Adam Arkin
Known for: 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).
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Julius Adler
1999
Series
Law & Order
George Costas
1990
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Modern Family
Reece
2009
Series
Frasier
Tom
1993
Series
The West Wing
Stanley Keyworth
1999
Series
Monk
Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
2002
Series
The Practice
Albert Ginsberg
1997
Series
Fargo
Hamish Boker
2014
Series
Fargo
Hamish Broker
2014
Series
Sons of Anarchy
Ethan Zobelle
2008
Series
Chicago Hope
Aaron Shutt
1994
Series
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
1982
Series
MacGyver
Tony Parisio
1985
Series
The Closer
Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
2005
Series
The Love Boat
Alex Lambert
1977
Series
The Love Boat
Jonathan Stevens
1977
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Alex Scofield
1969
Series
Knots Landing
Mark Baylor
1979
Series
Boston Legal
A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
2004
Series
L.A. Law
Richard Kendall
1986
Series
How to Get Away with Murder
Wallace Mahoney
2014
Series
St. Elsewhere
Doug Zageck
1982
Series
Happy Days
1974
Series
Barney Miller
Howard Smith
1975
Series
Justified
Theo Tonin
2010
Series
The Twilight Zone
(segment "A Matter of Minutes")
1985
Series
Northern Exposure
Adam
1990
Series
Masters of Sex
Shep Tally
2013
Series
8 Simple Rules
Ed Gibb
2002
Series
The Newsroom
Adam Roth
2012
Series
Life
Ted Earley
2007
Series
Commander in Chief
Carl Brantley
2005
Series
Picket Fences
Edward
1992
Series
Picket Fences
Attorney Robert Biel
1992
Series
Poker Face
Mark Getzler
2023
Series
China Beach
1988
Series
Harry O
1974
Series
The Bridge
Federal Investigator
2013
Series
Big Shot
Sam
2021
Series
The Act
Detective
2019
Series
The Hidden Room
1991
Series
Baseball
Various (voice)
1994
Series
Baseball
(voice)
1994
Series
The Carmichael Show
Grant
2015
Film
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Will Brennan
1998
Series
A Year in the Life
Jim Eisenberg
1987
Series
Teachers Only
Michael Dreyfuss
1982
Series
The American Revolution
James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
2025
Film
Hitch
Max
2005
Series
Perversions of Science
Paul Danko
1997
Series
Family Tools
Mr. Baynor
2013
Series
Rebel
Mark Duncan
2021
Series
The War
Reader (voice)
2007
$weepstake$
Joey
1979
Series
Hard Time on Planet Earth
Harry Newcomb
1989
Series
Prohibition
Reader (voice)
2011
Film
Lake Placid
Kevin
1999
Series
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
Film
A Serious Man
Divorce Lawyer
2009
Series
Baby Bob
Walter Spencer
2002
Series
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Self (voice)
2022
Film
Hanging Up
Joe Marks
2000
Film
The Sessions
Josh
2012
Film
Pig
Darius
2021
Series
The West
Self
1996
Series
The American Buffalo
(voice)
2023
Busting Loose
1977
Series
All Is Forgiven
Phil Douglas
1986
Series
Pearl
Pvt. Billy Zylowski
1978
Series
MADtv
Self - Host
1995
Film
In Security
Broomhall
2014
Series
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Merriwether Lewis (voice)
1997
Series
A Year in the Life
Jim Eisenberg
1986
Film
Stark Raving Mad
Don Partridge (uncredited)
2002
Film
The Doctor
Eli
1991
Series
Oceano
Candido Amado
1989
Series
Jessica Novak
1981
Film
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Gabe Difranco
2006
Tough Cookies
1986
Film
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004
Film
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Charlie
1981
Series
Big Wave Dave's
Marshall Fisher
1993
Film
Off Season
Richard Frangello
2001
Film
The Fourth Wise Man
Joseph
1985
Film
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Bookstore Manager
1993
Film
With Friends Like These
Steve Hersh
1998
Film
10 Cent Pistol
Nir Zir
2014
Film
Roughing It
Henry
2002
Film
Just Peck
Michael Peck
2011
Film
A Slight Case of Murder
Detective Fred Stapelli
1999
Film
Full Moon High
Tony
1981
Film
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Agent Gabriel Valentino
1995
Film
Tell-Tale
Husband
2010
Film
Kids in America
Ed Mumsford
2005
Film
Under the Rainbow
Henry Hudson
1981
Film
Made For Each Other
Teenage Gig
1971
Series
Roughing It
Henry
2002
Film
Murder on Pleasant Drive
John Smith
2006
Film
A Promise to Keep
Louis Colt
1990
Film
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
2003
Film
Thirst
Bob Miller
1998
Film
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Ken Walters
1974
TV Land Moguls
2004
Film
Heat Wave
Art Berman
1990
Film
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Self
2016
Film
Graduation
Dean Deeley
2007
Film
Personal Foul
1987
Film
Not in This Town
Brian Schnitzer
1997
Film
People Soup
1969
Film
Julie Brown: The Show
Jeff
1989
Film
Baby Blue Marine
Rupe
1976
Film
Dottie Gets Spanked
Dick Gordon
1993
Film
All Together Now
Jerry
1975
Film
Mission
Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
2001
Film
Necessary Parties
Mr. Dunfee
1988
Film
Dropping Out
Scott Kayle
2000
Film
Summer Eleven
2010
Film
Transplant
Dr. Robinson
2024
East of A
Sylvester
2000
Film
The Monitors
Boy in Monitors Commercial
1969
Moe and Joe
1974
Film
Babies
David
1990