Amir Arison is best known for his work on nine seasons of the NBC/Sony/Netflix international hit series The Blacklist as fan favorite ‘Aram Mojtabai’. In 2022, Amir starred as the lead role ‘Amir’ in The Kite Runner on Broadway, for which he won the 2023 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Performance in a Broadway Debut.
Select TV credits include recurring & guest appearances on American Horror Story, Ramy, Billions, Law & Order: SVU, Bull, Homeland, Girls, as well as many others including HULU’s ‘The Dropout’. On film, he starred in the indie drama ‘20 Weeks’ and has been seen in Tom McCarthy’s ‘The Visitor’, Nia Vardalos’ ‘I Hate Valentines Day’, Amy Heckerling’s ‘VAMPS’, ‘Jane Wants a Boyfriend’, ‘Big Words’, among others. Currently Amir has been starring in a satirical Butterfinger commercial campaign running for the past four years.
On stage, he’s performed in New York, around the country, and internationally with world premieres at New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theatre, The Signature, MCC, LAByrinth, Waterwell, Yale Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington, The Shakespeare Theatre, the RSC & more.
Amir is the Emmy Award winning host of the NBC/Telemundo special “Clear The Shelters” helping 161,000 rescue pets nationwide get adopted. He recently sold, is executive producing, and hosting his own talk show ‘The Reel Ones with Amir Arison’ for Reach TV and Lightbeam TV. Amir is also the award winning director of ‘Fortress’ and Angelight Films’ ‘Tati’s Fashion Show’. He is currently between filming the Apple TV Limited Series “Sinking Spring” from Ridley Scott & Peter Craig.
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