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: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Modern Family

    Modern Family

  • Sons of Anarchy

    Sons of Anarchy

  • Monk

    Monk

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • MacGyver

    MacGyver

  • Boston Legal

    Boston Legal

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • The Closer

    The Closer

  • Justified

    Justified

  • Happy Days

    Happy Days

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • How to Get Away with Murder

    How to Get Away with Murder

  • Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

  • Northern Exposure

    Northern Exposure

  • Late Night with David Letterman

    Late Night with David Letterman

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • Life

    Life

  • Masters of Sex

    Masters of Sex

  • The Newsroom

    The Newsroom

  • 8 Simple Rules

    8 Simple Rules

  • Picket Fences

    Picket Fences

  • Picket Fences

    Picket Fences

  • In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

    In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

  • Harry O

    Harry O

  • Big Shot

    Big Shot

  • China Beach

    China Beach

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • Pig

    Pig

  • Hitch

    Hitch

  • The Act

    The Act

  • Commander in Chief

    Commander in Chief

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • The Bridge

    The Bridge

  • Lake Placid

    Lake Placid

  • The Monitors

    The Monitors

  • Babies

    Babies

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • In Security

    In Security

  • Dropping Out

    Dropping Out

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

    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

  • Just Peck

    Just Peck

  • The Doctor

    The Doctor

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • The Carmichael Show

    The Carmichael Show

  • Thirst

    Thirst

  • Perversions of Science

    Perversions of Science

  • Rebel

    Rebel

  • Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

    Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

  • The Sessions

    The Sessions

  • A Serious Man

    A Serious Man

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

  • Summer Eleven

    Summer Eleven

  • A Promise to Keep

    A Promise to Keep

  • The War

    The War

  • All Together Now

    All Together Now

  • $weepstake$

    $weepstake$

  • Roughing It

    Roughing It

  • Kids in America

    Kids in America

  • The Fourth Wise Man

    The Fourth Wise Man

  • Off Season

    Off Season

  • Mission

    Mission

  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea

  • Graduation

    Graduation

  • Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

    Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

  • Baby Bob

    Baby Bob

  • Hard Time on Planet Earth

    Hard Time on Planet Earth

  • Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

  • The West

    The West

  • Busting Loose

    Busting Loose

  • A Year in the Life

    A Year in the Life

  • Full Moon High

    Full Moon High

  • Personal Foul

    Personal Foul

  • Teachers Only

    Teachers Only

  • The American Buffalo

    The American Buffalo

  • Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

    Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

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

    Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

  • The U.S. and the Holocaust

    The U.S. and the Holocaust

  • Baby Blue Marine

    Baby Blue Marine

  • Family Tools

    Family Tools

  • Pearl

    Pearl

  • Made For Each Other

    Made For Each Other

  • Stark Raving Mad

    Stark Raving Mad

  • Under the Rainbow

    Under the Rainbow

  • East of A

    East of A

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • With Friends Like These

    With Friends Like These

  • A Slight Case of Murder

    A Slight Case of Murder

  • Tough Cookies

    Tough Cookies

  • Dottie Gets Spanked

    Dottie Gets Spanked

  • Hanging Up

    Hanging Up

  • Oceano

    Oceano

  • Julie Brown: The Show

    Julie Brown: The Show

  • All is Forgiven

    All is Forgiven

  • Transplant

    Transplant

  • A Year in the Life

    A Year in the Life

  • Jessica Novak

    Jessica Novak

  • Not in This Town

    Not in This Town

  • Big Wave Dave's

    Big Wave Dave's

  • TV Land Moguls

    TV Land Moguls

  • Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

    Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

  • It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

    It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

  • 10 Cent Pistol

    10 Cent Pistol

  • Murder on Pleasant Drive

    Murder on Pleasant Drive

  • Tell-Tale

    Tell-Tale

  • People Soup

    People Soup

  • Necessary Parties

    Necessary Parties