Matthew Arkin is the younger brother of actor Adam Arkin.
14 Facts About Matthew Arkin
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Matthew Arkin then lived with his father and stepmother, actress Barbara Dana, and half-brother Anthony Dana Arkin, in Greenwich Village.
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Matthew Arkin attended Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York.
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Matthew Arkin graduated from Wesleyan University and earned a JD degree from Fordham University School of Law.
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For five years Matthew Arkin practiced law with small firms in Tarrytown and White Plains, New York.
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Matthew Arkin studied acting at the HB Studio under Uta Hagen, Austin Pendleton and Sheldon Patinkin.
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Matthew Arkin played Ben Silverman in the 1997 Broadway revival of The Sunshine Boys.
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Matthew Arkin was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Gabe in the 1999 Off-Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Dinner with Friends.
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Matthew Arkin played the role of Reggie Ellis in the 2006 Broadway production of Losing Louie.
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At the South Coast Repertory in Orange County, California, Matthew Arkin originated roles in the world premieres of Richard Greenberg's Our Mother's Brief Affair and Steven Drukman's The Prince of Atlantis.
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In 2013, Matthew Arkin portrayed the 600-pound main character in the West Coast premiere of Samuel Hunter's The Whale.
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In 2015, Matthew Arkin accepted the position as Director of the Acting Intensive Program at South Coast Repertory in Southern California.
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In 2016, Matthew Arkin published the detective novel In the Country of the Blind.
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Matthew Arkin married Pamela Newkirk in May 1993 with whom he has two children.