Iranian-born, Award-winning actor Arian Moayed is a Tony nominated, Award winning actor and is the co-Founder of WATERWELL, as well as a Partner at the for-profit Waterwell Films.
Moayed is well-known for his portrayal as Stewy in HBO’s “Succession,” now in its third season. He was also recently seen in the sophomore season of HBO Max’s “Love Life.”
As part of Waterwell Films, Moayed wrote and directed the digital series ”Accidental Wolf,” which was acquired by Topic Studios (Spencer, 100 Foot Wave, Spotlight). The Emmy-nominated short form thriller will have its second season premiere on December 30th.
In February 2021, he will be seen in Netflix and Shonda Rhimes’ ”Inventing Anna.” The series follows a journalist as she investigates New York scammer Anna Delvey. He will be starring as the male lead, Todd, Delvey’s lawyer.
Moayed co-founded Waterwell in 2002 along with Tom Ridgely. Waterwell is a civic-minded theater company that inspires audience through education. Recent Waterwell productions include The Courtroom, a reenactment of deportation proceedings in active legal spaces, The Flores Exhibits, a series of videos in which artists, lawyers, advocates, and immigrants read the sworn testimonies of children held in detention facilities at the U.S./Mexico border, dual-language Hamlet, as well as the Fleet Week Follies. The Fleet Week Follies is an annual festival of music, food, and kid-friendly activities, free to military service members and their families.
The Waterwell Drama Program, provide over 250 students per year with world-class arts training and education in advocacy at the Professional Performing Arts School, all free of charge. The company’s special blend of music, theater and social dialogue has been nominated for three IT awards, a Drama Desk, a New York Magazine Culture Award and Village Voice Best of NYC.
Additional credits include, The Humans (Drama Desk Award), Guards at the Taj (Obie Award), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Tony nomination), Emmy Winning Succession (HBO), and a Song for a Sloth (Gravitas Ventures) a live-action comedy.
He was born in Iran and moved to Chicago when he was 5 years old.
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