Amir Arison

Amir Arison is an American actor born on March 24, 1978, in St. Louis, Missouri, who built a career across television, film, and stage. He grew up in Fort Lauderdale from the age of five, where he attended Pine Crest School. During his time there, he received the school's Drama Club Award in the sixth grade and the Founder's Council Fine Arts Award in Acting in his senior year. He also performed with ComedySportz, a Fort Lauderdale-based professional improv group, throughout his junior and senior years of high school. At sixteen, he earned his SAG card appearing in a Sonic Drive-In commercial. He went on to attend Columbia University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English. His father, Ron Arison, is a surgeon, and his mother, Zipora Kittman, is a psychiatrist. He has one older sibling, Maya.

Arison is widely recognized for portraying FBI tech expert Aram Mojtabai on NBC's The Blacklist across ten seasons from 2013 to 2023. Beyond acting, he produced and directed the 2016 short film Fortress, written by Anna Ziegler, as well as Tati's Fashion Show for Angelight Films. In 2018, he received the MIFF's Mendez Award, given to entertainment industry professionals who give back to their communities. He was also a recipient of the 2022 NY SJFF Pomegranate Award for Career Achievement in Acting. In 2023, he received an Emmy Award for hosting NBC/Telemundo's Clear the Shelters campaign, which resulted in 161,000 animals being adopted.

Arison made his Broadway debut in 2022 in The Kite Runner, for which he received the 2023 Theatre World Award for outstanding Broadway debut. His community and industry involvement has included work with organizations such as YoungArts, United Arts Partnership, the NBC Director's Diversity Showcase, Pace University, The Acting Collective, Broadway for All, The Watson Institute, Broadway Workshop, Hole-in-the-Wall-Gang-Camp, and Angelight Films.