Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956)[1] is an American television, film and stage actor, and director. He is 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 the NBC drama Life. Beginning in 1990 he had a 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, on the FX original series Sons of Anarchy.
Adam Arkin | |
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 Arkin in 1999 | |
| Born | August 19, 1956 |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, director |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Arkin Phyllis Lyons
( m. 1999–2013)Michelle Dunker
( m. after 2017) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Alan Arkin Jeremy Yaffe |
| Relatives | Matthew Arkin (brother) |
His father, Alan Arkin, and brother, Matthew, are also actors.
Early life
Arkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, to actor, director and writer Alan Arkin and his first wife, Jeremy Yaffe.[2] He graduated from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York. Arkin is Jewish.[3]
Career
Arkin guest-starred in the award-winning television show Happy Days in episode 35, season 2 in 1975. Also in 1975, he made a guest appearance on Barney Miller (episode: "Grand Hotel"). His first starring role in television was as Lenny Markowitz, the central character in the 1977 situation comedy Busting Loose.[4] He since has appeared in various television series such as A Year in the Life (1988), The Twilight Zone (1986), Northern Exposure (CBS, 1990–95), where he played the mercurial barefooted chef Adam, and Chicago Hope (CBS, 1994–2000). He appeared in two Law & Order episodes, "Self Defense" (season three, 1992) as jewelry store owner George Costas and "Red Ball" (season 16, 2005) as a district attorney named Charles Graham. He also appeared in Picket Fences (season two, episode 13). Other television appearances include The West Wing (1999) (as trauma specialist and psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Keyworth), Frasier, as an obsessive fan of Frasier's, 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 FX series Sons of Anarchy reuniting with former 8 Simple Rules castmate Katey Sagal. In 2011, he appeared in The Closer episode "To Serve With Love" (season seven) as a suspect named Steven Hirschbaum. He also portrayed mob boss Theo Tonin on Justified in 2011, and an FBI agent in The Chicago Code, also in 2011.
Arkin's film appearances include Hitch (2005) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998). He has performed in Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions, including both the South Coast Repertory world premiere and Broadway production of Brooklyn Boy by playwright Donald Margulies.[5] In addition, he is known for his directing work, having done 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. In April 2008, Arkin guest-starred in the Web series Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show.[6] He played the part of a divorce lawyer in the film A Serious Man (2009), directed by Ethan and Joel Coen.[7]
Arkin also played a minor role in the NPR radio drama of Star Wars, A New Hope as the voice of Fixer. For PBS, he voiced Meriwether Lewis in Ken Burns' The Voyage of the Corps of Discovery (1997). He also provided character voice work for the Emmy-winning series The National Parks.
He has directed three episodes of the 2013 Cold War television drama, The Americans, is co-executive producer of Epix' comedy-drama television series Get Shorty,[8] and directed the final episode of the second season (2014) of Masters of Sex.[9]
Personal life
He has a daughter, Molly, with his first wife, Linda.[10] He was married to Phyllis Anne Arkin (née Lyons) from 1999 to 2013, and they had one son together. Phyllis filed for divorce in August 2013.[11][12] He married Michelle Dunker in 2017.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1969 | The Monitors | Boy in Monitors Commercial | |
| 1969 | People Soup | Adam | Short film |
| 1971 | Made for Each Other | Teenage Guido "Gig" Panimba | |
| 1974 | Moe and Joe | Ralph | Television film |
| 1974 | It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy | Ken Walters | Television film |
| 1975 | All Together Now | Jerry | Television film |
