Adam Arkin
Acting
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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tvThe American Revolution
2025
James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
movieTransplant
2024
Dr. Robinson
tvThe American Buffalo
2023
(voice)
tvPoker Face
2023
Mark Getzler
tvThe U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
Self (voice)
moviePig
2021
Darius
tvRebel
2021
Mark Duncan
tvThe Act
2019
Detective
tvHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
Wallace Mahoney
movie10 Cent Pistol
2014
Nir Zir
movieIn Security
2014
Broomhall
tvFargo
2014
Hamish Boker / Hamish Broker
tvMasters of Sex
2013
Shep Tally
tvThe Bridge
2013
Federal Investigator
tvFamily Tools
2013
Mr. Baynor
tvThe Newsroom
2012
Adam Roth
tvProhibition
2011
Reader (voice)
movieJust Peck
2011
Michael Peck
movieTell-Tale
2010
Husband
tvJustified
2010
Theo Tonin
movieA Serious Man
2009
Divorce Lawyer
tvModern Family
2009
Reece
tvSons of Anarchy
2008
Ethan Zobelle
tvLife
2007
Ted Earley
tvThe War
2007
Reader (voice)
movieGraduation
2007
Dean Deeley
movieMurder on Pleasant Drive
2006
John Smith
movieKids in America
2005
Ed Mumsford
tvCommander in Chief
2005
Carl Brantley
tvThe Closer
2005
Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
tvBoston Legal
2004
A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
movieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Other Voices (voice)
movieHoratio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
Other Voices (voice)
tv8 Simple Rules
2002
Ed Gibb
tvMonk
2002
Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
movieStark Raving Mad
2002
Don Partridge (uncredited)
tvBaby Bob
2002
Walter Spencer
movieRoughing It
2002
Henry
tvRoughing It
2002
Henry
movieOff Season
2001
Richard Frangello
movieMission
2001
Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
East of A
2000
Sylvester
movieHanging Up
2000
Joe Marks
movieDropping Out
2000
Scott Kayle
tvThe West Wing
1999
Stanley Keyworth
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Dr. Julius Adler
movieA Slight Case of Murder
1999
Detective Fred Stapelli
movieLake Placid
1999
Kevin
movieThirst
1998
Bob Miller
movieWith Friends Like These
1998
Steve Hersh
movieHalloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
Will Brennan
tvLewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997
Merriwether Lewis (voice)
tvPerversions of Science
1997
Paul Danko
movieNot in This Town
1997
Brian Schnitzer
tvThe Practice
1997
Atty. Albert Ginsberg
tvThe West
1996
Self
tvMADtv
1995
Self - Host
movieIn the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
Agent Gabriel Valentino
tvChicago Hope
1994
Aaron Shutt
tvBaseball
1994
Various (voice) / (voice)
movieWrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
Bookstore Manager
movieDottie Gets Spanked
1993
Dick Gordon
tvBig Wave Dave's
1993
Marshall Fisher
tvPicket Fences
1992
Edward / Attorney Robert Biel
movieA Promise to Keep
1990
Louis Colt
movieBabies
1990
David
tvLaw & Order
1990
George Costas
movieHeat Wave
1990
Art Berman
tvOceano
1989
Candido Amado
tvHard Time on Planet Earth
1989
Harry Newcomb
movieNecessary Parties
1988
Mr. Dunfee
tvA Year in the Life
1987
Jim Eisenberg
tvA Year in the Life
1986
Jim Eisenberg
tvL.A. Law
1986
Richard Kendall
tvAll Is Forgiven
1986
Phil Douglas
tvMacGyver
1985
Tony Parisio
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985
(segment "A Matter of Minutes")
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982
Doug Zageck
tvTeachers Only
1982
Michael Dreyfuss
movieUnder the Rainbow
1981
Henry Hudson
tvKnots Landing
1979
Mark Baylor
tvPearl
1978
Pvt. Billy Zylowski
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Alex Lambert
tvBarney Miller
1975
Howard Smith
movieIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
Ken Walters
movieMade For Each Other
1971
Teenage Gig
movieThe Monitors
1969
Boy in Monitors Commercial
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Alex Scofield
Directing44
tvSugar
2024
Director
tvThe Night Agent
2023
Director
tvPoker Face
2023
Director
tvThe Offer
2022
Director
tvThe Act
2019
Director
tvSuccession
2018
Director
tvGet Shorty
2017
Director
tvSanta Clarita Diet
2017
Director
tvBillions
2016
Director
tvSneaky Pete
2015
Director
tvSecrets and Lies
2015
Director
tvExtant
2014
Director
tvFargo
2014
Director
tvWe Are Men
2013
Director
tvMasters of Sex
2013
Director
tvThe Blacklist
2013
Director
tvThe Bridge
2013
Director
tvThe Americans
2013
Director
movieOutlaw Country
2012
Director
tvThe Finder
2012
Director
tvThe Booth at the End
2011
Director
tvThe Chicago Code
2011
Director
tvTerriers
2010
Director
tvRizzoli & Isles
2010
Director
tvJustified
2010
Director
tvThe Deep End
2010
Director
tvNurse Jackie
2009
Director
tvLie to Me
2009
Director
tvSons of Anarchy
2008
Director
tvLife
2007
Director
tvThe Riches
2007
Director
tvDirt
2007
Director
tvBig Day
2006
Director
tvThe Closer
2005
Director
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005
Director
tvBoston Legal
2004
Director
moviePristine Books
2003
Director
tvMonk
2002
Director
movieMy Louisiana Sky
2001
Director
tvAlly McBeal
1997
Director
tvChicago Hope
1994
Director
tvNorthern Exposure
1990
Director
tvAmerican Hostage
Director
Production4
tvSugar
2024
Co-Executive Producer
tvGet Shorty
2017
Executive Producer
tvThe Americans
2013
Producer
tvAmerican Hostage
Executive Producer
