- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 19, 1956
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Adam Arkin
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–…
Filmography
tvThe American Revolution
2025 · James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
movieTransplant
2024 · Dr. Robinson
tvSugar
2024 · Co-Executive Producer, Director
tvThe American Buffalo
2023 · (voice)
tvThe Night Agent
2023 · Director
tvPoker Face
2023 · Mark Getzler, Director
tvThe U.S. and the Holocaust
2022 · Self (voice)
tvThe Offer
2022 · Director
moviePig
2021 · Darius
tvBig Shot
2021 · Sam
tvRebel
2021 · Mark Duncan
tvThe Act
2019 · Detective, Director
tvSuccession
2018 · Director
tvGet Shorty
2017 · Executive Producer, Director
tvSanta Clarita Diet
2017 · Director
movieWaffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016 · Self, Director
tvBillions
2016 · Director
tvThe Carmichael Show
2015 · Grant
tvSneaky Pete
2015 · Director
tvSecrets and Lies
2015 · Director
tvHow to Get Away with Murder
2014 · Wallace Mahoney
movie10 Cent Pistol
2014 · Nir Zir
tvExtant
2014 · Director
movieIn Security
2014 · Broomhall
tvFargo
2014 · Hamish Boker, Hamish Broker, Director
tvWe Are Men
2013 · Director
tvMasters of Sex
2013 · Shep Tally, Director
tvThe Blacklist
2013 · Director
tvThe Bridge
2013 · Federal Investigator, Director
tvFamily Tools
2013 · Mr. Baynor
tvThe Americans
2013 · Director, Producer
movieOutlaw Country
2012 · Director
tvThe Newsroom
2012 · Adam Roth
movieThe Sessions
2012 · Josh
tvThe Finder
2012 · Director
tvProhibition
2011 · Reader (voice)
tvThe Booth at the End
2011 · Director
movieJust Peck
2011 · Michael Peck
tvThe Chicago Code
2011 · Director
tvTerriers
2010 · Director
movieSummer Eleven
2010
tvRizzoli & Isles
2010 · Director
movieTell-Tale
2010 · Husband
tvJustified
2010 · Theo Tonin, Director
tvThe Deep End
2010 · Director
movieA Serious Man
2009 · Divorce Lawyer
tvThe National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
tvModern Family
2009 · Reece
tvNurse Jackie
2009 · Director
tvLie to Me
2009 · Director
tvSons of Anarchy
2008 · Ethan Zobelle, Director
tvLife
2007 · Ted Earley, Director
tvThe War
2007 · Reader (voice)
movieGraduation
2007 · Dean Deeley
tvThe Riches
2007 · Director
tvDirt
2007 · Director
tvBig Day
2006 · Director
movieMurder on Pleasant Drive
2006 · John Smith
movieMarilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · Gabe Difranco
movieKids in America
2005 · Ed Mumsford
tvCommander in Chief
2005 · Carl Brantley
tvThe Closer
2005 · Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum, Director
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005 · Director
movieHitch
2005 · Max
tvBoston Legal
2004 · A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer, Director
movieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · Other Voices (voice)
TV Land Moguls
tvTV Land Moguls
2004
movieHoratio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003 · Other Voices (voice)
moviePristine Books
2003 · Director
tv8 Simple Rules
2002 · Ed Gibb
tvMonk
2002 · Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck, Director
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
movieMy Louisiana Sky
2001 · Director
movieMission
2001 · Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
East of A
movieEast 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
movieUnmasking the Horror
1998
tvLewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997 · Merriwether Lewis (voice)
tvAlly McBeal
1997 · Director
tvPerversions of Science
1997 · Paul Danko
movieNot in This Town
1997 · Brian Schnitzer
tvThe Practice
1997 · Atty. Albert Ginsberg
tvThe West
1996 · Self
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
tvMADtv
1995 · Self - Host
movieIn the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995 · Agent Gabriel Valentino
tvChicago Hope
1994 · Aaron Shutt, Director
tvBaseball
1994 · Various (voice)
movieWrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993 · Bookstore Manager
movieDottie Gets Spanked
1993 · Dick Gordon
tvFrasier
1993 · Tom
tvBig Wave Dave's
1993 · Marshall Fisher
tvPicket Fences
1992 · Edward, Attorney Robert Biel
movieThe Doctor
1991 · Eli
tvThe Hidden Room
1991
movieA Promise to Keep
1990 · Louis Colt
movieBabies
1990 · David
tvLaw & Order
1990 · George Costas
movieHeat Wave
1990 · Art Berman
tvNorthern Exposure
1990 · Adam, Director
movieJulie Brown: The Show
1989 · Jeff
tvOceano
1989 · Candido Amado
tvHard Time on Planet Earth
1989 · Harry Newcomb
tvChina Beach
1988
movieNecessary Parties
1988 · Mr. Dunfee
tvA Year in the Life
1987 · Jim Eisenberg
moviePersonal Foul
1987
tvA Year in the Life
1986 · Jim Eisenberg
tvL.A. Law
1986 · Richard Kendall
tvAll Is Forgiven
1986 · Phil Douglas
Tough Cookies
tvTough Cookies
1986
tvMacGyver
1985 · Tony Parisio
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985 · (segment "A Matter of Minutes")
movieThe Fourth Wise Man
1985 · Joseph
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982 · Doug Zageck
tvTeachers Only
1982 · Michael Dreyfuss
tvLate Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self
tvJessica Novak
1981
movieChu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981 · Charlie
movieFull Moon High
1981 · Tony
movieUnder the Rainbow
1981 · Henry Hudson
movieImproper Channels
1981 · Writer
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Mark Baylor
$weepstake$
tv$weepstake$
1979 · Joey
tvPearl
1978 · Pvt. Billy Zylowski
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Alex Lambert
Busting Loose
tvBusting Loose
1977
movieBaby Blue Marine
1976 · Rupe
movieAll Together Now
1975 · Jerry
tvBarney Miller
1975 · Howard Smith
movieIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974 · Ken Walters
tvHarry O
1974
tvHappy Days
1974
movieMade For Each Other
1971 · Teenage Gig
movieThe Monitors
1969 · Boy in Monitors Commercial
moviePeople Soup
1969
tvHawaii Five-O
1968 · Alex Scofield
tvAmerican Hostage
— · Director, Executive Producer