Actor profile

Adam Arkin

19th August 1956 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Acting

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).

51 Movies 67 TV Shows 118 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Transplant poster

Transplant 18th October 2024 as Dr. Robinson

Pig poster

Pig 16th July 2021 as Darius

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls poster

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls 23rd February 2016 as Self

10 Cent Pistol poster

10 Cent Pistol 24th July 2014 as Nir Zir

In Security poster

In Security 28th April 2014 as Broomhall

The Sessions poster

The Sessions 2nd May 2012 as Josh

Just Peck poster

Just Peck 16th February 2011 as Michael Peck

Summer Eleven poster

Summer Eleven 9th August 2010

Tell-Tale poster

Tell-Tale 31st March 2010 as Husband

A Serious Man poster

A Serious Man 2nd October 2009 as Divorce Lawyer

Graduation poster

Graduation 24th April 2007 as Dean Deeley

Murder on Pleasant Drive poster

Murder on Pleasant Drive 8th May 2006 as John Smith

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School poster

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School 12th January 2006 as Gabe Difranco

Kids in America poster

Kids in America 21st October 2005 as Ed Mumsford

Hitch poster

Hitch 11th February 2005 as Max

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson poster

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 4th September 2004 as Other Voices (voice)

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip poster

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip 6th October 2003 as Other Voices (voice)

Stark Raving Mad poster

Stark Raving Mad 23rd May 2002 as Don Partridge (uncredited)

Roughing It poster

Roughing It 16th March 2002 as Henry

Off Season poster

Off Season 16th December 2001 as Richard Frangello

Mission poster

Mission 29th April 2001 as Vissarion Belinsky (voice)

East of A 3rd March 2000 as Sylvester

Hanging Up poster

Hanging Up 16th February 2000 as Joe Marks

Dropping Out poster

Dropping Out 1st January 2000 as Scott Kayle

A Slight Case of Murder poster

A Slight Case of Murder 19th September 1999 as Detective Fred Stapelli

Lake Placid poster

Lake Placid 15th July 1999 as Kevin

Thirst poster

Thirst 24th October 1998 as Bob Miller

With Friends Like These poster

With Friends Like These 10th September 1998 as Steve Hersh

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later poster

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 5th August 1998 as Will Brennan

Unmasking the Horror poster

Unmasking the Horror 21st June 1998

Not in This Town poster

Not in This Town 16th April 1997 as Brian Schnitzer

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice poster

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice 1st October 1995 as Agent Gabriel Valentino

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway poster

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway 17th December 1993 as Bookstore Manager

Dottie Gets Spanked poster

Dottie Gets Spanked 17th September 1993 as Dick Gordon

The Doctor poster

The Doctor 24th July 1991 as Eli

A Promise to Keep poster

A Promise to Keep 1st October 1990 as Louis Colt

Babies poster

Babies 17th September 1990 as David

Heat Wave poster

Heat Wave 13th August 1990 as Art Berman

Julie Brown: The Show poster

Julie Brown: The Show 4th September 1989 as Jeff

Necessary Parties poster

Necessary Parties 1st January 1988 as Mr. Dunfee

Personal Foul poster

Personal Foul 14th August 1987

The Fourth Wise Man poster

The Fourth Wise Man 30th March 1985 as Joseph

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash poster

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash 28th August 1981 as Charlie

Full Moon High poster

Full Moon High 4th August 1981 as Tony

Under the Rainbow poster

Under the Rainbow 31st July 1981 as Henry Hudson

Baby Blue Marine poster

Baby Blue Marine 5th May 1976 as Rupe

All Together Now poster

All Together Now 5th February 1975 as Jerry

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy poster

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy 19th November 1974 as Ken Walters

Made For Each Other poster

Made For Each Other 12th December 1971 as Teenage Gig

The Monitors poster

The Monitors 8th October 1969 as Boy in Monitors Commercial

People Soup poster

People Soup 1st January 1969

The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution 16th November 2025 as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)

The American Buffalo poster

The American Buffalo 16th October 2023 as (voice)

Poker Face poster

Poker Face 26th January 2023 as Mark Getzler

The U.S. and the Holocaust poster

The U.S. and the Holocaust 18th September 2022 as (voice)

