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name: "Buzz Aldrin"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 January 1930"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-17T05:40:08.134480+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Buzz Aldrin

Actor. Born 20 January 1930 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 January 1930, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Also known as:** Edwin Buzz Aldrin, Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., Μπαζ Όλντριν
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 85 (1), 2020s 87 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004696/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106843

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Apollo 11*](https://film.one/film/apollo-11.md) (85)

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## Biography

Buzz Aldrin is an American astronaut and occasional actor, credited in numerous films and television programmes, often appearing as himself or providing voice work.

Born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. on 20 January 1930 in New Jersey, he trained as a fighter pilot and engineer before joining NASA. As pilot of the Gemini 12 mission in 1966 he performed three spacewalks, and in 1969 he served as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, becoming the second person to walk on the Moon.

Aldrin's screen credits include appearances in *The Big Bang Theory* (2012), *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), *The Simpsons* (various episodes) and the documentary *Apollo 11* (2019), where he is credited via archive footage. He has also contributed to other documentaries and series such as *Futurama* and *30 Rock*.

*Sources: imdb.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)* (2021), Fi1m 87, as Self (archive sound) — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised.md)
- *Apollo 11* (2019), Fi1m 85, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-11.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), Fi1m 86, as Buzz Aldrin — [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, as Buzz Aldrin (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, as Buzz Aldrin (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Also known for

- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), Buzz Aldrin
- *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), Buzz Aldrin
- *Numb3rs* (2005), Self
- *Sesame Street* (1969), Buzz Aldrin
- *The Pixar Story* (2007), Self (archive footage)
- *Fly Me to the Moon* (2008), Himself
- *For All Mankind* (1989), Self (archive footage)
- *The Boy in the Plastic Bubble* (1976), Himself

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