Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

Known for
Acting
Born
August 19, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American actor and director. His father was the Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin and his brother is the actor Matthew Arkin. Adam Arkin is known for playing the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony (Best Actor, 1991, I Hate Hamlet) as well as three primetime Emmys, four SAG Awards (Ensemble, Chicago Hope), and a DGA Award (My Louisiana Sky). Beginning in 1990, he had a recurring guest role on Northern Exposure playing the angry, paranoid Adam, for which he received an Emmy nomination. In 2002, Arkin won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for My Louisiana Sky. Between 2007 and 2009, he co-starred in the drama series Life. In 2009, he portrayed villain Ethan Zobelle, a white separatist gang leader, in Sons of Anarchy, and Principal Ed Gibb in 8 Simple Rules (2003–2005).

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Transplant poster

Transplant

Movie · as Dr. Robinson

2025
The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution

TV · as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice) · 6 eps

2023
The American Buffalo poster

The American Buffalo

TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

2023
Poker Face poster

Poker Face

TV · as Mark Getzler · 1 ep

2022
The U.S. and the Holocaust poster

The U.S. and the Holocaust

TV · as Self (voice) · 3 eps

2021
Pig poster

Pig

Movie · as Darius

2021
Big Shot poster

Big Shot

TV · as Sam · 3 eps

2021
Rebel poster

Rebel

TV · as Mark Duncan · 7 eps

2019
The Act poster

The Act

TV · as Detective · 1 ep

2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls poster

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Movie · as Self

2015
The Carmichael Show poster

The Carmichael Show

TV · as Grant · 1 ep

2014
In Security poster

In Security

Movie · as Broomhall

2014
10 Cent Pistol poster

10 Cent Pistol

Movie · as Nir Zir

2014
How to Get Away with Murder poster

How to Get Away with Murder

TV · as Wallace Mahoney · 4 eps

2014
Fargo poster

Fargo

TV · as Hamish Boker, Hamish Broker · 1 ep

2013
The Bridge poster

The Bridge

TV · as Federal Investigator · 3 eps

2013
Masters of Sex poster

Masters of Sex

TV · as Shep Tally · 3 eps

2013
Family Tools poster

Family Tools

TV · as Mr. Baynor · 1 ep

2012
The Sessions poster

The Sessions

Movie · as Josh

2012
The Newsroom poster

The Newsroom

TV · as Adam Roth · 1 ep

2011
Just Peck poster

Just Peck

Movie · as Michael Peck

2011
Prohibition poster

Prohibition

TV · as Reader (voice) · 3 eps

2010
Summer Eleven poster

Summer Eleven

Movie

2010
Tell-Tale poster

Tell-Tale

Movie · as Husband

2010
Justified poster

Justified

TV · as Theo Tonin · 3 eps

2009
A Serious Man poster

A Serious Man

Movie · as Divorce Lawyer

2009
The National Parks: America's Best Idea poster

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

TV · 6 eps

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Reece · 1 ep

2008
Sons of Anarchy poster

Sons of Anarchy

TV · as Ethan Zobelle · 11 eps

2007
Graduation poster

Graduation

Movie · as Dean Deeley

2007
Life poster

Life

TV · as Ted Earley · 32 eps

2007
The War poster

The War

TV · as Reader (voice) · 7 eps

2006
Murder on Pleasant Drive poster

Murder on Pleasant Drive

Movie · as John Smith

2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School poster

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Movie · as Gabe Difranco

2005
Hitch poster

Hitch

Movie · as Max

2005
Kids in America poster

Kids in America

Movie · as Ed Mumsford

2005
Commander in Chief poster

Commander in Chief

TV · as Carl Brantley · 2 eps

2005
The Closer poster

The Closer

TV · as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum · 1 ep

2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson poster

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Movie · as Other Voices (voice)

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer · 3 eps

2004
TV Land Moguls

TV Land Moguls

TV · 6 eps

2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip poster

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

Movie · as Other Voices (voice)

2002
Roughing It poster

Roughing It

Movie · as Henry

2002
Stark Raving Mad poster

Stark Raving Mad

Movie · as Don Partridge (uncredited)

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck · 1 ep

2002
8 Simple Rules poster

8 Simple Rules

TV · as Ed Gibb · 10 eps

2002
Baby Bob poster

Baby Bob

TV · as Walter Spencer · 14 eps

2002
Roughing It poster

Roughing It

TV · as Henry · 2 eps

2001
Mission poster

Mission

Movie · as Vissarion Belinsky (voice)

