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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.

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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.

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Why They're 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.

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 7.1°
MoonAries 0.3°
MercuryAquarius 15.1°
VenusSagittarius 29.6°
MarsPisces 10.7°
JupiterSagittarius 17.0°
SaturnPisces 8.6°
UranusTaurus 1.7°
NeptuneVirgo 16.4°
PlutoCancer 26.1°

Time-stable natal aspects

  • Sun square Uranus orb 6.2°
  • Mercury sextile Jupiter orb 2.8°
  • Venus trine Uranus orb 2.4°
  • Mars square Jupiter orb 6.5°
  • Mars conjunction Saturn orb 2.6°
  • Mars opposition Neptune orb 5.9°
  • Jupiter square Neptune orb 0.8°
  • Saturn opposition Neptune orb 7.8°
  • Uranus square Pluto orb 5.7°

These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is presented separately and uncertainty is retained.

Calculation confidence: sourced_exact. Moon: sourced exact. Rising sign: reviewed source existing. UTC time supplied; Ascendant remains withheld until birthplace is reviewed. Existing reviewed Ascendant provenance remains separate from the date-based ephemeris calculation. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.

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.

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