Emerging from Chicago’s Reform Jewish community, Adelstein pursued an English degree at Bowdoin College, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa before launching his stage career with John Cusack’s New Crime Productions and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. After his screen debut in The Grifters, he accumulated guest spots on series such as ER, Scrubs, Cupid and Without a Trace, while also ap…
