NEW YORK — One of America’s sweethearts hands the torch to another when Tom Hanks presents Alan Alda with a lifetime achievement award at the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Award ceremony.
Alan Alda says he has known Tom Hanks since “he was just a kid.”
The 82-year-old Alda, a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winner, will become the 55th recipient of the annual award given to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession.” Hanks will hand it to him in a Jan. 27 ceremony.
“I’m so thrilled that Tom agreed to that. I had no idea they were even asking him,” Alda said. Alda and Hanks worked together on the film “Bridge of Spies,” and Alda said they “have run into each other casually over the years at awards ceremonies and on airplanes and things like that. So, I remember him when he was just a kid.”
Throughout a career that has spanned seven decades, Alda has appeared in “The West Wing,” “The Aviator” and “Manhattan Murder Mystery,” but is perhaps best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the television series “”M*A*S*H.” Alda has won six Emmy Awards and was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2004 for his role in “The Aviator.”
His long career and philanthropic endeavors have earned Alda a “nice guy” reputation.
Alda has been a supporter of children’s causes, women’s issues and the sciences.
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