Adam Arkin
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Adam Arkin

Aug 19, 1956 - Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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).

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1998Halloween H20: 20 Years LaterWill Brennan
Movie2005HitchMax
Movie2009A Serious ManDivorce Lawyer
Movie1991The DoctorEli
Movie1999A Slight Case of MurderDetective Fred Stapelli
Movie2001MissionVissarion Belinsky (voice)
Movie2010Summer Eleven
Movie1981Under the RainbowHenry Hudson
Movie2007GraduationDean Deeley
Movie2002Halloween: ResurrectionWill Brennan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie1981Full Moon HighTony
Movie1997Not in This TownBrian Schnitzer
Movie2012The SessionsJosh
Movie2006Murder on Pleasant DriveJohn Smith
Movie2010Tell-TaleHusband
Movie1974It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer GuyKen Walters
Movie1998ThirstBob Miller
Movie1969People Soup
Movie2014In SecurityBroomhall
Movie2000Hanging UpJoe Marks
Movie2001Off SeasonRichard Frangello
Movie1995In the Line of Duty: Hunt for JusticeAgent Gabriel Valentino
Movie1993Dottie Gets SpankedDick Gordon
Movie201410 Cent PistolNir Zir
Movie1990A Promise to KeepLouis Colt
Movie1993Wrestling Ernest HemingwayBookstore Manager
Movie1990Heat WaveArt Berman
Movie1981Chu Chu and the Philly FlashCharlie
Movie2011Just PeckMichael Peck
Movie2000Dropping OutScott Kayle
Movie2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsSelf
Movie2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice)
Movie1998With Friends Like TheseSteve Hersh
Movie1999Lake PlacidKevin
Movie1988Necessary PartiesMr. Dunfee
Movie1989Julie Brown: The ShowJeff
Movie1975All Together NowJerry
Movie1990BabiesDavid
Movie2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolGabe Difranco
Movie2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
Movie1985The Fourth Wise ManJoseph
Movie1969The MonitorsBoy in Monitors Commercial
Movie1976Baby Blue MarineRupe
Movie1971Made For Each OtherTeenage Gig
Movie2002Roughing ItHenry
Movie2002Stark Raving MadDon Partridge (uncredited)
Movie2000East of ASylvester
Movie1987Personal Foul
Movie2005Kids in AmericaEd Mumsford
Movie2021PigDarius
Movie2024TransplantDr. Robinson
TV Show1982St. Elsewhere1
TV Show1990Law & OrderGeorge Costas1
TV Show1997Perversions of SciencePaul Danko1
TV Show1986L.A. LawRichard Kendall2
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf1
TV Show1977The Love BoatAlex Lambert1
TV Show2002MonkDale 'The Whale' Biederbeck1
TV Show1988China Beach4
TV Show1968Hawaii Five-OAlex Scofield1
TV Show1985The Twilight Zone(segment "A Matter of Minutes")1
TV Show1975Barney MillerHoward Smith1
TV Show2007LifeTed Earley32
TV Show1974Happy Days1
TV Show1985MacGyverTony Parisio1
TV Show1993FrasierTom1
TV Show1979Knots LandingMark Baylor6
TV Show1997The PracticeAtty. Albert Ginsberg1
TV Show20028 Simple RulesEd Gibb10
TV Show1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf1
TV Show1994Chicago HopeAaron Shutt141
TV Show2004Boston LegalA.D.A. Douglas Kupfer3
TV Show1993Big Wave Dave'sMarshall Fisher6
TV Show2021Big ShotSam3
TV Show1974Harry O1
TV Show2002Baby BobWalter Spencer14
TV Show1981Jessica Novak1
TV Show1987A Year in the LifeJim Eisenberg22
TV Show2004TV Land Moguls6
TV Show1986Tough Cookies8
TV Show1977Busting Loose25
TV Show1996The WestSelf9
TV Show1982Teachers OnlyMichael Dreyfuss9
TV Show1986All is ForgivenPhil Douglas1
TV Show2009The National Parks: America's Best Idea6
TV Show2013The BridgeFederal Investigator3
TV Show1999The West WingDr. Stanley Keyworth4
TV Show2008Sons of AnarchyEthan Zobelle11
TV Show1990Northern ExposureAdam10
TV Show2014How to Get Away with MurderWallace Mahoney4
TV Show2009Modern FamilyReece1
TV Show1997Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryMerriwether Lewis (voice)2
TV Show2014FargoHamish Boker1
TV Show1989OceanoCandido Amado6
TV Show2008The WarReader (voice)7
TV Show2015The Carmichael ShowGrant1
TV Show1986A Year in the LifeJim Eisenberg3
TV Show2022The U.S. and the Holocaust(voice)3
TV Show1994BaseballVarious (voice)0
TV Show2023The American Buffalo(voice)2
TV Show2010JustifiedTheo Tonin3
TV Show2013Masters of SexShep Tally3
TV Show1989Hard Time on Planet EarthHarry Newcomb1
TV Show2021RebelMark Duncan7
TV Show1995MADtvSelf - Host1
TV Show2005Commander in ChiefCarl Brantley2
TV Show2012The NewsroomAdam Roth1
TV Show2011ProhibitionReader (voice)3
TV Show1978PearlPvt. Billy Zylowski3
TV Show2019The ActDetective1
TV Show1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDr. Julius Adler1
TV Show2005The CloserScott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum1
TV Show1994Baseball(voice)6
TV Show2023Poker FaceMark Getzler1
TV Show1979$weepstake$Joey1

