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Adam Arkin is an American television, film and stage actor, and director. He is 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. 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 the NBC drama Life. Beginning in 1990 he had a 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, on the FX original series Sons of Anarchy.
Born
Sunday, 19 August 1956
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The U.S. and the Holocaust A Film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein | (voice) | 2022 |
| Benjamin Franklin | Elkanah Watson | 2022 |
| Pig | Darius | 2021 |
| Big Shot | Sam | 2021 |
| Rebel | Mark Duncan | 2021 |
| The Act | Detective | 2019 |
| CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Self | 2018 |
| Santa Clarita Diet | Evan | 2017 |
| The Carmichael Show | Grant | 2015 |
| State of Affairs | Victor Gantry | 2014 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The U.S. and the Holocaust A Film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein | (voice) | 2022 |
| Benjamin Franklin | Elkanah Watson | 2022 |
| Pig | Darius | 2021 |
| Big Shot | Sam | 2021 |
| Rebel | Mark Duncan | 2021 |
| The Act | Detective | 2019 |
| CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Self | 2018 |
| Santa Clarita Diet | Evan | 2017 |
| The Carmichael Show | Grant | 2015 |
| State of Affairs | Victor Gantry | 2014 |
| How to Get Away with Murder | Wallace Mahoney | 2014 |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | (voice) | 2014 |
| 10 Cent Pistol | Nir Zir | 2014 |
| Armed Response | Broomhall | 2014 |
| Fargo | Hamish Broker | 2014 |
| Masters of Sex | Shep Tally | 2013 |
| The Bridge | Federal Investigator | 2013 |
| Family Tools | Mr. Baynor | 2013 |
| The Sessions | Josh | 2012 |
| The Newsroom | Adam Roth | 2012 |
| Prohibition | Reader (voice), Reader / Reader (voice) | 2011 |
| The Chicago Code | FBI Division Chief Cuyler | 2011 |
| Summer Eleven | Ron | 2010 |
| Tell Tale | Husband | 2010 |
| Justified | Theo Tonin | 2010 |
| A Serious Man | Divorce Lawyer / Don Milgram | 2009 |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Reader | 2009 |
| Modern Family | Reece | 2009 |
| Just Peck | Michael Peck | 2009 |
| Sons of Anarchy | Ethan Zobelle | 2008 |
| Life | Ted Earley | 2007 |
| The War | Reader | 2007 |
| Graduation | Dean Deeley | 2007 |
| Murder on Pleasant Drive | John David Smith | 2006 |
| Commander in Chief | Carl Brantley | 2005 |
| The Closer | Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum | 2005 |
| Kids in America | Ed Mumsford | 2005 |
| Hitch | Max | 2005 |
| Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Gabe Difranco | 2005 |
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Himself - Guest | 2005 |
| Boston Legal | A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer | 2004 |
| TV Land Moguls | Narrator | 2004 |
| Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | 2003 | |
| 8 Simple Rules | Principal Ed Gibb | 2002 |
| Monk | Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck | 2002 |
| Halloween: Resurrection | Will Brennan | 2002 |
| Stark Raving Mad | Don Partridge | 2002 |
| Baby Bob | Walter Spencer | 2002 |
| Roughing It | Henry | 2002 |
| Off Season | Richard Frangello | 2001 |
| Mission | Vissarion Belinsky / Vissarion Belinsky (voice) | 2001 |
| The Chris Isaak Show | Jimmy Vane | 2001 |
| Jazz | (voice) | 2001 |
| East of A | Sylvester | 2000 |
| Hanging Up | Joe Marks / Joe | 2000 |
| Dropping Out | Scott Kayle | 2000 |
| Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | (voice) | 1999 |
| The West Wing | Dr. Stanley Keyworth | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Julius Adler | 1999 |
| A Slight Case of Murder | Detective Fred Stapelli | 1999 |
| Lake Placid | Kevin | 1999 |
| Thirst | Bob Miller | 1998 |
| With Friends Like These | Steve Hersh | 1998 |
| Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Will Brennan | 1998 |
| Comic Relief VIII | Self | 1998 |
| Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | Merriwether Lewis | 1997 |
| Perversions of Science | Paul Danko | 1997 |
| Not in This Town | Brian Schnitzer | 1997 |
| The Practice | Atty. Albert Ginsberg | 1997 |
