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Adam Arkin

Acting · Born August 19, 1956 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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).

Movies with Adam Arkin

• Hitch (2005) — Max
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) — Will Brennan
• Lake Placid (1999) — Kevin
• A Serious Man (2009) — Divorce Lawyer
• The Sessions (2012) — Josh
• Pig (2021) — Darius
• Off Season (2001) — Richard Frangello
• Hanging Up (2000) — Joe Marks
• In Security (2014) — Broomhall
• Stark Raving Mad (2002) — Don Partridge (uncredited)
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) — Other Voices (voice)
• The Doctor (1991) — Eli

TV shows with Adam Arkin

• Chicago Hope (1994) — Aaron Shutt
• Sons of Anarchy (2008) — Ethan Zobelle
• Knots Landing (1979) — Mark Baylor
• Northern Exposure (1990) — Adam
• Life (2007) — Ted Earley
• 8 Simple Rules (2002) — Ed Gibb
• Baseball (1994) — (voice)
• A Year in the Life (1987) — Jim Eisenberg