Arian Moayed

Arian Moayed (; born April 15, 1980) is an Iranian actor, screenwriter, and director. Moayed received two Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performances as an Iraqi gardener in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo and a domineering husband in A Doll's House (2023), and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his role as slimy private equity investor Stewy Hosseini in HBO's Succession.

Moayed portrayed Todd Spodek in Netflix's Inventing Anna and Agent P. Cleary in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel (2022) and Wonder Man (2026).

Early life Arian Moayed was born in Tehran, Iran. His father is a banker by profession. His parents emigrated from Iran in 1986. The family settled in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, when Moayed was five years old. He grew up in a family that he has described as "Muslim, practicing Muslims." He speaks Persian.

Moayed graduated from Glenbrook South High School in 1998. He then received a bachelor's degree from Indiana University in 2002. During college, he appeared in plays by Samuel Beckett, Carlo Goldoni and William Shakespeare.

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 as well as the Hampstead Theater in London. The production, directed by Joe Mantello and produced by Scott Rudin, won a Tony Award for Best Play at the 70th Tony Awards, and garnered Moayed a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble.

From 2018 to 2023, 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.

Waterwell Waterwell focuses on socially conscious and civic minded approach to theater, education, and film. Waterwell mission states, "empower its audience to change their lives and the world in which they live."

As the co-founder of Waterwell, Moayed has helped devise over a dozen original productions including most recently a dual-language Hamlet (played the title role) to critical acclaim. Also with Waterwell, Moayed produced a forgotten war musical called Blueprint Specials, produced on board of the Intrepid with a cast of veterans.

With Waterwell Films, he has written and directed the Emmy nominated and Webby nominated The Accidental Wolf, a premium short form series starring Kelli O'Hara, Laurie Metcalf, Denis O'Hare, Brandon Dirden, Ben McKenzie, Judith Ivey, Reed Birney, Marsha Stephanie Blake and a cast of over 70 Tony nominees on its own platform, theaccidentalwolf.com.

Personal life Moayed lives in New York City with his wife, Krissy Shields, and two daughters. In September 2025, he signed an open pledge with Film Workers for Palestine pledging not to work with Israeli film institutions "that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people".

Acting credits Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 Phileine Says SorryTaxichauffeur 2 2007 ArrangedAhmed Khaldi 2008 The ChristiansDarmon 2011 RoadieIrfan 2014 Appropriate BehaviorAli RosewaterHamid Saint JanetDr. Apte 2015 The Rumperbutts Gavin Rock the Kasbah Riza 2019 Abe Amir 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home Agent P. Cleary 2023 You Hurt My Feelings Mark Retribution Sylvain 2024 Shell Dr. Hubert House of Spoils Andres 2025 Fountain of Youth Inspector Jamal Abbas 2026 Post-production

Television

Theatre

Accolades +Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award Year Category Nominated work Result Drama Desk Awards 2008 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Masked 2016 Outstanding Ensemble Performance The Humans 2023 Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play A Doll's House Drama League Award 2023 Distinguished Performance Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2023 Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series Succession Online Film & Television Association Awards 2022 Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Awards 2022 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards 2024 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Tony Awards 2011 Best Featured Actor in a Play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo 2023 A Doll's House