Adam Arkin

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Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin 1999.jpg
Arkin in 1999
Born (1956-08-19) August 19, 1956 (age 68)
New York City, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1969–present
Spouses
Linda Arkin
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(divorced)​
Phyllis Lyons
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(m. 1999;div. 2013)​
Michelle Dunker
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(m. 2017)​
Children2
Parent Alan Arkin (father)
Relatives Matthew Arkin (brother)
David I. Arkin (paternal grandfather)

Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) [1] is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope . He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony (Best Actor, 1991, I Hate Hamlet ) as well as three primetime Emmys, four SAG Awards (Ensemble, Chicago Hope ), and a DGA Award ( My Louisiana Sky ). In 2002, Arkin won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for My Louisiana Sky . He is also one of the three actors to portray Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck on Monk . Between 2007 and 2009, he starred in Life . Beginning in 1990, he had a recurring guest role on Northern Exposure playing the angry, paranoid Adam, for which he received an Emmy nomination. In 2009, he portrayed villain Ethan Zobelle, a white separatist gang leader, in Sons of Anarchy and Principal Ed Gibb in 8 Simple Rules (2003–2005). His brother Matthew is also an actor, as was his father, Alan Arkin.

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Early life

Arkin was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to actor, director and writer Alan Arkin and his first wife Jeremy Yaffe. [2] Arkin joined his parents singing in the children's music group the Baby Sitters, along with Lee Hays and Doris Willens. [3] [4] He graduated from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York. Arkin is Jewish. [5]

Career

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Arkin in 1976

In 1975, Arkin guest-starred in an episode of the award-winning television show Happy Days (episode 35, season 2), and an episode of Barney Miller ("Grand Hotel"). In 1977, he starred as Lenny Markowitz, the central character in the series Busting Loose . [6] He has since appeared in numerous television series, including: A Year in the Life (1988); The Twilight Zone (1986); Northern Exposure (CBS, 1990–1995), in which he played the mercurial barefooted chef Adam; and Chicago Hope (CBS, 1994–2000); two Law & Order episodes (as jewelry store owner George Costas in "Self Defense," Season 3, 1992, and as a district attorney named Charles Graham in "Red Ball," Season 16, 2005); Picket Fences (Season 2, Episode 13); The West Wing (1999) (as trauma specialist and psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Keyworth); Frasier (as an obsessive fan of Frasier, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series); Boston Legal ; Baby Bob ; Monk ; and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002). In 2007, he starred in the NBC drama Life in the role of Ted Earley. He played a white separatist leader named Ethan Zobelle during the second season of the series Sons of Anarchy . In April 2008, Arkin guest-starred in the web series Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show . [7] In 2011, he appeared in a Season 7 episode of The Closer ("To Serve with Love"), and portrayed mob boss Theo Tonin on Justified as well as an FBI agent in The Chicago Code .

Arkin's film appearances include Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) and Hitch (2005). He also played the part of a divorce lawyer in A Serious Man (2009), directed by Ethan and Joel Coen. [8]

Arkin has also done voice acting. He played a minor role in the radio dramatization of Star Wars as the voice of Fixer. For PBS, he voiced Meriwether Lewis in Ken Burns's The Voyage of the Corps of Discovery (1997). He also provided character voice work for the Emmy-winning series The National Parks: America's Best Idea .

He has performed in Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions, including Brooklyn Boy by playwright Donald Margulies in both its South Coast Repertory world premiere and the Broadway production). [9]

In addition, he is known for his directing work, including episodes of Grey's Anatomy , Boston Legal, The Riches , Dirt , Ally McBeal , Sons of Anarchy, The Blacklist , Justified , and Masters of Sex . He won an Emmy for directing the Showtime television film My Louisiana Sky. He also directed three episodes of the 2013 Cold War television drama The Americans , the final episode of the second season (2014) of Masters of Sex , [10] and the final two episodes of the critically acclaimed second season of Fargo (2015), in which he also had a minor role.

He is a co-executive producer of the television series Get Shorty . [11]

Personal life

He has a daughter, Molly, with his first wife, Linda. [12] He was married to Phyllis Anne Lyons from 1999 to 2013, and they had one son together. Phyllis filed for divorce in August 2013. [13] [14] He married Michelle Dunker in 2017.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969 The Monitors Boy in Monitors Commercial
People SoupAdamShort film
1971 Made for Each Other Teenage Guido "Gig" Panimba
1974Moe and JoeRalphTelevision film
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy Ken Walters
1975All Together NowJerry
1976 Baby Blue Marine Rupe
1979Tom Edison: The Boy Who Lit Up the WorldCole BogardisTelevision film
1981 Under the Rainbow Henry Hudson
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash Charlie
Full Moon High Tony Walker
1985 The Fourth Wise Man JosephTelevision film
1987Personal FoulJeremy
1988Necessary PartiesMr. DunfeeTelevision film
1990Heat WaveArt Berman
BabiesDavid
A Promise to KeepLouis Colt
1991 The Doctor Dr. Eli Blumfield
1993 Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Bookstore ManagerUncredited
1995In the Line of Duty: Hunt for JusticeAgent Gabriel ValentinoTelevision film
1997Not in This TownBrian Schnitzer
1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Will BrennanNominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Horror
With Friends Like These... Steve Hersh
ThirstBob MillerTelevision film
1999 Lake Placid KevinUncredited
A Slight Case of Murder Detective Fred StapelliTelevision film
2000 Dropping Out Scott Kayle
Hanging Up Joe Marks
East of ASylvester
2001MissionVissarion Belinsky
2001 Off Season Richard FrangelloTelevision film
2002Roughing ItHenry
Stark Raving Mad Don PartridgeUncredited
2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School Gabe Difranco
Hitch Max
ChloeThe FatherShort film
Kids in America Ed Mumsford
2006Murder on Pleasant DriveJohn David SmithTelevision film
2007 Graduation Dean Deeley
2009 Just Peck Michael Peck
A Serious Man Don MilgramNominated—Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast
2010Tell TaleHusbandShort film
Who Gets the ParentsGeneTelevision film
2011Summer ElevenRon
SmotheredAlanTelevision film
2012 The Sessions Josh
2013 In Security Broomhall
2014 10 Cent Pistol Nir Zir
2021 Pig Darius

