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Adam Arkin

Acting Born Aug 19, 1956 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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).

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Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Julius Adler

Law & Order

as George Costas

Modern Family

as Reece

The Daily Show

as Self

Monk

as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck

Fargo

as Hamish Boker

Fargo

as Hamish Broker

Sons of Anarchy

as Ethan Zobelle

The West Wing

as Stanley Keyworth

The Closer

as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum

Frasier

as Tom

Hawaii Five-O

as Alex Scofield

Full filmography

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Dr. Julius Adler
  • Law & Order (1990) as George Costas
  • Modern Family (2009) as Reece
  • The Daily Show (1996) as Self
  • Monk (2002) as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
  • Fargo (2014) as Hamish Boker
  • Fargo (2014) as Hamish Broker
  • The Love Boat (1977) as Alex Lambert
  • Sons of Anarchy (2008) as Ethan Zobelle
  • The West Wing (1999) as Stanley Keyworth
  • The Closer (2005) as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum
  • Frasier (1993) as Tom
  • Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Alex Scofield
  • Chicago Hope (1994) as Aaron Shutt
  • MacGyver (1985) as Tony Parisio
  • Boston Legal (2004) as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
  • How to Get Away with Murder (2014) as Wallace Mahoney
  • The Practice (1997) as Atty. Albert Ginsberg
  • Knots Landing (1979) as Mark Baylor
  • Happy Days (1974)
  • Justified (2010) as Theo Tonin
  • Northern Exposure (1990) as Adam
  • L.A. Law (1986) as Richard Kendall
  • St. Elsewhere (1982) as Doug Zageck