Adam Arkin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

119

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-08-19 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Adam Arkin

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

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • Modern Family

    Modern Family

  • The Closer

    The Closer

  • Monk

    Monk

  • Sons of Anarchy

    Sons of Anarchy

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • MacGyver

    MacGyver

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • Boston Legal

    Boston Legal

  • How to Get Away with Murder

    How to Get Away with Murder

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • Justified

    Justified

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

  • Happy Days

    Happy Days

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Masters of Sex

    Masters of Sex

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • Northern Exposure

    Northern Exposure

  • Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

  • Life

    Life

  • The Newsroom

    The Newsroom

  • The Doctor

    The Doctor

  • Late Night with David Letterman

    Late Night with David Letterman

  • The Bridge

    The Bridge

  • China Beach

    China Beach

  • Graduation

    Graduation

  • Picket Fences

    Picket Fences

  • Picket Fences

    Picket Fences

  • In Security

    In Security

  • Pig

    Pig

  • 8 Simple Rules

    8 Simple Rules

  • The Act

    The Act

  • Perversions of Science

    Perversions of Science

  • Harry O

    Harry O

  • Commander in Chief

    Commander in Chief

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Roughing It

    Roughing It

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • Hitch

    Hitch

  • Big Shot

    Big Shot

  • Summer Eleven

    Summer Eleven

  • Not in This Town

    Not in This Town

  • The Carmichael Show

    The Carmichael Show

  • Just Peck

    Just Peck

  • Off Season

    Off Season

  • The War

    The War

  • Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

  • Baby Blue Marine

    Baby Blue Marine

  • Mission

    Mission

  • Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

    Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

  • Personal Foul

    Personal Foul

  • Lake Placid

    Lake Placid

  • Dottie Gets Spanked

    Dottie Gets Spanked

  • Thirst

    Thirst

  • Julie Brown: The Show

    Julie Brown: The Show

  • A Serious Man

    A Serious Man

  • A Year in the Life

    A Year in the Life

  • The Sessions

    The Sessions

  • $weepstake$

    $weepstake$

  • Hard Time on Planet Earth

    Hard Time on Planet Earth

  • Rebel

    Rebel

  • Baby Bob

    Baby Bob

  • Teachers Only

    Teachers Only

  • The West

    The West

  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea

  • Pearl

    Pearl

  • Family Tools

    Family Tools

  • All is Forgiven

    All is Forgiven

  • The American Buffalo

    The American Buffalo

  • The U.S. and the Holocaust

    The U.S. and the Holocaust

  • Stark Raving Mad

    Stark Raving Mad

  • Busting Loose

    Busting Loose

  • MADtv

    MADtv

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

    Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

  • Hanging Up

    Hanging Up

  • The Fourth Wise Man

    The Fourth Wise Man

  • Tough Cookies

    Tough Cookies

  • The Monitors

    The Monitors

  • Necessary Parties

    Necessary Parties

  • Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

    Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

  • Oceano

    Oceano

  • Jessica Novak

    Jessica Novak

  • A Year in the Life

    A Year in the Life

  • Under the Rainbow

    Under the Rainbow

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • Big Wave Dave's

    Big Wave Dave's

  • Transplant

    Transplant

  • Kids in America

    Kids in America

  • 10 Cent Pistol

    10 Cent Pistol

  • Made For Each Other

    Made For Each Other

  • Tell-Tale

    Tell-Tale

  • Babies

    Babies

  • Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

    Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

  • In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

    In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

  • Murder on Pleasant Drive

    Murder on Pleasant Drive

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

    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

  • Full Moon High

    Full Moon High

  • All Together Now

    All Together Now

  • With Friends Like These

    With Friends Like These

  • A Promise to Keep

    A Promise to Keep

  • A Slight Case of Murder

    A Slight Case of Murder

  • TV Land Moguls

    TV Land Moguls

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • Dropping Out

    Dropping Out

  • East of A

    East of A

  • Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

    Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

  • People Soup

    People Soup

  • It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

    It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy