Adam Arkin
Acting Born Aug 19, 1956 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 171 credits
Biography
Adam Arkin is an American actor and director who was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA on August 19, 1956. His father was the Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin, and his brother is actor Matthew Arkin. Adam Arkin is known for his role as Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope and for playing the angry, paranoid Adam in a recurring guest role on Northern Exposure beginning in 1990. He has received numerous award nominations, including a Tony Award for Best Actor in 1991 for I Hate Hamlet, three Primetime Emmy Awards, four SAG Awards for Ensemble in Chicago Hope, and a DGA Award for My Louisiana Sky. In 2002, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for My Louisiana Sky.
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Career overview
Adam Arkin is an American actor and director born on August 19, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. He comes from a family of actors, being the son of Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin and the brother of actor Matthew Arkin. Throughout his career, he has accumulated 151 known acting credits on screen.
Arkin is known for playing the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope and for his recurring guest role beginning in 1990 on Northern Exposure, where he played the angry and paranoid character Adam. His work has earned him numerous award nominations, including three primetime Emmy nominations, one of which was for his performance on Northern Exposure, as well as four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Ensemble in Chicago Hope.
In addition to his television work, Arkin was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in 1991 for his role in I Hate Hamlet. He has also received recognition as a director, earning a Directors Guild of America Award nomination and winning a Daytime Emmy Award in 2002 for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for My Louisiana Sky.
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Frequent co-stars
Eli Wallach
3 shared titles
Christine Lahti
2 shared titles
Mandy Patinkin
2 shared titles
John Cullum
2 shared titles
Darren E. Burrows
2 shared titles
George Plimpton
2 shared titles
Ossie Davis
2 shared titles
Robin Weigert
2 shared titles
Philip Bosco
2 shared titles
Richard Kiley
2 shared titles
Career timeline
The American Revolution
Sugar · Co-Executive ProducerSugar · DirectorTransplant
The Night Agent · DirectorPoker FacePoker Face · DirectorThe American Buffalo
The Offer · DirectorThe U.S. and the Holocaust
Big ShotPigRebel
The ActThe Act · Director
Succession · Director
Get Shorty · Executive ProducerGet Shorty · DirectorSanta Clarita Diet · Director
Billions · DirectorWaffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsWaffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls · Director
Sneaky Pete · DirectorSecrets and Lies · DirectorThe Carmichael Show
FargoFargoFargo · DirectorHow to Get Away with MurderExtant · Director
The Blacklist · DirectorThe Americans · DirectorThe Americans · ProducerMasters of SexMasters of Sex · Director
The NewsroomThe Finder · DirectorThe SessionsOutlaw Country · Director
ProhibitionThe Chicago Code · DirectorThe Booth at the End · DirectorJust Peck
Rizzoli & Isles · DirectorJustifiedJustified · DirectorThe Deep End · DirectorTerriers · Director
Modern FamilyLie to Me · DirectorNurse Jackie · DirectorA Serious ManThe National Parks: America's Best Idea
Sons of AnarchySons of Anarchy · Director
LifeLife · DirectorDirt · DirectorThe Riches · DirectorThe War
Big Day · DirectorMarilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolMurder on Pleasant Drive
Grey's Anatomy · DirectorThe CloserThe Closer · DirectorCommander in ChiefHitch
Boston LegalBoston Legal · DirectorUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonTV Land Moguls
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripPristine Books · Director
MonkMonk · Director8 Simple RulesBaby BobStark Raving Mad
My Louisiana Sky · DirectorMissionOff Season
Hanging UpDropping OutEast of A
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitThe West WingLake PlacidA Slight Case of Murder
Halloween H20: 20 Years LaterThirstUnmasking the HorrorWith Friends Like These
The PracticeAlly McBeal · DirectorPerversions of ScienceLewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryNot in This Town
The Daily ShowThe West
MADtvIn the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Full filmography
- The American Revolution (2025) as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
- Sugar (2024) Co-Executive Producer
- Sugar (2024) Director
- Transplant (2024) as Dr. Robinson
- The Night Agent (2023) Director
- Poker Face (2023) as Mark Getzler
- Poker Face (2023) Director
- The American Buffalo (2023) as (voice)
- The Offer (2022) Director
- The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022) as Self (voice)
- Big Shot (2021) as Sam
- Pig (2021) as Darius
- Rebel (2021) as Mark Duncan
- The Act (2019) as Detective
- The Act (2019) Director
- Succession (2018) Director
- Get Shorty (2017) Executive Producer
- Get Shorty (2017) Director
- Santa Clarita Diet (2017) Director
- Billions (2016) Director
- Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls (2016) as Self
- Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls (2016) Director
- Sneaky Pete (2015) Director
- Secrets and Lies (2015) Director
- The Carmichael Show (2015) as Grant
- Fargo (2014) as Hamish Boker
- Fargo (2014) as Hamish Broker
- Fargo (2014) Director
