--- title: Golden Globes 2019: Alan Arkin Reaction Memes description: While Alan Arkin didn't win a 2019 Golden Globe, the faces he made throughout the awards ceremony were definitely a highlight of the night. canonical: https://time.com/5495600/alan-arkin-golden-globes/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-07T14:57:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:44.558Z og:title: Alan Arkin's Face at the Golden Globes Is Truly Everything og:description: "Alan Arkin is all of us" og:url: https://time.com/5495600/alan-arkin-golden-globes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt016460d3aeb253e9/698942ccdb298788d2261970/golden-globes-2019-alan-arkin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: golden-globes-2019-alan-arkin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alan Arkin's Face at the Golden Globes Is Truly Everything twitter:description: "Alan Arkin is all of us" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt016460d3aeb253e9/698942ccdb298788d2261970/golden-globes-2019-alan-arkin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Alan Arkin's Stoic Face at the Golden Globes Is Absolutely Everything  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 7, 2019 2:57 PM UTC  Winners of Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy for 'The Kominsky Method,' Michael Douglas (L) and Alan Arkin pose in the press room during the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Winners of Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy for 'The Kominsky Method,' Michael Douglas (L) and Alan Arkin pose in the press room during the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 7, 2019 2:57 PM UTC While Alan Arkin didn’t win the [Golden Globe](http://time.com/5494459/golden-globes-winners-2019/) for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for his role in [_The Kominsky Method_](http://time.com/5450341/kominsky-method-review/), the faces he made throughout Sunday’s awards show were definitely a [highlight of the night](http://time.com/5494359/2019-golden-globes-recap/). The 84-year-old actor was captured on camera at a few different moments at the 2019 Golden Globes, including hosts[ Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh’s opening monologue](http://time.com/5495089/golden-globes-best-jokes-2019/) and the speech Jeff Bridges gave after winning the [Cecil B. deMille Award](http://time.com/5092249/golden-globes-oprah-speech-transcript/). Many on social media were quick to praise Arkin for what they perceived as some of the most relatable behavior displayed by the celebrities in attendance at the ceremony. “We are all [#AlanArkin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlanArkin?src=hash) during this massacre of a monologue,” one Twitter user captioned a shot of Arkin making a stoic face during the bit. > [](https://twitter.com/lesleyabravanel/status/1082082332394303488) “Alan Arkin—reaction to Jeff Bridges during his non sequitur rant on boat rudders + Buckminster Fuller— is my spirit animal,” added another. “Amazing.” > [](https://twitter.com/wolfejosh/status/1082116464805642240) See some more reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/AlexSageOyen/status/1082267520214724608) > [](https://twitter.com/McTelevision/status/1082112977786916864) > [](https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1082113674846896128) > [](https://twitter.com/TinaRange/status/1082113148075864069) > [](https://twitter.com/LJAKy35/status/1082082069847654400) > [](https://twitter.com/QuinnKeaney/status/1082137209891971072) > [](https://twitter.com/TheFienPrint/status/1082113295287349248) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5495600/alan-arkin-golden-globes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5495600/alan-arkin-golden-globes/"},"headline":"Alan Arkin's Stoic Face at the Golden Globes Is Absolutely Everything","datePublished":"2019-01-07T14:57:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:44.558Z","description":"\"Alan Arkin is all of us\"","url":"https://time.com/5495600/alan-arkin-golden-globes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt016460d3aeb253e9/698942ccdb298788d2261970/golden-globes-2019-alan-arkin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt016460d3aeb253e9/698942ccdb298788d2261970/golden-globes-2019-alan-arkin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"golden-globes-2019-alan-arkin","caption":"Winners of Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy for 'The Kominsky Method,' Michael Douglas (L) and Alan Arkin pose in the press room during the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills, Califor","creditText":"Kevin Winter/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5495600/alan-arkin-golden-globes/","name":"Alan Arkin's Stoic Face at the Golden Globes Is Absolutely Everything"}}]}] ```