About
Adam Arkin
Overview
Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American actor and director. His father is Oscar Award-winning actor Alan Arkin and his brother is actor Matthew Arkin. He 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
Acting |
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2024 | Transplant | Actor | Dr. Robinson | N/A N/A |
2023 | The American Buffalo | Actor | (voice) | 69 Fair |
2022 | The U.S. and the Holocaust | Actor | (voice) | 71 Good |
2021 | Pig | Actor | Darius | 64 Fair |
2016 | Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls | Actor | self | N/A N/A |
2014 | 10 Cent Pistol | Actor | Nir Zir | 58 Average |
2014 | In Security | Actor | Broomhall | 58 Average |
2012 | The Sessions | Actor | Josh | 64 Fair |
2011 | Prohibition | Actor | Reader (voice) | 73 Good |
2011 | Just Peck | Actor | Michael Peck | 58 Average |
2010 | Summer Eleven | Actor | 59 Average |
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2010 | Tell-Tale | Actor | Husband | 58 Average |
2009 | A Serious Man | Actor | Divorce Lawyer | 65 Fair |
2009 | The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Actor | 72 Good |
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2008 | The War | Actor | Reader | 74 Good |
2007 | Life | Actor | Ted Earley | 75 Good |
2007 | Graduation | Actor | Dean Deeley | 58 Average |
2006 | Murder on Pleasant Drive | Actor | John Smith | 59 Average |
2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Actor | Gabe Difranco | 58 Average |
2005 | Kids in America | Actor | Ed Mumsford | 58 Average |
2005 | Hitch | Actor | Max | 65 Fair |
2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Actor | Other Voices (voice) | 59 Average |
2004 | TV Land Moguls | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2003 | Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Actor | Other Voices (voice) | 59 Average |
2002 | Halloween: Resurrection | Actor | Will Brennan (archive footage) (uncredited) | 49 Bad |
2002 | Stark Raving Mad | Actor | Don Partridge (uncredited) | 59 Average |
2002 | Baby Bob | Actor | Walter Spencer | 70 Good |
2002 | Roughing It | Actor | Henry | 59 Average |
2001 | Off Season | Actor | Richard Frangello | 58 Average |
2001 | Mission | Actor | Vissarion Belinsky (voice) | N/A N/A |
2000 | East of A | Actor | Sylvester | N/A N/A |
2000 | Hanging Up | Actor | Joe Marks | 57 Average |
2000 | Dropping Out | Actor | Scott Kayle | N/A N/A |
1999 | A Slight Case of Murder | Actor | Detective Fred Stapelli | 59 Average |
1999 | Lake Placid | Actor | Kevin | 58 Average |
1998 | Thirst | Actor | Bob Miller | 58 Average |
1998 | With Friends Like These... | Actor | Steve Hersh | 59 Average |
1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Actor | Will Brennan | 59 Average |
1997 | Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | Actor | Merriwether Lewis (voice) | 70 Good |
1997 | Not in This Town | Actor | Brian Schnitzer | N/A N/A |
1996 | The West | Actor | Self | 72 Good |
1995 | In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Actor | Agent Gabriel Valentino | 58 Average |
1994 | Chicago Hope | Actor | Aaron Shutt | 70 Good |
1994 | Baseball | Actor | Various (voice) | 70 Good |
1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Actor | Bookstore Manager | 59 Average |
1993 | Dottie Gets Spanked | Actor | Dick Gordon | 59 Average |
1993 | Big Wave Dave's | Actor | Marshall Fisher | N/A N/A |
1991 | The Doctor | Actor | Eli | 59 Average |
1990 | A Promise to Keep | Actor | Louis Colt | 59 Average |
1990 | Babies | Actor | David | N/A N/A |
1990 | Heat Wave | Actor | Art Berman | 59 Average |
1989 | Julie Brown: The Show | Actor | Jeff | N/A N/A |
1989 | Oceano | Actor | Candido Amado | 69 Fair |
1988 | Necessary Parties | Actor | Mr. Dunfee | 59 Average |
1987 | A Year in the Life | Actor | Jim Eisenberg | 69 Fair |
1987 | Personal Foul | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1986 | A Year in the Life | Actor | Jim Eisenberg | 70 Good |
1986 | Tough Cookies | Actor | 69 Fair |
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1985 | The Fourth Wise Man | Actor | Joseph | 59 Average |
1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | Actor | Charlie | 59 Average |
1981 | Full Moon High | Actor | Tony | 58 Average |
1981 | Under the Rainbow | Actor | Henry Hudson | 58 Average |
1977 | Busting Loose | Actor | 69 Fair |
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1976 | Baby Blue Marine | Actor | Rupe | 58 Average |
1975 | All Together Now | Actor | Jerry | N/A N/A |
1974 | It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy | Actor | Ken Walters | 58 Average |
1971 | Made For Each Other | Actor | Teenage Gig | 59 Average |
1969 | The Monitors | Actor | Boy in Monitors Commercial | 58 Average |
1969 | People Soup | Actor | 58 Average |
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Directing |
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2016 | Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Outlaw Country | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2003 | Pristine Books | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2001 | My Louisiana Sky | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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1981 | Improper Channels | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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2024 | Sugar | Production | Co-Executive Producer | 72 Good |
2017 | Get Shorty | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |