Amir Arison stars as Aram Mojtabai on NBCs The Blacklist. Arisons notable recurring roles in television include HBOs Girls, the Emmy Award-winning Homeland, Zero Hour, Law & Order: SVU, Dallas and State of Georgia. Recent guest star appearances include American Horror Story, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Major Crimes, The Mentalist, NCIS, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Fringe, as well as Rodrigo Garcias hit web series Blue with Julia Stiles. Arison was also a series regular on Bryan Singers digital series H+ for Warner Bros. Arisons film credits include Jane Wants a Boyfriend, Before the Sun Explodes, Big Words, Merry Friggin Christmas with Robin Williams, Todays Special, Nia Vardalos I Hate Valentines Day, Tom McCarthys The Visitor, Amy Heckerlings Vamps and 20 Weeks, which had its world premiere at the LA Film Festival in 2017. On stage, Arison recently starred in the Waterwell production of Hamlet alongside Arian Moayed and Sherie Rene Scott. Additional New York theater highlights include The Muscles in Our Toes (off-Broadway, Labyrinth), Aftermath (NYTW, Drama League Nominee), Christopher Durangs Why Torture Is Wrong (The Public Theatre), Charles Mees Queens Boulevard (Signature), A Very Common Procedure (MCC), Modern Orthodox, Omnium Gatherum (Pulitzer Finalist), Candy and Dorothy and A First Class Man. Internationally, Arison starred in Loves Labours Lost (RSCs Complete Works Festival). Notable regional credits include the Shakespeare Theatre, the Huntington, Yale Repertory, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf, the Lyric, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, Shakespeare Theatre of St. Louis, Olney Theatre Center, and the Dorset Theatre Festival. Arison has directed theater projects in New York and Los Angeles for IAMA Theater Company, Circle X and Mind the Gap, among others. He produced and directed the award-winning short film Fortress. |
