Trivia

He is sometimes confused with actor Joel Grey and vica versa. Due to this, Grey guest-starred on Alias (2001) as a man brainwashed into thinking he was the evil terrorist-spy Arvin Sloane, who was played by Rifkin.

Is very close friends with Sarah Jessica Parker and Stephen Collins.

Won Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for a revival "Cabaret."

Appeared with wife Iva Rifkin in The Sting II (1983).

As of 2019, he has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: JFK (1991), L.A. Confidential (1997) and A Star Is Born (2018). All three were Warner Bros. productions.

He won a Tony in 1998 for a featured role in "Cabaret".

Godfather of Eve Kagan.

He was awarded the 1993 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "The Substance of Fire" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Older brother of Arnold Rifkin.

Appeared in two movies in 2002 with animals for titles, Tadpole (2002) and Dragonfly (2002). Coincidentally, he'd previously appeared in the film Wolf (1994) as well.

Broadway debut 1960 in Come Blow Your Horn.

His wife, Iva Rifkin, owns a fashion design business.

Best known on TV for playing intelligence agent Arvin Sloane in Alias. Also noted as Defense Attorney Marvin Stan Exely, a recurring character on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Born the oldest of three children in New York City to Miriam and Russian-born Herman Rifkin.