Ari Stidham

Stidham was born on August 22, 1992,{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 22, 2022 includes celebrities Tori Amos, Kristen Wiig |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-22-2022-includes-celebrities-tori-amos-kristen-wiig.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=21 August 2023 |date=22 August 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/celebrity-birthdays-week-aug-16-22-72279861 |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 16-22 |work=ABC News |date=August 10, 2020 |accessdate=July 17, 2021}} to a Sephardic Jewish father and an Ashkenazi Jewish mother, and grew up in Westlake Village, California. His maternal grandparents were from Russia, and his paternal grandparents were from Morocco and the United States. He was raised in an observant Reform Jewish home, and he attended the Center for Early Jewish Education in Thousand Oaks. He does not identify as religiously Jewish, but he identifies as culturally Jewish.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribejournal.com/features/2014/12/tv-stardom-adds-up-for-young-genius-of-scorpion/|title=TV stardom adds up for young genius of 'Scorpion'|last=Miller|first=Gerri|date=December 1, 2014|work=Tribe Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324085151/http://www.tribejournal.com/features/2014/12/tv-stardom-adds-up-for-young-genius-of-scorpion/|archive-date=March 24, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=May 16, 2017}}

Stidham began playing music at four and performed in theater and musical productions throughout elementary and high school. He later performed with and was a member of ComedySportz Los Angeles Improvisational comedy group.{{cite news|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/531530/ari-stidham-finds-a-perfect-fit-on-team-scorpion.html|title=Ari Stidham finds a perfect fit on team 'Scorpion'|last=Gomez|first=Adrian|date=January 25, 2015|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|access-date=May 16, 2017}}

Stidham broke into acting in 2010, with the character Ian in ABC Family television series Huge, based on a novel of the same name which centered around eight teenagers who had been sent to a weight loss camp.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvovermind.com/five-things-didnt-know-ari-stidham/ |title=Five Things You Didn't Know about Ari Stidham |work=TV Overmind |first=Aiden |last=Mason |date=September 29, 2017 |accessdate=July 15, 2021}} He later auditioned for the part of Sylvester Dodd in the CBS series Scorpion, despite the role being written for an African-American actor in his thirties, and was cast in the role after a single audition. From 2014 to 2018, Stidham was a part of the main cast for the all four seasons of the series (93 episodes).

He also releases music under the name DrTelevision, or DRTV. Additionally, through his production company Stidley Inc., he produces "short form alternative comedy" with Zach Green, including a monthly love comedy radio play Dick Duquesne: Tales of a Private Dick.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/DICK-DUQUESNE-TALES-OF-A-PRIVATE-DICK-Set-for-Open-Space-CafeTheater-Today-20150522|title=DICK DUQUESNE: TALES OF A PRIVATE DICK Set for Open Space Cafe/Theater, Today|date=May 23, 2015|website=Broadway World|access-date=May 16, 2017}}

Stidham founded his company, Sanguinet Films in 2016 with Ari at the helm as a producer, writer, and director of the company. He directed their flagship feature, Curse of the Siren, which premiered at Fangoria Fearcon in 2016.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

In 2018, he played archvillain Grand Moff Levine in a musical stage spoof titled Solo Must Die: A Musical Parody.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-solo-must-die-review-20180511-story.html |title=Review: 'Solo Must Die,' and so must this 'Star Wars' musical spoof |work= Los Angeles Times |author=F. Kathleen Foley |date=May 11, 2018 |accessdate=July 15, 2021}} In October 2019, Stidham presented a comedy and musical celebration and re-telling of the Edgar Allan Poe's works titled The Edgar Allan Show.{{cite web|url=https://laist.com/news/entertainment/best-halloween-events-things-to-do-los-angeles-southern-california |title=46 Things To Do This Halloween in Southern California |work=laist.com |first=Christine N. |last=Ziemba |date=September 24, 2019 |accessdate=July 17, 2021}} Re-enactments and recitals of 'The Raven', 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher', were directed by and featured original songs by Stidham.{{cite web|url=https://www.edgarallanshow.com/castcreative-1 |title=Cast and Creative of 'The Edgar Allan Show' |work=edgarallanshow.com |accessdate=July 17, 2021}}

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