Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1957) is an American television, film, and stage actor and director. He is best known for playing neurosurgeon Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He is also one of the three actors to portray Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck on Monk. As of 2009 he stars in the NBC drama Life. He is the son of actor Alan Arkin.
Arkin has appeared in various television series such as Northern Exposure (CBS, 1990–95), where he played the eccentric c...
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Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1957) is an American television, film, and stage actor and director. He is best known for playing neurosurgeon Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He is also one of the three actors to portray Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck on Monk. As of 2009 he stars in the NBC drama Life. He is the son of actor Alan Arkin.
Arkin has appeared in various television series such as Northern Exposure (CBS, 1990–95), where he played the eccentric chef Adam, and Chicago Hope (CBS, 1994–2000). He appeared in the Law & Order episode, Red Ball (Season 16, 2005),as a district attorney named Charles Graham. Other recent television appearances include The West Wing (1999) (as trauma specialist and psychologist Dr. Stanley Keyworth), Frasier, as an obsessive fan of Frasier's, Boston Legal, Baby Bob, Monk, and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002). As of 2009 he appeared in the NBC drama Life in the role of Ted Earley. He plays a white separatist on several episodes on the FX (TV...
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