| 1976 | Baby Blue Marine | Rupe | |
| 1979 | Tom Edison: The Boy Who Lit Up the World | Cole Bogardis | Television film |
| 1981 | Under the Rainbow | Henry Hudson | |
| 1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | Charlie | |
| 1981 | Full Moon High | Tony Walker | |
| 1985 | The Fourth Wise Man | Joseph | Television film |
| 1987 | Personal Foul | Jeremy | |
| 1988 | Necessary Parties | Mr. Dunfee | Television film |
| 1990 | Heat Wave | Art Berman | Television film |
| 1990 | Babies | David | Television film |
| 1990 | A Promise to Keep | Louis Colt | Television film |
| 1991 | The Doctor | Dr. Eli Blumfield | |
| 1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Bookstore Manager | Uncredited |
| 1995 | In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Agent Gabriel Valentino | Television film |
| 1997 | Not in This Town | Brian Schnitzer | Television film |
| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Will Brennan | Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Horror |
| 1998 | With Friends Like These... | Steve Hersh | |
| 1998 | Thirst | Bob Miller | Television film |
| 1999 | Lake Placid | Kevin | Uncredited |
| 1999 | A Slight Case of Murder | Detective Fred Stapelli | Television film |
| 2000 | Dropping Out | Scott Kayle | |
| 2000 | Hanging Up | Joe Marks | |
| 2000 | East of A | Sylvester | |
| 2001 | Mission | Vissarion Belinsky | |
| 2001 | Off Season | Richard Frangello | Television film |
| 2002 | Roughing It | Henry | Television film |
| 2002 | Stark Raving Mad | Don Partridge | Uncredited |
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Gabe Difranco | |
| 2005 | Hitch | Max | |
| 2005 | Chloe | The Father | Short film |
| 2005 | Kids in America | Ed Mumsford | |
| 2006 | Murder on Pleasant Drive | John David Smith | Television film |
| 2007 | Graduation | Dean Deeley | |
| 2009 | Just Peck | Michael Peck | |
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Don Milgram | Nominated—Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast |
| 2010 | Tell Tale | Husband | Short film |
| 2010 | Who Gets the Parents | Gene | Television film |
| 2011 | Summer Eleven | Ron | |
| 2011 | Smothered | Alan | Television film |
| 2012 | The Sessions | Josh | |
| 2013 | In Security | Broomhall | |
| 2014 | 10 Cent Pistol | Nir Zir |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Happy Days | Bo | Episode: "Fonzie Joins the Band" |
| 1975 | We'll Get By | Richard | Episode: "Family Portrait" |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Howard Smith | Episode: "Grand Hotel" |
| 1975 | Harry O | Eric Kershaw | Episode: "Portrait of a Murder" |
| 1975 | Hawaii Five-O | Alex Scofield | Episode: "A Touch of Guilt" |
| 1976 | Visions | Bernie Heller | Episode: "The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike" |
| 1977 | Busting Loose | Lenny Markowitz | 21 episodes |
| 1978 | The Love Boat | Alex Lambert | Episode: "Heads or Tails" |
| 1978 | Captain Kangaroo | Genie of the Banana | Episode: "10 January 1978" |
| 1978 | Pearl | Pvt. Billy Zylowski | 3 episodes |
| 1982 | Teachers Only | Michael Dreyfuss | 8 episodes |
| 1982 | The Love Boat | Jonathan Stevens | Episode: "Salvaged Romance" |
| 1985 | St. Elsewhere | Doug Zageck | Episode: "Fathers and Sons" |
| 1986–87 | L.A. Law | Richard Kendall | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Michael Wright | Episode: "A Matter of Minutes" |
| 1986 | All Is Forgiven | Phil Douglas | Episode: "Past Perfect" |
| 1986 | Tough Cookies | Danny Polchek | 6 episodes |
| 1986 | A Year in the Life | Jim Eisenberg | 3 episodes |
| 1987–88 | A Year in the Life | Jim Eisenberg | 22 episodes |
| 1989 | Hard Time on Planet Earth | Harry Newcomb | Episode: "Losing Control" |
| 1989 | MacGyver | Tony Parisio | Episode: "The Invisible Killer" |
| 1989–1990 | Knots Landing | Mark Baylor | 6 episodes |
| 1990–1995 | Northern Exposure | Adam | 10 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 Arneburg | 3 episodes |
| 1991 | Nurses | Peter Teller | Episode: "Love, Death, and the Whole Damn Thing" |
| 1991 | The Hidden Room | Episode: "Dream of the Wolf" | |
| 1992 | Law & Order | George Costas | Episode: "Self Defense" |
| 1993 | Tribeca | Bob | Episode: "Stepping Back" |
| 1993 | Big Wave Dave's | Marshall Fisher | 6 episodes |
