Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Born August 19, 1956
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).
TVThe American Revolution
2025
as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
MovieTransplant
2024
as Dr. Robinson
TVThe American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
TVPoker Face
2023
as Mark Getzler
TVThe U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self (voice)
MoviePig
2021
as Darius
TVBig Shot
2021
as Sam
TVRebel
2021
as Mark Duncan
TVThe Act
2019
as Detective
MovieWaffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016
as Self
TVThe Carmichael Show
2015
as Grant
TVHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Wallace Mahoney
Movie10 Cent Pistol
2014
as Nir Zir
MovieIn Security
2014
as Broomhall
TVFargo
2014
as Hamish Boker
TVMasters of Sex
2013
as Shep Tally
TVThe Bridge
2013
as Federal Investigator
TVFamily Tools
2013
as Mr. Baynor
TVThe Newsroom
2012
as Adam Roth
MovieThe Sessions
2012
as Josh
TVProhibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
MovieJust Peck
2011
as Michael Peck
MovieSummer Eleven
2010
MovieTell-Tale
2010
as Husband
TVJustified
2010
as Theo Tonin
MovieA Serious Man
2009
as Divorce Lawyer
TVThe National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
TVModern Family
2009
as Reece
TVSons of Anarchy
2008
as Ethan Zobelle
TVLife
2007
as Ted Earley
TVThe War
2007
as Reader (voice)
MovieGraduation
2007
as Dean Deeley
MovieMurder on Pleasant Drive
2006
as John Smith
MovieMarilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Gabe Difranco
MovieKids in America
2005
as Ed Mumsford
TVCommander in Chief
2005
as Carl Brantley
TVThe Closer
2005
as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
MovieHitch
2005
as Max
TVBoston Legal
2004
as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
MovieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
TV Land Moguls
2004
MovieHoratio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Other Voices (voice)
TV8 Simple Rules
2002
as Ed Gibb
TVMonk
2002
as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
MovieStark Raving Mad
2002
as Don Partridge (uncredited)
TVBaby Bob
2002
as Walter Spencer
MovieRoughing It
2002
as Henry
TVRoughing It
2002
as Henry
MovieOff Season
2001
as Richard Frangello
MovieMission
2001
as Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
East of A
2000
as Sylvester
MovieHanging Up
2000
as Joe Marks
MovieDropping Out
2000
as Scott Kayle
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Stanley Keyworth
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Julius Adler
MovieA Slight Case of Murder
1999
as Detective Fred Stapelli
MovieLake Placid
1999
as Kevin
MovieThirst
1998
as Bob Miller
MovieWith Friends Like These
1998
as Steve Hersh
MovieHalloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
as Will Brennan
MovieUnmasking the Horror
1998
TVLewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997
as Merriwether Lewis (voice)
TVPerversions of Science
1997
as Paul Danko
MovieNot in This Town
1997
as Brian Schnitzer
TVThe Practice
1997
as Atty. Albert Ginsberg
TVThe West
1996
as Self
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVMADtv
1995
as Self - Host
MovieIn the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
as Agent Gabriel Valentino
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Aaron Shutt
TVBaseball
1994
as Various (voice)
MovieWrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
as Bookstore Manager
MovieDottie Gets Spanked
1993
as Dick Gordon
TVFrasier
1993
as Tom
TVBig Wave Dave's
1993
as Marshall Fisher
TVPicket Fences
1992
as Edward
MovieThe Doctor
1991
as Eli
TVThe Hidden Room
1991
MovieA Promise to Keep
1990
as Louis Colt
MovieBabies
1990
as David
TVLaw & Order
1990
as George Costas
MovieHeat Wave
1990
as Art Berman
TVNorthern Exposure
1990
as Adam
MovieJulie Brown: The Show
1989
as Jeff
TVOceano
1989
as Candido Amado
TVHard Time on Planet Earth
1989
as Harry Newcomb
TVChina Beach
1988
MovieNecessary Parties
1988
as Mr. Dunfee
TVA Year in the Life
1987
as Jim Eisenberg
MoviePersonal Foul
1987
TVA Year in the Life
1986
as Jim Eisenberg
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Richard Kendall
TVAll Is Forgiven
1986
as Phil Douglas
Tough Cookies
1986
TVMacGyver
1985
as Tony Parisio
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "A Matter of Minutes")
MovieThe Fourth Wise Man
1985
as Joseph
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Doug Zageck
TVTeachers Only
1982
as Michael Dreyfuss
TVLate Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self
TVJessica Novak
1981
MovieChu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981
as Charlie
MovieFull Moon High
1981
as Tony
MovieUnder the Rainbow
1981
as Henry Hudson
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Mark Baylor
$weepstake$
1979
as Joey
TVPearl
1978
as Pvt. Billy Zylowski
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Alex Lambert
Busting Loose
1977
MovieBaby Blue Marine
1976
as Rupe
MovieAll Together Now
1975
as Jerry
TVBarney Miller
1975
as Howard Smith
MovieIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
as Ken Walters
TVHarry O
1974
Moe and Joe
1974
TVHappy Days
1974
MovieMade For Each Other
1971
as Teenage Gig
MovieThe Monitors
1969
as Boy in Monitors Commercial
MoviePeople Soup
1969
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Alex Scofield
