BT-12. An Evening with Alan Arkin
He’s made over 70 films, won an Oscar for his role in Little Miss Sunshine, was nominated for four Oscars (including one for Argo), won a Golden Globe for The Russians Are Coming, The Russians are Coming and has five Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy Award nominations. He has won a Tony, a BAFTA and two Canadian Academy Awards. As a stage director, he has won an Obie, and as an author, has won a National Booksellers Award.
His long list of film credits also includes Wait Until Dark, The In-Laws, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, Edward Scissorhands, Grosse Point Blank, Glengarry Glen Ross, and, more recently, Million Dollar Arm, Grudge Match, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Muppets, Marley & Me, and Get Smart.
Arkin is also an acclaimed musician and composer, and released a memoir in 2011 entitled ?An Improvised Life.? He is currently in production on the feature fi lm Let it Snow with John Goodman, Ed Helms and Diane Keaton.