Actor · Director · Writer
Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin has worked on 53 movies and 90 TV shows, between 1968 and 2026. On Nahoko: 17 movies and 70 TV shows. Best known for Hitch, Pig and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.
- Born
- 19 August 1956 (70 years old)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- آدام آرکین
- Activities
- Actor · Director · Writer · Producer
- Nationality
- United States
- Career start
- 1968
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Professional Children's School, Horace Greeley High School
Known for
★ 6.6
Hitch2005
★ 6.9Rent/BuyPig2021
★ 5.8
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later1998
★ 7.2Rent/BuyThe Sessions2012
★ 8.2
Life2007
★ 4.9Rent/BuyHanging Up2000
★ 7.0
The Doctor1991
★ 6.9Chicago Hope1994
★ 5.3Rent/BuyUnder the Rainbow1981
★ 8.4
The American Revolution2025
★ 4.8
Full Moon High1981
★ 8.3
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004Where to watch
United States
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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).
Career in figures
Frequent collaborators
Mandy Patinkin2 titles togetherFilmography 87
2026
- American HostageTV showTV show · Director · Executive producer
★ 7.0
2025
- The American RevolutionTV showTV show · as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice) · 6 episodes★ 8.4
2024
- SugarTV showTV show · Director
★ 7.4
2023
- The Night AgentTV showTV show · Director★ 7.4
- Poker FaceTV showTV show · as Mark Getzler · Director · Executive producer · 12 episodes★ 7.7
2022
- The OfferTV showTV show · Director
★ 8.6 - The U.S. and the HolocaustTV showTV show · as themselves (voice) · 3 episodes
★ 8.7
2021
2019
- The ActTV showTV show · as Detective · Director · 1 episode
★ 7.8
2018
- SuccessionTV showTV show · Director★ 8.8
2017
- Santa Clarita DietTV showTV show · Director★ 7.8
- Get ShortyTV showTV show · Director · Executive producer
★ 8.2
2016
- BillionsTV showTV show · Director★ 8.3
2015
- Sneaky PeteTV showTV show · Director
★ 8.0 - Secrets and LiesTV showTV show · Director★ 7.5
- The Carmichael ShowTV showTV show · as Grant · 1 episodeRent/Buy★ 7.7
2014
- FargoTV showTV show · as Hamish Boker / Hamish Broker · Director · 3 episodes★ 8.8
- How to Get Away with MurderTV showTV show · as Wallace Mahoney · 4 episodes★ 8.1
- ExtantTV showTV show · Director★ 6.5
- 10 Cent PistolMovieMovie · as Nir Zir★ 4.6
2013
- The BlacklistTV showTV show · Director★ 7.9
- The AmericansTV showTV show · Director · Producer★ 8.4
- Masters of SexTV showTV show · as Shep Tally · Director · 5 episodesRent/Buy★ 7.9
- The BridgeTV showTV show · as Federal Investigator · Director · 3 episodes★ 7.6
2012
- The NewsroomTV showTV show · as Adam Roth · 1 episode★ 8.6
- The SessionsMovieMovie · as JoshRent/Buy★ 7.2
- The FinderTV showTV show · Director
★ 7.7
2011
- The Chicago CodeTV showTV show · DirectorRent/Buy★ 7.7
- The Booth at the EndTV showTV show · Director
★ 8.0 - ProhibitionTV showTV show · as Reader (voice) · 3 episodes
★ 8.2
2010
- JustifiedTV showTV show · as Theo Tonin · Director · 7 episodes★ 8.6
- Rizzoli & IslesTV showTV show · Director★ 7.7
- TerriersTV showTV show · DirectorRent/Buy★ 8.3
2009
- Modern FamilyTV showTV show · as Reece · 1 episode★ 8.5
- A Serious ManMovieMovie · as Divorce Lawyer★ 7.0
