Ary Satish is an award-winning Indian actor and filmmaker based in London, working across theatre and screen internationally. Born in Kerala and raised across India, Sri Lanka and the United States, his career has taken him from New York’s Off-Broadway stage to Mumbai’s National Centre for the Performing Arts and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Ary earned a BFA in Drama with additional study in Film Production and Entertainment Business. He trained at The Meisner Studio and Stonestreet Studios, with training spanning Meisner technique, screen acting, improvisation, movement, clown and stage combat. He is also certified in Unarmed Stage and Screen Combat by the Society of American Fight Directors.

Ary’s theatre work spans the UK, US and India. In New York, he performed in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Chaos Theory at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre and played Roger in Le Bijou de Paris at The Chain Theatre. In Mumbai, he played Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis at the National Centre for the Performing Arts as part of Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest, alongside leading roles in True West and Kyun Queer?.

In the UK, Ary played Order in Tip Top Theatre Collective’s The Painted Revolutionary at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where the production received FringeReview’s Hidden Gem recognition and his performance was singled out in its professional review. He was also selected for Diverse Actors Breaking Barriers (DABB) Generals Day at Southwark Playhouse and played Matty in Rent Control as part of London’s Great Canadian Theater Festival. His immersive theatre work includes the lead role of The Conductor in THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride at the Mid-Norfolk Railway, part of the officially licensed Warner Bros. experience presented in association with Rail Events Inc. and Twisted Reality Productions.

On screen, Ary has played leading roles in independent films including Take Care, Model Minority, American Weasel, Arcane Headshots and Teddy Ruxpin. For his performance as Kavi Sehgal in Take Care, which he also produced, he won Best Actor at the New York Film Awards and Best Actor at the Cult Movies International Film Festival, alongside a Best Actor nomination at the New York Independent Cinema Awards and an Honorable Mention at the Independent Shorts Awards.

Ary also stars as Ayaan in the British short film Open Return, written and directed by Theresa Godly, with a creative team including BAFTA-winning cinematographer Beatriz Delgado Mena and BAFTA-nominated sound professional Kirstie Howell. His filmmaking and producing work has received further recognition internationally, including wins for Take Care and Model Minority at the New York Film Awards, Independent Shorts Awards and Berlin Shorts Awards.

Beyond narrative performance, Ary has worked across commercial, fashion and modelling campaigns in London, New York, Mumbai and Sri Lanka. His credits include appearing as a principal featured performer in the UK Home Office’s STOP! Think Fraud campaign, as well as work for Pepe Jeans, Scene One, the New York Rangers and Madison Square Garden, NYU Langone Health, Markup.io and 5&Go.

Ary’s work has been featured and reviewed across the UK, US and India, with coverage including BroadwayWorld, Mid-Day, FringeReview, Lokmat Times, The Daily Pioneer, The Table Read Magazine, Vents Magazine, OneIndia and Lavender After Dark.

With a life and career spanning multiple countries and cultures, Ary brings an international perspective to his work and continues to build a career across stage and screen, drawn particularly to complex, character-led stories exploring identity, vulnerability, masculinity, displacement and belonging.