---
name: "Daniel Arkin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-arkin"
fi1m_id: "daniel-arkin"
imdb_id: "nm1064117"
tmdb_id: 1214632
wikidata_id: "Q5216430"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T04:42:45.072715+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Daniel Arkin

## Identity

Daniel Arkin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-arkin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-arkin
- **IMDb ID:** nm1064117
- **TMDB ID:** 1214632
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5216430
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Arkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5216430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1064117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214632

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1993–2014
- **Frequently works with:** [Cherie Nowlan](https://film.one/person/cherie-nowlan.md), [James Whitmore Jr.](https://film.one/person/james-whitmore-jr.md), [Jeffrey Bell](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-bell.md), [Karen Gaviola](https://film.one/person/karen-gaviola.md), [Kevin Hooks](https://film.one/person/kevin-hooks.md), [Stephen Surjik](https://film.one/person/stephen-surjik.md), [Thomas J. Wright](https://film.one/person/thomas-j-wright.md), [Tucker Gates](https://film.one/person/tucker-gates.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Arkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5216430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1064117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214632

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84), [*Alias*](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Daniel Arkin is an American television writer and producer. He wrote episodes of *The X-Files* (1999–2000), *Alias* (2001–2002), *Suits* (2012–2018), *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2010–2011) and other series.

Arkin co-created *Pearson* (2019) with Aaron Korsh and served as its showrunner. He has also worked as a producer on *Alias*, *Suits* and *Chicago P.D.* (2020–2021). He received an Annie Award nomination for writing on *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Pearson* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Station 19* (2018), series, Writer
- *Dunkirk* (2017), Visual Effects Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *The Accountant* (2016), Visual Effects Editor
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Suits* (2011), series, Writer
- *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008), series, Writer
- *90210* (2008), series, Writer
- *Hidden Palms* (2007), series, Writer
- *Kyle XY* (2006), series, Writer
- *Medical Investigation* (2004), series, Writer
- *Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed* (2004), Visual Effects Editor
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, Writer
- *Alias* (2001), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *The Agency* (2001), series, Writer
- *The Others* (2000), series, Writer
- *The Arrival* (1996), Visual Effects Editor
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/daniel-arkin