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Alan Arkin

Born on March 26, 1934 in New York City, NY

As a multi-talented film and stage performer with an intense comic flair, the diminutive and stocky Jewish-American character actor Alan Arkin built a career for himself out of playing slightly gruff and opinionated yet endearing eccentrics. Read Full Biography

Year	Award	Category	Movie	Result
2012	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Best Supporting Actor	Argo	Nominated
2012	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Best Supporting Actor	Argo	Nominated
2012	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Best Supporting Actor	Argo	Nominated
2012	Screen Actors Guild	Best Supporting Actor	Argo	Nominated
2012	Screen Actors Guild	Best Ensemble	Argo	Won

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Alan Arkin, 'Argo' Star, On Hollywood, 'The Muppets' And The Hardest Movie He's Done
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During the Muppets heyday, anyone who was anyone guested on the show and films -- including Madeline Kahn, Bob Hope, Carol Burnett, Johnny Cash, Joan Rivers and even the great Orson Welles. As we learned last week, Jason Segel's...

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This weekend, a movie about a flying man, based on a comic book, smashed up the box office. Nineteen years ago, a movie about a flying man, based on a graphic novel, did not fare so well. The Rocketeer, based on the book by...

Respect the Elderly: Our 10 Favorite Seniors in Movies
by Marina Zogbi
In an industry that is geared mainly to audiences under 40 (and in many cases under 25), movies that feature seniors in more than peripheral grandma/pa roles are a relative rarity. Which is unfortunate for many reasons, not least...