Alan Arkin

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Alan Arkin
Arkin in 1975
Born
Alan Wolf Arkin

(1934-03-26)March 26, 1934
DiedJune 29, 2023(2023-06-29) (aged 89)
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
Years active1951–2023
Spouses
  • Jeremy Yaffe
    (m. 1955; div. 1961)
  • Barbara Dana
    (m. 1964; div. 1994)
  • Suzanne Newlander
    (m. 1996)
Children3 sons, including Adam and Matthew
Parent
Relatives
AwardsFull list

Alan Wolf Arkin (March 26, 1934 – June 29, 2023) was an American actor and filmmaker. 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 gained stardom with his roles in many films, including

Russians Are Coming (1966), Woman Times Seven Wait Until Dark (Both in 1967), Inspector Clouseau and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Both in 1968), Popi (1969), Catch-22 (1970), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Hearts of the West (1975), The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), The In-Laws (1979), Simon (1980), Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981), and Big Trouble (1986). Later, he took on supporting roles in many films, including Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Rocketeer (1991), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Indian Summer (1993), North (1994), Grosse Pointe Blank and Gattaca (Both in 1997), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Jakob the Liar (1999), America's Sweethearts and Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (Both in 2001), Firewall (2006), Rendition (2007), Sunshine Cleaning and Get Smart (Both in 2008), Marley & Me, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and City Island (All in 2009), The Change-Up (2011), Argo and Stand Up Guys (Both in 2012), The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and Grudge Match (Both in 2013), Million Dollar Arm (2014), Love the Coopers (2015), Going in Style (2017), Dumbo (2019), and Spenser Confidential (2020). His television roles included Leon Felhendler in Escape from Sobibor (1987), and as Harry Rowen in The Pentagon Papers (2003) for which he earned Emmy nominations respectively for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Arkin also directed three films, including the two comedy films Little Murders (1971) and Fire Sale (1977). For his performance, Arkin starred as a foul-mouthed grandfather Edwin Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine (2006), which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[1]

Arkin was voiced as Schmendrick in The Last Unicorn (1982), as J. D. Salinger in the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman (2015–16), and as Wild Knuckles in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).

From 2018 to 2019 alongside his co-star Michael Douglas, Arkin starred as a talent agent Norman Newlander (named after his second wife Suzanne's surname) in the Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method, earning two consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.[2]

Arkin died of cardiac arrest at his home in San Diego, California, on June 29, 2023, at the age of 89.[3][4]

Early life and education

Alan Wolf Arkin was born in

Communists, and his father was fired when he refused to answer questions about his political ideology. David Arkin challenged the dismissal, but he was vindicated only after his death.[11]

Arkin, who had been taking acting lessons since age 10, became a scholarship student at various drama academies, including one run by the Stanislavsky student Benjamin Zemach, who taught Arkin a psychological approach to acting.[12] Arkin attended Los Angeles State College from 1951 to 1953. He also attended Bennington College.[13]

Career

1956–1969

Arkin in the Broadway play Enter Laughing (1963)

He started his career in the 1950s as a singer and guitarist in the folk group,

Royale Theatre in 1961.[19][20]

Arkin starred in 1963 on Broadway as David Kolowitz in Joseph Stein's comedic play Enter Laughing. Critic Howard Taubman of The New York Times gave the play a mixed review but praised Arkin's performance, describing it as "a choice specimen of a shrewd actor ribbing his profession."[21] For his performance, he received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and a Theatre World Award.[22] The following year, he returned to Broadway starring as Harry Berlin in Luv directed by Mike Nichols. Arkin starred opposite Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson.[23]

Arkin in Popi (1969)

In 1966, he starred in

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming opposite Carl Reiner and Eva Marie Saint. Robert Alden of The New York Times praised Arkin's performance describing it as his "first full-length film appearance and a particularly wonderful performance."[24] For his performance Arkin received a Academy Award for Best Actor nomination[25] and a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer nomination.[26] He also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.[27] The following year he appeared in the Vittorio De Sica sex comedy Woman Times Seven starring Shirley MacLaine, and in Terence Young's psychological thriller film Wait Until Dark starring Audrey Hepburn.[4]

