Graduate of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He has a Golden Retriever named Gus
He is a frequent player in shows at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, most famously in the one-man show "The Chief", in which he depicts the late founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Art Rooney.
His favorite of all the movies he's worked on is Night of the Creeps (1986).
His son is E. Taylor Atkins. He is 19-years-old and graduated from Peters Township H.S. in Pennsylvania.
Member of Gamma Phi Fraternity.
Often plays cops in movies