Arian Moayed
| Arian Moayed | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 15, 1980 |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, director |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse(s) | Krissy Shields (present) |
| Children | 2 |
Arian Moayed (born April 15, 1980) is an Iranian-born American actor and theater producer. Moayed received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2011 for his performance as Musa in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.
Moayed was born in Iran. His father is a banker by profession. His parents left Iran following the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The family settled in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, when Moayed was five years old. 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 Anton Chekhov and William Shakespeare.
He and his wife, Krissy Shields, have two daughters, Olive Joon and Ivy Shireen.
Moayed moved to Manhattan following college. In 2002, Moayed and actor Tom Ridgely, who was Moayed's roommate at Indiana University, co-founded the Waterwell, an experimental, multimedia theater company in New York. Moayed and Ridgely have produced more than a dozen stage productions and shows since the theater was established. Moayed also works as Waterwell's artistic director.
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