Amir Arison

Amir Arison
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Born	(1978-03-24) March 24, 1978 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Education	Columbia University (BA)
Occupations	Actor director producer Detective
Years active	2003–present

Amir Arison (born March 24, 1978) is an American actor, best known for his work as FBI tech expert Aram Mojtabai on NBC’s The Blacklist for nine seasons.

Early life and education

Arison was born in Saint Louis, MO to father Ron Arison, a surgeon, and mother Zipora Arison, a psychiatrist. He has one older sibling.

Amir grew up in Fort Lauderdale from the age of 5, where he attended Pine Crest School from kindergarten through his senior year in high school.  With an early penchant for theatre, Arison received the school's Drama Club Award in the 6th grade, as well as the Founder’s Council Fine Arts Award in Acting his Senior year. Amir performed with the Fort Lauderdale-based professional improv group ComedySportz throughout  his junior and senior years.

He received his SAG card, debuting in a Sonic Drive-In commercial when he was 16.

He attended Columbia University, where he earned a BA in English.

Television

In addition to his role as Aram Mojtabai on NBC’s The Blacklist,  Arison’s television credits include recurring & guest starring roles on American Horror Story, Hulu’s Ramy, Law & Order: SVU,Showtime’s Billions, and Bull on CBS, NCIS, Homeland, Girls, Blue, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Warner Brothers' H+ , and many more.

Film

Arison’s film highlights include: 20 Weeks, Jane Wants a Boyfriend, Big Words, Tom McCarthy’s The Visitor,  Amy Heckerling's Vamps, Nia Vardalos' I Hate Valentine's Day, and Merry Friggin' Christmas.  

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Guiding Light	Armande	Episode: "2 December 2003"
2003	The Jury	Tariq Ahmed	Episode: "Lamentation on the Reservation"
2004	Law & Order	Adil Salim	Episode: "Paradigm"
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Lt. Sanjay	Episode: "Collective"
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Ghupta	Episode: "Parts"
2006	Hope & Faith	Phil Hobart	Episode: "The Big Shanowski"
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Tarek 'Rick' Agiza	Episode: "Depths"
2008	As the World Turns	FBI Agent	4 episodes
2008	Fringe	Dr. Bruce Miller	Episode: "Safe"
2009	NCIS	Prince Sayif Ibn Alwaan	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
2009–2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Manning	8 episodes
2010	Undercovers	Israeli Officer	Episode: "The Key to It All"
2010	In Security	—	TBS TV pilot
2011	State of Georgia	Trent Pierce	2 episodes
2011	Homeland	Prince Farid Bin Abbud	Episodes: "Grace", "Clean Skin"
2011	American Horror Story: Murder House	Joe Escandarian	Episode: "Open House"
2012	Gossip Girl	Officer Weiner	Episode: "Father and the Bride"
2012	True Justice	Abdul Hassan	2 episodes
2012	The Mentalist	Ryan Kasmir	Episode: "If It Bleeds, It Leads"
2012–2013	Dallas	Varun Rasmussen	2 episodes
2012–2013	H+	Dr. Gurveer	11 episodes
2013	Marvin Marvin	Mr. Buttsniffer	Episode: "Burger on a Bun"
2013	Pair of Kings	King Kunu	Episode: "Long Live the Kings Part II"
2013	Major Crimes	David Ahmed	Episode: "Under the Influence"
2013	Zero Hour	Theo Riley	6 episodes
2013	See Dad Run	Pete	Episode: "See Dad Runl Halloween"
2013	Once Upon a Time in Wonderland	The Sultan	Episode: "Bad Blood"
2013–present	The Blacklist	Aram Mojtabai	160 episodes
2014	Girls	Kevin Mimma	3 episodes
2019	Billions	Farhad	Episode: "Chucky Rhoades's Greatest Game"
2019	Ramy	Abdul Malek	1 Episode: "Saving Mikaela"
2019	Bull	ADA Roy Wilson	Episode: "Labor Days"

External links

• Amir Arison at IMDb
• Broadway Bio