the recent recipient of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Lifetime Achievement Award.
His skills as an interviewer were honed for 11 years on the award-winning PBS series Scientific American Frontiers where he interviewed hundreds of the world’s greatest scientists. Using his experience as an actor in relating to the people he interviews, he has brought out their humanity and humor, while lending clarity to sometimes complex ideas.
This became the basis of the work of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science®, which has trained over 14,000 doctors and scientists to be world class communicators. Alan is the author of several New York Times Best Selling books, the most recent being the 2017 break out book on relating and communicating, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? The book, which has also been #1 on Amazon’s top seller list for business and communication, explores the importance of relating in every line of work, and in every aspect of our lives.
Alan is also the founder and CEO of Alda Communication Training (ACT)®, which supports the Alda Center by helping to provide global workshops for STEM and business professionals seeking to better their communication and leadership skills.
Alan ’s new podcast, Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda® launched in July 2018 and now has over 4-Million downloads . The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeartRadio, GooglePlay, and on his official web site at: AlanAlda.com @AlanAlda