FrameThrower · Actors · Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin
7 films · 579 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1970–2019
Born 26 March 1934 · New York City, New York, USA · died 29 June 2023
Alan Wolf Arkin was an American actor, director, musician and singer. He was known for starring in such films as Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross, Marley & Me, Argo and Little Miss Sunshine, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2006. He was the father of actors Adam Arkin, Anthony Arkin, and Matthew Arkin.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 579 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1970–2019
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor2007
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture2018
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1966
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role2007
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture2013
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture2007
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play1963
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male2007
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame2019
- Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor1986
- Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor1982
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director1970
How their films are shot
Measured across 579 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Alan takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Alan takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 579 frames from Alan Arkin's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.