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Alan Arkin is an American actor, director, and writer. He is best known for his roles in films such as The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966), The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Catch-22 (1970), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and Argo (2012). He has won two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and four BAFTA Awards. Arkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, to David I. Arkin, a painter and writer, and Beatrice (née Wortis) Arkin, a teacher. He has two brothers, Adam and Matthew. He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1952. Arkin began his acting career in the 1950s, appearing in television series such as The Twilight Zone and The Defenders. He made his film debut in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966). He has since appeared in numerous films, including The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Catch-22 (1970), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and Argo (2012). Arkin has won two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and four BAFTA Awards. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in Argo (2012). As of 2021, Alan Arkin's net worth is estimated to be $20 million.

Popular As Alan Wolf Arkin
Occupation actor,soundtrack,director
Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 26 March, 1934
Birthday 26 March
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Date of death June 29, 2023
Died Place San Marcos, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Alan Arkin Height, Weight & Measurements

At 89 years old, Alan Arkin height is 5′ 9″ .

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Height 5′ 9″
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Who Is Alan Arkin's Wife?

His wife is Jeremy Yaffe (m. 1955-1961) Barbara Dana (m. 1964-1994) Suzanne Newlander (m. 1996)

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Wife Jeremy Yaffe (m. 1955-1961) Barbara Dana (m. 1964-1994) Suzanne Newlander (m. 1996)
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Children 3, including Adam and Matthew

Alan Arkin Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Alan Arkin worth at the age of 89 years old? Alan Arkin’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Alan Arkin's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Actor

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2019

Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television category for his role as Norman in The Kominsky Method (2018), but lost to Ben Whishaw for A Very English Scandal (2018).

2014

As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966), Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and Argo (2012), with the latter winning in the category. He gave Oscar nominated performances in all three films, winning Best Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine.

2001

He was originally slated to play Saul Bloom in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001); after dropping out of the production, he was replaced by Carl Reiner. Arkin won a 1963 Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play as well as a Theatre World Award playing a character based on Carl Reiner in the Broadway production of Reiner's autobiographical novel Enter Laughing (1967).

1999

Arkin gave a brilliant performance opposite Robin Williams in Jakob the Liar (1999), a film about the Nazi occupation of Poland. He also returned to the New York stage co-starring with his son, Tony Arkin and Elaine May in "Power Plays", which he also co-authored.

1998

He won raves for his portrayal of a divorced father who struggles to keep his kids enrolled in the Beverly Hills school system in Slums of Beverly Hills (1998).

1992

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. pg. 24-25. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.

1990

During the 1990s he turned out several notable performances, such as a bitter former baseball player in TNT's Cooperstown (1993), and as a hilarious psychiatrist opposite John Cusack in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997).

1980

In the early 1980s he acted in three movies that were family affairs, written by his wife, Barbara Dana, and co-starring his son, Adam Arkin.

1976

After a few years of directorial work on television, Arkin made a comeback with an impressive portrayal of doctor Sigmund Freud in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976).

1974

Disowned his involvement in the film Freebie and the Bean (1974), saying he had only accepted the role because, "I needed the bread.".

1972

He also directed the original version of Neil Simon's hilarious smash, "The Sunshine Boys" (1972), which ran over 500 performances.

1970

He followed with what remained his best known role as Captain Yossarian in Catch-22 (1970), directed by Mike Nichols and based on the eponymous anti-war novel by Joseph Heller. In it Arkin arguably gave his strongest performance, however, his career suffered because the film initially did not live up to expectations.

1969

He won a Drama Desk Award for his direction of the Off-Broadway production of "Little Murders" (1969), and another Drama Desk Award for "The White House Murder Case" (1970).

1968

He reinvented himself as the sensitive deaf-mute in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), for which he received his second Academy Award Nomination as Best Actor in the Leading role.

1967

Arkin demonstrated his dramatic range as the psychopathic killer Roat in suspense film Wait Until Dark (1967), opposite Audrey Hepburn.

1966

Arkin made his directorial debut with an Off-Broadway hit called "Eh?" (1966), which introduced the young actor, named Dustin Hoffman.

Arkin earned his first Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for his feature acting debut in a comedy The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966), by director Norman Jewison, co-starring as Lt. Rozanov, a Soviet submariner who is mistaken for a spy after his boat accidentally wrecks aground in New England.

1964

He starred in a Broadway musical "From the Second City production, then returned to Broadway as Harry Berlin in "Luv" (1964).

1963

Won Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play for Enter Laughing (1967), for which he also won a Theatre World Award. Ten years later, he was nominated for a 1973 Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) for The Sunshine Boys (1975).

1961

In 1961 Arkin made his Broadway debut in musical "From the Second City", for which he wrote lyrics and sketches, then starred as David Kolowitz in the Broadway comedy "Enter Laughing" (1963), for which he won a Tony Award.

1958

From 1958 - 1968 he performed and recorded with the children's folk group, The Babysitters. He has also recorded an entire album for the Elektra label titled "Folksongs - Once Over Lightly.

Then he made his Off-Broadway debut as a singer in "Heloise" (1958). Next year he joined the Compass Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri. There he caught the eye of stage director Bob Sills and became the original member of the "Second City" troupe in Chicago.

1957

"In 1957 Arkin made his first big screen appearance as a lead singer with The Tarriers in Calypso Heat Wave (1957).

1956

He co-wrote the 1956 hit "The Banana Boat Song" - a Jamaican calypso folk song, which became better known as Harry Belafonte's popular version, and reached #4 on the Billboard chart. At that time Arkin was a struggling young actor who played bit parts on television and on stage, and made a living as a delivery boy, repairman, pot washer and baby sitter.

1951

He attended Franklin High School, in Los Angeles, then Los Angeles City College from 1951 - 1953, and Bennington College in Vermont from 1953 - 1954. He sang in a college folk-band, and was involved in a drama class. He dropped out of college to form the folk music group The Tarriers, in which Arkin was the lead singer and played guitar.

1950

Arkin, was an artist and writer, who worked as a teacher, and lost his job for merely refusing to answer questions about his political affiliation during the 1950s Red Scare. His father challenged the politically biased dismissal and eventually prevailed, but unfortunately it was after his death. His mother, Beatrice (Wortis) Arkin, a teacher, shared his father's views. Young Arkin was fond of music and acting, he was taking various acting classes from the age of 10.

1946

In 1946, the Arkins moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, California. His father, David I.

1934

Alan Arkin is an Academy Award-winning American actor who is also an acclaimed director, producer, author, singer and composer. He was born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. His family were Jewish emigrants from Russia and Germany.