After graduating from South Kingstown High School in 1997, Atkinson received a bachelor's degree to conclude four years at University of Rhode Island.

Years later he started his own production company and produced the films 92115,[3] Leave 'Em Laughing, and The Power Agent.

[2] In 2021, Atkinson starred alongside Randy Davison in Pulp Friction, a film he also wrote and produced.

[5] In 2022, he played Marv in Kung Fu Ghost and voiced an animated character in a film called The Gools, featuring Caroline Amiguet and Brian Patrick Butler.

In A Quintmas Carol, Atkinson portrayed Captain Quint as an uncle in a short film about 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.