It was the beginning of HBO's reign on quality, edgy, artistic stuff. Like so many actors, I was only interested in doing theater and film. It was on season four of "Oz," playing a doomed undercover officer sent to prison who becomes an addict, that Reddick had a career breakthrough. Reddick was a Yale University drama school graduate who enjoyed some success after school by landing guest or recurring roles on "CSI: Miami" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." He also appeared in several movies, including "I Dreamed of Africa," "The Siege" and "Great Expectations." He was also slated to appear in the "John Wick" spinoff "Ballerina," as well as "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial." His upcoming projects include 20th Century's remake of "White Men Can't Jump" and "Shirley," Netflix's biopic of former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. He earned a SAG Award nomination in 2021 as part of the ensemble for Regina King's film "One Night in Miami." Reddick played recurring roles on "Intelligence" and "American Horror Story" and was on the show "Bosch" for its seven-year run. When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a Black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed," he told the Los Angeles Times in 2009. Arkin also worked as a movie and stage director, made many TV appearances and wrote several books.Īrkin is survived by his wife Suzanne, his three sons, four grandchildren and a great-grandson."I'm an artist at heart. His father, a painter and writer, lost his job as a teacher after he was accused of being a communist during the "Red Scare" of the 1950s.Īrkin was an original member of Chicago's influential improvisational comedy troupe Second City and sang in a folk group that had a hit version of the 1950s single "The Banana Boat Song," popularized by Harry Belafonte. For example, he said he did "Freebie and the Bean" in 1974 because "I needed the bread."Īlan Wolf Arkin was born on March 26, 1934, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, but his family moved to Los Angeles when he was 11. Some of Arkin's other films included "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" in 1976, "The In-Laws" in 1979, "Edward Scissorhands" in 1990, "Glengarry Glen Ross" in 1992, "Grosse Pointe Blank" in 1997, "The Slums of Beverly Hills" in 1998, "Get Smart" in 2008, "Sunshine Cleaning" in 2008, "Stand Up Guys" in 2012 and "Going in Style" in 2017. No mood he couldn't live in," tweeted actor and comedian Patton Oswalt. "Did ANYONE have the range Alan Arkin had? Hilarious, sinister, insane, tragic. He won praise and Emmy nominations for the TV series "The Kominsky Method," also starring Michael Douglas, that debuted in 2018. Director Ben Affleck's film won the Academy Award for best picture.Īrkin remained active in film and television well into his 80s. He also won plaudits for his performance in the 2012 thriller "Argo," which told the true-life story of a CIA mission to free six Americans from Iran by disguising them as crew members of an elaborately concocted but fictitious film about aliens. In 1970, he starred in the film version of Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22," putting in a strong performance in a movie that was considered a disappointment.
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