Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin was born on August 19, 1957 in New York City, Brooklyn, New York, US to Alan Arkin and Jeremy Yaffe.  Arkin has three brothers, Matthew (lawyer, actor), Jake Wakefield (lawyer) and Anthony Arkin (director, actor).

Arkin always knew that acting was going to be a part of his life, not surprising given his parentage.  His first introduction to real acting came when he was 10, 1967, when he was enrolled at Herbert Berghof Studio for acting.  Four years later he had his first big screen role, Made For Each Other.

He has been married twice, first to Linda (a yoga instructor), then to Phyllis Lyons~1999 - present).  Phyllis and Arkin have one daughter, Molly (b 1987).

 

 

Film

Kids in America~2004

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School~2005

Stark Raving Mad~2002 - Don Partridge

Mission~2001 - Vissarion Belinsky

East of A~2000 - Sylvester

Hanging Up~2000 - Joe Marks

Dropping Out~2000 - Scott Kayle

Lake Placid~1999 (uncredited - Kevin

With Friends Like These...~1998 - Steve Hersh

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later~1998 - Will Brennan

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway~1993 (uncredited) - Bookstore Manager

Big Wave Dave's~1993  - Marshall Fisher

Doctor, The~1991 - Dr. Eli Blumfield

Personal Foul~1987 - Jeremy

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash~1981 - Charlie

Full Moon High~1981 - Tony Walker

Under the Rainbow~1981 - Henry Hudson (see Actor Connections - Film)

Baby Blue Marine~1976 - Rupe

Made for Each Other~1971 - Teenage Gig

Monitors, The~1969 - Cameo appearance

 

Film Director

Pristine Books~2003

 

Film Writer

Improper Channels~1971

 

TV

Life~2007 - former chief financial officer, Ted Early (recurring role)

The War~2007 - first-person voice (see  Actor Connections - TV)

Commander in Chief~2005 - Attorney General Carl Brantly (#1.14) 4/20/06

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson~2005 - voice (see Actor Connections - TV)

8 Simple Rules~2004 - Ed Gibb in:

    Finale Part Un~1 (2004)

    Finale Part Deux~2 (2004)

    The Principal (2004)

TV Land Moguls~2004 - Narrator

Practice, The~1997 -  Atty. Albert Ginsberg in  The Chosen (# 8.2) 10/5/03

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip~2003  (voice) - Other Voices

Intimate Portrait: Joely Fisher~2002  - Himself

West Wing, The~1999 -  Dr. Stanley Keyworth in  Holy Night (# 4.11) 12/11/02

Monk~2002 -  Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck in  Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale (# 1.4) 7/26/02

West Wing, The~1999 -  Dr. Stanley Keyworth in  Posse Comitatus (# 3.22) 5/22/02

West Wing, The~1999 -  Dr. Stanley Keyworth in  Night Five (# 3.14) 2/6/02

Frasier~1993 -  Tom, the obsessed Frasier fan in The Two Hundredth (# 9.8) 11/13/01

 

Damaged Care~2002  - Paul Sheinberg

Baby Bob~2002-4  - Baby Bob's dad, Walter Spencer 

Roughing It~2002  - Henry

Off Season~2001  - Richard Frangello

Chris Isaak Show, The~2001 -  Jimmy Vane in  Hurricane (# 1.6) 4/16/01

West Wing, The~1999 -  Dr. Stanley Keyworth in  Noël (# 2.10) 12/20/00

Slight Case of Murder, A~1999  - Det. Fred Stapelli

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony~1999 (mini)  (voice)

Thirst~1998  - Bob Miller

Unmasking the Horror~1998 (V) - Himself

CBS: The First 50 Years~1998  - Himself

Late Night with Conan O'Brien~1993 -  Himself 8/8/98

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery~1997  (voice) - Merriwether Lewis

