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Alan Alda

Actor, writer and director who paired landmark television work with a major second career improving public communication of science.

Verified record

Life, work & what’s documented

Alan Alda was born 1936-01-28 and is a Actor, writer and director. Actor, writer and director who paired landmark television work with a major second career improving public communication of science. Established actor, writer and director included in the existing 80+ research roster.

Give them their flowers

Why They’re Fucking Awesome

Established actor, writer and director included in the existing 80+ research roster.

Essential works: M*A*S*H · The West Wing · Scientific American Frontiers

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Positive impact

His original idea led to the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, founded at Stony Brook in 2009 and now a continuing training and research program.

Mixed legacy

Evidence and disposition

Celebrate documented work and impact. Do not imply the scoped search proves an absence of controversy or harm.

Statistics / evidence

Context is not destiny

Age 90 at 2026-08-26 snapshot. Age alone is not a health claim.

Documented health context: Research Pack v2 flags publicly discussed Parkinson's disease. Recheck a current primary or major source before use.

Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.

Astrology / interpretation

The cosmic file

SunAquarius
MoonAries
Reliable AscendantCapricorn

Reviewed birth data supports a Aquarius Sun, Aries Moon, and Capricorn Ascendant. This is interpretive context, not medical or mortality prediction.

Birth-data confidence: researched time available; Rodden A; from_memory; May describe chart with explicit rating. / Rodden A. Astrology is interpretive and is never medical prediction. A rising-sign link requires reviewed AA, A or B-rated birth-time evidence without an uncertainty qualifier.

Receipts

Sources & provenance

  1. Wikidata item Q310394Wikidata / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: mediumSource ID alan-alda:discovery_index:1. Verification: identity_discovery_only. Claims: identity.
  2. Official website candidateOfficial site / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID alan-alda:official_site_candidate:2. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: career summary, official legacy.
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: highSource ID alan-alda:reference_candidate:3. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: identity, vital dates, career summary.
  4. Alda Center OriginsStony Brook University / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID alan-alda:good-deed:1. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: good deed or positive legacy, legacy treatment.
  5. Astro-Databank: Alan AldaAstrodienst Astro-Databank / 2026-08-26 / birth_record / confidence: highSource ID alan-alda:astrology:1. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: birth time, birth place, Rodden rating, chart factors.
  6. Alan Alda reflects on acting and science communicationParamount Plus / 2026-08-15 / activity / confidence: primaryCurrent first-person interview reviewed for publication.
  7. Clear+Vivid with Alan AldaApple Podcasts / 2026-08-26 / activity / confidence: highCurrent podcast listing reviewed for recent episodes.

Official links

Batch adw-publication-batch-2026-08-26-01. Research package completeness 96/100. Claims are linked to the source IDs retained in source notes.

Research last updated 2026-08-26.

Image rights

Portrait provenance

Alan Alda photo by Bridget Laudien; E-mail to photosubmissionwikimedia.org; CC BY-SA 3.0.

Exact source file · CC BY-SA 3.0 3.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-27.

Editorial identification only. No endorsement is implied.