Alan Alda Alan Alda Alan Alda (; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, comedian and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he played Hawkeye Pierce in the war television series "M*A*S*H" (1972–1983). He has also appeared on television programs such as "Scientific American Frontiers", "The West Wing", and "30 Rock", and in films such as "Same Time, Next Year" (1978) and "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989). He also experienced success as a director with 1981's "The Four Seasons". In 2004, Alda was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in
Hey, Look Me Over (M*A*S*H) Officer's Club. In the retrospective show "Memories of M*A*S*H", Kellye Nakahara stated that Alan Alda approached her with the script for the episode to see if she would be interested in taking centre-stage in an episode. Nakahara was originally hired as an extra for Season 1 and had remained with the series since, and had graduated to speaking roles in many subsequent episodes. The episode also marked Susan Oliver's directorial debut. Hey, Look Me Over (M*A*S*H) Hey, Look Me Over was the 236th episode of the M*A*S*H television series, and the first episode of season eleven. The episode aired on