Not In This Town~1997  - Brian Schnitzer

Perversions of Science~1997 -  Paul Danko in  Dream of Doom (# 1.1) 6/7/97

Mad TV~1995 -  Host (# 2.19) 4/26/97

Rosie O'Donnell Show, The~1996 -  Himself 3/4/97

Cybill~1995 -  Himself in  Wedding Bell Blues (# 2.17) 2/25/96

Northern Exposure~1990 -  Adam in  The Quest (# 6.15) 2/8/95

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice~1995  - Agent Gabriel Valentino

Chicago Hope~1994  - Dr. Aaron Shutt

Baseball~1994 (mini)  (voice) - Himself

Picket Fences~1992 -  Attorney Robert Biel in  Frosted Flakes (# 2.21) 5/6/94

Northern Exposure~1990 -  Adam in:

    Northern Hospitality (# 5.16) 2/28/94

    Bolt from the Blue (# 5.14) 1/24/94

    The Big Feast (# 4.21) 3/22/93

    Heroes (# 4.4) 10/19/92

    Our Wedding (# 3.22) 5/11/92

    My Mother, My Sister (# 3.18) 3/16/92

    Dateline: Cicely (# 3.11) 1/6/92

    Roots (# 3.7) 11/11/91

    The Bumpy Road to Love (# 3.1) 9/23/91

    Aurora Borealis (# 1.8) 8/30/90

Picket Fences~1992 -  Attorney Robert Biel in  Abominable Snowman (# 2.13) 1/28/94

Dottie Gets Spanked~1993  - Dick Gordon

Law & Order~1990 -  George Costas in  Self Defense (# 3.7) 11/11/92

Nurses~1991 -  Peter Teller in  Love, Death, and the Whole Damn Thing (# 1.13) 12/14/991

China Beach~1988 -  Joe Arneburg

    Hello, Goodbye (# 4.16) 7/22/91

    Through and Through (# 4.15) 7/16/91

    I Could Have Danced All Night... But Didn't (# 4.10) 6/4/91

Promise to Keep, A~1990  - Louis Colt

Babies~1990  - David

Heat Wave~1990  - Art Berman

Knots Landing~1979 -  Mark Baylor in:

    The Grim Reaper (# 11.19) 2/15/90

    Perfect Couples (# 11.9) 11/30/89

    The Good Guys (# 11.8) 11/16/89

    Mark Baylor in  Mixed Messages (# 11.7) 11/9/89

    When Push Comes to Shove (# 11.6) 11/2/89

    Best Interests (# 11.5) 10/26/89

MacGyver~1985 -  Tony Parisio in  The Invisible Killer (# 4.15) 4/10/89

Oceano~1989 (mini) 

Necessary Parties~1988  - Mr. Dunfee

L.A. Law~1986 -  Richard Kendall in  The Grace of Wrath (# 1.18) 2/26/87

Year in the Life, A~1987  - Jim Eisenberg

Year in the Life, A~1986 (mini)  - Jim Eisenberg

Tough Cookies~1986  - Danny Polchek

Fourth Wise Man, The~1985  - Joseph

Tom Edison: The Boy Who Lit Up the World~1983  - Cole Bogardis

Teachers Only~1982  - Michael Dreyfuss (1982)

L.A. Law~1986 -  Richard Kendall in  The Princess and the Wiener King (# 1.3) 10/17/86

All Is Forgiven~1986 -  Phil Douglas in  Past Perfect (# 1.4) 4/5/86

Twilight Zone, The~1985 -  Michael Wright in  A Matter of Minutes (# 1.38) 1/24/86

St. Elsewhere~1982 -  Doug Zageck in  Fathers and Sons (# 4.2) 9/25/85

Love Boat, The~1977  - in  Salvaged Romance/Our Son the Lawyer/Gopher's Daisy (# 6.17) 1/29/83

Love Boat, The~1977 -  Alex Lambert in  Heads or Tails/Little People, The/Mona of the Movies (# 2.11) 11/25/78

Pearl~1978 (mini)  - Pvt. Billy Zylowski

Busting Loose~1977  - Lenny Markowitz

Visions~1976 -  Bernie Heller in  The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike (# 1.6) 11/25/76

