1. Arian Moayed is an Iranian-American actor, screenwriter, and director.
10 Facts About Arian Moayed
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The family settled in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, when Arian Moayed was five years old.
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Arian Moayed then received a bachelor's degree from Indiana University in 2002.
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Arian Moayed portrayed the character of Musa in Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, where Moayed appeared opposite Robin Williams.
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Arian Moayed received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Musa at the 65th Tony Awards in 2011.
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Arian Moayed received a Drama League Award nomination for Distinguished Performance and received a Theater World Award.
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In 2017, Arian Moayed starred as Richard Saad in Stephen Karam's The Humans, which performed at the Roundabout Theater off-Broadway, Helen Hayes Theater and Gerald Schoenfeld Theater on Broadway as well as the Hampstead Theater in London, United Kingdom.
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From 2018 to 2023, Arian Moayed starred as Stewy Hosseini in HBO's Succession, for which he received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2022 and 2023.
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Also with Waterwell, Arian Moayed produced a forgotten war musical called Blueprint Specials, produced on board of the Intrepid with a cast of veterans.
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In October 2023, Arian Moayed signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States, calling for a ceasefire of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in response to the October 7th terror attack.