Crew

Media
Movie2001My Louisiana SkyDirectorDirecting
Movie2012Outlaw CountryDirectorDirecting
Movie2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsDirectorDirecting
Movie1981Improper ChannelsWriterWriting
Movie2003Pristine BooksDirectorDirecting
TV Show2006Big DayDirectorDirecting
TV Show2007DirtDirectorDirecting
TV Show2002MonkDirectorDirecting
TV Show1994Chicago HopeDirectorDirecting
TV Show2009Lie to MeDirectorDirecting
TV Show2007LifeDirectorDirecting
TV Show2008Sons of AnarchyDirectorDirecting
TV Show1990Northern ExposureDirectorDirecting
TV Show2005Grey's AnatomyDirectorDirecting
TV Show2010JustifiedDirectorDirecting
TV Show2005The CloserDirectorDirecting
TV Show1997Ally McBealDirectorDirecting
TV Show2004Boston LegalDirectorDirecting
TV Show2007The RichesDirectorDirecting
TV Show2010TerriersDirectorDirecting
TV Show2012The FinderDirectorDirecting
TV Show2013The AmericansDirectorDirecting
TV Show2013The AmericansProducerProduction
TV Show2013The BlacklistDirectorDirecting
TV Show2010The Deep EndDirectorDirecting
TV Show2013The BridgeDirectorDirecting
TV Show2014ExtantDirectorDirecting
TV Show2011The Chicago CodeDirectorDirecting
TV Show2010Rizzoli & IslesDirectorDirecting
TV Show2015Secrets and LiesDirectorDirecting
TV Show2013Masters of SexDirectorDirecting
TV Show2014FargoDirectorDirecting
TV Show2017Get ShortyExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2017Get ShortyDirectorDirecting
TV Show2018SuccessionDirectorDirecting
TV Show2013We Are MenDirectorDirecting
TV Show2016BillionsDirectorDirecting
TV Show2017Santa Clarita DietDirectorDirecting
TV Show2015Sneaky PeteDirectorDirecting
TV Show2019The ActDirectorDirecting
TV Show2022The OfferDirectorDirecting
TV Show2023The Night AgentDirectorDirecting
TV Show2024SugarCo-Executive ProducerProduction
TV Show2024SugarDirectorDirecting
TV Show2023Poker FaceDirectorDirecting
TV ShowN/AAmerican HostageDirectorDirecting
TV ShowN/AAmerican HostageExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2011The Booth at the EndDirectorDirecting