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Adam Arkin

Acting

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

Also known as آدام آرکین

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).

Awards & recognition

  • Daytime Emmy Award · 2002
  • Theatre World Award · 1991
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series · 2002 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1997 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series · 1993 · nominated
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  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 1991 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Sons of Anarchy

2008as Ethan Zobelle

The West

1996as Self

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022as Self (voice)

Succession

2018Director

Fargo

2014as Hamish Broker

The West Wing

1999as Stanley Keyworth

Grey's Anatomy

2005Director

The Newsroom

2012as Adam Roth

The War

2007as Reader (voice)

The Offer

2022Director

Justified

2010as Theo Tonin

Terriers

2010Director

Monk

2002as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck

The Americans

2013Director, Producer

Prohibition

2011as Reader (voice)

Rizzoli & Isles

2010Director

Modern Family

2009as Reece

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

2009

Lie to Me

2009Director

The Closer

2005as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum

Boston Legal

2004as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Dr. Julius Adler

Northern Exposure

1990as Adam

Billions

2016Director

How to Get Away with Murder

2014as Wallace Mahoney

The Night Agent

2023Director

Life

2007as Ted Earley

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

2003as Other Voices (voice)

The Practice

1997as Atty. Albert Ginsberg

Frasier

1993as Tom

MacGyver

1985as Tony Parisio

The Act

2019as Detective

The Blacklist

2013Director

The Booth at the End

2011Director

Commander in Chief

2005as Carl Brantley

Happy Days

1974

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

as Merriwether Lewis (voice)

Poker Face

2023as Mark Getzler

Sneaky Pete

2015Director

The Chicago Code

2011Director

Baseball

1994as (voice)

Picket Fences

1992as Attorney Robert Biel

China Beach

1988

The American Buffalo

2023as (voice)

Santa Clarita Diet

2017Director

Secrets and Lies

2015Director

Barney Miller

1975as Howard Smith

Sugar

2024Co-Executive Producer, Director

Law & Order

1990as George Costas

Rebel

2021as Mark Duncan