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Alan Arkin (1934–2023) was an American actor, director, and comedian of the stage and screen. He received various awards including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, two SAG Awards, and a Tony Award.
Award | Wins | Nominations |
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1 | 4 | |
1 | 3 | |
0 | 6 | |
1 | 8 | |
2 | 8 | |
1 | 2 | |
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6 | 31 |
He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his comedic role as the elderly irascible grandfather in the independent comedy Little Miss Sunshine (2006). He received Academy Award nominations for The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), and Argo (2012). He received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role in the Norman Jewison comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966). He received two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with the ensembles of Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and Argo (2012).
For his work on television, he received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including two nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Kominsky Method (2018–present). He also received four Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, and two Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in the series. For his work on the Broadway stage he received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Enter Laughing in 1963 and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for The Sunshine Boys in 1973.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1967 | Best Actor | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Nominated | [1] |
1969 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Nominated | [2] | |
2007 | Best Supporting Actor | Little Miss Sunshine | Won | [3] |
2013 | Argo | Nominated | [4] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1967 | Most Promising Newcomer | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Nominated | [5] |
2007 | Best Supporting Actor | Little Miss Sunshine | Won | [6] |
2013 | Argo | Nominated | [7] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1967 | New Star of the Year | Nominated | [14] | |
Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Won | ||
1969 | Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Nominated | [15] |
1970 | Popi | Nominated | [16] | |
1988 | Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Movie | Escape from Sobibor | Nominated | [17] |
2013 | Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | Argo | Nominated | [18] |
2020 | Best Supporting Actor - Television | The Kominsky Method | Nominated | [19] |
2021 | Nominated | [20] | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Little Miss Sunshine | Won | [21] |
Outstanding Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
2013 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Argo | Won | [22] |
Outstanding Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
2020 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Kominsky Method | Nominated | [23] |
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | |||
2021 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [24] | |
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | |||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1963 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Enter Laughing | Won | |
1973 | Best Direction of a Play | The Sunshine Boys | Nominated | |
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