Biography

Amir appeared in the french feature film Big House starring Gerard Depardieu (Jean-Emmanuel Godart, Dir), Minyan ( Eric Steel, Dir) and the feature Listen by Omri Bezalel. He was seen in Season 2 of Pose on FX ( Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Dir), the Netflix series Its Bruno! by Dir. Solvan "Slick" Naim (The Blacklist, Animal Kingdom) and Season 3 of FBI on CBS (Alex Chapple, Dir). Amir voiced characters for the new animated series The Chosen Adventures on Amazon Prime. He was an associate producer on the romantic comedy feature film, Out of Order! (Priority Films). Other television/film credits include the FX show Louie and numerous short films, industrials and commercials.

Amir has been a company member with leading international dance organizations including the Bat-Dor Dance Company, Ballet Hispanico of New-York and he has spent the last twenty five seasons with the Metropolitan Opera as both dance captain and as principal dancer. With the Metropolitan Opera, Amir has been seen in over 50 productions, including many via the Met HD Live broadcast series seen in movie theaters across the globe. These broadcasts have showcased his work with some of opera's leading directors including Anthony Minghella (Madama Butterfly), Adrian Noble (Macbeth), Julie Taymor (Magic Flute) Franco Zeffirelli (Turandot), Michael Mayer (Rigoletto), Bartlett Sher (Tales of Hoffmann) and Francois Girard (Parsifal). Additionally, Amir has worked closely with some of the world's leading singers including Renee Fleming, Christine Goerke, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Matei, Natalie Dessay, Anna Netrebko and Asmik Grigorian. Apart from appearing on stage, he has been an associate choreographer to Sara Erde and Sir Richard Eyre on critically acclaimed productions of Werther (Met), Manon Lescaut (Baden-Baden) and Le Nozze di Figaro (Met Season Opening Production 2014). Amir made his Atlanta Opera debut in 2018 choreographing a new production of Carmen. He returned in 2020 to choreograph the new critically acclaimed production of Salome and the 2025 production of Semele.

Major musical theatre credits include the first national tours of Victor/Victoria and the Hal Prince Evita. Amir can be seen performing with the Met Opera's current season.
- IMDb mini biography by: Curt Olds & Co.