Oscar-winning ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ star Alan Arkin dies aged 89

30 June, 2023

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin, the Oscar– and Tony-winning star of Little Miss Sunshine and more, has died aged 89.

The news was confirmed to People by Arkin’s sons, Adam, Matthew and Anthony.

The family’s statement read: “Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man.

“A loving husband, father, grand and great grandfather, he was adored and will be deeply missed.”

The actor was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1934 before moving to Los Angeles as a child. After a career with the folk band The Tarriers, he left for Chicago to start improvisational comedy group Second City, before making his Broadway debut in the early 1960s.

In the next six decades, Arkin would win a Tony for Enter Laughing (1963) and an Oscar for his portrayal of grandfather Edwin Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine in 2006.

Other roles came in Ben Affleck’s Argo, for which he was also nominated for an Oscar, and most recently in Netflix’s The Kominsky Method, for which be was nominated for Emmys in 2019 and 2020 and a Golden Globe in 2021.

Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin in 2020. Credit: Phillip Faraone/WireImage.

When receiving his Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine in 2007, Arkin said: “More than anything, I’m deeply moved by the open-hearted appreciation our small film has received, which in these fragmented times speaks so openly of the possibility of innocence, growth, and connection.”

Upon news of his death, fans have been sharing some of Arkin’s best scenes from across his career, which you can see below.

Arkin is survived by his children Adam, Matthew and Anthony and his wife Suzanne Newlander.

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