
Adam Arkin
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).
Born: August 19, 1956 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography (113)

The American Revolution
2025

Sugar
2024

The American Buffalo
2023

The Night Agent
2023

Poker Face
2023

The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022

The Offer
2022

Pig
2021

Big Shot
2021

Rebel
2021

The Act
2019

Succession
2018

Get Shorty
2017

Santa Clarita Diet
2017

Billions
2016

The Carmichael Show
2015

Sneaky Pete
2015

Secrets and Lies
2015

How to Get Away with Murder
2014

10 Cent Pistol
2014

Extant
2014

In Security
2014

Fargo
2014

We Are Men
2013

Masters of Sex
2013

The Blacklist
2013

The Bridge
2013

Family Tools
2013

The Americans
2013

Outlaw Country
2012

The Newsroom
2012

The Sessions
2012

The Finder
2012

Prohibition
2011

The Booth at the End
2011

Just Peck
2011

The Chicago Code
2011

Terriers
2010

Summer Eleven
2010

Rizzoli & Isles
2010

Tell-Tale
2010

Justified
2010

The Deep End
2010

A Serious Man
2009

The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009

Modern Family
2009

Lie to Me
2009

Sons of Anarchy
2008

Life
2007

The War
2007

Graduation
2007

The Riches
2007

Dirt
2007

Big Day
2006

Murder on Pleasant Drive
2006

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006

Kids in America
2005

Commander in Chief
2005

The Closer
2005

Grey's Anatomy
2005

Hitch
2005

Boston Legal
2004

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003

8 Simple Rules
2002

Monk
2002

Stark Raving Mad
2002

Off Season
2001

My Louisiana Sky
2001

Hanging Up
2000

The West Wing
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

A Slight Case of Murder
1999

Lake Placid
1999

Thirst
1998

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997

Ally McBeal
1997

Perversions of Science
1997

The Practice
1997

The West
1996

The Daily Show
1996

MADtv
1995

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995

Chicago Hope
1994

Baseball
1994

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993

Dottie Gets Spanked
1993

Frasier
1993

Picket Fences
1992

The Doctor
1991

Law & Order
1990

Northern Exposure
1990

Hard Time on Planet Earth
1989

China Beach
1988

A Year in the Life
1987

L.A. Law
1986

MacGyver
1985

The Twilight Zone
1985

The Fourth Wise Man
1985

St. Elsewhere
1982

Teachers Only
1982

Late Night with David Letterman
1982

Full Moon High
1981

Under the Rainbow
1981

Knots Landing
1979

Pearl
1978

The Love Boat
1977

Baby Blue Marine
1976

Barney Miller
1975

Harry O
1974

Happy Days
1974

Hawaii Five-O
1968