| 1994 | Picket Fences | Attorney Robert Biel | 2 episodes |
| 1994–2000 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Aaron Shutt | 138 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 | Edward | Episode: "The Z Files" |
| 1997 | MADTv | Host | Episode: "2.19" |
| 1997 | Perversions of Science | Paul Danko | Episode: "Dream of Doom" |
| 2000–2002 | The West Wing | Dr. Stanley Keyworth | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | The Chris Isaak Show | Jimmy Vane | Episode: "Hurricane" |
| 2001 | Frasier | Tom | Episode: "The Two Hundredth" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
| 2002 | Monk | Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck | Episode: "Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale" |
| 2002–2003 | Baby Bob | Walter Spencer | 14 episodes |
| 2003 | The Practice | Atty. Albert Ginsberg | Episode: "The Chosen" |
| 2004–2005 | 8 Simple Rules | Principal Ed Gibb | 12 episodes |
| 2005 | Law & Order | Charlie Graham | Episode: "Red Ball" |
| 2006 | Commander in Chief | Carl Brantley | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Boston Legal | A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer | 3 episodes |
| 2007–2009 | Life | Ted Earley | 32 episodes |
| 2009 | Sons of Anarchy | Ethan Zobelle | 11 episodes (season 2) |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code | FBI Division Chief Cuyler | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | The Closer | Steven Hirschbaum | Episode: "To Serve With Love" |
| 2012 | The Newsroom | Adam Roth | Episode: "The Blackout, Part 2: Mock Debate" |
| 2012–2014 | Justified | Theo Tonin | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Family Tools | Mr. Baynor | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2014 | Masters of Sex | Shep Tally | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | The Bridge | Federal Investigator | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | State of Affairs | Victor Gantry | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Fargo | Hamish Broker | 3 episodes; also director (2 episodes) |
| 2016 | How To Get Away With Murder | Wallace Mahoney | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Modern Family | Reece | Episode: "Man Shouldn't Lie" |
| 2016 | The Carmichael Show | Grant | Episode: "Maxine's Dad" |
| 2017–present | Get Shorty | - | Co-Executive Producer; also director (7 episodes) |
| 2019 | Santa Clarita Diet | Evan | Episode: "The Cult of Sheila" 2019- "The Act" Episode: 7 |
| 2020 | Tommy | 2020 - "Packing Heat" Episode: 10 | |
| 2020 | Law & Order SVU | Season 21, Episode 8: We Dream of Machine Elves |
References
- "Veromi.net". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02.
- "Adam Arkin Biography (1957-)". www.filmreference.com.
- http://archive.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/11/10/adam_arkin_joins_sons_of_anarchy_in_the_role_of_a_white_separatist_and_nationalist/
- Jares, Sue Ellen (7 March 1977). "The Son Also Rises: Adam Arkin, TV's Newest Star, Inherited His Dad's Funnybone". People.
- Jones, Kenneth (29 July 2004). "Arkin, Reeve, Gross To Star in Premiere of Margulies' Brooklyn Boy in CA and Broadway". Playbill.
- "Adam Arkin Talks The Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show". The Deadbolt. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- Lidz, Franz (23 September 2009). "Biblical Adversity in a '60s Suburb". The New York Times.
- Stuever, Hank (August 11, 2017). "Epix's 'Get Shorty' reboot is excellent. Now to find where Epix is . . ". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- Birnbaum, Debra (29 August 2014). "Adam Arkin 'Masters' the Segue Between Acting and Directing". Variety. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- Miller, Gerri (September 4, 2007). "Fall TV Preview: Adam Arkin". American Jewish Life Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- "Adam Arkin and Phyllis Lyons to Divorce". People. 8 August 2013.
- Elber, Lynn (10 November 2009). "Arkin digs into role on 'Sons of Anarchy'". The Boston Globe.
External links
- Adam Arkin on IMDb
- Adam Arkin at the TCM Movie Database
- Adam Arkin at AllMovie
- Interview at Broadway.com
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