FrameThrower · Actors · Alan Alda
Alan Alda
7 films · 503 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1989–2025
Born 28 January 1936 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Alan Alda is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series MASH. He is currently a visiting professor at the Stony Brook University School of Journalism.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 503 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1989–2025
- Golden Globe Awards1983
- Golden Globe Awards1982
- Golden Globe Awards1981
- Golden Globe Awards1980
- Golden Globe Awards1976
- Golden Globe Awards1975
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series2006
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series1982
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series1979
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series1977
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series1974
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2021
How their films are shot
Measured across 503 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Alan takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 43% natural — the look of the work Alan takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 503 frames from Alan Alda's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.