Big Shot poster

Big Shot 16th April 2021 as Sam

Rebel poster

Rebel 8th April 2021 as Mark Duncan

The Act poster

The Act 20th March 2019 as Detective

The Carmichael Show poster

The Carmichael Show 26th August 2015 as Grant

How to Get Away with Murder poster

How to Get Away with Murder 25th September 2014 as Wallace Mahoney

Fargo poster

Fargo 15th April 2014 as Hamish Broker

Masters of Sex poster

Masters of Sex 29th September 2013 as Shep Tally

The Bridge poster

The Bridge 10th July 2013 as Federal Investigator

Family Tools poster

Family Tools 1st May 2013 as Mr. Baynor

The Newsroom poster

The Newsroom 24th June 2012 as Adam Roth

Prohibition poster

Prohibition 2nd October 2011 as Reader (voice)

Justified poster

Justified 16th March 2010 as Theo Tonin

The National Parks: America's Best Idea poster

The National Parks: America's Best Idea 27th September 2009

Modern Family poster

Modern Family 23rd September 2009 as Reece

Sons of Anarchy poster

Sons of Anarchy 3rd September 2008 as Ethan Zobelle

Life poster

Life 26th September 2007 as Ted Earley

The War poster

The War 23rd September 2007 as Reader (voice)

Commander in Chief poster

Commander in Chief 27th September 2005 as Carl Brantley

The Closer poster

The Closer 13th June 2005 as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum

Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal 3rd October 2004 as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer

TV Land Moguls 21st April 2004

8 Simple Rules poster

8 Simple Rules 17th September 2002 as Ed Gibb

Monk poster

Monk 12th July 2002 as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck

Baby Bob poster

Baby Bob 18th March 2002 as Walter Spencer

The West Wing poster

The West Wing 22nd September 1999 as Stanley Keyworth

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Dr. Julius Adler

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery poster

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery 4th November 1997 as Merriwether Lewis (voice)

Perversions of Science poster

Perversions of Science 7th June 1997 as Paul Danko

The Practice poster

The Practice 4th March 1997 as Atty. Albert Ginsberg

The West poster

The West 15th September 1996 as Self

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self

MADtv poster

MADtv 14th October 1995 as Self - Host

Baseball poster

Baseball 18th September 1994 as (voice)

Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope 18th September 1994 as Aaron Shutt

Frasier poster

Frasier 16th September 1993 as Tom

Big Wave Dave's poster

Big Wave Dave's 9th August 1993 as Marshall Fisher

Picket Fences poster

Picket Fences 18th September 1992 as Attorney Robert Biel

The Hidden Room poster

The Hidden Room 23rd July 1991

Law & Order poster

Law & Order 13th September 1990 as George Costas

Northern Exposure poster

Northern Exposure 12th July 1990 as Adam

Oceano poster

Oceano 20th August 1989 as Candido Amado

Hard Time on Planet Earth poster

Hard Time on Planet Earth 1st March 1989 as Harry Newcomb

China Beach poster

China Beach 26th April 1988

A Year in the Life poster

A Year in the Life 16th September 1987 as Jim Eisenberg

A Year in the Life poster

A Year in the Life 15th December 1986 as Jim Eisenberg

L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law 15th September 1986 as Richard Kendall

All Is Forgiven poster

All Is Forgiven 20th March 1986 as Phil Douglas

Tough Cookies 5th March 1986

MacGyver poster

MacGyver 29th September 1985 as Tony Parisio

The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone 27th September 1985 as (segment "A Matter of Minutes")

St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere 26th October 1982 as Doug Zageck

Teachers Only poster

Teachers Only 14th April 1982 as Michael Dreyfuss

Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman 1st February 1982 as Self

Jessica Novak poster

Jessica Novak 5th November 1981

Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing 27th December 1979 as Mark Baylor

$weepstake$ 26th January 1979 as Joey

Pearl poster

Pearl 16th November 1978 as Pvt. Billy Zylowski

The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat 24th September 1977 as Alex Lambert

Busting Loose 17th January 1977

Barney Miller poster

Barney Miller 23rd January 1975 as Howard Smith

Harry O poster

Harry O 12th September 1974

Happy Days poster

Happy Days 15th January 1974

Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O 20th September 1968 as Alex Scofield