
Adam Arkin
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).
Filmography

Baby Bob
2002 · 10.0
East of A
2000 · 10.0

A Year in the Life
1986 · 9.2

Personal Foul
1987 · 9.0

Mission
2001 · 9.0

Sons of Anarchy
2008 · 8.4

The West Wing
1999 · 8.3

Fargo
2014 · 8.3

The War
2007 · 8.2

The Newsroom
2012 · 8.1

People Soup
1969 · 8.0

Justified
2010 · 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0

Boston Legal
2004 · 7.9

Monk
2002 · 7.9

Modern Family
2009 · 7.9

Big Shot
2021 · 7.9

Prohibition
2011 · 7.9

The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009 · 7.9

The Closer
2005 · 7.8

How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · 7.8

Northern Exposure
1990 · 7.8

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997 · 7.8

Frasier
1993 · 7.7

The Twilight Zone
1985 · 7.7

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003 · 7.7

MacGyver
1985 · 7.7

Happy Days
1974 · 7.6

The Practice
1997 · 7.6

Life
2007 · 7.6

The Act
2019 · 7.6

Baseball
1994 · 7.6

Commander in Chief
2005 · 7.5
TV Land Moguls
2004 · 7.5

Poker Face
2023 · 7.5

Picket Fences
1992 · 7.4

China Beach
1988 · 7.4

The American Buffalo
2023 · 7.4

Barney Miller
1975 · 7.4

Law & Order
1990 · 7.3

Chicago Hope
1994 · 7.2

Hawaii Five-O
1969 · 7.2

The Carmichael Show
2015 · 7.2

A Year in the Life
1987 · 7.2

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · 7.2

Masters of Sex
2013 · 7.1

Rebel
2021 · 7.1

L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0
Tough Cookies
1986 · 7.0

Oceano
1989 · 7.0

Jessica Novak
1981 · 7.0

Big Wave Dave's
1993 · 7.0

The Fourth Wise Man
1985 · 7.0

Knots Landing
1979 · 6.9

The Sessions
2012 · 6.9

8 Simple Rules
2002 · 6.8

Heat Wave
1990 · 6.8

Necessary Parties
1988 · 6.7

A Serious Man
2009 · 6.7

Pig
2021 · 6.6

The Bridge
2013 · 6.6

Murder on Pleasant Drive
2006 · 6.6

Hitch
2005 · 6.6

The Doctor
1991 · 6.5

With Friends Like These
1998 · 6.5

A Slight Case of Murder
1999 · 6.5
Busting Loose
1977 · 6.3

Perversions of Science
1997 · 6.3

Hard Time on Planet Earth
1989 · 6.3

All Is Forgiven
1986 · 6.3

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993 · 6.3

The Love Boat
1977 · 6.2

Stark Raving Mad
2002 · 6.1

Dottie Gets Spanked
1993 · 6.1

The American Revolution
2025 · 6.0

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998 · 6.0

The Hidden Room
1991 · 6.0

Teachers Only
1982 · 6.0

Pearl
1978 · 6.0

Lake Placid
1999 · 6.0

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · 5.9

Graduation
2007 · 5.8

St. Elsewhere
1982 · 5.7

Kids in America
2005 · 5.5

Made For Each Other
1971 · 5.5

Hanging Up
2000 · 5.3

Just Peck
2011 · 5.3

Harry O
1974 · 5.2

Baby Blue Marine
1976 · 5.2

Under the Rainbow
1981 · 5.1

In Security
2014 · 5.0

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981 · 5.0

Family Tools
2013 · 4.9

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995 · 4.8

Summer Eleven
2010 · 4.8

Thirst
1998 · 4.8

10 Cent Pistol
2014 · 4.5

The Monitors
1969 · 4.5

Tell-Tale
2010 · 4.4

Full Moon High
1981 · 4.4

Off Season
2001 · 4.4

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974 · 4.0

Dropping Out
2000 · 3.2
$weepstake$
1979 · 0.0

Roughing It
2002 · 0.0
Moe and Joe
1974 · 0.0

Transplant
2024 · 0.0

Julie Brown: The Show
1989 · 0.0

Babies
1990 · 0.0