Navid Negahban
Navid Negahban is an Iranian-American actor, producer, and director whose work spans four decades, three continents, and over 166 credits in film, television, and video games. Born in Mashhad, Iran, he discovered theater at eight years old. He left Iran in 1985, traveling through Turkey and Bulgaria before arriving at a refugee camp in Ingelheim, Germany, where he applied for asylum. He spent eight years performing with the Rheinland-Pfalz Theater in Kaiserslautern before moving to the United States in 1993. He is fluent in Persian, English, and German. He is best known for playing Abu Nazir in Showtime's Homeland (2011–2013), Amahl Farouk / Shadow King in FX's Legion (2017–2019), The Sultan in Disney's live-action Aladdin (2019), General Abdul Rashid Dostum in 12 Strong (2018), Sheikh Al-Obodi in American Sniper (2014), Faraz Hamzad in FX's The Old Man (2022–2024), and Abbas Mansuri in Netflix's The Night Agent (2025). As a producer, his film Baba Joon won five Ophir Awards including Best Picture at the Israeli Film Academy. As a director, his short film The Apple Tree won Best Short Film at the Japan Indies Film Festival (2025). He received a BAFTA Games Award nomination for Best Performer for his work on 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (2017). He is represented by Innovative Artists. Official website: https://navidnegahban.com
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WondLa
as Loroc (voice)
Am Abgrund
as Tofik Gasimov
Sitting in Bars with Cake
as Isaac
Kandahar
as Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
Ghosts of Beirut
as Ali Reza Asgari (2007)
In the Garden of Tulips
as Unknown
The Night Agent
as Abbas Mansuri
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Tehranto
as Narrator (voice)
The Serpent Queen
as Claude de Lorraine
Pantheon
as Farhad (voice)
The Old Man
as Faraz Hamzad
The Cleaning Lady
as Hayak Barsamian
Dark Corners
as Karim
The First Goodbye
as Unknown
Tehran
as Masoud Tabrizi
London Arabia
as Mo
In Full Bloom
as The Shepherd (voice)
Saat des Terrors
as Kashif Baqri
God Friended Me
as Hasan
God Friended Me
as Hassan
12 Strong
as General Dostum
Osprey
as Adam Zakaria
Damascus Cover
as Sarraj
Carving a Life
as Dr. Kasem
American Assassin
as Minister Behurz
Price for Freedom
as Victor Daniels
Castlevania
as Sala (voice)
Sand Castle
as Kadeer
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
as Mehran (voice)
Brain on Fire
as Dr. Najjar
Legion
as Amahl Farouk / Shadow King
Becoming the Enemy
as Victor Daniels
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
as Mothershed
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
as Mohammad Mohammad-Mohammadi
Baba Joon
as Itzhak
Day One
as Dr. Nasir
The Team
as Said Gharbour
American Sniper
as Sheikh Al-Obeidi
Scorpion
as Agent Khara
Words and Pictures
as Rashid
The Moment
as Malik Jamil
The Power of Few
as Sahel
Veep
as Abbas
Homeland
as Abu Nazir
Person of Interest
as Ali Hasan
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
as Dr. Robert Stadler
Heal
as Abdul
Brothers
as Murad
Dead Air
as Abir
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Aziz Anshiri
Liberation
as Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Dark Blue
as Ahmad Satar
The Stoning of Soraya M.
as Ali
Powder Blue
as Doctor Brooks
The Ambassador's Wife
as Ambassador
Stellina Blue
as Amir Keshavarz
The Mentalist
as Hassan Zarif
Fringe
as Dr. Malik Yusef
Djinn
as Djinn
Charlie Wilson's War
as Refugee Camp Translator
Broken
as Keith
Moonlight
as Amir Fayed
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
as Sheik Ahmad
Richard III
as Sir James Tyrrel
Shark
as Amir Khan
The Unit
as Faheed
Over There
as Iraqi Father
Criminal Minds
as Hassan Nadir
The Closer
as Dr. al-Thani
The Fallen Ones
as Ammon
Pretty Persuasion
as Mr. Azzouni
Lost
as Omar
Saving Jessica Lynch
as Fedayeen Colonel
NCIS
as Jalil Shaloub
Las Vegas
as Farouk Naeem
Threat Matrix
as Fred
War Stories
as Al Qaeda Rebel at Bridge
Without a Trace
as Nazar Rahim
CSI: Miami
as Rahim Farooq
The Shield
as Zayed Al-Thani
24
as Abdullah
24
as Jamot
Alias
as Foreman
The Agency
as Palestinian Officer
The Agency
as Arab Driver
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Morsi
Boundaries
as Trombonist
The West Wing
as Maz
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sam Farhidi
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Rankesh Chanoor
JAG
as Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi
Law & Order
as Imam Ibrahim
Scene of the Crime
as Harun