Adam Arkin is an American television, film and stageactor, 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 as well as three primetime Emmys, four SAG Awards, and a DGA Award. 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 NBCdramaLife. 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 FXoriginal seriesSons of Anarchy. His father, Alan Arkin, and brother, Matthew, are also actors.
Arkin guest-starred in the award-winning television showHappy Days in episode 35, season 2 in 1975. Also in 1975, he made a guest appearance on Barney Miller. His first starring role in television was as Lenny Markowitz, the central character in the 1977 situation comedyBusting Loose. He since has appeared in various television series such as A Year In The Life, The Twilight Zone, Northern Exposure, where he played the mercurial barefooted chef Adam, and Chicago Hope. He appeared in two Law & Order episodes, "Self Defense" as jewelry store owner George Costas and "Red Ball" as a district attorney named Charles Graham. He also appeared in Picket Fences. Other television appearances include The West Wing , 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. 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" 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 and '. 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. 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 filmMy Louisiana Sky. In April 2008, Arkin guest-starred in the Web seriesGorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show. He played the part of a divorce lawyer in the film A Serious Man, directed by Ethan and Joel Coen. Arkin also played a minor role in the NPR radio drama of ' as the voice of Fixer. For PBS, he voiced Meriwether Lewis in Ken Burns' '. He also provided character voice work for the Emmy-winning series '. 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, and directed the final episode of the second season of Masters of Sex.
Personal life
He has a daughter, Molly, with his first wife, Linda. He was married to Phyllis Anne Arkin from 1999 to 2013, and they had one son together. Phyllis filed for divorce in August 2013. He married Michelle Dunker in 2017.
