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