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Adam Arkin
BornJuly 19 1957 (1957--) (age 50)[]
Brooklyn, New York
Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1957)[0] is an American television, film, and stage actor.

Biography

Career

Arkin has appeared in various television series such as "Dave's Wave", Northern Exposure (CBS, 1990-95), where he played the eccentric chef Adam, and Chicago Hope (CBS, 1994-2000), where he played neurosurgeon Aaron Shutt. He appeared in "Law & Order": Red Ball (Season 16, 2005) He was a D.A. 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 and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002). He currently appears in the new NBC drama Life. His film appearances include Hitch (2005) and (1998). Arkin is also a theatre actor where he has performed in Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions, including most recently, both the South Coast Repertory world premiere and Broadway production of Brooklyn Boy by playwright Donald Margulies.

Personal life

Arkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of actor/director/writer Alan Arkin and his wife Jeremy Yaffe.[0] He has been married to the former Phyllis Ann Lyons since 1999. They have one son together. He also has a daughter, Molly, from his former wife, Linda. Arkin is Jewish.[2]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Miller, Gerri. "Fall TV Preview: Adam Arkin", American Jewish Life Magazine, 2007-09-04. Retrieved on 2007-09-07. 

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stage (sometimes referred to as the deck in stagecraft) is a designated space for the performance of theatrical productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience.
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Northern Exposure was a quirky, surreal, character-driven American dramatic comedy television series. It was created by Brand-Falsey Productions, which was recognized with a rare pair of consecutive Peabody Awards in 1991-92 for the show's "depict[ion] in a comedic and often
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Chicago Hope is a CBS Medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994 to May 4, 2000. It took place in a fictional private charity hospital.

The show starred Mandy Patinkin as Dr.
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Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf. It has been broadcast on NBC since its debut on September 13, 1990.
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The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from 1999 to 2006. It was produced/written by Sorkin (for the first four seasons) and also produced by Thomas Schlamme. After season four it was produced by John Wells.
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Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. A spinoff of Cheers, Frasier was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004.
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Boston Legal is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley that has aired since October 3rd, 2004. It is a spin-off of the long-running legal drama The Practice
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8 Simple Rules (originally known as 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter) is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 2002 to 2005.
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Life is an American television drama created by Rand Ravich, who also serves as executive producer alongside Far Shariat, David Semel and Daniel Sackheim for Universal Media Studios. Semel also directed the pilot.
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Hitch is a 2005 romantic comedy film starring Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James and Amber Valletta. The film is directed by Andy Tennant and written by Kevin Bisch.
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SCR, founded in 1964 and continuing today under the leadership of Artistic Directors David Emmes and Martin Benson, is widely regarded as one of America’s foremost
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Brooklyn Boy is a play by American playwright Donald Margulies.

Novelist Eric Weiss, critically celebrated but unsuccessful, "arrives" when his new, autobiographical novel becomes a best-seller.
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Donald Margulies (MARG-yoo-leez) is an American playwright whose plays include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner With Friends. Other plays include Shipwrecked! An Entertainment — The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)
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Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. An independent city until its consolidation into New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with nearly 2.5 million residents.
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Alan Arkin

Yossarian, as portrayed by Alan Arkin
Birth name Alan Wolf Arkin
Born March 26 1934 (1934--) (age 73)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
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