Adam Arkin
- Teen actor
Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American actor and director. His father is Oscar Award-winning actor Alan Arkin and his brother is actor Matthew Arkin. He 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).
Acted in
Transplant
2024
as Dr. Robinson
The American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as (voice)
Pig
2021
as Darius
Big Shot
2021
as Sam
Rebel
2021
as Mark Duncan
The Act
2019
as Detective
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016
as self
The Carmichael Show
2015
as Grant
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Wallace Mahoney
10 Cent Pistol
2014
as Nir Zir
In Security
2014
as Broomhall
Fargo
2014
as Hamish Boker
Masters of Sex
2013
as Shep Tally
The Bridge
2013
as Federal Investigator
The Newsroom
2012
as Adam Roth
The Sessions
2012
as Josh
Prohibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
Just Peck
2011
as Michael Peck
Summer Eleven
2010
Tell-Tale
2010
as Husband
Justified
2010
as Theo Tonin
A Serious Man
2009
as Divorce Lawyer
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
Modern Family
2009
as Reece
Sons of Anarchy
2008
as Ethan Zobelle
The War
2008
as Reader
Life
2007
as Ted Earley
Graduation
2007
as Dean Deeley
Murder on Pleasant Drive
2006
as John Smith
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Gabe Difranco
Kids in America
2005
as Ed Mumsford
Commander in Chief
2005
as Carl Brantley
The Closer
2005
as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
Hitch
2005
as Max
Boston Legal
2004
as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
TV Land Moguls
2004
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Other Voices (voice)
8 Simple Rules
2002
as Ed Gibb
Monk
2002
as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
Halloween: Resurrection
2002
as Will Brennan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stark Raving Mad
2002
as Don Partridge (uncredited)
Baby Bob
2002
as Walter Spencer
Roughing It
2002
as Henry
Off Season
2001
as Richard Frangello
Mission
2001
as Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
East of A
2000
as Sylvester
Hanging Up
2000
as Joe Marks
Dropping Out
2000
as Scott Kayle
The West Wing
1999
as Dr. Stanley Keyworth
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Julius Adler
A Slight Case of Murder
1999
as Detective Fred Stapelli
Lake Placid
1999
as Kevin
Thirst
1998
as Bob Miller
With Friends Like These...
1998
as Steve Hersh
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
as Will Brennan
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997
as Merriwether Lewis (voice)
Perversions of Science
1997
as Paul Danko
Not in This Town
1997
as Brian Schnitzer
The Practice
1997
as Atty. Albert Ginsberg
The West
1996
as Self
MADtv
1995
as Self - Host
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
as Agent Gabriel Valentino
Chicago Hope
1994
as Aaron Shutt
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
as Bookstore Manager
Dottie Gets Spanked
1993
as Dick Gordon
Frasier
1993
as Tom
Big Wave Dave's
1993
as Marshall Fisher
The Doctor
1991
as Eli
A Promise to Keep
1990
as Louis Colt
Babies
1990
as David
Law & Order
1990
as George Costas
Heat Wave
1990
as Art Berman
Northern Exposure
1990
as Adam
Julie Brown: The Show
1989
as Jeff
Oceano
1989
as Candido Amado
Hard Time on Planet Earth
1989
as Harry Newcomb
China Beach
1988
Necessary Parties
1988
as Mr. Dunfee
A Year in the Life
1987
as Jim Eisenberg
Personal Foul
1987
A Year in the Life
1986
as Jim Eisenberg
L.A. Law
1986
as Richard Kendall
All is Forgiven
1986
as Phil Douglas
Tough Cookies
1986
MacGyver
1985
as Tony Parisio
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Fourth Wise Man
1985
as Joseph
St. Elsewhere
1982
Teachers Only
1982
as Michael Dreyfuss
Jessica Novak
1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981
as Charlie
Full Moon High
1981
as Tony
Under the Rainbow
1981
as Henry Hudson
Knots Landing
1979
as Mark Baylor
Sweepstakes
1979
Pearl
1978
as Pvt. Billy Zylowski
The Love Boat
1977
as Alex Lambert
Busting Loose
1977
Baby Blue Marine
1976
as Rupe
All Together Now
1975
as Jerry
Barney Miller
1975
as Howard Smith
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
as Ken Walters
Harry O
1974
Happy Days
1974
Made For Each Other
1971
as Teenage Gig
The Monitors
1969
as Boy in Monitors Commercial
People Soup
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Alex Scofield