Arian Moayed: Arian Moayed. Actor: Succession. Arian Moayed is an Iranian-American actor, writer, and director. Moayed received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo and also starred in the Tony Award-winning The Humans. Moayed gained prominence for his role as Stewy Hosseini in HBO's Succession, and later as Todd Spodek in Netflix's Inventing Anna.