Adam Arkin

Born 1956 · American actor and director

Adam Arkin is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony as well as three primetime Emmys, four SAG Awards, and a DGA Award. Between 2000-2002 he played the recurring role of Dr. Stanley Keyworth in The West Wing, most notably in Season 2, Episode 10, "Noel". In 2002, Arkin won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for My Louisiana Sky. He is also one of the three actors to portray Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck on Monk. Between 2007 and 2009, he starred in Life. 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 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). His brother Matthew is also an actor, as was his father, Alan Arkin.

Adam Arkin, in order

1977 Busting Loose (TV series): acted
1981 Chu Chu and the Philly Flash: acted · directed by David Lowell Rich
1981 Full Moon High: acted · directed by Larry Cohen
1981 Improper Channels: wrote · directed by Eric Till
1981 Under the Rainbow: acted · directed by Steve Rash
1985 The Fourth Wise Man (TV movie): acted · directed by Michael Ray Rhodes
1991 The Doctor: acted · directed by Randa Haines · critics 80%, audiences 73% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla
1992 Law & Order (TV series): acted · audiences 84% · streaming on Hulu, Peacock, Netflix
1993 Big Wave Dave's (TV series): acted · directed by Andy Ackerman
1994 Chicago Hope (TV series): acted
1997 Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery: acted · directed by Ken Burns
1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later: acted · directed by Steve Miner
1998 Thirst: acted · directed by Bill L. Norton
1998 With Friends Like These...: acted · directed by Philip Frank Messina · critics 42%, audiences 38%
1999 Lake Placid: acted · directed by Steve Miner
1999 Not for Ourselves Alone: acted · directed by Ken Burns
2000 Hanging Up: acted · directed by Diane Keaton · critics 14%, audiences 35%
2000–02 The West Wing (TV series): acted · directed by Alex Graves and Christopher Misiano · critics 81%, audiences 95% · streaming on Netflix, HBO Max
2001 My Louisiana Sky (TV movie): directed
2002 Baby Bob (TV series): acted · directed by John Fortenberry and Rob Schiller
2002 Stark Raving Mad: acted · directed by Drew Daywalt
2005 Hitch: acted · directed by Andy Tennant · critics 68%, audiences 62% · streaming on Paramount+
2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School: acted · directed by Randall Miller
2006–07 Boston Legal (TV series): directed · critics 86%, audiences 89% · streaming on Hulu
2007 Graduation: acted · directed by Mike Mayer
2008–09 Life (TV series): directed, acted
2008 Sons of Anarchy (TV series): acted
2009 A Serious Man: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 89%, audiences 68%
2009 Just Peck: acted · directed by Michael A. Nickles
2009 The Closer (TV series): directed
2010–15 Justified (TV series): directed
2010 Rizzoli & Isles (TV series): directed
2010 Terriers (TV series): directed · critics 93%, audiences 97%
2011 Lie to Me (TV series): directed
2011 Prohibition: acted · directed by Ken Burns
2012 Outlaw Country: directed
2012 The Sessions: acted · directed by Ben Lewin
2013 In Security: acted
2013 The Americans (TV series): directed · critics 96%, audiences 94% · streaming on Hulu
2013 The Blacklist (TV series): directed
2014 Extant (TV series): directed
2014 Masters of Sex (TV series): acted
2015 Fargo (TV series): directed, acted
2017 Billions (TV series): directed
2017–18 Sneaky Pete (TV series): directed
2018 Succession (TV series): directed · critics 95%, audiences 88% · streaming on HBO Max
2021 Pig: acted · directed by Michael Sarnoski · critics 96%, audiences 83%
2021 Rebel (TV series): acted
2024 Sugar (TV series): directed
Damaged Care: acted · directed by Harry Winer