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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

The Daily Show

Modern Family

Fargo

Fargo

Monk

Sons of Anarchy

All Movies (51)

• Transplant2024 · as Dr. Robinson
• Pig2021 · as Darius
• Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls2016 · as Self
• 10 Cent Pistol2014 · as Nir Zir
• In Security2014 · as Broomhall
• The Sessions2012 · as Josh
• Just Peck2011 · as Michael Peck
• Summer Eleven2010
• Tell-Tale2010 · as Husband
• A Serious Man2009 · as Divorce Lawyer
• Graduation2007 · as Dean Deeley
• Murder on Pleasant Drive2006 · as John Smith
• Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School2006 · as Gabe Difranco
• Kids in America2005 · as Ed Mumsford
• Hitch2005 · as Max
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004 · as Other Voices (voice)
• Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip2003 · as Other Voices (voice)
• Stark Raving Mad2002 · as Don Partridge (uncredited)
• Roughing It2002 · as Henry
• Off Season2001 · as Richard Frangello
• Mission2001 · as Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
• East of A2000 · as Sylvester
• Hanging Up2000 · as Joe Marks
• Dropping Out2000 · as Scott Kayle
• A Slight Case of Murder1999 · as Detective Fred Stapelli
• Lake Placid1999 · as Kevin
• Thirst1998 · as Bob Miller
• With Friends Like These1998 · as Steve Hersh
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later1998 · as Will Brennan
• Unmasking the Horror1998
• Not in This Town1997 · as Brian Schnitzer
• In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice1995 · as Agent Gabriel Valentino
• Wrestling Ernest Hemingway1993 · as Bookstore Manager
• Dottie Gets Spanked1993 · as Dick Gordon
• The Doctor1991 · as Eli
• A Promise to Keep1990 · as Louis Colt
• Babies1990 · as David
• Heat Wave1990 · as Art Berman
• Julie Brown: The Show1989 · as Jeff
• Necessary Parties1988 · as Mr. Dunfee
• Personal Foul1987
• The Fourth Wise Man1985 · as Joseph
• Chu Chu and the Philly Flash1981 · as Charlie
• Full Moon High1981 · as Tony
• Under the Rainbow1981 · as Henry Hudson
• Baby Blue Marine1976 · as Rupe
• All Together Now1975 · as Jerry
• It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy1974 · as Ken Walters
• Made For Each Other1971 · as Teenage Gig
• The Monitors1969 · as Boy in Monitors Commercial
• People Soup1969

All TV Shows (70)

• The American Revolution2025 · as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
• The American Buffalo2023 · as (voice)
• Poker Face2023 · as Mark Getzler
• The U.S. and the Holocaust2022 · as Self (voice)
• Big Shot2021 · as Sam
• Rebel2021 · as Mark Duncan
• The Act2019 · as Detective
• The Carmichael Show2015 · as Grant
• How to Get Away with Murder2014 · as Wallace Mahoney
• Fargo2014 · as Hamish Boker
• Fargo2014 · as Hamish Broker
• Masters of Sex2013 · as Shep Tally
• The Bridge2013 · as Federal Investigator
• Family Tools2013 · as Mr. Baynor
• The Newsroom2012 · as Adam Roth
• Prohibition2011 · as Reader (voice)
• Justified2010 · as Theo Tonin
• The National Parks: America's Best Idea2009
• Modern Family2009 · as Reece
• Sons of Anarchy2008 · as Ethan Zobelle
• Life2007 · as Ted Earley
• The War2007 · as Reader (voice)
• Commander in Chief2005 · as Carl Brantley
• The Closer2005 · as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
• Boston Legal2004 · as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
• TV Land Moguls2004
• 8 Simple Rules2002 · as Ed Gibb
• Monk2002 · as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
• Baby Bob2002 · as Walter Spencer
• The West Wing1999 · as Stanley Keyworth
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Dr. Julius Adler
• Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery1997 · as Merriwether Lewis (voice)
• Perversions of Science1997 · as Paul Danko
• The Practice1997 · as Atty. Albert Ginsberg
• The West1996 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• MADtv1995 · as Self - Host
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Aaron Shutt
• Baseball1994 · as Various (voice)
• Baseball1994 · as (voice)
• Frasier1993 · as Tom
• Big Wave Dave's1993 · as Marshall Fisher
• Picket Fences1992 · as Edward
• Picket Fences1992 · as Attorney Robert Biel
• The Hidden Room1991
• Law & Order1990 · as George Costas
• Northern Exposure1990 · as Adam
• Oceano1989 · as Candido Amado
• Hard Time on Planet Earth1989 · as Harry Newcomb
• China Beach1988
• A Year in the Life1987 · as Jim Eisenberg
• A Year in the Life1986 · as Jim Eisenberg
• L.A. Law1986 · as Richard Kendall
• All Is Forgiven1986 · as Phil Douglas
• Tough Cookies1986
• MacGyver1985 · as Tony Parisio
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as (segment "A Matter of Minutes")
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Doug Zageck
• Teachers Only1982 · as Michael Dreyfuss
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self
• Jessica Novak1981
• Knots Landing1979 · as Mark Baylor
• $weepstake$1979 · as Joey
• Pearl1978 · as Pvt. Billy Zylowski
• The Love Boat1977 · as Alex Lambert
• Busting Loose1977
• Barney Miller1975 · as Howard Smith
• Harry O1974
• Happy Days1974
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Alex Scofield