Arian Moayed is an Iranian-born Emmy and Tony Award nominated actor, writer, and director and the co-founder of Waterwell, as well as a partner at the for-profit Waterwell Films. Moayed received an Emmy nomination for his work as Stewy in the HBO series Succession. Additional television credits include Inventing Anna, Love Life, and Ms. Marvel. As part of Waterwell Films, Moayed wrote and directed the digital series The Accidental Wolf. The thriller has three seasons currently streaming on Topic (from First Look Media). On the big screen, A24’s You Hurt My Feelings will be premiering at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and he recently completed House of Spoils for Blumhouse opposite Ariana DeBose. Additional credits include Spiderman: No Way Home, Song for a Sloth as well as The Courtroom which he wrote and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and produced by Waterwell. Moayed co-founded Waterwell in 2002 along with Tom Ridgely. Waterwell is a civic-minded theater company that inspires audience through education. 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. Addition theater credits include, The Humans (Drama Desk Award), Guards at the Taj (Obie Award), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Tony nomination). Arian was born in Iran and moved to Chicago when he was 5 years old.
