Adam Arkin

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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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2026
American Hostage
TV show Director
2025
The American Revolution
TV show James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
2024
Transplant
Movie Dr. Robinson
2024
Sugar
TV show Co-Executive Producer
2023
The American Buffalo
TV show (voice)
2023
The Night Agent
TV show Director
2023
Poker Face
TV show Mark Getzler
2022
The U.S. and the Holocaust
TV show Self (voice)
2022
The Offer
TV show Director
2021
Pig
Movie Darius
2021
Big Shot
TV show Sam
2021
Rebel
TV show Mark Duncan
2019
The Act
TV show Detective
2018
Succession
TV show Director
2017
Get Shorty
TV show Executive Producer
2017
Santa Clarita Diet
TV show Director