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Alan Arkin is an American actor, musician and author, whose long and varied career has included key roles in Catch-22, The In-Laws and Little Miss Sunshine.
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Fast Facts
- Born: March 26, 1934
- Son: Adam Arkin
- Won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the film Little Miss Sunshine
- Won a Golden Globe Award for Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming
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Biography
Arkin was raised in New York City and Los Angeles. His father, a set designer, was blacklisted as a communist during the Red Scare. Arkin's first on-screen performance, as "Lieutenant Rozanov" in the 1966 film The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming was nominated for an Oscar. He wouldn't win the award, however, until 2007, when he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as the rogue grandfather in Little Miss Sunshine. Although Arkin's acting career has far exceeded his other pursuits in terms of notoriety, he is also a childrens book author and a former member of the 1950s folk trio The Tarriers. -
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"I knew I wanted to act from when I was five, and I started studying seriously when I was six and seven. Not with anybody else, but I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did."Worldmind: Alan Arkin Interview (October 10, 1995) -
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is watching "Coopertown" w/Alan Arkin. Good little flick about an old ballplayer aced out of the Hall of Fame and coming to gripes with it.
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Moving Pictures Magazine: Alan Arkin and Greg Kinnear - Little... http://tinyurl.com/yl7epd3
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Freebie and the Bean (1974) – Daily Movie Wallpaper – James Caan & Alan Arkin http://bit.ly/4Epde0 #richardrush
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i know alan arkin was good in little miss sunshine, but watching @jackieearle in Little Children i know that he shoulda won the oscar
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Just watched Wait Until Dark. Best movie ever! That scene where Audrey Hepburn has the matches? Genius! And Alan Arkin's a rock star.
@flickchick49 | November 04, 2009 11:23 AM
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FROM THE SECOND CITY (ORIGINAL CAST LP, 1961) - $15.99
1961 ORIGINAL CAST LP (MONAURAL SOUND) FROM THE FAMED COMEDY IMPROV GROUP WITH MUSIC BY WILLIAM MATHIEU. STARRED ALAN ARKIN, BARBARA HARRIS, PAUL SAND, HOWARD ALK, SEVERN DARDEN, MINA KOLB, EUGENE TROOBNICK; DIRECTED BY LEGENDARY PAUL SILLS...
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Four Days in September - $19.99
This captivating thriller -- based on extraordinary true-life events -- was honored with an Academy Award(R) nomination! Political terrorists, in a desperate bid to focus the world's attention on their fight for freedom, kidnap an American ...
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In-Laws [VHS] - $4.97
This 1979 comedy is absolutely indispensable for fans of Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, or Andrew Bergman, who wrote the film's screenplay and went on to direct The Freshman and Honeymoon in Vegas. (Let's forgive him for Stripteas...
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The In-Laws - $19.98
Comedy about a dentist who gets mired in the bizarre intrigues of his daughter's soon-to-be father-in-law, who claims to be a CIA agent.
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View All Alan Arkin Questions (29) | Ask a QuestionHow did Alan Passaro die? He was the stabber at the Altamont Speedway show in 1969. (3 Answers)According to Find a grave: He was found dead floating in the Anderson Reservoir with $10,000 in his pocket in 1985. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13856376 It is somewhat confirmed in this Yahoo News ... read morewho is Alan Clarke? (3 Answers)Alan Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was a television and film director, producer and writer, born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. read more
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Alan Arkin Timeline
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- March 26, 1934: Born
- 1956: "The Banana Boat Song" with The Tarriers
- 1967: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
- 1967: Wait Until Dark
- 1968: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
- 1970: Catch-22
- 1992: Glengarry Glen Ross
- 2006: Little Miss Sunshine
- 2008: Marley and Me
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