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Adam Arkin
0 FOLLOWERS • 83 CREDITS • AUG 19, 1956 • 67
Biography
Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American actor and director. His father is Oscar Award-winning actor Alan Arkin and his brother is actor Matthew Arkin. He 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).
Known For
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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L.A. Law
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The Closer
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MADtv
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The Practice
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Hawaii Five-O
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The West Wing
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Knots Landing
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St. Elsewhere
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Masters of Sex
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m9zTQr4TYS98UFSiA1k0mMfECPe.jpg)
Law & Order
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MacGyver
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Boston Legal
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The Newsroom
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How to Get Away with Murder
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Frasier
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Sons of Anarchy
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Happy Days
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The Love Boat
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Modern Family
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Late Night with David Letterman
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The Act
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8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter
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The Twilight Zone
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Perversions of Science
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The Bridge
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Fargo
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Big Shot
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China Beach
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Northern Exposure
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Monk
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Justified
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Jessica Novak
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The Carmichael Show
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The Daily Show
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Halloween: Resurrection
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Hard Time on Planet Earth
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Teachers Only
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Tough Cookies
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4zTDeRJxdMqH3Si2fIZjQi44k17.jpg)
Life
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The War
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Hitch
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Busting Loose
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Mission
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Prohibition
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Chicago Hope
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Big Wave Dave's
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
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A Year in the Life
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
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A Year in the Life
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1InMm4Mbjx8wCKvIy5gglo5i3HN.jpg)
Pig
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Baby Bob
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All is Forgiven
Production Credits
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Succession
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Masters of Sex
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Northern Exposure
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dNrk52Rt13MxwahLneTZJezM6qD.jpg)
Sugar
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Fargo
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Terriers
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The Bridge
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The Closer
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The Chicago Code
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eQyJoKFGUTlytx9f2zNjqmMOR82.jpg)
Boston Legal
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w1UBlxEXhbKe8sp0fxFZh7MqTce.jpg)
The Americans
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Extant
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The Blacklist
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Santa Clarita Diet
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Chicago Hope
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Justified
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The Night Agent
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Dirt
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The Act
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Rizzoli & Isles
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4zTDeRJxdMqH3Si2fIZjQi44k17.jpg)
Life
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3axGMbUecXXOPSeG47v2i9wK5y5.jpg)
Monk
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/c8eyL7xBTVZeeqb9oDEADqHlNc2.jpg)
The Riches
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We Are Men
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The Offer
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Lie to Me
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Billions
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Sons of Anarchy
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Grey's Anatomy
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