Arian Moayed is the Iranian-American actor on the stage and screen who was Tony-nominated for his performance as Musa in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.
He reserved regular roles on the TV shows Madam Secretary and Succession. Arian Moayed was born on April 15, 1980, in Iran, and he was cast alongside Mark Margolis in the 2018 film Abe. He left Iran with his parents following the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
He settled in Glenview, Chicago, Illinois, along with his parents. He graduated from Indiana University in 2002.
Moayed graduated from Glenbrook South High School in 1998, and he then received a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in 2002. During college, he appeared in plays by Samuel Beckett, Carlos Goldoni, and William Shakespeare.
Moayed moved to Manhattan after college. In 2002, Moayed and director Tom Ridgely, Moayed’s roommate at Indiana University, co-founded the Waterwell, a theater, education, and film company based out of New York. Waterwell has produced more than a dozen stage productions and shows since the theater was established.
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As a writer/director, Moayed wrote and directed his first short, Overdue, which premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival and was released on The Business of Being Born website. His second film, Day Ten, stars Omar Metwally and is about the days after September 11, 2001, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.
He depicted the character of Musa in Rajiv Joseph’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, where Moayed appeared opposite Robin Williams.
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. He also received a Drama League Award nomination and received a Theater World Award.
He wrote and directed a 2012 short film called Overdue. His second short was called Day ten.
Ranked on the list of most popular Stage actors. Also ranked in the elite list of celebrities born in Iran.
In 2016, he starred as Babur, one of two characters in Guards at the Taj, a play written by Rajiv Joseph, alongside Omar Metwally as Humayun. He received a 2016 Obie Award presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Village Voice for his performance.
In 2017, 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, and the Hampstead Theater in London, United Kingdom.
The production was directed by Joe Mantello and produced by Scott Rudin and garnered Moayed a Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, and a Tony Award for Best Play.
In 2018, Moayed starred as Stewy Hosseini in HBO’s Succession.
According to some sources, Arian Moayed married Krissy Shields. As of December 2021, Arian Moayed is not dating anyone.
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