Alan Wolf Arkin is an American actor, director and screenwriter. With a film career spanning seven decades, Arkin is known for his performances in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; Wait Until Dark; The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter; Popi; Catch-22; The In-Laws; Edward Scissorhands; The Rocketeer; Glengarry Glen Ross; Thirteen Conversations About One Thing; Little Miss Sunshine; Get Smart; Sunshine Cleaning; and Argo.He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for his performances in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Little Miss Sunshine and received critical praise and a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in Argo.