Adam Arkin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

115

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

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • The Closer

    The Closer

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • MacGyver

    MacGyver

  • Boston Legal

    Boston Legal

  • Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • How to Get Away with Murder

    How to Get Away with Murder

  • Late Night with David Letterman

    Late Night with David Letterman

  • Justified

    Justified

  • Happy Days

    Happy Days

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

  • Masters of Sex

    Masters of Sex

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • Northern Exposure

    Northern Exposure

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • The Newsroom

    The Newsroom

  • Harry O

    Harry O

  • 8 Simple Rules

    8 Simple Rules

  • China Beach

    China Beach

  • Life

    Life

  • Commander in Chief

    Commander in Chief

  • Big Shot

    Big Shot

  • The Act

    The Act

  • The Bridge

    The Bridge

  • Hitch

    Hitch

  • Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

    Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

  • A Serious Man

    A Serious Man

  • The Sessions

    The Sessions

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • A Year in the Life

    A Year in the Life

  • Lake Placid

    Lake Placid

  • Pig

    Pig

  • Perversions of Science

    Perversions of Science

  • Hanging Up

    Hanging Up

  • $weepstake$

    $weepstake$

  • Full Moon High

    Full Moon High

  • The Carmichael Show

    The Carmichael Show

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

  • The Doctor

    The Doctor

  • Baby Bob

    Baby Bob

  • Rebel

    Rebel

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • Hard Time on Planet Earth

    Hard Time on Planet Earth

  • A Slight Case of Murder

    A Slight Case of Murder

  • Julie Brown: The Show

    Julie Brown: The Show

  • Transplant

    Transplant

  • The War

    The War

  • Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

    Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

  • Teachers Only

    Teachers Only

  • Thirst

    Thirst

  • Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

    Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

  • Babies

    Babies

  • The Fourth Wise Man

    The Fourth Wise Man

  • The West

    The West

  • A Promise to Keep

    A Promise to Keep

  • Family Tools

    Family Tools

  • The Monitors

    The Monitors

  • All is Forgiven

    All is Forgiven

  • Kids in America

    Kids in America

  • East of A

    East of A

  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea

  • The American Buffalo

    The American Buffalo

  • Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

  • In Security

    In Security

  • With Friends Like These

    With Friends Like These

  • Busting Loose

    Busting Loose

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

    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

  • Pearl

    Pearl

  • Baby Blue Marine

    Baby Blue Marine

  • Tough Cookies

    Tough Cookies

  • A Year in the Life

    A Year in the Life

  • The U.S. and the Holocaust

    The U.S. and the Holocaust

  • Big Wave Dave's

    Big Wave Dave's

  • Oceano

    Oceano

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • Under the Rainbow

    Under the Rainbow

  • Graduation

    Graduation

  • Jessica Novak

    Jessica Novak

  • Just Peck

    Just Peck

  • Summer Eleven

    Summer Eleven

  • Roughing It

    Roughing It

  • Personal Foul

    Personal Foul

  • Dottie Gets Spanked

    Dottie Gets Spanked

  • In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

    In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

  • Made For Each Other

    Made For Each Other

  • All Together Now

    All Together Now

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • TV Land Moguls

    TV Land Moguls

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

    Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

  • Off Season

    Off Season

  • Stark Raving Mad

    Stark Raving Mad

  • It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

    It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

  • Dropping Out

    Dropping Out

  • Mission

    Mission

  • Not in This Town

    Not in This Town

  • Murder on Pleasant Drive

    Murder on Pleasant Drive

  • Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

    Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

  • 10 Cent Pistol

    10 Cent Pistol

  • Tell-Tale

    Tell-Tale

  • Necessary Parties

    Necessary Parties

  • People Soup

    People Soup