Adam Arkin
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1956-08-19 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- آدام آرکین
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
TV Shows (67)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Julius Adler
Law & Order
1990
as George Costas
Modern Family
2009
as Reece
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Fargo
2014
as Hamish Boker / Hamish Broker
Sons of Anarchy
2008
as Ethan Zobelle
Monk
2002
as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
Frasier
1993
as Tom
The West Wing
1999
as Stanley Keyworth
The Closer
2005
as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
MacGyver
1985
as Tony Parisio
Boston Legal
2004
as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
The Love Boat
1977
as Alex Lambert
The Practice
1997
as Atty. Albert Ginsberg
Knots Landing
1979
as Mark Baylor
Chicago Hope
1994
as Aaron Shutt
Justified
2010
as Theo Tonin
L.A. Law
1986
as Richard Kendall
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Wallace Mahoney
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Doug Zageck
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Alex Scofield
Barney Miller
1975
as Howard Smith
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "A Matter of Minutes")
Happy Days
1974
Northern Exposure
1990
as Adam
Masters of Sex
2013
as Shep Tally
The Newsroom
2012
as Adam Roth
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self
Life
2007
as Ted Earley
Poker Face
2023
as Mark Getzler
China Beach
1988
8 Simple Rules
2002
as Ed Gibb
Picket Fences
1992
as Edward / Attorney Robert Biel
Harry O
1974
Commander in Chief
2005
as Carl Brantley
The Bridge
2013
as Federal Investigator
Big Shot
2021
as Sam
The Act
2019
as Detective
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
The American Revolution
2025
as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
Perversions of Science
1997
as Paul Danko
The Carmichael Show
2015
as Grant
A Year in the Life
1987
as Jim Eisenberg
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
Rebel
2021
as Mark Duncan
The West
1996
as Self
The Hidden Room
1991
Prohibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
The War
2007
as Reader (voice)
Baby Bob
2002
as Walter Spencer
$weepstake$
1979
as Joey
Teachers Only
1982
as Michael Dreyfuss
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self (voice)
Family Tools
2013
as Mr. Baynor
Hard Time on Planet Earth
1989
as Harry Newcomb
The American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
Pearl
1978
as Pvt. Billy Zylowski
All Is Forgiven
1986
as Phil Douglas
MADtv
1995
as Self - Host
Big Wave Dave's
1993
as Marshall Fisher
Movies (51)
Hitch
2005
as Max
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
as Will Brennan
Pig
2021
as Darius
The Sessions
2012
as Josh
Lake Placid
1999
as Kevin
A Serious Man
2009
as Divorce Lawyer
Hanging Up
2000
as Joe Marks
In Security
2014
as Broomhall
The Doctor
1991
as Eli
Kids in America
2005
as Ed Mumsford
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Other Voices (voice)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Gabe Difranco
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
Stark Raving Mad
2002
as Don Partridge (uncredited)
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
as Bookstore Manager
Full Moon High
1981
as Tony
Heat Wave
1990
as Art Berman
Just Peck
2011
as Michael Peck
Under the Rainbow
1981
as Henry Hudson
With Friends Like These
1998
as Steve Hersh
Dottie Gets Spanked
1993
as Dick Gordon
Graduation
2007
as Dean Deeley
Thirst
1998
as Bob Miller
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
as Agent Gabriel Valentino
The Fourth Wise Man
1985
as Joseph
All Together Now
1975
as Jerry
A Slight Case of Murder
1999
as Detective Fred Stapelli
Murder on Pleasant Drive
2006
as John Smith
Off Season
2001
as Richard Frangello
Baby Blue Marine
1976
as Rupe
10 Cent Pistol
2014
as Nir Zir
Tell-Tale
2010
as Husband
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
as Ken Walters
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981
as Charlie
East of A
2000
as Sylvester
Transplant
2024
as Dr. Robinson
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016
as Self
Babies
1990
as David
Roughing It
2002
as Henry
Made For Each Other
1971
as Teenage Gig
The Monitors
1969
as Boy in Monitors Commercial
Dropping Out
2000
as Scott Kayle
Mission
2001
as Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
A Promise to Keep
1990
as Louis Colt
Necessary Parties
1988
as Mr. Dunfee
Not in This Town
1997
as Brian Schnitzer
Julie Brown: The Show
1989
as Jeff
Unmasking the Horror
1998
Summer Eleven
2010
Personal Foul
1987
People Soup
1969
About 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… With 118 credits spanning from 1968 to 2025, Adam Arkin has appeared in 51 films and 67 TV shows.
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- Hitch (2005) — as Max
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) — as Will Brennan
- Pig (2021) — as Darius
- The Sessions (2012) — as Josh
- Lake Placid (1999) — as Kevin
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