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Alan Arkin

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Alan Arkin

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Also known as Alan Wolf Arkin

American actor, filmmaker (1934–2023)

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Alan Arkin (1934–2023) was an American character actor, film director, writer, and musician. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, he was educated at Bennington College and Los Angeles City College. Arkin was a citizen of the United States and spoke English. He was recognized for his work in the 20th century, with his musical style tagged as folk and oldies.

Throughout his career, Arkin received several major honors, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. His contributions were acknowledged in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.

Arkin was the father of Adam Arkin and Matthew Arkin, and had three children in total. He was a relative of Avi. As a writer, he authored works such as *Galaxy*, *Out of My Mind*, *The Lemming Condition*, and *Improvised Life*. He passed away in Carlsbad on June 29, 2023.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1934
Died
2023
Works
26

Top works

  • Galaxy
  • Out of My Mind
  • Out of My Mind : (Not Quite a Memoir)
  • The Lemming Condition
  • Improvised Life

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Film & TV

Acting · New York City, New York, USA

Alan Wolf Arkin (March 26, 1934 – June 29, 2023) was an American actor, director, musician and singer. He was known for starring in such films as Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross, Marley & Me, Argo and Little Miss Sunshine, for which he won an…

Known for

  • "Sr." — Self2022
  • Minions: The Rise of Gru — Wild Knuckles (voice)2022
  • Spenser Confidential — Henry2020
  • Dumbo — J. Griffin Remington2019
  • The Kominsky Method — Norman Newlander2018
  • Going in Style — Albert Garner2017
  • Naples '44 — Self2016
  • 15 Septembers Later — Narrator2016
  • Love the Coopers — Bucky Newport2015
  • Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival2015

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1934
Active to
2023

Member of

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
349
Total plays
2,128

Tags

folkoldies

Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director, musician and singer. He is known for starring in such films as The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross and Little Miss Sunshine, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2007. He is the father of actors Adam Arkin, Anthony Arkin, and Matthew Arkin. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alan+Arkin">Read mor

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

    · 2013 · cited 34,826x

  2. The ERA5 global reanalysis

    · 2020 · cited 24,157x

  3. Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

    · 2019 · cited 20,860x

  4. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,613x

  5. DeepLab: Semantic Image Segmentation with Deep Convolutional Nets, Atrous Convolution, and Fully Connected CRFs

    · 2018 · cited 18,247x

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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