Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdayAug 19, 1956
BiographyAdam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) 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 (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). 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.

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Known For

A Year in the Life
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A Year in the Life

as Jim Eisenberg
Baby Bob
Ended

Baby Bob

as Walter Spencer
Big Wave Dave's
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Big Wave Dave's

as Marshall Fisher
Busting Loose
Ended

Busting Loose

as Lenny Markowitz
Chicago Hope
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Chicago Hope

as Dr. Aaron Shutt
Life
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Life

as Ted Earley
Prohibition
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Prohibition

as Voice Over
Tough Cookies
Ended

Tough Cookies

as Danny Polchek

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Sugar
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Sugar

as Co-Executive Producer
Poker Face
To Be Determined

Poker Face

as Executive Producer
Get Shorty
Ended

Get Shorty

as Co-Executive Producer
Rebel
Ended

Rebel

as Executive Producer

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