In 1968, he starred as

In 1969, Arkin's directorial debut was the Oscar-nominated[33][34] 12-minute children's film titled People Soup, starring his sons Adam Arkin and Matthew Arkin.[35] Based on a story of the same name he published in Galaxy Science Fiction in 1958,[36] People Soup is a fantasy about two boys who experiment with various kitchen ingredients until they concoct a magical soup which transforms them into different animals and objects.[35]

1970–1985

With Shirley Knight in the TV special The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)

In 1970, Arkin starred as

Laurel Award nomination for his performance.[38] Arkin and his second wife Barbara Dana appeared together on the 1970–1971 season of Sesame Street as a comical couple named Larry and Phyllis who resolve their conflicts when they remember how to pronounce the word "cooperate".[39]

He directed the

black comedy film starring Elliott Gould and Marcia Rodd about a girl, Patsy (Rodd), who brings home her boyfriend Alfred (Gould) to meet her dysfunctional family amid a series of random shootings, garbage strikes, and electrical outages ravaging the neighborhood. The film opened to a lukewarm review by Roger Greenspun,[42] and a more positive one by Vincent Canby[43] in The New York Times. Roger Ebert's review in the Chicago Sun-Times was enthusiastic, stating "One of the reasons it works and is indeed a definitive reflection of America's darker moods is that it breaks audiences down into isolated individuals, vulnerable and uncertain."[44] Arkin also directed Fire Sale (1977).[4]

During the 1970s, Arkin starred in films of various genres including the

In 1979, he starred in and co-produced the
buddy comedy film The In-Laws. Arkin starred opposite Peter Falk in a film directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Andrew Bergman.[48]

In 1980, Arkin starred in the

Saturn Award nomination.[45] The following year, he starred in three comedy films, Improper Channels, Chu Chu and the Philly Flash opposite Carol Burnett, and Full Moon High.[49] He also voiced the magician Schmendrick in the 1982 cult animated film The Last Unicorn.[50][51] During the 1980s, Arkin appeared frequently in various television programs including The Muppet Show and St. Elsewhere.[3] In 1985, Arkin starred in the television film The Fourth Wise Man starring Martin Sheen and Eileen Brennan.[52] He won Best Supporting Actor at the Genie Awards for his role as Reuben Shapiro in the 1985 film adaption of Mordecai Richler's semi-autobiographical novel Joshua Then and Now.[53][54]

1986–2001

In 1987, Arkin appeared in the sitcom Harry, which was canceled after four low-rated episodes.

In 1990, Arkin appeared in a supporting role in Tim Burton's fantasy romance Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder.[58] He also appeared in the live action Disney film The Rocketeer (1991) starring Bill Campbell and Jennifer Connelly, and the film adaptation of the David Mamet play Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, and Kevin Spacey.[59][60] In 1993, he appeared in the comedies Indian Summer and So I Married an Axe Murderer.[61][62] The following year, Arkin featured in the Rob Reiner film North.[63]

In 1996, Arkin appeared in the film adaptation of the

dystopian science fiction film Gattaca with Ethan Hawke. In 1998, he starred in the lead role of Tamara Jenkins' comedy Slums of Beverly Hills with Natasha Lyonne. Arkin also directed Samuel Beckett Is Coming Soon (1993) and Arigo (2000).[65][49]

2001−2023

In 2001, he appeared in the comedy America's Sweethearts starring John Cusack, Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.[66] He also starred in the Jill Sprecher drama Thirteen Conversations About One Thing with Matthew McConaughey, John Turturro, and Clea DuVall. For his performance, he received the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor.[67] In 2003, he starred in the television film The Pentagon Papers starring James Spader and Paul Giamatti for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nomination.[68] That same year, he starred in another television film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself with Antonio Banderas.[69] In 2005, he appeared as Marty Adler in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace in the episode "It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World".[70][71]