- Lie to MeTV showTV show · Director★ 8.0
- Nurse JackieTV showTV show · DirectorRent/Buy★ 7.9
- The National Parks: America's Best IdeaTV showTV show★ 8.6
2008
- Sons of AnarchyTV showTV show · as Ethan Zobelle · Director · 11 episodes★ 8.5
2007
- LifeTV showTV show · as Ted Earley · Director · 32 episodes★ 8.2
- The RichesTV showTV show · Director★ 7.8
- DirtTV showTV show · DirectorRent/Buy★ 6.9
- The WarTV showTV show · as Reader (voice) · 7 episodes★ 9.0
- GraduationMovieMovie · as Dean Deeley★ 6.3
2005
- Grey's AnatomyTV showTV show · Director★ 7.6
- HitchMovieMovie · as Max★ 6.6
- The CloserTV showTV show · as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum · Director · 1 episode★ 7.8
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolMovieMovie · as Gabe Difranco★ 6.5
- Commander in ChiefTV showTV show · as Carl Brantley · 2 episodes★ 6.9
- Kids in AmericaMovieMovie · as Ed Mumsford
★ 5.6
2004
- Boston LegalTV showTV show · as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer · Director · 3 episodes★ 8.5
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonMovieMovie · as Other Voices (voice)★ 8.3
2002
- MonkTV showTV show · as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck · Director · 1 episode★ 8.1
- 8 Simple RulesTV showTV show · as Ed Gibb · 10 episodes★ 7.0
- Stark Raving MadMovieMovie · as Don Partridge (uncredited)★ 6.2
2000
- Hanging UpMovieMovie · as Joe MarksRent/Buy★ 4.9
1999
- The West WingTV showTV show · as Stanley Keyworth · 4 episodes★ 8.9
- Lake PlacidMovieMovie · as Kevin
★ 5.8
1998
- Halloween H20: 20 Years LaterMovieMovie · as Will Brennan★ 5.8
1997
- Ally McBealTV showTV show · Director★ 6.9
- The PracticeTV showTV show · as Albert Ginsberg · 1 episode★ 7.7
- DavidTV showTV show · as Dr. Julius Adler · 1 episode★ 6.9
1996
- The WestTV showTV show · as themselves · 9 episodesRent/Buy★ 8.4
1995
- Mad TVTV showTV show · as themselves · 1 episode★ 7.3
1994
- BaseballTV showTV show · as Various (voice) · 6 episodesRent/Buy★ 9.2
- Chicago HopeTV showTV show · as Aaron Shutt · Director · 141 episodes★ 6.9
1993
- FrasierTV showTV show · as Tom · 1 episode★ 8.2
- Wrestling Ernest HemingwayMovieMovie · as Bookstore ManagerRent/Buy★ 7.0
1992
- Picket FencesTV showTV show · as Edward / Attorney Robert Biel · 2 episodesRent/Buy★ 7.8
1991
- The DoctorMovieMovie · as Eli★ 7.0
1990
- Law & OrderTV showTV show · as George Costas · 1 episode★ 7.8
- Northern ExposureTV showTV show · as Adam · Director · 10 episodesRent/Buy★ 8.4
1988
- China BeachTV showTV showRent/Buy★ 8.2
1986
- L.A. LawTV showTV show · as Richard Kendall · 2 episodes★ 7.1
1985
- MacGyverTV showTV show · as Tony Parisio · 1 episode★ 7.6
- The Twilight ZoneTV showTV show · as (segment "A Matter of Minutes") · 1 episode★ 7.7
1982
- St. ElsewhereTV showTV show · as Doug Zageck · 1 episodeRent/Buy★ 8.0
1981
- Under the RainbowMovieMovie · as Henry HudsonRent/Buy★ 5.3
- Full Moon HighMovieMovie · as Tony★ 4.8
1979
- Knots LandingTV showTV show · as Mark Baylor · 6 episodes
★ 7.0
1977
- The Love BoatTV showTV show · as Alex Lambert / Jonathan Stevens · 1 episode★ 6.3
1975
- Barney MillerTV showTV show · as Howard Smith · 1 episode★ 8.3
1974
- Happy DaysTV showTV show★ 7.4
1973
- Harry OTV showTV show★ 7.6
1968
- Hawaii Five-OTV showTV show · as Alex Scofield · 1 episode★ 7.4
