
Actor
Adam Rifkin
Born 1966 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Adam Rifkin sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. Rifkin is claimed to belong to a rare breed of film directors that transited from public access television to Hollywood. Adam Rifkin is a writer/director/producer/actor whose eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult classics to dark and gritty urban dramas. Rifkin is best known in Hollywood circles for writing family-friendly comedies like Mousehunt and 2007's Underdog. Most recently Rifkin wrote, executive produced and directed all 11 episodes of Look for Showtime. Based on his award winning film of the same name, LOOK is a drama that takes the viewer into the foreboding world of hidden cameras. Armed with the knowledge that Americans are captured on surveillance cameras more than 300 times a day, the topical series, like the film, tells its story exclusively through the eyes of the security cameras, web cams, and cell phone cameras Americans live in front of everyday, bringing to light the realities of what it means to be watched in a camera consumed culture.
Directed

Detroit Rock City
Director · 1999

The Chase
Director · 1994

The Last Movie Star
Director · 2018

Chillerama
Director · 2011

Director's Cut
Director · 2016

The Dark Backward
Director · 1991

Giuseppe Makes a Movie
Director · 2014

Look
Director · 2007

Psycho Cop Returns
Director · 1993

The Invisible Maniac
Director · 1990

Bone Chillers
Director · 1996
A Pseudo-Intellectual Film
Director
Shuffle Shuffle Step Step
Director
Untitled Man Goes To Work
Director
Canned Rabbi And Other Shorts
Director
Untitled Film Ephemera Montage
Director
War Is A 4 Letter Word
Director
Pork And Beans And Other Shorts
Director
Acting

Sixteen Candles
Head Nerd (uncredited) · 1984

Detroit Rock City
It's Raining Men Billboard Model (uncredited) · 1999

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
Self · 2016

Chillerama
Miles Munson (segment "Wadzilla") · 2011

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
Self · 2017

Tales from the Script
Self · 2009

Director's Cut
Adam Rifkin · 2016

The Dark Backward
Rufus Bing · 1991

Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
Self · 2001

I Am Burt Reynolds
Self - Interviewee · 2020

Psycho Cop Returns
Man with Video Camera · 1993

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Self · 2020

Susan's Plan
Gambler #1 · 1998

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Self · 2020

Sharksploitation
Self · 2024

Homo Erectus
Ishbo · 2007

Disturbed
Gary · 1990

Denial
Reuben · 1998

Shooting the Warwicks
Mickey Wagner · 2015

The Flesh Merchant
Man in Bondage Room · 1993

Never on Tuesday
William (uncredited) · 1989

Welcome to Hollywood
Adam Rifkin · 2000

Going Overboard
Croaker / Miss Spain · 1989

Last Dance
Mark · 1992
Writing

Small Soldiers
Screenplay · 1998

MouseHunt
Screenplay · 1997

Underdog
Novel · 2007

The Chase
Screenplay · 1994

Zoom
Screenplay · 2006

The Last Movie Star
Writer · 2018

Chillerama
Writer · 2011

Knucklehead
Writer · 2010

BFFs
Writer · 2025

The Dark Backward
Writer · 1991

Giuseppe Makes a Movie
Writer · 2014

Look
Writer · 2007