Alan Arkin
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- Alan Arkin
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- March 26, 1934
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- 92 years
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- 🇺🇸 United States
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- Actor, Business Leader, Author
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Biography
Alan Arkin is 92 years old, an actor, from United States.
Alan Wolf Arkin (March 26, 1934 – June 29, 2023) was an American actor, filmmaker and musician. In a career spanning seven decades, he received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for six Emmy Awards.
Arkin performed in the sketch comedy group The Second City before acting on the Broadway stage, starring as David Kolowitz in the Joseph Stein play Enter Laughing in 1963, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He returned to Broadway acting in the comedic play Luv (1964), and directed Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys (1971), for which he received a Tony Award nomination.
Arkin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a foul-mouthed grandfather in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), and Argo (2012).
Awards & Nominations
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Golden Globe Award | Won |
| 2013 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Won |
| 2007 | Academy Award | Won |
| 2007 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Won |
| 2007 | BAFTA Film Award | Won |
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