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2024
- TransplantMovieMovie · as Dr. Robinson
2023
- The American BuffaloTV showTV show
2016
- Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsMovieMovie · as themselves · Director
2014
- In SecurityMovieMovie · as Broomhall
2013
- Family ToolsTV showTV show · as Mr. Baynor · 1 episode
- We Are MenTV showTV show · Director
2012
- Outlaw CountryMovieMovie · Director
2011
- Just PeckMovieMovie · as Michael Peck
2010
- Summer ElevenMovieMovie
- Tell-TaleMovieMovie · as Husband
- The Deep EndTV showTV show · Director
2006
- Big DayTV showTV show · Director
- Murder on Pleasant DriveMovieMovie · as John Smith
2004
- TV Land MogulsTV showTV show
2003
- Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripMovieMovie · as Other Voices (voice)
- Pristine BooksMovieMovie · Director
2002
- Baby BobTV showTV show · as Walter Spencer · 14 episodes
- Roughing ItTV showTV show · as Henry · 2 episodes
- Roughing ItMovieMovie · as Henry
2001
- MissionMovieMovie · as Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
- My Louisiana SkyMovieMovie · Director
- Off SeasonMovieMovie · as Richard Frangello
2000
- Dropping OutMovieMovie · as Scott Kayle
- East of AMovieMovie · as Sylvester
1999
- A Slight Case of MurderMovieMovie · as Detective Fred Stapelli
1998
- ThirstMovieMovie · as Bob Miller
- Unmasking the HorrorMovieMovie · as themselves
- With Friends Like TheseMovieMovie · as Steve Hersh
1997
- Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryTV showTV show · as Merriwether Lewis (voice) · 2 episodes
- Not in This TownMovieMovie · as Brian Schnitzer
- Perversions of ScienceTV showTV show · as Paul Danko · 1 episode
1995
- In the Line of Duty: Hunt for JusticeMovieMovie · as Agent Gabriel Valentino
1993
- Big Wave Dave'sTV showTV show · as Marshall Fisher · 6 episodes
- Dottie Gets SpankedMovieMovie · as Dick Gordon
1991
- The Hidden RoomTV showTV show
1990
- A Promise to KeepMovieMovie · as Louis Colt
- BabiesMovieMovie · as David
- Heat WaveMovieMovie · as Art Berman
1989
- Hard Time on Planet EarthTV showTV show · as Harry Newcomb · 1 episode
- Julie Brown: The ShowMovieMovie · as Jeff
- OceanoTV showTV show · as Candido Amado · 6 episodes
1988
- Necessary PartiesMovieMovie · as Mr. Dunfee
1987
- A Year in the LifeTV showTV show · as Jim Eisenberg · 22 episodes
- Personal FoulMovieMovie
1986
- A Year in the LifeTV showTV show · as Jim Eisenberg · 3 episodes
- All Is ForgivenTV showTV show · as Phil Douglas · 1 episode
- Tough CookiesTV showTV show
1985
- The Fourth Wise ManMovieMovie · as Joseph
1982
- Teachers OnlyTV showTV show · as Michael Dreyfuss · 8 episodes
1981
- Chu Chu and the Philly FlashMovieMovie · as Charlie
- Improper ChannelsMovieMovie · Writer
- Jessica NovakTV showTV show
1979
- $weepstake$TV showTV show · as Joey · 1 episode
1978
- PearlTV showTV show · as Pvt. Billy Zylowski · 3 episodes
1977
- Busting LooseTV showTV show
1976
- Baby Blue MarineMovieMovie · as Rupe
1975
- All Together NowMovieMovie · as Jerry
1974
- It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer GuyMovieMovie · as Ken Walters
- Moe and JoeMovieMovie
1971
- Made For Each OtherMovieMovie · as Teenage Gig
1969
- People SoupMovieMovie
- The MonitorsMovieMovie · as Boy in Monitors Commercial