ALAN ARKIN
Birth Name: Alan Wolf Arkin
Date of Birth: March 26, 1934
Born in New York City, Alan Arkin started his career in the entertainment industry as a member of a folk-singing group called The Terriers. He then joined Chicago's Second City improv group
which prepared him well for his stage debut in Carl Reiner's Enter Laughing. This project garnered Arkin rave reviews as well as a coveted Tony Award.
Known for sterling comic performances, Arkin is an extremely versatile entertainer -- working in theater and film as both actor and director, and, as well, authoring a number of children's books. He is also a songwriter and exhibited-photographer. Father of E.R.'s Adam Arkin, Alan made his big screen debut in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming! which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award. He went on to earn a second Oscar nod for his sensitive portrayal of John Singer in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968).
More recently, he won a Best Supporting Actor award from the Boston Society of Film Critics for his role in Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) and an Academy Award for Little Miss Sunshine (2006). He also has two Genie awards for his work in Improper Channels (1981) and Joshua Then and Now (1985).
Filmography:
City Island (2010)
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
Sunshine Cleaning (2009)
Marley & Me (2008)
Get Smart (2008)
Rendition (2007)
Raising Flagg (2006)
The Santa Clause 3 (2006)
Firewall (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Eros (2005)
The Novice (2004)
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
America's Sweethearts (2001)
Arigo (2000)
Magicians (2000)
Jakob The Liar (1999)
The Slums Of Beverly Hills (1998)
O Que E Isso, Companheiro? (1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Gattaca (1997)
Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)
The Jerky Boys (1995)
North (1994)
Bullets over Broadway (1994)
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
Cooperstown (1993)
Indian Summer (1993)
Taking the Heat (1993)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
The Rocketeer (1991)
Coupe De Ville (1990)
Havana (1990)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Necessary Parties (1988)
Escape from Sobibor (1987)
Big Trouble (1986)
Deadly Business (1986)
Joshua Then and Now (1985)
The Fourth Wise Man (1985)
Bad Medicine (1985)
The Faerie Tale Theatre: Emperor's New Clothes (1984)
The Emperor's New Clothes (1984)
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
A Matter of Principle (1983)
Full Moon High (1982)
Deadhead Miles (1982)
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Improper Channels (1981)
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981)
Simon (1980)
The Magician of Lublin (1979)
The In-Laws (1979)
Escape from Hell (1978)
The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
The Other Side of Hell (1978)
Fire Sale (1977)
To America (1976)
The Seven Percent Solution (1976)
Hearts of the West (1975)
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974)
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972)
Little Murders (1971)
Catch-22 (1970)
Popi (1969)
The Monitors (1969)
Inspector Clouseau (1968)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Sette Volte Donna (1967)
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming! (1966)
Calypso Heat Wave (1957)