In 2006, Arkin appeared in a supporting role in the ensemble

comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine with Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin. His role in the independent film as a foul-mouthed grandfather with a taste for snorting heroin won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male; the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role; and the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. At 72 years old, Arkin was the sixth oldest winner of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.[72]
On receiving his Academy Award on February 25, 2007, Arkin said:

More than anything, I'm deeply moved by the open-hearted appreciation our small film has received, which in these fragmented times speaks so openly of the possibility of innocence, growth, and connection.[73]

In between 2006 and 2007, Arkin was cast in supporting roles in Rendition as a U.S. Senator Hawkins and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause as Bud Newman, with Ann-Margret playing his wife.[74][75] In 2008, he appeared in the comedy films Sunshine Cleaning with Emily Blunt and Amy Adams,[76][77] Get Smart with Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, and Dwayne Johnson,[citation needed] and Marley & Me starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.[78][79] The following year, he appeared in Rebecca Miller's The Private Lives of Pippa Lee[80][81] and Raymond De Felitta's City Island (both 2010).[82][83]

In 2012, he appeared in a supporting role as

Screen Actors Guild Award.[87][88] He did receive the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.[88] That same year, he appeared in the crime drama Stand Up Guys, opposite Al Pacino and Christopher Walken.[89] The following year he appeared in the comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone with Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, and Jim Carrey and Grudge Match with Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, and Kim Basinger.[90] He continued to act in supporting roles in films such as the sports drama Million Dollar Arm (2014) with Jon Hamm and the Christmas comedy Love the Coopers (2015).[91]

From 2015 to 2016, Arkin voiced

During this time, Arkin was cast in the comedy Going in Style (2017) with Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine,[3][94] and Tim Burton's Dumbo (2019).[95][96]

Arkin gave his final two film-acting roles in 2020 and 2022. He starred alongside Mark Wahlberg and Winston Duke in the 2020 Netflix film Spenser Confidential.[97] His final performance was voicing the character as Wild Knuckles in the Universal animated film Minions: The Rise of Gru, which was released to critical and commercial success.[98] In September 2022, Arkin joined Casey Affleck, Kathy Bates, and Teyana Taylor were had been cast in the independent heist thriller The Smack, which was in pre-production prior to his death from cardiac arrest at one year later.[99]

Musical career

With

Banana Boat Song" and "Choucoune". Arkin was a member of The Tarriers when they recorded "Cindy, Oh Cindy", which also charted.[101]

From 1958 to 1968, Arkin performed and recorded with the children's folk group

Jones and Schmidt on Ben Bagley's album Contemporary Broadway Revisited.[104][105][106]

Personal life and death

Alan Arkin with his wife Suzanne at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012

Arkin was married three times, with two marriages ending in divorce. He and Jeremy Yaffe had two sons: Adam (born August 19, 1956) and Matthew (born March 21, 1960). He was married to actress-screenwriter Barbara Dana from 1964 to 1994; she appeared with him in segments of Sesame Street in the 1970s. They lived in Chappaqua, New York. In 1967, they had a son, Anthony "Tony".[107]

Just two years after their divorce, in 1996, Arkin married psychotherapist, Dr. Suzanne Newlander, whose surname he adopted for his character, Norman Newlander in Netflix TV series, The Kominsky Method.[108]

Since the late 1990s,[109] they maintained a seasonal home in Cape Breton Island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.[110] Arkin stated he "felt an energy in Cape Breton that [he] never felt anywhere in the world."[111] In 2019, Arkin recorded his vocal performance as Wild Knuckles in Minions: The Rise of Gru from a nearby recording studio in Point Aconi.[112]

Arkin died at his home in San Diego, California, on June 29, 2023, at the age of 89.[3][113][114][115][116] His death was attributed to cardiac arrest, of which he had a history.[117]