| The West | Self | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| MADtv | Host | 1995 |
| In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Agent Gabriel Valentino | 1995 |
| Cybill | Self | 1995 |
| Baseball | Various / Various (voice), Various (voice), Self / Various (voice), Joe Medwick / Various (voice) | 1994 |
| Chicago Hope | Dr. Aaron Shutt | 1994 |
| Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Bookstore Manager | 1993 |
| Dottie Gets Spanked | Dick Gordon | 1993 |
| Frasier | Tom | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Big Wave Dave's | Marshall Fisher | 1993 |
| John & Leeza from Hollywood | Self | 1993 |
| Tribeca | Bob | 1993 |
| Picket Fences | Attorney Robert Biel, Edward | 1992 |
| Nurses | Peter Teller | 1991 |
| The Doctor | Eli | 1991 |
| The 45th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1991 |
| Babies | David | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Charlie Graham, George Costas | 1990 |
| Heat Wave | Art Berman | 1990 |
| Northern Exposure | Adam | 1990 |
| Ocean | Candido Amado | 1989 |
| Hard Time on Planet Earth | Harry Newcomb | 1989 |
| China Beach | Joe Arneburg | 1988 |
| Necessary Parties | Mr. Dunfee | 1988 |
| A Year in the Life | Jim Eisenberg | 1987 |
| A Year in the Life | Jim Eisenberg | 1986 |
| L.A. Law | Richard Kendall | 1986 |
| All Is Forgiven | Phil Douglas | 1986 |
| Tough Cookies | Danny Polchek | 1986 |
| MacGyver | Tony Parisio | 1985 |
| The Twilight Zone | Michael Wright (segment "A Matter of Minutes") | 1985 |
| The Fourth Wise Man | Joseph | 1985 |
| St. Elsewhere | Doug Zageck | 1982 |
| Teachers Only | Michael Dreyfuss | 1982 |
| Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | Charlie | 1981 |
| Full Moon High | Tony | 1981 |
| Under the Rainbow | Henry Hudson | 1981 |
| Knots Landing | Mark Baylor | 1979 |
| Sweepstakes | Joey | 1979 |
| Tom Edison: The Boy Who Lit Up the World | Cole Bogardis | 1979 |
| Pearl | Pvt. Billy Zylowski | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Alex Lambert, Jonathan Stevens | 1977 |
| Busting Loose | Lenny Markowitz | 1977 |
| Visions | Bernie Heller | 1976 |
| Baby Blue Marine | Rupe | 1976 |
| Match Game PM | Self - Panelist | 1975 |
| We'll Get By | Richard | 1975 |
| It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy | Ken Walters | 1974 |
| Barney Miller | Howard Smith | 1974 |
| Happy Days | Bo | 1974 |
| Match Game 73 | Himself - Panelist | 1973 |
| Harry O | Eric Kershaw | 1973 |
| Made for Each Other | Teenage Gig | 1971 |
| The Monitors | Boy in Monitors Commercial | 1969 |
| People Soup | Adam | 1969 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Alex Scofield | 1968 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Night Agent | 2023 |
| The Offer | 2022 |
| Rebel | 2021 |
| Next | 2020 |
| Tommy | 2020 |
| The Act | 2019 |
| Succession | 2018 |
| Get Shorty | 2017 |
| Santa Clarita Diet | 2017 |
| Billions | 2016 |
| Sneaky Pete | 2015 |
| Secrets and Lies | 2015 |
| Backstrom | 2015 |
| Extant | 2014 |
| Fargo | 2014 |
| Rake | 2014 |
| We Are Men | 2013 |
| Masters of Sex | 2013 |
| The Blacklist | 2013 |
| The Bridge | 2013 |
| The Americans | 2013 |
| The Mob Doctor | 2012 |
| Outlaw Country | 2012 |
| Longmire | 2012 |
| The Finder | 2012 |
| Breakout Kings | 2011 |
| The Chicago Code | 2011 |
| The Booth at the End | 2010 |
| Rizzoli & Isles | 2010 |
| Justified | 2010 |
| The Deep End | 2010 |
| Terriers | 2010 |
| Nurse Jackie | 2009 |
| Lie to Me | 2009 |
| Sons of Anarchy | 2008 |
| Life | 2007 |
| State of Mind | 2007 |
| The Riches | 2007 |
| Dirt | 2007 |
| Big Day | 2006 |
| The Closer | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2005 |
| Boston Legal | 2004 |
| Monk | 2002 |
| My Louisiana Sky | 2001 |
| Ally McBeal | 1997 |
| Chicago Hope | 1994 |
| Northern Exposure | 1990 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Rebel | 2021 |
| Get Shorty | 2017 |
| Secrets and Lies | 2015 |
| The Americans | 2013 |
| The Booth at the End | 2010 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2002 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1997 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1993 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