2001
Off Season poster

Off Season

Movie · as Richard Frangello

2000
Hanging Up poster

Hanging Up

Movie · as Joe Marks

2000
Dropping Out poster

Dropping Out

Movie · as Scott Kayle

2000
East of A

East of A

Movie · as Sylvester

1999
A Slight Case of Murder poster

A Slight Case of Murder

Movie · as Detective Fred Stapelli

1999
Lake Placid poster

Lake Placid

Movie · as Kevin

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Stanley Keyworth · 4 eps

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Dr. Julius Adler · 1 ep

1998
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later poster

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Movie · as Will Brennan

1998
Thirst poster

Thirst

Movie · as Bob Miller

1998
With Friends Like These poster

With Friends Like These

Movie · as Steve Hersh

1998
Unmasking the Horror poster

Unmasking the Horror

Movie · as Self

1997
Not in This Town poster

Not in This Town

Movie · as Brian Schnitzer

1997
Perversions of Science poster

Perversions of Science

TV · as Paul Danko · 1 ep

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Albert Ginsberg · 1 ep

1997
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery poster

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

TV · as Merriwether Lewis (voice) · 2 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The West poster

The West

TV · as Self · 9 eps

1995
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice poster

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

Movie · as Agent Gabriel Valentino

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Aaron Shutt · 141 eps

1994
Baseball poster

Baseball

TV · as Various (voice)

1993
Dottie Gets Spanked poster

Dottie Gets Spanked

Movie · as Dick Gordon

1993
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway poster

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Movie · as Bookstore Manager

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Tom · 1 ep

1993
Big Wave Dave's poster

Big Wave Dave's

TV · as Marshall Fisher · 6 eps

1992
Picket Fences poster

Picket Fences

TV · as Edward, Attorney Robert Biel · 1 ep

1991
The Doctor poster

The Doctor

Movie · as Eli

1991
The Hidden Room poster

The Hidden Room

TV · 1 ep

1990
A Promise to Keep poster

A Promise to Keep

Movie · as Louis Colt

1990
Heat Wave poster

Heat Wave

Movie · as Art Berman

1990
Babies poster

Babies

Movie · as David

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as George Costas · 1 ep

1990
Northern Exposure poster

Northern Exposure

TV · as Adam · 10 eps

1989
Julie Brown: The Show poster

Julie Brown: The Show

Movie · as Jeff

1989
Oceano poster

Oceano

TV · as Candido Amado · 6 eps

1989
Hard Time on Planet Earth poster

Hard Time on Planet Earth

TV · as Harry Newcomb · 1 ep

1988
Necessary Parties poster

Necessary Parties

Movie · as Mr. Dunfee

1988
China Beach poster

China Beach

TV · 4 eps

1987
Personal Foul poster

Personal Foul

Movie

1987
A Year in the Life poster

A Year in the Life

TV · as Jim Eisenberg · 22 eps

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Richard Kendall · 2 eps

1986
Tough Cookies

Tough Cookies

TV · 8 eps

1986
All Is Forgiven poster

All Is Forgiven

TV · as Phil Douglas · 1 ep

1986
A Year in the Life poster

A Year in the Life

TV · as Jim Eisenberg · 3 eps

1985
The Fourth Wise Man poster

The Fourth Wise Man

Movie · as Joseph

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as (segment "A Matter of Minutes") · 1 ep

1985
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Tony Parisio · 1 ep

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Doug Zageck · 1 ep

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
Teachers Only poster

Teachers Only

TV · as Michael Dreyfuss · 8 eps

1981
Under the Rainbow poster

Under the Rainbow

Movie · as Henry Hudson

1981
Full Moon High poster

Full Moon High

Movie · as Tony

1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash poster

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Movie · as Charlie

1981
Jessica Novak poster

Jessica Novak

TV · 1 ep

1979
Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing

TV · as Mark Baylor · 6 eps

1979
$weepstake$

$weepstake$

TV · as Joey · 1 ep

1978
Pearl poster

Pearl

TV · as Pvt. Billy Zylowski · 3 eps

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Alex Lambert, Jonathan Stevens · 1 ep

1977
Busting Loose

Busting Loose

TV · 25 eps

1976
Baby Blue Marine poster

Baby Blue Marine

Movie · as Rupe

1975
All Together Now poster

All Together Now

Movie · as Jerry

1975
Barney Miller poster

Barney Miller

TV · as Howard Smith · 1 ep

1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy poster

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

Movie · as Ken Walters

1974
Moe and Joe

Moe and Joe

Movie

1974
Happy Days poster

Happy Days

TV · 1 ep

1974
Harry O poster

Harry O

TV · 1 ep

1971
Made For Each Other poster

Made For Each Other

Movie · as Teenage Gig

1969
People Soup poster

People Soup

Movie

1969
The Monitors poster

The Monitors

Movie · as Boy in Monitors Commercial

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Alex Scofield · 1 ep