- How to Get Away with Murder (2014) as Wallace Mahoney
- Extant (2014) Director
- In Security (2014) as Broomhall
- 10 Cent Pistol (2014) as Nir Zir
- The Blacklist (2013) Director
- The Americans (2013) Director
- The Americans (2013) Producer
- Masters of Sex (2013) as Shep Tally
- Masters of Sex (2013) Director
- The Bridge (2013) as Federal Investigator
- The Bridge (2013) Director
- Family Tools (2013) as Mr. Baynor
- We Are Men (2013) Director
- The Newsroom (2012) as Adam Roth
- The Finder (2012) Director
- The Sessions (2012) as Josh
- Outlaw Country (2012) Director
- Prohibition (2011) as Reader (voice)
- The Chicago Code (2011) Director
- The Booth at the End (2011) Director
- Just Peck (2011) as Michael Peck
- Rizzoli & Isles (2010) Director
- Justified (2010) as Theo Tonin
- Justified (2010) Director
- The Deep End (2010) Director
- Terriers (2010) Director
- Tell-Tale (2010) as Husband
- Summer Eleven (2010)
- Modern Family (2009) as Reece
- Lie to Me (2009) Director
- Nurse Jackie (2009) Director
- A Serious Man (2009) as Divorce Lawyer
- The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
- Sons of Anarchy (2008) as Ethan Zobelle
- Sons of Anarchy (2008) Director
- Life (2007) as Ted Earley
- Life (2007) Director
- Dirt (2007) Director
- The Riches (2007) Director
- The War (2007) as Reader (voice)
- Graduation (2007) as Dean Deeley
- Big Day (2006) Director
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006) as Gabe Difranco
- Murder on Pleasant Drive (2006) as John Smith
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) Director
- The Closer (2005) as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
- The Closer (2005) Director
- Commander in Chief (2005) as Carl Brantley
- Hitch (2005) as Max
- Kids in America (2005) as Ed Mumsford
- Boston Legal (2004) as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
- Boston Legal (2004) Director
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) as Other Voices (voice)
- TV Land Moguls (2004)
- Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003) as Other Voices (voice)
- Pristine Books (2003) Director
- Monk (2002) as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
- Monk (2002) Director
- 8 Simple Rules (2002) as Ed Gibb
- Baby Bob (2002) as Walter Spencer
- Stark Raving Mad (2002) as Don Partridge (uncredited)
- Roughing It (2002) as Henry
- Roughing It (2002) as Henry
- My Louisiana Sky (2001) Director
- Mission (2001) as Vissarion Belinsky (voice)
- Off Season (2001) as Richard Frangello
- Hanging Up (2000) as Joe Marks
- Dropping Out (2000) as Scott Kayle
- East of A (2000) as Sylvester
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Dr. Julius Adler
- The West Wing (1999) as Stanley Keyworth
- Lake Placid (1999) as Kevin
- A Slight Case of Murder (1999) as Detective Fred Stapelli
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) as Will Brennan
- Thirst (1998) as Bob Miller
- Unmasking the Horror (1998)
- With Friends Like These (1998) as Steve Hersh
- The Practice (1997) as Atty. Albert Ginsberg
- Ally McBeal (1997) Director
- Perversions of Science (1997) as Paul Danko
- Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) as Merriwether Lewis (voice)
- Not in This Town (1997) as Brian Schnitzer
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The West (1996) as Self
- MADtv (1995) as Self - Host
- In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995) as Agent Gabriel Valentino
- Chicago Hope (1994) as Aaron Shutt
- Chicago Hope (1994) Director
- Baseball (1994) as Various (voice)
- Baseball (1994) as (voice)
- Frasier (1993) as Tom
- Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) as Bookstore Manager
- Dottie Gets Spanked (1993) as Dick Gordon
- Big Wave Dave's (1993) as Marshall Fisher
- Picket Fences (1992) as Edward
- Picket Fences (1992) as Attorney Robert Biel
- The Hidden Room (1991)
- The Doctor (1991) as Eli
- Law & Order (1990) as George Costas
- Northern Exposure (1990) as Adam
- Northern Exposure (1990) Director
- Heat Wave (1990) as Art Berman
- A Promise to Keep (1990) as Louis Colt
- Babies (1990) as David
- Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989) as Harry Newcomb
- Oceano (1989) as Candido Amado
- Julie Brown: The Show (1989) as Jeff
- China Beach (1988)
- Necessary Parties (1988) as Mr. Dunfee
- A Year in the Life (1987) as Jim Eisenberg
- Personal Foul (1987)
- L.A. Law (1986) as Richard Kendall
- All Is Forgiven (1986) as Phil Douglas
- Tough Cookies (1986)
- A Year in the Life (1986) as Jim Eisenberg
- MacGyver (1985) as Tony Parisio
- The Twilight Zone (1985) as (segment "A Matter of Minutes")
- The Fourth Wise Man (1985) as Joseph
- Late Night with David Letterman (1982) as Self
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as Doug Zageck
- Teachers Only (1982) as Michael Dreyfuss
- Jessica Novak (1981)
- Under the Rainbow (1981) as Henry Hudson
- Improper Channels (1981) Writer
- Full Moon High (1981) as Tony
- Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) as Charlie
- Knots Landing (1979) as Mark Baylor
- $weepstake$ (1979) as Joey
- Pearl (1978) as Pvt. Billy Zylowski
- The Love Boat (1977) as Alex Lambert
- Busting Loose (1977)
- Baby Blue Marine (1976) as Rupe
- Barney Miller (1975) as Howard Smith
- All Together Now (1975) as Jerry
- Happy Days (1974)
- Harry O (1974)
- It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974) as Ken Walters
- Made For Each Other (1971) as Teenage Gig
- People Soup (1969)
- The Monitors (1969) as Boy in Monitors Commercial
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Alex Scofield
- American Hostage Director
- American Hostage Executive Producer