Alan Arkin

Also known as Alan Wolf Arkin

American actor, filmmaker (1934–2023)

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Alan Arkin was an American actor and filmmaker who had a long career in entertainment spanning from the 1950s until his death in 2023. He is remembered as a versatile performer known for his work across film, television, and theater, making significant contributions to American entertainment over nearly seven decades.

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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

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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

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
· 2013 · cited 34,688x
The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,661x
Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,960x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,515x
DeepLab: Semantic Image Segmentation with Deep Convolutional Nets, Atrous Convolution, and Fully Connected CRFs
· 2018 · cited 17,815x

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Wikidata facts

Image: Alan Arkin - 1975.jpg
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Alan Arkin
date of birth: 1934-03-26
birth name: Alan Wolf Arkin
date of death: 2023-06-29
name in native language: Alan Arkin
start of work period: 1951-00-00
end of work period: 2023-00-00

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Article

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.