Cast & creator
Adam Arkin
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Grey's Anatomy
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).
Also known as: آدام آرکین
56
film credits
117
television credits
123
1969–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (173)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Julius Adler
1999
Law & Order
George Costas
1990
Grey's Anatomy
Director
2005
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Blacklist
Director
2013
Modern Family
Reece
2009
The West Wing
Stanley Keyworth
1999
Frasier
Tom
1993
Monk
Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
2002Monk
Director
2002
The Night Agent
Director
2023
Sons of Anarchy
Ethan Zobelle
2008Sons of Anarchy
Director
2008
Fargo
Hamish Boker
2014Fargo
Hamish Broker
2014Fargo
Director
2014
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
1982
Chicago Hope
Aaron Shutt
1994Chicago Hope
Director
1994
MacGyver
Tony Parisio
1985
The Closer
Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
2005The Closer
Director
2005
The Love Boat
Alex Lambert
1977The Love Boat
Jonathan Stevens
1977
Rizzoli & Isles
Director
2010
Knots Landing
Mark Baylor
1979
The Practice
Albert Ginsberg
1997
Hawaii Five-O
Alex Scofield
1969
How to Get Away with Murder
Wallace Mahoney
2014
L.A. Law
Richard Kendall
1986
Billions
Director
2016
Boston Legal
A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
2004Boston Legal
Director
2004
The Americans
Director
2013The Americans
Producer
2013
St. Elsewhere
Doug Zageck
1982
Happy Days
1974
Barney Miller
Howard Smith
1975
Lie to Me
Director
2009
Justified
Theo Tonin
2010Justified
Director
2010
Succession
Director
2018
The Twilight Zone
(segment "A Matter of Minutes")
1985
Nurse Jackie
Director
2009
Northern Exposure
Adam
1990Northern Exposure
Director
1990
Get Shorty
Executive Producer
2017Get Shorty
Director
2017
Masters of Sex
Shep Tally
2013Masters of Sex
Director
2013
Sneaky Pete
Director
2015
8 Simple Rules
Ed Gibb
2002
The Newsroom
Adam Roth
2012
Ally McBeal
Director
1997
Sugar
Co-Executive Producer
2024Sugar
Director
2024
Life
Ted Earley
2007Life
Director
2007
Poker Face
Mark Getzler
2023Poker Face
Director
2023Poker Face
Executive Producer
2023
Picket Fences
Edward
1992Picket Fences
Attorney Robert Biel
1992
Harry O
1974
China Beach
1988
Commander in Chief
Carl Brantley
2005
Extant
Director
2014
American Hostage
Director
2026American Hostage
Executive Producer
2026
Secrets and Lies
Director
2015
The Bridge
Federal Investigator
2013The Bridge
Director
2013
Santa Clarita Diet
Director
2017
Big Shot
Sam
2021
Dirt
Director
2007
The Finder
Director
2012
The Act
Detective
2019The Act
Director
2019
The Hidden Room
1991
The Offer
Director
2022
The Riches
Director
2007
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Will Brennan
1998
Baseball
Various (voice)
1994Baseball
(voice)
1994
Teachers Only
Michael Dreyfuss
1982
The Carmichael Show
Grant
2015
The American Revolution
James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
2025
A Year in the Life
Jim Eisenberg
1987
Terriers
Director
2010
Perversions of Science
Paul Danko
1997
Family Tools
Mr. Baynor
2013
The Chicago Code
Director
2011
Hitch
Max
2005
Lake Placid
Kevin
1999
The Deep End
Director
2010
Rebel
Mark Duncan
2021
The War
Reader (voice)
2007
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
Hanging Up
Joe Marks
2000
Prohibition
Reader (voice)
2011$weepstake$
Joey
1979
A Serious Man
Divorce Lawyer
2009
The West
Self
1996
Baby Bob
Walter Spencer
2002
The Booth at the End
Director
2011
Pig
Darius
2021
Big Day
Director
2006
Hard Time on Planet Earth
Harry Newcomb
1989
The Sessions
Josh
2012
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Self (voice)
2022
The American Buffalo
(voice)
2023Busting Loose
1977
We Are Men
Director
2013
Pearl
Pvt. Billy Zylowski
1978
MADtv
Self - Host
1995
All Is Forgiven
Phil Douglas
1986
In Security
Broomhall
2014
The Doctor
Eli
1991
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Merriwether Lewis (voice)
1997
Oceano
Candido Amado
1989
A Year in the Life
Jim Eisenberg
1986
Jessica Novak
1981
Stark Raving Mad
Don Partridge (uncredited)
2002
Big Wave Dave's
Marshall Fisher
1993
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Gabe Difranco
2006TV Land Moguls
2004Tough Cookies
1986
Off Season
Richard Frangello
2001
The Fourth Wise Man
Joseph
1985
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Charlie
1981
Full Moon High
Tony
1981
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Bookstore Manager
1993
With Friends Like These
Steve Hersh
1998
Roughing It
Henry
2002
10 Cent Pistol
Nir Zir
2014
Roughing It
Henry
2002
Under the Rainbow
Henry Hudson
1981
Kids in America
Ed Mumsford
2005
Graduation
Dean Deeley
2007
A Slight Case of Murder
Detective Fred Stapelli
1999
Outlaw Country
Director
2012
Dottie Gets Spanked
Dick Gordon
1993
My Louisiana Sky
Director
2001
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Agent Gabriel Valentino
1995
Tell-Tale
Husband
2010
Murder on Pleasant Drive
John Smith
2006
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Self
2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Director
2016
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Ken Walters
1974
Made For Each Other
Teenage Gig
1971
Mission
Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
2001
Personal Foul
1987
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
2003
Just Peck
Michael Peck
2011
Heat Wave
Art Berman
1990
People Soup
1969
A Promise to Keep
Louis Colt
1990
Baby Blue Marine
Rupe
1976
Not in This Town
Brian Schnitzer
1997
Thirst
Bob Miller
1998
Necessary Parties
Mr. Dunfee
1988
Julie Brown: The Show
Jeff
1989Moe and Joe
1974
The Monitors
Boy in Monitors Commercial
1969
Improper Channels
Writer
1981East of A
Sylvester
2000
Transplant
Dr. Robinson
2024
All Together Now
Jerry
1975
Summer Eleven
2010
Dropping Out
Scott Kayle
2000
Babies
David
1990
Pristine Books
Director
2003