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Acting

Alan Arkin

Career: Active from 1966 to 2022, busiest in 1985 and 1993 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 57
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 83 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Alan Arkin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Scare
1.3, average 2.6
Violence
3.1, average 4.1
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5
Tension
5.3, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Character Study 7
Social Commentary 6
Historical Drama 4
Nostalgic 4
Ensemble Cast 4
Redemption 4
Heartwarming 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Slapstick Comedy 4
Coming-of-Age 3
Political Thriller 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

111

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Director, Writer

2020s

2 titles · average score 58

Minions: The Rise of Gru

67

as Wild Knuckles (voice)

Spenser Confidential

49

as Henry

2010s

15 titles · average score 59

Dumbo

52

as J. Griffin Remington

The Kominsky Method

80

TV show · as Norman Newlander

Going in Style

55

as Albert Garner

15 Septembers Later

TV show · as Narrator

Love the Coopers

38

as Bucky Newport

BoJack Horseman

88

TV show · as J.D. Salinger (voice)

Grudge Match

45

as Louis 'Lightning' Conlon

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

46

as Rance Holloway

Argo

84

as Lester Siegel

Stand Up Guys

48

as Richard Hirsch

Thin Ice

63

as Gorvy Hauer

The Change-Up

44

as Mitch's Dad

2000s

21 titles · average score 57

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

58

as Herb Lee

Sunshine Cleaning

66

as Joe Lorkowski

Get Smart

57

as The Chief

Marley & Me

64

as Arnie Klein

Rendition

57

as Senator Hawkins

Little Miss Sunshine

83

as Edwin Hoover

Crossroads

59

as Father Behnke

Raising Flagg

30

as Flagg Purdy

Eros

49

as Dr. Pearl / Hal

Noel

43

as Artie

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

61

as Sam Drebben

100 Centre Street

80

TV show · as Joe Rifkind

1990s

24 titles · average score 59

Jakob the Liar

50

as Max Frankfurter

Slums of Beverly Hills

70

as Murray Samuel Abromowitz

Gattaca

76

as Detective Hugo

Grosse Pointe Blank

77

as Dr. Oatman

Four Days in September

66

as Charles Burke Elbrick

Mother Night

69

as George Kraft

Steal Big Steal Little

31

as Lou Perilli

The Jerky Boys

32

as Ernie Lazarro

Indian Summer

52

as Unca Lou Handler

Glengarry Glen Ross

84

as George Aaronow

The Rocketeer

66

as A. 'Peevy' Peabody

Havana

43

as Joe Volpi

1980s

19 titles · average score 61

Escape from Sobibor

74

as Leon Feldhendler

TV show · Producer

Big Trouble

37

as Leonard Hoffman

The Fourth Wise Man

74

as Orontes

Bad Medicine

42

as Dr. Ramon Madera

Joshua Then and Now

59

as Reuben

The Emperor's New Clothes

as Bo

The Return of Captain Invincible

59

as Captain Invincible

The Last Unicorn

74

as Schmendrick (voice)

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

46

as Flash

Improper Channels

as Jeffery Martley

Simon

63

as Simon Mendelssohn

1970s

16 titles · average score 62

The In-Laws

75

as Sheldon S. Kompett D.D.S.

The Other Side of Hell

73

as Frank Dole

Fire Sale

53

as Ezra Fikus

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

72

as Dr. Sigmund Freud

Hearts of the West

60

as Bert Kessler

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

55

as Rafferty

Twigs

Director

Freebie and the Bean

43

as Bean

Last of the Red Hot Lovers

49

as Barney Cashman

Deadhead Miles

65

as Cooper

Little Murders

71

as Lt. Practice

Catch-22

73

as Capt. John Yossarian

1960s

13 titles · average score 62

People Soup

Director

Popi

65

as Abraham

The Monitors

45

as Man in Monitors Commercial

Inspector Clouseau

27

as Insp. Jacques Clouseau

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

89

as John Singer

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

as Barney Kempinski

Wait Until Dark

83

as Roat / Roat Jr. / Roat Sr.

Woman Times Seven

51

as Fred

Director

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

72

as Lt. Rozanov

The Last Mohican

as Mr. Ableman

ABC Stage 67

TV show · as Barney Kempinski