1. Ari'el Stachel was born on July 29,1991 and is an American actor.
11 Facts About Ari'el Stachel
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Ari'el Stachel won the 2018 Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in The Band's Visit.
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Ari'el Stachel's father, Aaron Yeshayahu, the son of Yemenite Jewish immigrants, was born and raised in Israel; his mother, Laura Stachel, is an Ashkenazi Jew from New York.
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Ari'el Stachel's parents divorced when he was young, and he chose to use his mother's last name in part to avoid being associated with his father's Middle Eastern background.
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Ari'el Stachel had his first role in a school musical at age 15, after which he left Berkeley High School to attend the Oakland School for the Arts.
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Ari'el Stachel went on to study drama at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
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Ari'el Stachel auditioned seven times over nine months before landing the role, for which he received Lortel Award and Drama Desk Award nominations before winning the Tony Award.
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Ari'el Stachel appeared 2021 film Zola as Sean, the title character's fiance.
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In 2020, Ari'el Stachel was set to appear in a starring role alongside David Hyde Pierce in The Public Theater's new musical adaptation of the 2007 film The Visitor.
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Ari'el Stachel, who is of Yemeni and Ashkenazi Jewish descent, was cast to play the character of Tarek, an undocumented Syrian refugee.
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Ari'el Stachel is in a relationship with KiKi Layne, whom he met on the set of Don't Worry Darling in the fall of 2020.