---
name: "Bob Ari"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-ari"
fi1m_id: "bob-ari"
imdb_id: "nm0034642"
tmdb_id: 144582
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-22T03:07:35.516026+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bob Ari

## Identity

Bob Ari

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-ari
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-ari
- **IMDb ID:** nm0034642
- **TMDB ID:** 144582
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144582

Actor.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144582

## Biography

Bob Ari is an actor. He began performing in Yiddish theatre as a child through his grandfather, producer Sol Dickstein, and trained at Carnegie Mellon University. He was a company member of the American Conservatory Theatre and later associated with the Loretto-Hilton Repertory Theatre.

His stage work includes Broadway appearances in *The Constant Wife*, *Bells Are Ringing*, *Laughter on the 23rd Floor* and as stand-by for Richard Nixon in *Frost/Nixon*, as well as tours and off-Broadway productions. Film credits include *Two Lovers* (2008), *Bleecker* (2022) and *Primetime* (2026), in which he played Redbd. Television roles encompass appearances in *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*, *Blindspot* (2015), *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), *Manifest* (2018) and *The Good Wife* (2009).

*Sources: imdb.com, theactorscenter.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Primetime* (2026), Fi1m 61, as RedBd — [page](https://film.one/film/primetime.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Primetime* (2026), as RedBd — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/primetime.md)
- *Your Friends & Neighbors* (2025), series, as Douglas — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/your-friends-and-neighbors.md)
- *We Should Eat* (2024), as Judd
- *Bleecker* (2023), as Sam
- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), series, as Becky's Dad — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)
- *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020), series, as Tucker
- *Manifest* (2018), series, as Mr. Valero
- *Blindspot* (2015), series, as Earl
- *Difficult People* (2015), series, as Toby Kessler
- *Nous York* (2012), as Le garagiste
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Jeweler
- *Veep* (2012), series, Actor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Five Minarets in New York* (2010), as Lawyer / Friedman
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Solomon Harwell — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Two Lovers* (2008), as Michael Cohen
- *The Visionary* - (*Tesla)* (2005), as Edison
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Oliver Gelb, Ignatius Petty, Ezra Zuckerman
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Mr. DeLuca — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Hollywood Beat* (1985), series, Actor
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as Judge #2 — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as George

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