Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American 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

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(Best Actor, 1991, ''

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'') as well as three primetime Emmys, four SAG Awards (Ensemble, '' Chicago Hope''), and a DGA Award (''

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''). In 2002, Arkin won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for ''

''. He is also one of the three actors to portray

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on ''

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''. Between 2007 and 2009, he starred in ''

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''. 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

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, a white separatist gang leader, in ''

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'' and as Principal Ed Gibb in '' 8 Simple Rules'' (2003–2005). His father

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and brother

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are also actors.

Early life

Arkin was born in

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, New York City, to actor, director and writer

and his first wife Jeremy Yaffe. Arkin joined his parents singing in the children's music group the Baby Sitters, along with Lee Hays and

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. He graduated from

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in Chappaqua, New York. Arkin is

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Career

Arkin guest-starred in the award-winning television show ''

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'' in episode 35, season 2 in 1975. Also in 1975, he made a guest appearance on ''

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'' (episode: "Grand Hotel"). His first starring role in television was as Lenny Markowitz, the central character in the 1977 series '' Busting Loose''. He since has appeared in various television series such as ''

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'' (1988), ''

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'' (1986), '' Northern Exposure'' (CBS, 1990–1995), where he played the mercurial barefooted chef Adam, and '' Chicago Hope'' (CBS, 1994–2000). He appeared in two ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' (season two, episode 13). Other television appearances include ''

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'' (1999) (as trauma specialist and psychiatrist Dr.

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), ''

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'', as an obsessive fan of Frasier, for which he was nominated for a

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, '' Boston Legal'', '' Baby Bob'', ''

'' and ''

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'' (2002). In 2007, he starred in the NBC drama ''

'' in the role of Ted Earley. He played a white separatist leader named Ethan Zobelle during the second season of the series ''

''. In 2011, he appeared in ''

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'' episode "To Serve with Love" (season seven). He also portrayed mob boss Theo Tonin on '' Justified'' in 2011 and an FBI agent in ''

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''. Arkin's film appearances include '' Hitch'' (2005) and '' Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'' (1998). He has performed in Broadway,

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, and regional theatre productions, including both the

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world premiere and Broadway production of ''

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'' by playwright

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. In addition, he is known for his directing work, having done episodes of ''

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'', ''Boston Legal'', '' The Riches'', ''

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'', '' Ally McBeal'', ''Sons of Anarchy'', ''

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'', '' Justified'', and ''

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''. He won an

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for directing the Showtime television film ''My Louisiana Sky''. In April 2008, Arkin guest-starred in the web series ''

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''. He played the part of a divorce lawyer in the film ''

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'' (2009), directed by Ethan and Joel Coen. Arkin also played a minor role in the radio drama of ''

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'' as the voice of Fixer. For PBS, he voiced

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' '' 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 ''

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'', is co-executive producer of the television series ''

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'', directed the final episode of the second season (2014) of ''

'', and directed the final two episodes of the critically acclaimed second season (2015) of '' Fargo'', in which he also had a minor role.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Interview at Broadway.com
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