Directed credits
40
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Adam Arkin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 36All crew credits: 43
TMDB ID: 55257
IMDb ID: nm0035060
Known for: Acting
Born: August 19, 1956
Age: 69
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1968 - 2025
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 7.09
Wikidata: Q340213
Also known as
آدام آرکین
Frequent jobs
Director (40)Co-Executive Producer (1)Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)
Biography
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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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Adam Arkin.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Adam Arkin.
7.7
The Night Agent
Director • 6 eps
2023 Series
7.5
Poker Face
Director • 2 eps
2023 Series
8.0
The Offer
Director • 4 eps
2022 Series
7.6
The Act
Director • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.3
Succession
Director • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.4
Santa Clarita Diet
Director • 2 eps
2017 Series
7.7
Billions
Director • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.5
Sneaky Pete
Director • 2 eps
2015 Series
7.4
Secrets and Lies
Director • 2 eps
2015 Series
6.3
Extant
Director • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Fargo
Director • 2 eps
2014 Series
5.5
We Are Men
Director • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.1
Masters of Sex
Director • 5 eps
2013 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
Director • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.6
The Bridge
Director • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.9
The Americans
Director • 3 eps
2013 Series
7.1
The Finder
Director • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.7
The Booth at the End
Director • 5 eps
2011 Series
7.6
The Chicago Code
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.0
Terriers
Director • 2 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Rizzoli & Isles
Director • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.0
Justified
Director • 7 eps
2010 Series
6.0
The Deep End
Director • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Lie to Me
Director • 1 eps
2009 Series
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Adam Arkin.
8.4
Sons of Anarchy
Director • 4 eps
2008 Series
8.3
Fargo
Director • 2 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Succession
Director • 2 eps
2018 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Stanley Keyworth • 4 eps
1999 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
Director • 2 eps
2005 Series
8.1
The Newsroom
as Adam Roth • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.0
Justified
Director • 7 eps
2010 Series
8.0
The Offer
Director • 4 eps
2022 Series
8.0
Terriers
Director • 2 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Monk
Director • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Julius Adler • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Big Shot
as Sam • 3 eps
2021 Series
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Adam Arkin.
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
Director • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Julius Adler • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as George Costas • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
Director • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.9
Modern Family
as Reece • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.3
Fargo
Director • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.9
Monk
Director • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Stanley Keyworth • 4 eps
1999 Series
7.7
Frasier
as Tom • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.4
Sons of Anarchy
Director • 4 eps
2008 Series
7.9
The Closer
Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Adam Arkin.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Adam Arkin.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Adam Arkin.
Transplant
as Dr. Robinson
2024 Movie
6.6
Pig
as Darius
2021 Movie
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
as Self
2016 Movie
4.5
10 Cent Pistol
as Nir Zir
2014 Movie
5.0
In Security
as Broomhall
2014 Movie
6.9
The Sessions
as Josh
2012 Movie
5.3
Just Peck
as Michael Peck
2011 Movie
4.7
Summer Eleven
2010 Movie
4.4
Tell-Tale
as Husband
2010 Movie
6.7
A Serious Man
as Divorce Lawyer
2009 Movie
5.7
Graduation
as Dean Deeley
2007 Movie
6.3
Murder on Pleasant Drive
as John Smith
2006 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Adam Arkin.
5.6
The American Revolution
as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice) • 6 eps
2025 Series
7.1
The American Buffalo
as (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.5
Poker Face
as Mark Getzler • 1 eps
2023 Series
8.3
The U.S. and the Holocaust
as (voice) • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.9
Big Shot
as Sam • 3 eps
2021 Series
7.2
Rebel
as Mark Duncan • 7 eps
2021 Series
7.6
The Act
as Detective • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.2
The Carmichael Show
as Grant • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.8
How to Get Away with Murder
as Wallace Mahoney • 4 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Fargo
as Hamish Boker • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.1
Masters of Sex
as Shep Tally • 3 eps
2013 Series
6.6
The Bridge
as Federal Investigator • 3 eps
2013 Series