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975 Happy Days BoEpisode: "Fonzie Joins the Band"
We'll Get By RichardEpisode: "Family Portrait"
Barney Miller Howard SmithEpisode: "Grand Hotel"
Harry O Eric KershawEpisode: "Portrait of a Murder"
Hawaii Five-O Alex ScofieldEpisode: "A Touch of Guilt"
1976 Visions Bernie HellerEpisode: "The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike"
1977 Busting Loose Lenny Markowitz21 episodes
1978 The Love Boat Alex LambertEpisode: "Heads or Tails"
Captain Kangaroo Genie of the BananaEpisode: "10 January 1978"
Pearl Pvt. Billy Zylowski3 episodes
1979 $weepstake$ JoeyEpisode: "Lynn and Grover and Joey"
1982 Teachers Only Michael Dreyfuss8 episodes
The Love Boat Jonathan StevensEpisode: "Salvaged Romance"
1985 St. Elsewhere Doug ZageckEpisode: "Fathers and Sons"
1986–87 L.A. Law Richard Kendall2 episodes
1986 The Twilight Zone Michael WrightEpisode: "A Matter of Minutes"
All Is Forgiven Phil DouglasEpisode: "Past Perfect"
Tough Cookies Danny Polchek6 episodes
1986 A Year in the Life Jim Eisenberg3 episodes
1987–88 A Year in the Life Jim Eisenberg22 episodes
1989 Hard Time on Planet Earth Harry NewcombEpisode: "Losing Control"
MacGyver Tony ParisioEpisode: "The Invisible Killer"
1989–1990 Knots Landing Mark Baylor6 episodes
1990–1995 Northern Exposure Adam10 episodes
Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Specialty Player
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
1991 China Beach Joe Arneburg3 episodes
Nurses Peter TellerEpisode: "Love, Death, and the Whole Damn Thing"
The Hidden Room Episode: "Dream of the Wolf"
1992 Law & Order George CostasEpisode: "Self Defense"
1993 Tribeca BobEpisode: "Stepping Back"
Big Wave Dave's Marshall Fisher6 episodes
1994 Picket Fences Attorney Robert Biel2 episodes
1994–2000 Chicago Hope Dr. Aaron Shutt138 episodes
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995–98)
1996 Picket Fences EdwardEpisode: "The Z Files"
1997 MADTv HostEpisode: "2.19"
1997 Perversions of Science Paul DankoEpisode: "Dream of Doom"
2000–2002 The West Wing Dr. Stanley Keyworth4 episodes
2001 The Chris Isaak Show Jimmy VaneEpisode: "Hurricane"
Frasier TomEpisode: "The Two Hundredth"
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
2002 Monk Dale 'The Whale' BiederbeckEpisode: "Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale"
2002–2003 Baby Bob Walter Spencer14 episodes
2003 The Practice Atty. Albert GinsbergEpisode: "The Chosen"
2004–2005 8 Simple Rules Principal Ed Gibb12 episodes
2005 Law & Order Charlie GrahamEpisode: "Red Ball"
2006 Commander in Chief Carl Brantley2 episodes
Boston Legal A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer3 episodes
2007–2009 Life Ted Earley32 episodes
2009 Sons of Anarchy Ethan Zobelle 11 episodes (season 2)
2011 The Chicago Code FBI Division Chief Cuyler2 episodes
The Closer Steven HirschbaumEpisode: "To Serve With Love"
2012 The Newsroom Adam RothEpisode: "The Blackout, Part 2: Mock Debate"
2012–2014 Justified Theo Tonin3 episodes; also director (5 episodes)
2013 Family Tools Mr. BaynorEpisode: "Pilot"
2014 Masters of Sex Shep Tally3 episodes
The Bridge Federal Investigator3 episodes
2015 State of Affairs Victor Gantry6 episodes
Fargo Hamish Broker3 episodes; also director (2 episodes)
2016 How to Get Away with Murder Wallace Mahoney4 episodes
Modern Family ReeceEpisode: "Man Shouldn't Lie"
The Carmichael Show GrantEpisode: "Maxine's Dad"
2017–2019 Get Shorty Co-Executive Producer/director7 episodes
2019 Santa Clarita Diet EvanEpisode: "The Cult of Sheila"
The Act DetectiveEpisode: "Bonnie & Clyde"
2020 Tommy —director; Episode: 10 "Packing Heat"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Julius AdlerSeason 21, Episode 8: We Dream of Machine Elves
neXt —director; Episodes: "file #7"/"file #10"
2021 Rebel Mark DuncanRecurring role and also executive producer
Big Shot Tim3 episodes
2022 Benjamin Franklin Elkanah Watson Documentary
Voice
The Offer —director; 4 episodes
2023 The Night Agent —director; 2 episodes

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