Adam Arkin
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).
Born: 19 August 1956
Played In
TV Show
Nov 2025
The American Revolution
James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
Movie
Oct 2024
Transplant
Dr. Robinson
TV Show
Oct 2023
The American Buffalo
(voice)
TV Show
Jan 2023
Poker Face
Mark Getzler
TV Show
Sep 2022
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Self (voice)
Movie
Jul 2021
Pig
Darius
TV Show
Apr 2021
Big Shot
Sam
TV Show
Apr 2021
Rebel
Mark Duncan
TV Show
Mar 2019
The Act
Detective
Movie
Feb 2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Self
TV Show
Aug 2015
The Carmichael Show
Grant
TV Show
Sep 2014
How to Get Away with Murder
Wallace Mahoney
Movie
Jul 2014
10 Cent Pistol
Nir Zir
Movie
Apr 2014
In Security
Broomhall
TV Show
Apr 2014
Fargo
Hamish Boker
TV Show
Apr 2014
Fargo
Hamish Broker
TV Show
Sep 2013
Masters of Sex
Shep Tally
TV Show
Jul 2013
The Bridge
Federal Investigator
TV Show
May 2013
Family Tools
Mr. Baynor
TV Show
Jun 2012
The Newsroom
Adam Roth
Movie
May 2012
The Sessions
Josh
TV Show
Oct 2011
Prohibition
Reader (voice)
Movie
Feb 2011
Just Peck
Michael Peck
Movie
Aug 2010
Summer Eleven
Movie
Mar 2010
Tell-Tale
Husband
TV Show
Mar 2010
Justified
Theo Tonin
Movie
Oct 2009
A Serious Man
Divorce Lawyer
TV Show
Sep 2009
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
TV Show
Sep 2009
Modern Family
Reece
TV Show
Sep 2008
Sons of Anarchy
Ethan Zobelle
TV Show
Sep 2007
Life
Ted Earley
TV Show
Sep 2007
The War
Reader (voice)
Movie
Apr 2007
Graduation
Dean Deeley
Movie
May 2006
Murder on Pleasant Drive
John Smith
Movie
Jan 2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Gabe Difranco
Movie
Oct 2005
Kids in America
Ed Mumsford
TV Show
Sep 2005
Commander in Chief
Carl Brantley
TV Show
Jun 2005
The Closer
Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
Movie
Feb 2005
Hitch
Max
TV Show
Oct 2004
Boston Legal
A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
Movie
Sep 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
TV Show
Apr 2004
TV Land Moguls
Movie
Oct 2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2002
8 Simple Rules
Ed Gibb
TV Show
Jul 2002
Monk
Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
Movie
May 2002
Stark Raving Mad
Don Partridge (uncredited)
TV Show
Mar 2002
Baby Bob
Walter Spencer
Movie
Mar 2002
Roughing It
Henry
Movie
Dec 2001
Off Season
Richard Frangello
Movie
Apr 2001
Mission
Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
Movie
Mar 2000
East of A
Sylvester
Movie
Feb 2000
Hanging Up
Joe Marks
Movie
Jan 2000
Dropping Out
Scott Kayle
TV Show
Sep 1999
The West Wing
Stanley Keyworth
TV Show
Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Julius Adler
Movie
Sep 1999
A Slight Case of Murder
Detective Fred Stapelli
Movie
Jul 1999
Lake Placid
Kevin
Movie
Oct 1998
Thirst
Bob Miller
Movie
Sep 1998
With Friends Like These
Steve Hersh
Movie
Aug 1998
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Will Brennan
Movie
Jun 1998
Unmasking the Horror
TV Show
Nov 1997
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Merriwether Lewis (voice)
TV Show
Jun 1997
Perversions of Science
Paul Danko
Movie
Apr 1997
Not in This Town
Brian Schnitzer
TV Show
Mar 1997
The Practice
Atty. Albert Ginsberg
TV Show
Sep 1996
The West
Self
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
TV Show
Oct 1995
MADtv
Self - Host
Movie
Oct 1995
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Agent Gabriel Valentino
TV Show
Sep 1994
Chicago Hope
Aaron Shutt
TV Show
Sep 1994
Baseball
Various (voice)
TV Show
Sep 1994
Baseball
(voice)
Movie
Dec 1993
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Bookstore Manager
Movie
Sep 1993
Dottie Gets Spanked
Dick Gordon
TV Show
Sep 1993
Frasier
Tom
TV Show
Aug 1993
Big Wave Dave's
Marshall Fisher
TV Show
Sep 1992
Picket Fences
Edward
TV Show
Sep 1992
Picket Fences
Attorney Robert Biel
Movie
Jul 1991
The Doctor
Eli
TV Show
Jul 1991
The Hidden Room
Movie
Oct 1990
A Promise to Keep
Louis Colt
Movie
Sep 1990
Babies
David
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
George Costas
Movie
Aug 1990
Heat Wave
Art Berman
TV Show
Jul 1990
Northern Exposure
Adam
Movie
Sep 1989
Julie Brown: The Show
Jeff
TV Show
Aug 1989
Oceano
Candido Amado
TV Show
Mar 1989
Hard Time on Planet Earth
Harry Newcomb
TV Show
Apr 1988
China Beach
Movie
Jan 1988
Necessary Parties
Mr. Dunfee
TV Show
Sep 1987
A Year in the Life
Jim Eisenberg
Movie
Aug 1987
Personal Foul
TV Show
Dec 1986
A Year in the Life
Jim Eisenberg
TV Show
Sep 1986
L.A. Law
Richard Kendall
TV Show
Mar 1986
All Is Forgiven
Phil Douglas
TV Show
Mar 1986
Tough Cookies
TV Show
Sep 1985
MacGyver
Tony Parisio
TV Show
Sep 1985
The Twilight Zone
(segment "A Matter of Minutes")
Movie
Mar 1985
The Fourth Wise Man
Joseph
TV Show
Oct 1982
St. Elsewhere
Doug Zageck
TV Show
Apr 1982
Teachers Only
Michael Dreyfuss
TV Show
Feb 1982
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
TV Show
Nov 1981
Jessica Novak
Movie
Aug 1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Charlie
Movie
Aug 1981
Full Moon High
Tony
Movie
Jul 1981
Under the Rainbow
Henry Hudson
TV Show
Dec 1979
Knots Landing
Mark Baylor
TV Show
Jan 1979
$weepstake$
Joey
TV Show
Nov 1978
Pearl
Pvt. Billy Zylowski
TV Show
Sep 1977
The Love Boat
Alex Lambert
TV Show
Jan 1977
Busting Loose
Movie
May 1976
Baby Blue Marine
Rupe
Movie
Feb 1975
All Together Now
Jerry
TV Show
Jan 1975
Barney Miller
Howard Smith
Movie
Nov 1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Ken Walters
TV Show
Sep 1974
Harry O
TV Show
Jan 1974
Happy Days
Movie
Dec 1971
Made For Each Other
Teenage Gig
Movie
Oct 1969
The Monitors
Boy in Monitors Commercial
Movie
Jan 1969
People Soup
TV Show
Sep 1968
Hawaii Five-O
Alex Scofield