Adam Arkin
Known for acting · Born 19 August 1956 · 70 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
164 credits
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
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Sons of Anarchy
2008
The Act
2019
Fargo
2014
The Blacklist
2013
The Night Agent
2023
Chicago Hope
1994
Succession
2018
Justified
2010
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
Pig
2021
The Americans
2013
Acting (119)
2025The American RevolutionJames Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
2024TransplantDr. RobinsonFilm
2023Poker FaceMark GetzlerSeries
2023The American Buffalo(voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2022The U.S. and the HolocaustSelf (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2021PigDariusFilm
2021Big ShotSam · 3 episodesSeries
2021RebelMark Duncan · 7 episodesSeries
2019The ActDetectiveSeries
2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsSelfFilm
2015The Carmichael ShowGrantSeries
2014FargoHamish Boker, Hamish Broker · 3 episodesSeries
2014How to Get Away with MurderWallace Mahoney · 4 episodesSeries
201410 Cent PistolNir ZirFilm
2014In SecurityBroomhallFilm
2013Masters of SexShep Tally · 3 episodesSeries
2013The BridgeFederal Investigator · 3 episodesSeries
2013Family ToolsMr. BaynorSeries
2012The NewsroomAdam RothSeries
2012The SessionsJoshFilm
2011ProhibitionReader (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2011Just PeckMichael PeckFilm
2010JustifiedTheo Tonin · 3 episodesSeries
2010Summer ElevenFilm
2010Tell-TaleHusbandFilm
2009Modern FamilyReeceSeries
2009A Serious ManDivorce LawyerFilm
2009The National Parks: America's Best Idea · 6 episodesSeries
2008Sons of AnarchyEthan Zobelle · 11 episodesSeries
2007LifeTed Earley · 32 episodesSeries
2007The WarReader (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
2007GraduationDean DeeleyFilm
2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolGabe DifrancoFilm
2006Murder on Pleasant DriveJohn SmithFilm
2005HitchMaxFilm
2005The CloserScott Esposito / Steven HirschbaumSeries
2005Kids in AmericaEd MumsfordFilm
2005Commander in ChiefCarl Brantley · 2 episodesSeries
2004Boston LegalA.D.A. Douglas Kupfer · 3 episodesSeries
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)Film
2004TV Land Moguls · 6 episodesSeries
2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice)Film
2002MonkDale 'The Whale' BiederbeckSeries
20028 Simple RulesEd Gibb · 10 episodesSeries
2002Stark Raving MadDon Partridge (uncredited)Film
2002Roughing ItHenryFilm
2002Baby BobWalter Spencer · 14 episodesSeries
2002Roughing ItHenry · 2 episodesSeries
2001Off SeasonRichard FrangelloFilm
2001MissionVissarion Belinsky (voice)Film
2000Hanging UpJoe MarksFilm
2000Dropping OutScott KayleFilm
2000East of ASylvesterFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDr. Julius AdlerSeries
1999Lake PlacidKevinFilm
1999The West WingStanley Keyworth · 4 episodesSeries
1999A Slight Case of MurderDetective Fred StapelliFilm
1998Halloween H20: 20 Years LaterWill BrennanFilm
1998ThirstBob MillerFilm
1998With Friends Like TheseSteve HershFilm
1997The PracticeAtty. Albert GinsbergSeries
1997Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryMerriwether Lewis (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1997Perversions of SciencePaul DankoSeries
1997Not in This TownBrian SchnitzerFilm
1996The Daily ShowSelfSeries
1996The WestSelf · 9 episodesSeries
1995MADtvSelf - HostSeries
1995In the Line of Duty: Hunt for JusticeAgent Gabriel ValentinoFilm
1994Chicago HopeAaron Shutt · 141 episodesSeries
