8.2
TV
Acting
Adam Arkin
- Born
- (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 151 titles
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).
Signature work
Known For
8.2
TV
6.6
Movie
Hitch
7.6
TV
The Act
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.6
TV
The Blacklist
7.9
TV
Modern Family
8.3
TV
Fargo
8.4
TV
Sons of Anarchy
6.7
Movie
A Serious Man
6.0
Movie
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
6.6
Movie
Pig
7.8
TV
How to Get Away with Murder
8.3
TV
Succession
7.9
TV
Lie to Me
7.9
TV
Monk
6.0
Movie
Lake Placid
7.7
TV
The Night Agent
7.9
TV
The Americans
Acting credits 120
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The American Revolution TV | James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice) (6 ep) |
| 2024 | Transplant Film | Dr. Robinson |
| 2023 | The American Buffalo TV | (voice) (2 ep) |
| 2023 | Poker Face TV | Mark Getzler (1 ep) |
| 2022 | The U.S. and the Holocaust TV | Self (voice) (3 ep) |
| 2021 | Pig Film | Darius |
| 2021 | Big Shot TV | Sam (3 ep) |
| 2021 | Rebel TV | Mark Duncan (7 ep) |
| 2019 | The Act TV | Detective (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls Film | Self |
| 2015 | The Carmichael Show TV | Grant (1 ep) |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder TV | Wallace Mahoney (4 ep) |
| 2014 | 10 Cent Pistol Film | Nir Zir |
| 2014 | In Security Film | Broomhall |
| 2014 | Fargo TV | Hamish Boker, Hamish Broker (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex TV | Shep Tally (3 ep) |
| 2013 | The Bridge TV | Federal Investigator (3 ep) |
| 2013 | Family Tools TV | Mr. Baynor (1 ep) |
| 2012 | The Newsroom TV | Adam Roth (1 ep) |
| 2012 | The Sessions Film | Josh |
| 2011 | Prohibition TV | Reader (voice) (3 ep) |
| 2011 | Just Peck Film | Michael Peck |
| 2010 | Summer Eleven Film | |
| 2010 | Tell-Tale Film | Husband |
| 2010 | Justified TV | Theo Tonin (3 ep) |
| 2009 | A Serious Man Film | Divorce Lawyer |
| 2009 | The National Parks: America's Best Idea TV | (6 ep) |
| 2009 | Modern Family TV | Reece (1 ep) |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy TV | Ethan Zobelle (11 ep) |
| 2007 | Life TV | Ted Earley (32 ep) |
| 2007 | The War TV | Reader (voice) (7 ep) |
| 2007 | Graduation Film | Dean Deeley |
| 2006 | Murder on Pleasant Drive Film | John Smith |
| 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School Film | Gabe Difranco |
| 2005 | Kids in America Film | Ed Mumsford |
| 2005 | Commander in Chief TV | Carl Brantley (2 ep) |
| 2005 | The Closer TV | Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Hitch Film | Max |
| 2004 | Boston Legal TV | A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer (3 ep) |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Film | Other Voices (voice) |
| 2004 | TV Land Moguls TV | (6 ep) |
| 2003 | Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip Film | Other Voices (voice) |
| 2002 | 8 Simple Rules TV | Ed Gibb (10 ep) |
| 2002 | Monk TV | Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Stark Raving Mad Film | Don Partridge (uncredited) |
| 2002 | Baby Bob TV | Walter Spencer (14 ep) |
| 2002 | Roughing It Film | Henry |
| 2002 | Roughing It TV | Henry (2 ep) |
| 2001 | Off Season Film | Richard Frangello |
| 2001 | Mission Film | Vissarion Belinsky (voice) |
| 2000 | East of A Film | Sylvester |
| 2000 | Hanging Up Film | Joe Marks |
| 2000 | Dropping Out Film | Scott Kayle |
| 1999 | The West Wing TV | Stanley Keyworth (4 ep) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Dr. Julius Adler (1 ep) |
| 1999 | A Slight Case of Murder Film | Detective Fred Stapelli |
| 1999 | Lake Placid Film | Kevin |
| 1998 | Thirst Film | Bob Miller |
| 1998 | With Friends Like These Film | Steve Hersh |
| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Film | Will Brennan |
Crew credits 45
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | American Hostage TV | Director, Executive Producer (4 ep) |
| 2024 | Sugar TV | Co-Executive Producer, Director (8 ep) |
| 2023 | The Night Agent TV | Director (6 ep) |
| 2023 | Poker Face TV | Director, Executive Producer (2 ep) |
| 2022 | The Offer TV | Director (4 ep) |
| 2019 | The Act TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2018 | Succession TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2017 | Get Shorty TV | Executive Producer, Director (27 ep) |
| 2017 | Santa Clarita Diet TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2016 | Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls Film | Director |
| 2016 | Billions TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Sneaky Pete TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2015 | Secrets and Lies TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2014 | Extant TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2014 | Fargo TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2013 | We Are Men TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex TV | Director (5 ep) |
| 2013 | The Blacklist TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2013 | The Bridge TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2013 | The Americans TV | Director, Producer (3 ep) |
| 2012 | Outlaw Country Film | Director |
| 2012 | The Finder TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2011 | The Booth at the End TV | Director (5 ep) |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Terriers TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Justified TV | Director (7 ep) |
| 2010 | The Deep End TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Lie to Me TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy TV | Director (4 ep) |
| 2007 | Life TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2007 | The Riches TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2007 | Dirt TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Big Day TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2005 | The Closer TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2004 | Boston Legal TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2003 | Pristine Books Film | Director |
| 2002 | Monk TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2001 | My Louisiana Sky Film | Director |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope TV | Director (4 ep) |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Improper Channels Film | Writer |