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Acting

Adam Arkin

Career: Active from 1974 to 2026, busiest in 2010 and 2013 with 5 main titles each.

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 105 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Adam Arkin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.3, average 1.7
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8
Wonder
2.6, average 3.4
Scare
1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Moral Ambiguity 5
Atmospheric Tension 4
Gritty Realism 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Dark Comedy 3
Social Commentary 3
Ensemble Cast 3
Medical Drama 3
Character Study 3
Found Family 3
Psychological Depth 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

114

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 76

The American Revolution

76

TV show · as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)

Transplant

as Dr. Robinson

Poker Face

81

TV show · as Mark Getzler

The American Buffalo

86

TV show · as (voice)

Pig

80

as Darius

Big Shot

75

TV show · as Sam

Rebel

59

TV show · as Mark Duncan

2010s

17 titles · average score 67

The Act

80

TV show · as Detective

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Director

Fargo

86

TV show · as Hamish Boker / Hamish Broker

How to Get Away with Murder

79

TV show · as Wallace Mahoney

In Security

42

as Broomhall

Masters of Sex

80

TV show · as Shep Tally

The Bridge

78

TV show · as Federal Investigator

Outlaw Country

58

Director

The Sessions

79

as Josh

Prohibition

82

TV show · as Reader (voice)

Justified

89

TV show · as Theo Tonin

Tell-Tale

54

as Husband

2000s

30 titles · average score 65

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

82

TV show

Modern Family

85

TV show · as Reece

Sons of Anarchy

79

TV show · as Ethan Zobelle

Life

70

TV show · as Ted Earley

The Closer

77

TV show · as Scott Esposito / Steven Hirschbaum

Hitch

63

as Max

Boston Legal

80

TV show · as A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer

Monk

82

TV show · as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck

Roughing It

62

as Henry

Baby Bob

68

TV show · as Walter Spencer

Roughing It

70

TV show · as Henry

My Louisiana Sky

63

Director

1990s

26 titles · average score 68

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Dr. Julius Adler

A Slight Case of Murder

66

as Detective Fred Stapelli

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Stanley Keyworth

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

55

as Will Brennan

With Friends Like These

46

as Steve Hersh

Thirst

48

as Bob Miller

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

54

as Agent Gabriel Valentino

Chicago Hope

73

TV show · as Aaron Shutt

Frasier

85

TV show · as Tom

The Doctor

75

as Eli

Northern Exposure

82

TV show · as Adam

Law & Order

74

TV show · as George Costas

1980s

20 titles · average score 67

Hard Time on Planet Earth

68

TV show · as Harry Newcomb

China Beach

77

TV show

A Year in the Life

79

TV show · as Jim Eisenberg

A Year in the Life

89

TV show · as Jim Eisenberg

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Richard Kendall

TV show

MacGyver

77

TV show · as Tony Parisio

The Twilight Zone

79

TV show · as (segment "A Matter of Minutes")

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Doug Zageck

Full Moon High

43

as Tony

Improper Channels

Writer

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

46

as Charlie

1970s

12 titles · average score 62

Knots Landing

77

TV show · as Mark Baylor

TV show · as Joey

Pearl

62

TV show · as Pvt. Billy Zylowski

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Alex Lambert / Jonathan Stevens

TV show

Baby Blue Marine

56

as Rupe

Barney Miller

52

TV show · as Howard Smith

All Together Now

as Jerry

Happy Days

78

TV show

Harry O

64

TV show

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

as Ken Walters

Made For Each Other

59

as Teenage Gig

1960s

2 titles · average score 47

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Alex Scofield

The Monitors

45

as Boy in Monitors Commercial