1994BaseballVarious (voice), (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
1993FrasierTomSeries
1993Wrestling Ernest HemingwayBookstore ManagerFilm
1993Dottie Gets SpankedDick GordonFilm
1993Big Wave Dave'sMarshall Fisher · 6 episodesSeries
1992Picket FencesEdward, Attorney Robert Biel · 2 episodesSeries
1991The DoctorEliFilm
1991The Hidden RoomSeries
1990Law & OrderGeorge CostasSeries
1990Northern ExposureAdam · 10 episodesSeries
1990Heat WaveArt BermanFilm
1990A Promise to KeepLouis ColtFilm
1990BabiesDavidFilm
1989Hard Time on Planet EarthHarry NewcombSeries
1989OceanoCandido Amado · 6 episodesSeries
1989Julie Brown: The ShowJeffFilm
1988China Beach · 4 episodesSeries
1988Necessary PartiesMr. DunfeeFilm
1987A Year in the LifeJim Eisenberg · 22 episodesSeries
1987Personal FoulFilm
1986L.A. LawRichard Kendall · 2 episodesSeries
1986A Year in the LifeJim Eisenberg · 3 episodesSeries
1986All Is ForgivenPhil DouglasSeries
1986Tough Cookies · 8 episodesSeries
1985MacGyverTony ParisioSeries
1985The Twilight Zone(segment "A Matter of Minutes")Series
1985The Fourth Wise ManJosephFilm
1982St. ElsewhereDoug ZageckSeries
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelfSeries
1982Teachers OnlyMichael Dreyfuss · 8 episodesSeries
1981Under the RainbowHenry HudsonFilm
1981Full Moon HighTonyFilm
1981Chu Chu and the Philly FlashCharlieFilm
1981Jessica NovakSeries
1979Knots LandingMark Baylor · 6 episodesSeries
1979$weepstake$JoeySeries
1978PearlPvt. Billy Zylowski · 3 episodesSeries
1977The Love BoatAlex Lambert, Jonathan StevensSeries
1977Busting Loose · 25 episodesSeries
1976Baby Blue MarineRupeFilm
1975Barney MillerHoward SmithSeries
1975All Together NowJerryFilm
1974Happy DaysSeries
1974Harry OSeries
1974It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer GuyKen WaltersFilm
1974Moe and JoeFilm
1971Made For Each OtherTeenage GigFilm
1969Hawaii Five-OAlex ScofieldSeries
1969The MonitorsBoy in Monitors CommercialFilm
1969People SoupFilm
Directing (42)
2026American HostageDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
2023The Night AgentDirectorSeries
2023Poker FaceDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
2022The OfferDirectorSeries
2019The ActDirectorSeries
2018SuccessionDirectorSeries
2017Santa Clarita DietDirectorSeries
2016BillionsDirectorSeries
2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsDirectorFilm
2015Sneaky PeteDirectorSeries
2015Secrets and LiesDirectorSeries
2014FargoDirectorSeries
2014ExtantDirectorSeries
2013The BlacklistDirectorSeries
2013The AmericansDirector, ProducerSeries
2013Masters of SexDirectorSeries
2013The BridgeDirectorSeries
2013We Are MenDirectorSeries
2012The FinderDirectorSeries
2012Outlaw CountryDirectorFilm
2011The Booth at the EndDirectorSeries
2011The Chicago CodeDirectorSeries
2010JustifiedDirectorSeries
2010Rizzoli & IslesDirectorSeries
2010TerriersDirectorSeries
2010The Deep EndDirectorSeries
2009Lie to MeDirectorSeries
2009Nurse JackieDirectorSeries
2008Sons of AnarchyDirectorSeries
2007LifeDirectorSeries
2007The RichesDirectorSeries
2007DirtDirectorSeries
2006Big DayDirectorSeries
2005Grey's AnatomyDirectorSeries
2005The CloserDirectorSeries
2004Boston LegalDirectorSeries
2003Pristine BooksDirectorFilm
2002MonkDirectorSeries
2001My Louisiana SkyDirectorFilm
1997Ally McBealDirectorSeries
1994Chicago HopeDirectorSeries
1990Northern ExposureDirectorSeries
Production (2)
2024SugarCo-Executive Producer, DirectorSeries
2017Get ShortyExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries
Writing (1)
1981Improper ChannelsWriterFilm