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Navid Negahban

Navid Negahban

Actor · Mashhad, Iran

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Biography

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 B…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. American Sniper (2014) — Sheikh Al-Obeidi
  2. Aladdin (2019) — Sultan
  3. Arrow (2012) — Al Ow-Al
  4. Lost (2004) — Omar
  5. The Mentalist (2008) — Hassan Zarif
  6. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Sam Farhidi
  7. Scorpion (2014) — Agent Khara
  8. Criminal Minds (2005) — Hassan Nadir
  9. Brothers (2009) — Murad
  10. American Assassin (2017) — Minister Behurz
  11. 12 Strong (2018) — General Dostum
  12. Fringe (2008) — Dr. Malik Yusef
  13. Homeland (2011) — Abu Nazir
  14. NCIS (2003) — Jalil Shaloub
  15. Person of Interest (2011) — Ali Hasan
  16. 24 (2001) — Abdullah
  17. CSI: Miami (2002) — Rahim Farooq
  18. Charlie Wilson's War (2007) — Refugee Camp Translator
  19. Castlevania (2017) — Sala (voice)
  20. Legion (2017) — Amahl Farouk / Shadow King
  21. Brain on Fire (2017) — Dr. Najjar
  22. Kandahar (2023) — Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
  23. NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) — Aziz Anshiri
  24. The Night Agent (2023) — Abbas Mansuri
  25. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) — Morsi
  26. The Shield (2002) — Zayed Al-Thani
  27. Sand Castle (2017) — Kadeer
  28. Alias (2001) — Foreman
  29. Law & Order (1990) — Imam Ibrahim
  30. The West Wing (1999) — Maz
  31. Veep (2012) — Abbas
  32. The Old Man (2022) — Faraz Hamzad
  33. JAG (1995) — Jamal Bin Fahad Al-Hadi
  34. Tehran (2020) — Masoud Tabrizi
  35. The Closer (2005) — Dr. al-Thani
  36. Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016) — Mothershed
  37. Without a Trace (2002) — Nazar Rahim
  38. Pantheon (2022) — Farhad (voice)
  39. Las Vegas (2003) — Farouk Naeem
  40. Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023) — Ra's al Ghul (voice)

Directed

  1. The Apple Tree — Director