LOS ANGELES, California – Alan Arkin, an American actor who demonstrated his versatility in comedy and drama by receiving four Academy Award nominations and winning an Oscar in 2007 for “Little Miss Sunshine,” has died at 89, he said. this Friday his family.
His sons Adam, Matthew and Anthony confirmed their father’s death through the actor’s publicist.
“Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and as a man,” they said in a statement.
A member of Chicago’s famed Second City comedy troupe, Arkin found immediate success in movies with the Cold War spoof “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” and peaked late in life with his Best Supporting Actor win for the 2006 surprise hit “Little Miss Sunshine.”
More than 40 years separated Arkin from his first Oscar nomination, for “The Russians Are Coming,” from his nomination for playing a conniving Hollywood producer in the Oscar-winning “Argo.”
She recently starred opposite Michael Douglas in the Netflix comedy series “The Kominsky Method,” a role that earned her two Emmy nominations.
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