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.
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.
^Miller, Gerri (September 4, 2007). "Fall TV Preview: Adam Arkin". American Jewish Life Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2007.