Acting credits

Film

Alan Arkin film credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1957 Calypso Heat Wave Tarriers lead singer [118]
1963 That's Me Un­known Short film; also writer [119][120][121]
1966
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Lt. Rozanov [122][123]
1966 The Last Mohican Mr. Ableman Short film; also writer [122]
1967 Woman Times Seven Fred Segment: The Suicides [122]
1967 Wait Until Dark Roat / Harry Roat Jr. / Harry Roat Sr. [122]
1968 Inspector Clouseau
Inspector Jacques Clouseau
[122]
1968 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter John Singer [122]
1969 Popi Abraham Rodriguez [122]
1969 The Monitors Garbage man in commercial Cameo [122]
1969 People Soup Adam Short film; also writer and director [35]
1970 Catch-22 Capt. John Yossarian [122]
1971 Little Murders Lt. Miles Practice Also director [122]
1972 Deadhead Miles Cooper [122]
1972 Last of the Red Hot Lovers Barney Cashman [122]
1974 Freebie and the Bean Det. Sgt. Dan "Bean" Delgado [122]
1975 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins Gunny Rafferty Aka Rafferty and the Highway Hustlers [122]
1975 Hearts of the West Burt Kessler [122]
1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution Sigmund Freud [122]
1977 Fire Sale Ezra Fikus Also director [122]
1979 The In-Laws Sheldon S. Kornpett, D.D.S. Also executive producer [122]
1979 The Magician of Lublin Yasha Mazur [122]
1980 Simon Prof. Simon Mendelssohn [122]
1981 Improper Channels Jeffrey Martley [122]
1981 Chu Chu and the Philly Flash Flash [122]
1981 Full Moon High Dr. Brand [122]
1982 The Last Unicorn Schmendrick Voice [122]
1983 The Return of Captain Invincible Captain Invincible [122]
1985 Joshua Then and Now Reuben Shapiro [122]
1985 Bad Medicine Dr. Ramón Madera [122]
1986 Big Trouble Leonard Hoffman [122]
1990 Coupe de Ville Fred Libner [122]
1990 Edward Scissorhands Bill Boggs [122]
1990 Havana Joe Volpi [122]
1991 The Rocketeer A. "Peevy" Peabody [122]
1992 Glengarry Glen Ross George Aaronow [122]
1993 Indian Summer Unca Lou Handler [122]
1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer Police Captain [122]
1993 Samuel Beckett Is Coming Soon The Director Also director [124]
1994 North Judge Buckle [122]
1995 Picture Windows Tully Segment: Soir Bleu [125]
1995 The Jerky Boys: The Movie Ernie Lazarro [122]
1995 Steal Big Steal Little Lou Perilli [122]
1996 Heck's Way Home Dogcatcher [122]
1996 Mother Night George Kraft [122]
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank Dr. Oatman [122]
1997 Four Days in September Charles Burke Elbrick [122]
1997 Gattaca Det. Hugo [122]
1998 Slums of Beverly Hills Murray Samuel Abromowitz [122]
1999 Jakob the Liar Max Frankfurter [122]
2000 Magicians Milo Direct-to-video [122]
2001 America's Sweethearts Wellness Guide [122]
2001 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Gene [122]
2004 Eros Dr. Pearl / Hal Segment: Equilibrium [122]
2004 Noel Artie Venizelos [122]
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Edwin Hoover [122]
2006 Firewall Arlin Forester [122]
2006 The Novice Father Benkhe [126]
2006 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Bud Newman [122]
2006 Raising Flagg Flagg Purdy [127]
2007 Rendition Senator Hawkins [122]
2008 Sunshine Cleaning Joe Lorkowski [122]
2008 Get Smart The Chief [122]
2008 Marley & Me Arnie Klein [122]
2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Herb Lee [122]
2009 City Island Michael Malakov [122]
2011 Thin Ice Gorvy Hauer [128]
2011 The Change-Up Mitchell Planko Sr. [122]
2011 The Muppets Tour Guide Cameo [122]
2012 Argo Lester Siegel [122]
2012 Stand Up Guys Richard Hirsch [122]
2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Rance Holloway [122]
2013 In Security Officer Riggs [129]
2013 Grudge Match Louis "Lightning" Conlon [122]
2014 Million Dollar Arm Ray Poitevint [122]
2015 Love the Coopers Bucky [122]
2017 Going in Style Albert Garner [122]
2019 Dumbo J. Griffin Remington [122][130]
2020 Spenser Confidential Henry Cimoli [131]
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Wild Knuckles Voice [132]
2024 The Smack Smack Posthumous release [99]

