---
name: "Kevin Arkadie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-arkadie"
fi1m_id: "kevin-arkadie"
imdb_id: "nm0035024"
tmdb_id: 171291
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 December 1957"
died: "17 December 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T07:03:11.670927+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."
---

# Kevin Arkadie

## Identity

Kevin Arkadie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-arkadie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kevin-arkadie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0035024
- **TMDB ID:** 171291
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/171291

Writer. Born 10 December 1957 in USA. Died 17 December 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 December 1957, USA
- **Died:** 17 December 2025
- **Active:** 1990–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Paris Barclay](https://film.one/person/paris-barclay.md), [Bethany Rooney](https://film.one/person/bethany-rooney.md), [Charles H. Eglee](https://film.one/person/charles-h-eglee.md), [Clark Johnson](https://film.one/person/clark-johnson.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [David Shore](https://film.one/person/david-shore.md), [Davis Guggenheim](https://film.one/person/davis-guggenheim.md), [Dean White](https://film.one/person/dean-white.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (2), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/171291

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Shield*](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) (84)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Kevin Arkadie was an American television writer and producer. Born on 10 December 1957 in Washington, D.C., he earned a BFA in acting from Southern Methodist University and began his television career as a staff writer on the NBC series *I'll Fly Away* in the early 1990s.

He co-created the Fox police drama *New York Undercover* (1994–1999) with Dick Wolf and wrote episodes of series including *Law & Order*, *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman*, *NYPD Blue* and *The Shield* (2002), on which he also served as co-executive producer. He wrote the teleplay for the 1998 miniseries *The Temptations* and received two Primetime Emmy nominations for producing *Chicago Hope* and *NYPD Blue*. Arkadie won a Writers Guild of America Award for his work on the 2005 miniseries *Miracle's Boys*.

He died on 17 December 2025 in Los Angeles, aged 68.

*Sources: imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, theshield.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Teleplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Miracle's Boys* (2005), series, Writer
- *The Shield* (2002), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *The Temptations* (1998), series, Teleplay
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, Producer
- *The Vernon Johns Story* (1994), Teleplay, Story
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Story, Teleplay, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, Writer
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

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