Adam Arkin Timeline
Aug. 19, 1956
Adam Arkin is born in New York City to Alan Arkin and wife Jeremy Yaffe.
1969
Makes his TV screen debut in the short People Soup.
May 5, 1976
Stars in Baby Blue Marine with Richard Gere.
May 15, 1987
Stars in Full Moon High with Ed McMahon.
1991
Plays Adam, the anti-social conspiracy nut, in Northern Exposure.
July 24, 1991
Stars in The Doctor
1994
Plays Dr. Aaron Shutt in Chicago Hope.
1995
His run on Northern Exposure ends.
July 27, 1998
Stars in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later with Josh Hartnett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, and LL Cool J.
Sept. 10, 1998
Stars in With Friends Like These ... with Bill Murray.
Oct. 25, 1998
Stars in Thirst.
Aug. 21, 1999
Marries Phyllis Lyons.
Sept. 19, 1999
Stars in A Slight Case of Murder.
2000
His run on Chicago Hope ends.
2000
Plays Dr. Stanley Keyworth in The West Wing.
Feb. 16, 2000
Stars in Hanging Up with Meg Ryan and Diane Keaton.
May 13, 2001
Directs his first film, My Louisiana Sky, starring Juliette Lewis.
Aug. 23, 2002
Stars in Stark Raving Mad.
2004
Plays Principal Ed Gibb on 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.
Feb. 11, 2005
Stars in Hitch with Will Smith.
Oct. 21, 2005
Stars in Kids in America with Rosanna Arquette and Nicole Richie.