
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).
Acting (49 movies)

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998

Hitch
2005

A Serious Man
2009

The Doctor
1991

A Slight Case of Murder
1999

Mission
2001

Summer Eleven
2010

Under the Rainbow
1981

Graduation
2007

Full Moon High
1981

Not in This Town
1997

The Sessions
2012

Murder on Pleasant Drive
2006

Tell-Tale
2010

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974

Thirst
1998

People Soup
1969

In Security
2014

Hanging Up
2000

Off Season
2001

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995

Dottie Gets Spanked
1993

10 Cent Pistol
2014

A Promise to Keep
1990

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993

Heat Wave
1990

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981

Just Peck
2011

Dropping Out
2000

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016

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

With Friends Like These
1998

Lake Placid
1999

Necessary Parties
1988

Julie Brown: The Show
1989

All Together Now
1975

Babies
1990

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004

The Fourth Wise Man
1985

The Monitors
1969

Baby Blue Marine
1976

Made For Each Other
1971

Roughing It
2002

Stark Raving Mad
2002

Personal Foul
1987

Kids in America
2005

Pig
2021

Transplant
2024
Directing (4 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Improper Channels | 1981 | Writer |


