Arian Moayed is an Iranian-born, Emmy and Tony-nominated actor, and co-founder of Waterwell.
Through Waterwell, productions include The Ford / Hill Project, A Good Day To Me, 7 Minutes, The Courtroom, The Flores Exhibits, Hamlet, Blueprint Specials, Fleet Week Follies, Goodbar, The Persians, and many more. Waterwell actively works alongside community organizations like the American Immigration Council, Council on Foreign Relations, Blue Star Families, Welcome Corps, Iranian American Women Foundation, Labornotes, Documented, and dozens more in numerous local and national communities.
As a writer/director, Arian has created the Emmy-nominated thriller, The Accidental Wolf, and wrote The Courtroom, after the critically acclaimed Waterwell performances inside New York City courtrooms. Current creative film projects include Brother Love, This Country, 28 Mordad, The Great Fire of ‘33, a film adaptation of The Man in Red, and an autobiography about his family’s escape from Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Notable acting credits: A Doll’s House (Tony nomination, opposite Jessica Chastain), Broadway's The Humans (Drama Desk Award), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Tony nomination, opposite Robin Williams), Guards at the Taj (Obie Award), Succession (2 Emmy nominations), Love Life (NAACP nomination), Spiderman: No Way Home (Marvel), Inventing Anna (Netflix), You Hurt My Feelings (A24), House of Spoils (Blumhouse), Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth (upcoming), and Shell (upcoming). Arian plays Agent Cleary in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Arian has taught in the NYC public school system for nearly two decades, including courses called “Artist as Citizen.”
