Person
Adam Arkin
Acting · Born 1956-08-19 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Julius Adler
Law & Order
George Costas
Grey's Anatomy
Director
The Daily Show
Self
The Blacklist
Director
Modern Family
Reece
Fargo
Hamish Boker
Monk
Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
Sons of Anarchy
Ethan Zobelle
The West Wing
Stanley Keyworth
Filmography
- 2025The American RevolutionJames Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
- 2024TransplantDr. Robinson
- 2024SugarCo-Executive Producer
- 2023The American Buffalo(voice)
- 2023The Night AgentDirector
- 2023Poker FaceMark Getzler
- 2022The U.S. and the HolocaustSelf (voice)
- 2022The OfferDirector
- 2021PigDarius
- 2021Big ShotSam
- 2021RebelMark Duncan
- 2019The ActDetective
- 2018SuccessionDirector
- 2017Get ShortyExecutive Producer
- 2017Santa Clarita DietDirector
- 2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsSelf
- 2016BillionsDirector
- 2015The Carmichael ShowGrant
- 2015Sneaky PeteDirector
- 2015Secrets and LiesDirector
- 2014How to Get Away with MurderWallace Mahoney
- 201410 Cent PistolNir Zir
- 2014ExtantDirector
- 2014In SecurityBroomhall
- 2014FargoHamish Boker
- 2013We Are MenDirector
- 2013Masters of SexShep Tally
- 2013The BlacklistDirector
- 2013The BridgeFederal Investigator
- 2013Family ToolsMr. Baynor
- 2013The AmericansDirector
- 2012Outlaw CountryDirector
- 2012The NewsroomAdam Roth
- 2012The SessionsJosh
- 2012The FinderDirector
- 2011ProhibitionReader (voice)
- 2011The Booth at the EndDirector
- 2011Just PeckMichael Peck
- 2011The Chicago CodeDirector
- 2010TerriersDirector
- 2010Summer Eleven
- 2010Rizzoli & IslesDirector
- 2010Tell-TaleHusband
- 2010JustifiedTheo Tonin
- 2010The Deep EndDirector
- 2009A Serious ManDivorce Lawyer
- 2009The National Parks: America's Best Idea
- 2009Modern FamilyReece
- 2009Nurse JackieDirector
- 2009Lie to MeDirector
- 2008Sons of AnarchyEthan Zobelle
- 2007LifeTed Earley
- 2007The WarReader (voice)
- 2007GraduationDean Deeley
- 2007The RichesDirector
- 2007DirtDirector
- 2006Big DayDirector
- 2006Murder on Pleasant DriveJohn Smith
- 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolGabe Difranco
- 2005Kids in AmericaEd Mumsford
- 2005Commander in ChiefCarl Brantley
- 2005The CloserScott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
- 2005Grey's AnatomyDirector
- 2005HitchMax
- 2004Boston LegalA.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
- 2004TV Land Moguls
- 2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice)
- 2003Pristine BooksDirector
- 20028 Simple RulesEd Gibb
- 2002MonkDale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
- 2002Stark Raving MadDon Partridge (uncredited)
- 2002Baby BobWalter Spencer
- 2002Roughing ItHenry
- 2002Roughing ItHenry
- 2001Off SeasonRichard Frangello
- 2001My Louisiana SkyDirector
- 2001MissionVissarion Belinsky (voice)
- 2000East of ASylvester
- 2000Hanging UpJoe Marks
- 2000Dropping OutScott Kayle
- 1999The West WingStanley Keyworth
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDr. Julius Adler
- 1999A Slight Case of MurderDetective Fred Stapelli
- 1999Lake PlacidKevin
- 1998ThirstBob Miller
- 1998With Friends Like TheseSteve Hersh
- 1998Halloween H20: 20 Years LaterWill Brennan
- 1998Unmasking the Horror
- 1997Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryMerriwether Lewis (voice)
- 1997Ally McBealDirector
- 1997Perversions of SciencePaul Danko
- 1997Not in This TownBrian Schnitzer
- 1997The PracticeAtty. Albert Ginsberg
- 1996The WestSelf
- 1996The Daily ShowSelf
- 1995MADtvSelf - Host
- 1995In the Line of Duty: Hunt for JusticeAgent Gabriel Valentino
- 1994Chicago HopeAaron Shutt
- 1994BaseballVarious (voice)
- 1993Wrestling Ernest HemingwayBookstore Manager
- 1993Dottie Gets SpankedDick Gordon
- 1993FrasierTom
- 1993Big Wave Dave'sMarshall Fisher
- 1992Picket FencesEdward
- 1991The DoctorEli
- 1991The Hidden Room
- 1990A Promise to KeepLouis Colt
- 1990BabiesDavid
- 1990Law & OrderGeorge Costas
- 1990Heat WaveArt Berman
- 1990Northern ExposureAdam
- 1989Julie Brown: The ShowJeff
- 1989OceanoCandido Amado
- 1989Hard Time on Planet EarthHarry Newcomb
- 1988China Beach
- 1988Necessary PartiesMr. Dunfee
- 1987A Year in the LifeJim Eisenberg
- 1987Personal Foul
- 1986A Year in the LifeJim Eisenberg
- 1986L.A. LawRichard Kendall
- 1986All Is ForgivenPhil Douglas
- 1986Tough Cookies
- 1985MacGyverTony Parisio
- 1985The Twilight Zone(segment "A Matter of Minutes")
- 1985The Fourth Wise ManJoseph
- 1982St. ElsewhereDoug Zageck
- 1982Teachers OnlyMichael Dreyfuss
- 1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf
- 1981Jessica Novak
- 1981Chu Chu and the Philly FlashCharlie
- 1981Full Moon HighTony
- 1981Under the RainbowHenry Hudson
- 1981Improper ChannelsWriter
- 1979Knots LandingMark Baylor
- 1979$weepstake$Joey
- 1978PearlPvt. Billy Zylowski
- 1977The Love BoatAlex Lambert
- 1977Busting Loose
- 1976Baby Blue MarineRupe
- 1975All Together NowJerry
- 1975Barney MillerHoward Smith
- 1974It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer GuyKen Walters
- 1974Harry O
- 1974Happy Days
- 1971Made For Each OtherTeenage Gig
- 1969The MonitorsBoy in Monitors Commercial
- 1969People Soup
- 1968Hawaii Five-OAlex Scofield
- —American HostageDirector
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