Hawaii Five-O~1968 -  Alex Scofield in  A Touch of Guilt (# 8.14) 12/4/75

Harry O~1974 -  Eric Kershaw in  Portrait of a Murder (# 2.5) 11/20/75

Barney Miller~1975 in  Hotel (# 2.7) 10/23/75

Happy Days~1974 -  Bo in  Fonzie Joins the Band (# 2.19) 3/4/75

All Together Now~1975  - Jerry

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy~1974  - Ken Walters

 

TV Director

Monk~2002 

My Louisiana Sky~2001 

Ally McBeal~1997  (#4.19 In search of Barry White)

Chicago Hope~1994 

Northern Exposure~1990  (Family Feud)

  South Coast Repertory’s Pacific Playwrights Festival

Theatre

South Coast Repertory’s Pacific Playwrights Festival~2007  - performer (South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA)

Losing Louie~2006 - Tony (Manhattan Theatre Club, NY, NY)

Brooklyn Boy~2005 - Novelist Eric Weiss (Biltmore Theatre, NY, NY) (see Actor Connections - Theatre)

Brooklyn Boy~2003 - Eric Weiss (reading) (Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Rep, CA)

Gryphon from Through the Safety Net~2003 - live reading (Canal Club, Venice, CA)

An American Daughter~ - (Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA)

I Hate Hamlet~1991 - Gary Peter Lefowitz (Walter Kerr Theatre, NY)

The Extra Man~1992 - Jess (Manhattan Theatre Club's City Center Stage II, New York, NY)

Guys and Dolls~1992-5 - Nathan Detroit replacement for Nathan Lane  (Martin Beck Theatre, NY)

Sight Unseen~ - (NY)

Four Dogs and a Bone~1990's - (Lucille Lortel Theatre, NY)

Sorrows of Stephen~ - (Jupiter Theatre/Burt Reynolds Theatre, )

 

Theatre Director

McReele~2006 (L.A. Theatre Works, Skirball Cultural Center, L.A., CA)

Fifth of July~2004 (Skirball Center, Los Angeles, CA)

Interview, The~1994  (McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ)

Nanjing Race, The~1994 - <a collective of directors> (McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ)

 

Radio

The Fifth of July~2006 (recorded in 2004)

Star Wars: A New Hope Radio Drama~1981 - Fixer

 

Radio Plays

Speed the Plow~2003 (LA Theatre Works, Los Angeles, CA)

Sight Unseen~2003 (LA Theatre Works, Los Angeles, CA)

Adam's Rib~2003  (LA Theatre Works, Los Angeles, CA)

 

Audio Books

Silent Treatment~2000 - reader

Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery~1997 - reader

 

Awards, Honors and Nominations

Audie Award:

Nom 1997-8 for Multi-voiced  narration for Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards:

Nom 1999 Favorite Actor - Horror for Halloween H20: 20 years later

Chicago International Children's Film Festival:

Rec'd 2001 Children's Jury Award North American Feature Film or Video - Live Action for My Louisiana Sky

Daytime Emmy Awards:

Rec'd 2002 Daytime Emmy Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for My Louisiana Sky

Director's Guild of America (DGA):

Nom 2002 DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs for My Louisiana Sky

Drama Desk Awards:

Nom 2005 Best Lead Actor for Brooklyn Boy

Emmy Awards:

Nom 2002 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Frasier

Nom 1997 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Chicago Hope

Nom 1993 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Northern Exposure

Genie Awards:

Nom 1982 Best Original Screenplay for Improper Channels

Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Nom 1998 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Chicago Hope (shared, of course)

Nom 1997 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Chicago Hope (shared)

Theatre World Awards:

Rec'd 1990-91 for stage debut

Tony Awards:

Nom 1991 for I Hate Hamlet

Viewers for Quality Television Awards:

Rec'd 1992 Q Award Specialty Player for Northern Exposure

 

Miscellany

Arkin is a drummer and has played benefits such as: Y-Spirit Benefit Concert Los Angeles Music Academy

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