Alan Arkin Biography

Alan Arkin biography

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NAME: Alan Arkin
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director, Musician, Author
BIRTH DATE: March 26, 1934 (Age: 78)
EDUCATION: Los Angeles City College, Bennington College
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York

Originally: Alan Wolf Arkin
ZODIAC SIGN: Aries

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Actor and director Alan Arkin is a three-time Oscar Award nominee, whose notable films include Catch-22, and Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepbury.

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Synopsis

Alan Arkin was born March 26, 1934 in New York City. He performed with folk music groups from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. He received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his screen acting debut and was nominated again two years later for his performance in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. In 2007, Arkin received his third Oscar nomination for a supporting role in and indie film.

Profile

Actor, director, writer, musician. Born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934 in New York City. Raised in a Jewish family, Arkin attended high school in Los Angeles while studying at various drama schools on scholarship. He dropped out of college to perform with the folk music group The Tarriers, most noted for the 1956 hit "The Banana Boat Song." From 1958 to 1968, Arkin was a member of the children's folk group, The Baby Sitters.

An original member of Chicago's acclaimed Second City improv group, Arkin received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his screen acting debut, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming. He was nominated again two years later for his performance in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Other notable films include Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn, Catch-22, Glengarry Glen Ross and Edward Scissorhands. In 2007, Arkin received his third Oscar nomination for his supporting role in the indie hit Little Miss Sunshine.

Arkin has been married three times and has three sons. He is the writer of several science fiction stories and children's books.