(on whether he prefers stage or screen, to MTC's magazine, Offstage (2004)) Adam Arkin: I find the charge I get when I'm doing something that feels grounded in quality is always exciting, regardless of the medium. All things considered, I guess I like returning to whatever it is that I've been away from the longest!
(about his role on "The West Wing") Adam Arkin: I've known a few therapists, socially and I've been in therapy myself. I was trying to model that doctor's bedside manner around those experiences. I owe a huge amount to, first and foremost, how beautifully written that episode was. It was the road map of how to approach that material. I got to work almost exclusively with Brad, so it was kind of a win, win situation. I would have been hard pressed to blow it.
(about his role in Lady Killer) Adam Arkin: That was part of the research. I also read a number of articles written about the crime. There was another book written about the same crime. I can't remember the name of it now. I also read additional material that we had access to, including some letters written in prison by John Smith, rambling and threatening letters that really gave a different picture of him than the one he presented most of the time to the world.
Adam Arkin: I've known a few therapists, socially and I've been in therapy myself.
Adam Arkin: I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.
In 1991, he won the Theatre World Award for his work on I Hate Hamlet.
In 1992, he appeared in Sight Unseen at the Manhattan Theatre Club (Off Broadway) as Jonathan Waxman.
He appeared in Four Dogs and a Bone at the Lucille Lortel Theater (Off Broadway) in 1994 as Bradley.
His stage credits include Fiorello! in 1994 at the City Center - Encores!.
He played in the stage production An American Daughterat the Seattle Rep (Seattle, WA).
He appeared in the stage production Brooklyn Boy as Eric Weiss at the South Coast Rep (Costa Mesa, CA) in 2004 and in 2005 at the Biltmore Theatre (Broadway).
He appeared in the stage production I Hate Hamletas Gary Peter Lefkowitz at the Walter Kerr Theatre (Broadway) in 1991.
Arkin's first film appearance came at the age of 13 in an Academy Award-nominated short film called People Soup. It was directed by his father and co-starred his 10-year-old brother Matthew.
To contact him: Adam Arkin c/o Lasher - Mc Manus - Robinson 1964 Westwood #400. Los Angeles, CA 90025-4651 USA
He knew that he wanted to become an actor as a child growing up in New York City.
He is Jewish.
(January 2005) He returned to Broadway, starring in the show Brooklyn Boy. He received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Lead Actor for his role.
He starred opposite Meryl Streep in the Wendy Wasserstein workshop of An American Daughter at the Seattle Repertory Theatre.
He won the Viewers of Quality Television for "Best Specialty Player" Award in 1992.
His father is an actor and his mother is a nurse who operates a family clinic in San Luis Obispo, CA.
His height is 6'1?" (1.87 m)
He is the stepson of
Adam has two brothers, Matthew Arkin and Anthony Arkin.
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