Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) 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" (1966), "Wait Until Dark" (1967), "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), "Popi" (1969), "Catch-22" (1970); "The In-Laws" (1979), "Edward Scissorhands" (1990), "The Rocketeer" (1991), "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992), "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing" (2001), "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006), "Sunshine Cleaning" (2008), and "Argo" (2012).