EXCLUSIVE: Succession‘s Arian Moayed will feature prominently in Wonder Man, the new series from Marvel Television that’s set to premiere on Disney+ in December, Deadline has learned.
Moayed reprises his role from 2021’s Spiderman: No Way Home, where he played Agent Cleary, a high-ranking agent from the government agency known as the Department of Damage Control, who’s responsible for dealing with the aftermath of events caused by superpowered individuals. The Tom Holland film found Cleary looking into the events surrounding Spider-Man’s identity being publicly revealed. Moayed previously reprised the role in Ms. Marvel, the series released to Disney+ in 2022.
Billed as a love letter to filmmaking, acting, and Hollywood itself, Wonder Man follows Hollywood actor Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) as he’s thrust into the world of superheroes, getting powers of his own, and becoming the superhero known as Wonder Man. Sir Ben Kingsley also reprises in the role of Trevor Slattery.
The series was created by director Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi, Spider-Man: Brand New Day) with head writer Andrew Guest (Hawkeye). Cretton also directed multiple episodes.
An Emmy and Tony-nominated actor perhaps best known for his role of Stewy Hosseini on HBO’s Succession, Moayed has also appeared in projects like Love Life, Inventing Anna, You Hurt My Feelings, House of Spoils, and Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth. Soon to be seen recurring in the second season of Netflix’s hit romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This, he is represented by Kipperman Management, UTA, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