Television

Alan Arkin television credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1964
East Side/West Side
Ted Miller Episode: "The Beatnik and the Politician" [133]
1966 ABC Stage 67 Barney Kempinski Episode: "The Love Song of Barney Kempinski" [134]
1970–1971 Sesame Street Larry 4 episodes, with then-wife Barbara Dana as Larry's wife Phyllis[135] [136]
1978 The Other Side of Hell Frank Dole Television film [122]
1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka Simas Kudirka Television film [122]
1979 Carol Burnett & Company Himself Episode #1.2 [137]
1980 The Muppet Show Himself Episode: "Alan Arkin" [138]
1983 St. Elsewhere Jerry Singleton 3 episodes [138]
1984 American Playhouse Flagg Purdy Episode: "A Matter of Principle"
1985 Faerie Tale Theatre Bo Episode: "The Emperor's New Clothes" [138]
1985 The Fourth Wise Man Orontes Television film [122]
1986 A Deadly Business Harold Kaufman Television film [122]
1987 Harry Harry Porschak 7 episodes [138]
1987 Escape from Sobibor Leon Feldhendler Television film [122]
1988 Necessary Parties Archie Corelli Television film [122]
1993 Cooperstown Harry Willette Television film [122]
1993 Taking the Heat Tommy Canard Television film [122]
1994 Doomsday Gun Col. Yossi Television film [122]
1995 Picture Windows Tully Miniseries [125]
1997 Chicago Hope Zoltan Karpathein Episode: "The Son Also Rises" [138]
1999 Blood Money Willy "The Hammer" Canzaro Television film [122]
2001 Varian's War Bill Freier Television film [122]
2001–2002 100 Centre Street Joe Rifkind 10 episodes [122]
2003 The Pentagon Papers Harry Rowen Television film [138][139]
2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Sam Drebben Television film [122]
2005 Will & Grace Marty Adler Episode: "It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World" [140]
2015–2016 BoJack Horseman J. D. Salinger Voice, 4 episodes [141]
2017 Get Shorty Eugene Episode: "The Yips" [138]
2018–2019 The Kominsky Method Norman Newlander 16 episodes [133][2]

Theater

Alan Arkin theater credits
Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1961 From the Second City Performer
Royale Theatre
, Broadway
[142]
1963 Enter Laughing Performer – David Kolowitz
Henry Miller's Theatre
, Broadway
[142]
1964 Luv Performer – Harry Berlin Booth Theatre, Broadway [142]
1966 Hail Scrawdyke! Director Booth Theatre, Broadway [142]
1972 The Sunshine Boys Director Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway [142]
1973 Molly Director
Alvin Theatre
, Broadway
[142]
1998 Power Plays Director/Co-Writer/Performer Seattle (from March 12)
Manhattan Theater Club
, New York (May 1998–March 1999)
[143]
2000 Taller Than a Dwarf Director Longacre Theatre, Broadway [142]

Awards and nominations

Throughout his career he received an

Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2014, Arkin received the Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence to honor his life's work at the San Diego Film Festival.[144]

Bibliography

Arkin was the author of many books.[145] These include:

  • Tony's Hard Work Day (illustrated by James Stevenson, 1972)[146]
  • The Lemming Condition (illustrated by Joan Sandin, 1976)[147]
  • Halfway Through the Door: An Actor's Journey Toward Self (1979)[148]
  • The Clearing (1986 continuation of Lemming)[149]
  • An Improvised Life (2011) (memoir)[150][145]
  • Out of My Mind (2018) (second memoir)[145][151]

See also

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