Alan Arkin is an American actor, director, and singer. Alan Arkin won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2007. Alan Arkin was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Beatrice and David.

Alan Arkin was raised in a Jewish family. They moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, California when he was 11 years old. He is the first cousin of children`s author Edward Irving Wortis.